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Krabi FACTFILE


Tour type Discovery Comfort Active


Minimum Age: 11 years.


Accommodation and Meals: 6 nights hotels, 2 nights ensuite raft house, 2 nights jungle lodge, 2 nights homestay. 1 night air-conditioned sleeper train. 12 breakfasts, 4 lunches and 4 dinners are included.


Swimming: The hotels in Bangkok, Khao Sok, Koh Samui and Krabi have pools.


Transport: Minibus, various boats, train, ferry.


Tour Staff: Explore Tour Leader, some local guides, driver and boatmen.


Group Size: Generally 12 to 20. TOUR DATES


Sat 31 Mar - Sat 14 Apr Sat 21 Jul - Sat 04 Aug Sat 28 Jul - Sat 11 Aug Sat 04 Aug - Sat 18 Aug


TOUR DATES


Sat 23 Mar - Sat 06 Apr Sat 20 Jul - Sat 03 Aug Sat 27 Jul - Sat 10 Aug


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Sat 03 Aug - Sat 17 Aug Sat 10 Aug - Sat 24 Aug Wed 14 Aug - Wed 28 Aug


TOUR ONLY – 14 DAYS Tour price without flights from £1099


Please go online for our tour only child price. *Teenage departures; age 11 and over on date


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KHAO SOK NP Elephant ride Jungle walks


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Koh Phi Phi beaches Speedboat to KRABI 0


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MYANMAR (BURMA)


Ang Thong Marine NP Snorkeling & walks


Surat Thani Activities with villagers km 150 71


VILLAGE HOMESTAY Mangrove boat trip


Gulf of Thailand


KOH SAMUI


Sleeper train


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Sat 11 Aug - Sat 25 Aug Wed 15 Aug - Wed 29 Aug Sat 22 Dec - Sat 05 Jan


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Go tribal in a village homestay


Snorkel through a kaleidoscope underwater world


Slide down tropical rivers on bamboo rafts


River Kwai & Jungle Adventure Ref FOT


Jungle raft house Bamboo rafting Cycle to cave


KWAI NOI RIVER


Pakseng Pier


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Christmas & Easter Kanchanaburi


Nakhon Pathom


BANGKOK Cooking class Grand Palace Wat Po


THAIL AND ITINERARY


Days 1/2 Overnight flight to Bangkok. Option to view the city’s stilt houses in longtail boats along the klongs (canals). Day 3 Bangkok Visit the Grand Palace then create a delicious Thai curry in a cookery lesson. Days 4/5 Raft houses Stay in raft houses floating on the River Kwai. Enjoy bamboo rafting and cycle through the jungle to limestone caves. Day 6 “Death Railway” Visit the railway near Kanchanaburi that was constructed by Japanese prisoners of war. Take a sleeper train south. Days 7/8 Jungle experience In Khao Sok National Park, ride elephants through the ancient


Bamboo rafting


rainforest to a nearby waterfall and take a guided walk. Days 9/10 Homestay Stay with Thai families for two days and experience daily village life where fishing and farming is a way of life. Days 11/14 Koh Samui Relax with plenty of free time on this paradise island. Take a boat trip into the Ang Thong Marine National Park for snorkelling and swimming. Fly to Bangkok. Day 15 Fly to UK.


WINTER: For trips over Christmas and Easter we change destinations and head to the Andaman Sea west coast where conditions are more favourable at that time of year.


Ref: FOT £1752 adult from


*child from £1622


RIVER KWAI & JUNGLE ADVENTURE 15 DAYS – EXPERIENCE THE REAL THAILAND


This trip is packed full of activities and experiences to give you an insight into traditional Thai life. We stay in raft houses on the famous River Kwai, walk through dense rainforest and experience the warm hospitality of local villagers in their homes. We try a little bit of everything: from cookery to cycling and cities to beaches.


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