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8 nights

Day 3: BANGKOK – MAHACHAI – KANCHANABURI (Breakfast/-/-)

English-speaking guide and private transportation

7:30 am Departure from your hotel in Bangkok to Mahachai
9:00 am Visit of the fish market    
9:30 am Crossing Thachalum by Rickshaws
10:10 am Train to Mae Klong
11:10 am Visit of the railway market
11:30 am Route to the River Kwai
12:00 pm Lunch at leisure
3:00 pm Check-in at the hotel
7:30 pm Dinner at the hotel

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After exiting the Southern Highway, the minivan branches off to Mahachai before parking near the town hall. This fishing port is known for its large fish and shellfish market, very lively in the morning. The local specialty: squid and octopus. They are eaten in salad, grilled or even dried. You will take the ferry reserved for pedestrians and motorcycles to cross the Tachin River to Thachalum. A small village as we like it, so close to the big megalopolis and so close to the provincial life, where time passes more slowly.

Rickshaws will take you directly to the small cultural center that traces the life of the community and the local legends and customs. A little further on, at the bend of an alley, stands a temple. Among many others? No! This one is unique. Entirely made of wood and gilding, it is quite simply a jewel of architecture of a well-hidden period.

The rickshaw ride stops a few meters further, at the tiny station of Ban Laem
The train, a bit old-fashioned, open to the wind, is about to leave for an hour ride through the salt marshes landscapes where white egrets and other waders come to feed. Mae Klong is in sight, the convoy arrives at its terminus by crossing a market where the stalls are immediately arranged to let the locomotive pass before being unpacked again. Tourists are numerous to observe this unusual ballet! 
Departure for the river Kwai. Lunch at leisure along the way in a fish and shellfish restaurant, a local specialty. Arrival at your hotel and rest of day at leisure. 
 

Day 4: KANCHANABURI – DAY AT LEISURE (Breakfast/-/Dinner)

English-Speaking guide and private vehicle

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•    10:30 am Departure from your hotel and visit of the "Hellfire pass". 
•    12:00 pm Lunch at leisure at the entrance of the national 
•    Stroll in the park. 
•    4:00 pm Back to your hotel
•    7:30 pm Dinner at the hotel

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The Hellfire Pass (or Hell Gate) is a center dedicated to the memory of the Japanese prisoners of war who built a railway during World War II through the jungle linking Thailand to Burma. A walk through the rocky passages cleared with dynamite helps to understand what the convicts endured. Lunch (at leisure) of local specialties will be taken at the foot of the Erawan National Park, a magnificent jungle setting crossed by a succession of waterfalls extending over seven levels before flowing into the Khwae Yai River. A hiking trail (700 meters of elevation) allows to reach several natural pools with turquoise waters where it is good to swim in a most refreshing water!