Arrive to Bangkok´s airport. Welcome and transfer to your hotel by our correspondent from Travel Viajes Group. Accommodation.
Breakfast. visit two of the city´s most unusual Buddhist temples. We will start at Wat Traimit, located at the edge of Chinatown on Yaowarat Road, near the Hualampong train station. Wat Traimit houses the world's largest solid gold Buddha, measuring almost five meters tall and weighing five and a half tons. The tour Will continue to Wat Pho, Bangkok's largest temple, where the enormous reclining Buddha and the Kings' Chedis are located. This is located behind the Buddha Temple. It is one of the largest temples in the city and is famous for its gigantic reclining Buddha, which is 151 ft long and covered in gold. Wat Phra Kaew or the Temple of the Emerald Buddha (officially known as Wat Phra Sri Rattana Satsadaram), considered the most important Buddhist temple in Thailand, enshrines the image of a highly revered Buddha meticulously carved from a single block of jade. Accommodation.
DIA 3
BANGKOK - KANCHANABURI - AYUTTHAYA
Desayuno. Departure to Kanchanaburi and visit the famous Bridge over the River Kwai. Built during World war, for war prisioners and civil, tries to conect the west of Thailand with Bangkok. It was build with a simple tolos, any machine. Then you visit the Jeath War Museum and take a ride on the “Death Train” over the River Kwai where you can enjoy the beauty of its landscapes. Lunch. Exit to Ayutthaya. Dinner and accommodation.
DIA 4
AYUTTHAYA - LOPBURI - SUKHOTHAI
Desayuno. Departure from Bangkok to Ayuthaya, the country´s former capital, to visit its wonderful temples including Wat Chaiwathanaram and Wat Mahathat. Lunch. In the afternoon departure to Lopburi, visit the Monkey Temple, Prang Sam Yod (the Holy Pagoda). Continuation to Sukhothai. Dinner and accommodation.
DIA 5
SUKHOTHAI - CHIANG RAI
Breakfast. Depart from the hotel and visit Sukhothai Historical Park, declared a World Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO. There you can take a bicycle ride through the gardens among its ruins and lagoons. From here you can see one of the most important icons, the great White Buddha of Wat Sri Chum. Lunch. Continuation to Chiang Rai, along the way we make a stop at Payao Lake. Dinner and accommodation.
Breakfast. Visit Mae Chan, formerly a center of silver work, later converted into a center of comercial transactions between the Yao and Akha tribes where it is possible to see members of the different ethnicities. Visit to the town of the famous Giraffe Women in Karen´s town, They are ethnical group most bigger in Thailand, this ethnicity comes from Tibet since 2,000 years ago, and established in Myanmar. During XVIII century, political wars and persecution does they move on in north Thailand. Today they aren´t have a oficial residence. This ethnicity is more knowing like “Kayan women” (sub-group from Po, Red Karen). Their neck is decorate with brass rings, sometimes, starting since 5 years-old childs. The constant preassure pull their clavicles and ribs down, had impression for large neck, the reason behind their nickname “Giraffe women”. Lunch. Mid-morning ride along the Mekkong River in a traditional Thai boat. This river serves as a natural border between Myanmar (former Burma), Laos and Thailand. Visit to the Opium House. Dinner and accommodation.
DIA 7
CHIANG RAI - CHIANG MAI
Breakfast. Departure from the hotel to the pier and travel by traditional boat visit the villages of the Karen ethnic minorities, Lahu (Muser) along the Kok River. Visit to Wat Rong Khun, the famous white temple. Departure from Chiang Rai to Chiang Mai by road (3 hrs). Lunch. Arrival in Chiang Mai in the afternoon, visit the city´s best-known temple, Wat Doi Suthep, located on the top of a small hill 15 km to the northwest. Dinner Kantoke. Transfer to return hotel. Accommodation.
Breakfast. In the morning we will visit some local craft factories. You will also visit a wooden sculpture factory where you can buy Burmese antiques. Departure to the Mae Sa valley visiting the orchid farm. Lunch. Afterwards, we will move to the elephant sanctuary to learn about these animals, and do various activities, including giving them food and taking a bath, an unforgettable experience. Back to the hotel. Dinner and accommodation.
DIA 9
CHIANG MAI - BANGKOK
Breakfast. At established time, transladation to airport to take a flight to return origin city. End of our services.
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