DAY 1: ARRIVAL IN BANGKOK

Meals: Not available

Accommodation: Hotel in Bangkok

Welcome to Bangkok, Thailand.
Upon arrival, your tour guide greets you at Bangkok Airport before accompanying you on your private transfer to your downtown hotel.
Check-in and spend the remainder of the day to relax or stroll around yourself to get acquainted with the city.

DAY 2: BANGKOK CITY TOUR

Meals: Breakfast/ Lunch

Accommodation: Hotel in Bangkok

Your Bangkok City Tour today will start the with a boat trip on Chao Phraya River. Along the boat ride, you're able to learn the water life of the Nonthaburi residents. After that, visit Wat Arun which is well-known as the Temple of Dawn. Followed by a short transfer to Grand Palace. The palace has been the official residence of the Kings of Siam (and later Thailand) since 1782. Inside the Grand Palace complex is Wat Phra Kaeo – the most beautiful and sacred Buddhist temple in Thailand. The following visit is Wat Pho – the temple of reclining Buddha. It has a long list of credits: The oldest and largest temple in Bangkok, the longest reclining Buddha and the largest collection of Buddha images in Thailand, the first public education institution. End the day with a drive to Pak Klong Talaat Flower market to see Thailand’s exotic flora with many species of orchids.

DAY 3: AMPHAWA FLOATING MARKET & MAEKLONG RAILWAY MARKET

Meals: Breakfast/ Lunch

Accommodation: Hotel in Bangkok

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This morning is easy at your hotel with breakfast. Get picked up at 12:00 p.m. and start the afternoon tour to the pretty town of Amphawa. On the way to Maeklong Railway Market, visit a salt field in Samut Songkhram. The market is held every day literally on the rail tracks. It is very interesting to experience the action minutes before the train passes through the market. Around 15:00 p.m. you will take a 1-hour comfortable long-tail motorboat trip along the Mae Klong River. Witnessing the colorful scenery of Thai life along the river banks. Visit Wat Bang Kung - a historically important location because of a battle between King Taksin’s forces and the invading Burmese. Another stop is an interesting temple, called Wat Bangkae Noi. Thence, heading back to the starting point and move around the market to try some local food, buy souvenirs or hunt photographs. Back to Bangkok for the night.

DAY 4: BANGKOK – CHIANG MAI

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Hotel in Chiang Mai

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Get picked up and transferred to the airport for the morning flight to Chiang Mai, the old capital of Lanna Kingdom. On arrival, you will be met by your local tour guide and driver in Chiang Mai who will escort you to the hotel.    
In the afternoon, drive to visit Wat Phrathad Doi Suthep, which is the most sacred temple in Northern Thailand, containing a holy relic of Lord Buddha, with a challenging flight of over 300 steps, flanked by enormous mythological Nagas. A panoramic view of the city can be seen from here as well as Sunset in the evening and listen to the Buddhist monk chanting.

DAY 5: CHIANG MAI - ELEPHANT CAMP

Meals: Breakfast/ Lunch

Accommodation: Hotel in Chiang Mai

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As usual, Breakfast is at the hotel. Meet your guide again and start the day tour with a short drive to visit one of the popular Elephants Camp, where you can see the Elephants at work. You have a chance to ride the elephants crossing the river into the forest. Then return by Oxcart to the elephant village to have lunch. After lunch, enjoy a bamboo rafting adventure along the river for around 45 minutes. Onwards to an orchid farm where there are many beautiful species of orchid. And after that going back to the hotel and free at leisure for the remainder of the day.

DAY 6: EXCURSION TO DOI INTHANON NATIONAL PARK

Meals: Breakfast/ Lunch

Accommodation: Hotel in Chiang Mai

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Today you will enjoy a full day, privately guided tour of the Doi Inthanon National Park. This is where Thailand's highest mountain is located, at 2565 meters above sea level. Complex mountain ranges and mild climate characterize an area with moist and dense forest which is the source of important tributaries of Mae Ping River. Various streams descend, forming beautiful waterfalls such as Vachiratharn and Mae Klang. On the way back to the hotel from the National Park, you will stop to visit Karen hill tribe villages.

DAY 7: CHIANG MAI – KHAO LAK, PHUKHET

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Beach resort in Khao Lak, Phuket

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The beach part of your holiday starts today. After a morning at leisure, your private driver collects you from your hotel to take you to the local airport for your internal flight to Phuket, a journey of around two hours. At Phuket airport, our driver will be waiting to take you to your lovely beach accommodation on the white sands of Khao Lak, a journey of about one and a half hours. Our beach suggested resort –Ramanda has a fantastic location along the beach from local restaurants, bars, and markets.

DAY 8-9: KHAO LAK, PHUKET

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Beach resort in Khao Lak, Phuket

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Day at leisure to relax at your hotel. Overnight in Khao Lak Phukhet.
Suggested information: Your hotel has a lovely infinity pool, a spa and offers open-air Thai cooking classes. Bicycles to explore the area can be rented from the hotel and for young families there is a Kids' Club.

DAY 10: PHUKET - FLY BACK TO BANGKOK FOR DEPARTURE

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Not available

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Enjoy your last morning at the town on your own before flying back to Bangkok to catch your international flight home or continue on your holiday with more interesting destinations of Custom Asia Travel.

Goodbye Thailand!