13 days · 12 nights
Two old kingdoms: northern Thailand's temples and capitals, then free days in Siem Reap.
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Ask about datesA week of guided touring takes you from Chiang Rai and the Golden Triangle through Chiang Mai, Sukhothai, Ayutthaya and Kanchanaburi to Bangkok. After a free day in the capital you fly on to Siem Reap in Cambodia for three nights to see its temples at your own pace.
The same person from your first question to the flight home, with a wedding or vow renewal planned alongside if you like.
How the days unfold. Your advisor tailors the pace, the hotels and the extras to you.
Chiang Rai
Day 1 · Chiang Rai
You are met at Chiang Rai airport and taken to a central hotel. Spend the rest of the day in the old town, which dates from King Mangrai's reign in the 13th century, or at the night bazaar.
Chiang Rai and the Golden Triangle
Day 2 · Chiang Rai and the Golden Triangle
Visit the Hilltribe Museum, then Yao and Akha villages in the Mae Chan hills and the market town of Mae Sai. At the Golden Triangle, Thailand, Laos and Myanmar meet on the Mekong. After lunch, climb 350 steps to Wat Phra That Chom Kitti at Chiang Saen, returning to Chiang Rai at about 6pm.
Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai
Day 3 · Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai
See the mirrored white walls of Wat Rong Khun, then drive to Chiang Mai and take the cable car up to Wat Phra That Doi Suthep. Cruise the River Ping, eat khao soi at a farm while dancers perform, and walk the flower and produce market.
Chiang Mai
Day 4 · Chiang Mai
A morning at an elephant sanctuary focused on care and observation. After lunch, explore the walled old city: Wat Suan Dok and its 48 metre chedi, Wat Phra Sing and 14th-century Wat Chedi Luang.
Lamphun, Lampang and Sukhothai
Day 5 · Lamphun, Lampang and Sukhothai
Visit Wat Phra That Hariphunchai in Lamphun, with roots in the Mon kingdom of the eighth century, and the old temple of Wat Phra That Lampang Luang. After lunch, drive on to explore Sukhothai Historical Park, the UNESCO-listed first capital of Siam.
Sukhothai and Ayutthaya
Day 6 · Sukhothai and Ayutthaya
Join local people offering food to monks at dawn, then follow the old southward path of Siam through Uthai Thani, with lunch in Chai Nat. In Ayutthaya, visit Wat Phra Si Sanphet, the golden Buddha of Viharn Phra Mongkol Bophit and the ruins of Wat Mahathat.
Kanchanaburi
Day 7 · Kanchanaburi
Drive through farmland to Kanchanaburi, where the Kwai Noi and Kwai Yai rivers meet. Visit the war cemetery and the Thailand-Burma Railway Centre to learn how prisoners of war and labourers built the line. After lunch, the afternoon is free from about 3pm.
Damnoen Saduak and Bangkok
Day 8 · Damnoen Saduak and Bangkok
See the 127 metre Phra Pathommachedi stupa in Nakhon Pathom, then the boats of Damnoen Saduak floating market, laden with fruit, vegetables and snacks. Lunch, then on to your Bangkok hotel by about 4pm.
Bangkok
Day 9 · Bangkok
A free day in the capital. If it is your first visit, the Grand Palace and Wat Phra Kaew with the Emerald Buddha are the places to start.
Siem Reap
Day 10 · Siem Reap
A free morning, then a transfer to Bangkok airport, bus or train station for your own onward travel to Cambodia. In Siem Reap, an English-speaking guide meets you and sees you to your hotel.
Day 11 · Siem Reap
A free day to explore Siem Reap and the temples beyond it as you like.
Day 12 · Siem Reap
Head out again, or stay in and enjoy the hotel.
Day 13 · Siem Reap
A last breakfast and a free morning. Check out by noon, and your guide accompanies you to Siem Reap airport.
The hotels for each stop. Your advisor confirms them, or something just as good, for your dates.
Chiang Rai · 2 nights
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Chiang Mai · 2 nights
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Sukhothai · 1 night
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Ayutthaya · 1 night
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Kanchanaburi · 1 night
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Bangkok · 2 nights
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Siem Reap · 3 nights
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Tell us when you would like to travel. Your advisor confirms dates and hotels, tailors the trip to the two of you, and stays with you until you are home.
Thailand
13 days · 12 nights
Bangkok → Siem Reap → Kampong Cham → Phnom Penh → Mekong Delta → Ho Chi Minh City
You start with two days in Bangkok and fly to Siem Reap for the temples of Angkor. At Kampong Cham you board a small all-suite riverboat for seven nights, stopping at villages, pagodas and Phnom Penh before crossing into the Mekong Delta and arriving in Ho Chi Minh City.
Cambodia
3 days · 2 nights
Siem Reap
Two full days among the temples of Angkor with a private guide and driver, from the smiling faces of the Bayon and the towers of Angkor Wat to the root-bound walls of Ta Prohm. The last morning is on the water, by boat among the floating villages of Tonle Sap, before your flight out.
Thailand
6 days · 5 nights
Bangkok → Chiang Mai
Three nights in Bangkok with two guided days, one for the Grand Palace and the great temples and one for the railway and floating markets outside the city. Then fly north to Chiang Mai for two nights with nothing planned, so you can set the pace.
A week of guided touring takes you from Chiang Rai and the Golden Triangle through Chiang Mai, Sukhothai, Ayutthaya and Kanchanaburi to Bangkok. After a free day in the capital you fly on to Siem Reap in Cambodia for three nights to see its temples at your own pace.
Every trip can be shaped around you before you book.
Arrive early or stay on at the end, in the same hotel or somewhere new.
Your travel expert books flights that fit the first and last day.
Choose a better room or a hotel with a view for the nights that count.
A honeymoon, an anniversary or a birthday, planned into the trip.
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