Thailand Discovery - 12 days

Tour Brief

Day 1: Bangkok Arrival. 
Day 2: Bangkok City Tour.
Day 3: Bangkok – Ayutthaya Historical Park – Phitsanulok.
Day 4: Phitsanulok – Sukhothai Historical Park – Lampang. 
Day 5: Lampang – Chiang Rai – White Temple.
Day 6: Chiang Rai – Golden Triangle.
Day 7: Chiang Rai – Chiang Mai – Visit Temples.
Day 8: Chiang Mai – Elephant Camp.
Day 9: Chiang Mai – Fly to Phuket. 
Day 10 & 11: Phuket – Free at your leisure.
Day 12: Phuket – Fly to Bangkok – Departure.

Day 1: Bangkok Arrival.    
Welcome to Bangkok, Thailand’s bustling capital. Guide and driver of Travel Thailand will meet you outside the baggage claim of the airport and take you to your hotel in the city center. Enjoy the rest of the day at your leisure to recover from jet lag and explore the city on your own.    
Meals: N/A.    
Accommodation: Hotel in Bangkok.

Day 2: Bangkok City Tour.    
After breakfast at the hotel, your guide will pick up and take you to a Harbor on Chao Phraya River to get on a boat to explore the traditional Thai klongs (canals). Then, you head to the Grand Palace which is the official of King Siam since 1782 made up of numerous buildings, halls, pavilions set around open lawns, gardens and courtyards. It is located on the bank of Chao Phraya River. Inside the Grand Palace complex is Wat Phra Kaeo or Temple of the Emerald Buddha – the most beautiful and sacred Buddhist temple in Thailand. The following visit is Wat Pho – the temple of reclining Buddha. The temple 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. Here, you will have chance experience 30-minute foot massage for relax. The next is to visit Wat Traimit with the Golden Budda & Jim Thompson House – as a museum in Bangkok with a complex of various old Thai structures.    
Meals: Breakfast.    
Accommodation: Hotel in Bangkok.    
Day 3: Bangkok – Ayutthaya Historical Park – Phitsanulok.    
This morning, you will leave Bangkok for Ayutthaya – 80 kilometers North of Bangkok. The first stop is the Bang Pa-In, also known as Summer Palace located 18km from Ayutthaya on the bank of Chao Phraya River. Arrive in Ayutthaya – the ancient capital for over 400 years. You will visit Wat Maha That – A temple over 600 years old; Wat Yai Chaimongkhon - and Wat Phra Si Sanphet; before driving further to Phitsanulok for the night.   
Meals: Breakfast.    
Accommodation: Hotel in Phitsanulok.
Day 4: Phitsanulok – Sukhothai Historical Park – Lampang.    
Enjoy breakfast at the hotel, the drive takes you to visit Wat Phrasriratanamahathat or another name is Wat Yai Temple. Built in 1357 and later developed into a monastery, this temple now houses Phitsanulok’s most revered statues of Lord Buddha; and visit to SGT.Maj.Thawee Folk Museum which filled with knowledge & wisdoms of the forefathers, then further drive to Sukhothai and spend time to visit Sukhothai Historical Park, whose remains have been classified as World Heritage of Humanity. This magnificent site is easily accessible by biking; this is how we suggest you to visit (if you have energy to bike as option).  After that, the driver will take you to Lampang, check in your hotel and relax.    
Meals: Breakfast.    
Accommodation: Hotel in Lampang.    
Day 5: Lampang – Chiang Rai – White Temple.    
In the morning, spend time with the beautiful complex of Wat Phra That Lampang Luang which is the main attraction in Lampang which is one of the best preserved examples of Lanna style temple architecture in Thailand. The next visit is to Dhanabadee Ceramic Museum where is famous for “Chicken Bowl” products. Further driver to Chiang Rai, the main commercial centre serving the Golden Triangle border region of Thailand, Myanmar and Laos. On arrival, visit Wat Rong Khun (White temple) – the unique northern art temple with the beautiful painting and the chapel of this temple is in pure white and adorned with exquisite traditional Thai style stuccowork, aiming to represent heaven    
Meals: Breakfast.    
Accommodation: Hotel in Chiang Rai.

Day 6: Chiang Rai – Golden Triangle.    
Depart from your hotel in the morning to Mae Sai Border - the Northern most point of Thailand, where you can also experience the local lifestyle of people at the border point. Then continue your trip to the Golden Triangle, where the Ruak River and the Mekong River meets forming the border of three countries, and the opium museum. Thereafter, you will take a boat trip on the river to view the splendor of mighty Mekong River. Back to the hotel for rest.   
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch.    
Accommodation: Hotel in Chiang Rai.        
Day 7: Chiang Rai – Chiang Mai – Visit Temples.    
After having breakfast and check out your hotel, take the drive to Chiang Mai - “New City”. On the way, you will stop at Hot Spring where you can try with “boiled eggs” on this Hot Spring (option) & some few relax with fish massage (option) or foot soak. Upon arrival, set out on a guided tour to visit Wat Phrathad Doi Suthep – 3,500 feet above sea-level, the most sacred temple in Northern Thailand, containing a holy relic of Lord Buddha. You will have a panoramic view of the city from this height. Rest of the day, enjoy on your own the atmosphere at one of the most famous market in Thailand – Chiang Mai Night Bazaar.  
Meals: Breakfast.    
Accommodation: Hotel in Chiang Mai.        
Day 8: Chiang Mai – Elephant Camp.    
Breakfast shall be served at the hotel and then we will 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.    
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch.    
Accommodation: Hotel in Chiang Mai.        
Day 9: Chiang Mai – Fly to Phuket.    
Today is free at your leisure for last minute shopping or sight-seeing before driving to the airport for afternoon flight to Phuket. With a long stretch of beaches and a smattering of costal islands, Phuket is the perfect tropical, beach getaway. Check in to your hotel then enjoy the rest of the day at your leisure.     
Meals: Breakfast.    
Accommodation: Hotel in Phuket.        
Day 10 & 11: Phuket – Free at your leisure.    
Enjoy an entire day free for basking in the sun or bathing in the warm coastal waters.  This is the time when the dream of spending holidays in an exotic country becomes a reality.    
Meals: Breakfast.    
Accommodation: Hotel in Phuket.        
Day 12: Phuket – Fly to Bangkok – Departure.    
Have breakfast at hotel then enjoy a free morning before driving to the airport to catch the flight back to Bangkok. Relax at the airport until check-in your departure flight home.    
Goodbye & Safe Travels!    
Meals: Breakfast.    
Accommodation: N/A.  
Bon Voyage!