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23 Nov 08 Bangkok - Arrival
Catch your flight. Arrive in Bangkok where you will be met by your Guide and transferred to your hotel.
Meals Included: None
Overnight at Sofitel Silom - Deluxe Room
24 Nov 08 Bangkok - Public Transport Tour with Klong trip
You will be met by your guide at your hotel at 9am before transferring to the Skytrain. Enjoy an elevated view of central Bangkok before boarding a river express boat to the Flower Market. Enjoy the sights and smells before taking an exciting tuk tuk ride to Wat Pho to see the famous Reclining Buddha.
Enjoy a thirty minute massage from the temple’s near by traditional Thai massage school. Break for lunch at a local restaurant, and then head to the pride of Thailand, the Grand Palace and Wat Phra Kaew housing the Emerald Buddha. Take a stroll down the street to a local Buddhist amulet market before heading off along the klongs (canals) finally boarding a river express boat to the Skytrain station and returning to your hotel.
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch
Overnight at Sofitel Silom - Deluxe Room
25 Nov 08 Chiang Mai - Cooking Class
You will be transferred to Bangkok Airport for your flight departing at 08:00 & arriving at 09:45.
You will be met at Chiang Mai Airport and transferred to your hotel.
Take a full day Thai cooking class. You will be taken to the market to learn about many of the fruits and spices. After getting your ingredients you will be taught to make several Thai dishes before enjoying a huge feast together to celebrate your newly acquired skills!
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch
Overnight at De Naga Chiang Mai Hotel - Premier Deluxe Room
26 Nov 08 Chiang Mai - Patara Mahout Traning at Patara Elephant Farm
You will be met in the lobby of your hotel at 730am and transferred to the Patara Elephant Farm outside of Chiang Mai. At the farm you will be given your Mahout outfit and a brief talk on working with elephants before heading into the bush to find them. You can learn about the elephant farm management and the breeding program taking place here.
Meet the elephants and learn to approach them and work with them from the ground. You will take them to the river for their morning bath and then take a short ride to a local temple where you can learn about elephants in Buddhism and the Thai’s ancient relationship with these traditional beasts of burden. Mid day you will set off for a ride through the jungle to some waterfalls where you will enjoy a picnic lunch and a swim with your elephant in the falls. Return to the camp in the afternoon and say goodbye to your new friends before being transferred back to your hotel.
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch
Overnight at De Naga Chiang Mai Hotel - Premier Deluxe Room
27 Nov 08 Chiang Mai - Doi Suthep & City Tour
You will be transferred to visit Doi Suthep, the most important Wat in Chiang Mai. Perched high above the city, it offers wonderful views of the city and countryside below.
Have lunch with your guide at a local restaurant.
Visit some of the more famous Wats, within the city walls of Chiang Mai. Your guide will discuss Buddhism and the role it plays in everyday life as well as showing you the many details of each temple.
Transfer to Chiang Mai Airport for your onward flight - Bangkok Airways PG927 departing at 15:00 & arriving at 17:15. You will be met by a Journeys Within representative and taken to Journeys Within Bed & Breakfast.
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch
Overnight at Journeys Within B&B
28 Nov 08 Siem Reap - Angkor Wat
This morning head to Angkor Wat in an air conditioned car, or if you choose by bike, with your guide. Explore this majestic temple throughout the morning while it is still cool and has fewer tourists.
Return to Journeys Within for lunch and a nap or refresh with a swim. In the afternoon head to Angkor Thom, the famous walled city and see the many temples within its borders, including the fascinating Bayon temple with its many magnificent faces smiling out. There are several beautiful spots from which to watch the sunset. Discuss with your guide where you would like to be and then relax and enjoy a memorable end to your day at the temples.
Head into town to enjoy a traditional buffet dinner and dance show in the evening.
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Overnight at Journeys Within B&B
29 Nov 08 Siem Reap - Beng Mealea , Banteay Srei and the Ta Prohm
Enjoy breakfast at Journeys Within before leaving the crowds behind and heading to Beng Mealea, a temple only recently opened to the public; about one and a half hours drive from Journeys Within.
After an hour you will leave the paved road and get onto a beaten track running through rice fields and villages of rural Cambodia. At the temple our guide will help you imagine how it once was as you pick your way through the rubble now surrounded by jungle. In the afternoon head to Banteay Srei, an intricately carved temple known as the Lady Temple.
Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant near Banteay Srei and then on the way back visit Ta Prohm, one of the prettiest temples in the complex.
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch
Overnight at Journeys Within B&B
30 Nov 08 Siem Reap - Exploring on Your Own
Today you will have a car and driver so that you can return to the temples and explore them on your own and at your own speed. It is wonderful to have a guide initially but to return on your own allows you time to really absorb the atmosphere and find previously unexplored corners and pathways.
Meals included: Breakfast
Overnight at Journeys Within B&B
01 Dec 08 Siem Reap - Village Tour
Set out for our Journeys Within Village Tour. Our village guide will take you to his village showing you rice paddies and typical homes along the way. At his village enjoy a fresh coconut drink and meet his family and neighbors. Walk from here to West Baray Lake where you can take a local boat to an island with some picturesque ancient Khmer ruins. Return to shore where your car will be waiting for you. From here head to Pua District and visit the Artisans de Angkor silk farm where many local women are trained in the art of silk weaving.
In the late afternoon visit the Wat Chork School sponsored by Journeys Within and benefiting disadvantaged youth. Meet the students and help them practice their English.
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch
Overnight at Journeys Within B&B
02 Dec 08 Siem Reap - Kayaking
Experience a unique Journeys Within day kayaking on the Tonle Sap. You will set out with the rest of the group around 8am and drive for about an hour before boarding a boat for a 40 minute ride to one of the lake villages. Here the homes are built on stilts because, while in the dry season the surrounding area is dry, in the rainy season it is flooded and so they rise above the water level.
You will arrive at the local home that stores our canoes and after a short safety briefing head off with your guide who will lead you thru waterways, flooded forests and out into the Tonle Sap lake where you can take a dip if you wish. Then back to wind thru the village experiencing how the locals live in this watery environment before returning to the home for lunch and a leisurely boat and car ride back to town.
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch
Overnight at Journeys Within B&B
03 Dec 08 Koh Lanta - Arrivial
Transfer to the airport in time to catch your flight - Bangkok Airways PG906 departing at 13:25 & arriving at 14:20. Catch your connecting flight – Air Asia flight FD3165 departing at 17:05 & arriving at 18:25. You will be met at the airport by a hotel representative and transferred to your hotel.
Meals included: Breakfast
Overnight at Layana Resort and Spa - Garden Pavilion Room
04 Dec 08 Koh Lanta - Day at leisure
Have a free day to explore on your own.
Meals included: Breakfast
Overnight at Layana Resort and Spa - Garden Pavilion Room
07 Dec 08 Koh Lanta - Departure
Transfer to the airport in the time to catch your flight – Air Asia flight FD3162 departing at 12:05 & arriving at 13:25.
Meals included: Breakfast
Tour Rate: $ 3,300.00 per person based on 2 people traveling.
Price includes:
- Air tickets Bangkok - Chiang Mai - Siem Reap - Bangkok - Krabi - Bangkok
- Boat tickets as specified above
- Accommodation as specified above
- Air-conditioned car/van with driver
- Licensed English speaking guides
- Tours and admission fees as mentioned above
- Meals as specified in itinerary, including water
Price excludes:
- Personal expenses
- Visa fees
- Airport tax
- Drinks (except water) and meals not mentioned in itinerary
- Tips
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