3 Days Unknown Thailand

Category: Multi-Day
Type: Shared
Duration: 3 Days
Available Language: English, Deutsch

What to Expect

One of our most popular 3-day journeys takes you to the provinces of Uthai Thani and Nakorn Sawan to the north of Bangkok. As this journey takes you through the traditional market, tropical forest, cave and lake, ethnic Karen and Lao villages, “crystal temple,” and UNESCO’s heritage site, Ayutthaya, you will have a “complex nature and cultural experience.” You will enjoy the relaxed environment of the rice barge cruise while viewing rural life on the river bank, and you will be astonished by the natural beauty of Uthai Thani Province’s Huppatad Cave, which dates back to the time of “Jurassic Park.”

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Highlights

  • Enjoy the great combination of culture, eco and adventure destinations.
  • Amaze at the Crystal Temple and river cruise in Uthai Thani
  • Relaxing boat ride with bird watching at Boraphet Swamp

Itinerary

  • Bangkok - Suphan Buri - Uthai Thani

    Depart Bangkok Hotels and drive to Suphanburi. Visit the Lak Mueang Shrine, built in Chinese style – the legend says, here, lives a ghost of the male guard called Chao Por which is still highly respected by the locals. Just next to the shrine, there is a huge Chinese dragon statue. Then, you will enjoy a visit of a big orchid farm. Continue to a hundred years old of Sam Chuk riverside market – old Chinese community and old-fashioned market with wooden shophouses remain in original Thai style a century ago. Visit a photograph shop which still takes pictures by a century-old camera, herbal drugstore, or you can enjoy tasting local sweets, sipping old-fashioned local-style coffee by the river. The three-storey building dedicated to be a museum draw visitors back to the yesteryears by different photographs featuring the way of life in the Siam’s era.

    Then.proceed to Wat Tasung Temple, the biggest and most famous temple in Uthai Thani, serving as the Buddhist meditation center. Be amazed by the crystal hall and the golden altars.

    Let’s experience a boat ride along the real historical and restored rice barge on the Sakaekrang River. Relax and watch “river life” – there are many typical raft houses of the local fishermen and their fish farms built on the river. The main income here comes from fish farming and producing variety of fish products, some of them are very interesting such as famous fish vinegar or a local smoked fish.

    Before the check in, you will take a visit to the local evening market with all local products and delicacies. Transfer to the Country Lake Nature Lodge Dinner and overnight at the Country Lake Nature Lodge.

    Meals Included: Lunch, Dinner Accommodation: Country Lake Nature Lodge
  • Ban Rai Village - Hup Pa Tat Cave

    After the breakfast, visit to the Temple of Wat Tham Khao Wong, a Buddhist temple in Tambon Ban Rai or Ban Rai District of the province of Uthai Thani, near the border with Suphan Buri Province. Built in 1987, it has a two-storey Thai-style convocation hall, and the area has been exquisitely landscaped. Further to Ban Rai Village to experience the finest Thai hand skills such as the beautiful intricately hand weaving.  About two hundred years ago, people from Laos, known as the Lao Krang, settled in the region bringing with them their weaving tradition. In this village, almost every house is a small weaving manufacturer which makes a little enhancement of the income to the farmers’ family.
    Proceed to Hub Pa Tad Valley. Surrounded by the old limestone mountains, the hidden forest of rare big palm trees which look like from the time of  “Jurassic Park” is waiting for the outside world to be explored. After walking through a 100 meters long tunnel in which you can spot many cave bats, you will find yourself in a different untouched “prehistoric” world.

    Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch Accommodation: Country Lake Nature Lodge
  • Boraphet Swamp - Ayutthaya - Bangkok

    After breakfast,  relax at the resort. Then proceed to Nakorn Sawan province. Board on a motor boat to visit the Bird Sanctuary at Bung Boraphet Swamp. Bung Boraphet is the largest swamp in Thailand and it is a wonderful area to spot many different bird species and sweet water flora. In the past was a paradise habitable by hundreds of crocodiles, thousands of fishes and even more birds. Nowadays it is home for many of them, which came to spend winter here – mostly from November to March. There is also a big aquarium and a small crocodile farm, where you can spot these prehistoric beautiful creatures.
    Then, proceed to Ayutthaya to visit the historical ruins, Wat Yai Chai Mongkol. Ayutthaya was a former and by far the longest time active capital of Siamese Kingdom that existed from 1350 to 1767. Ayutthaya was friendly towards foreign traders, including the Chinese, Vietnamese, Indians, Japanese and Persians, and later the Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch and French, permitting them to set up villages outside the walls of the capital, also called Ayutthaya. In the sixteenth century, it was described by foreign traders as one of the biggest and wealthiest cities in the East.
    Lunch at  a local  restaurant on the way back to Bangkok and transfer to the hotel or  the airport.

    Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch Accommodation: -

Inclusion

  • Transfers & Tours as mentioned in the program
  • Air-conditioned transportation
  • All entrance fees as mentioned in the program
  • Professional Guide
  • 2 nights at 3-star hotel/lodge
  • Refreshing towel & Drinking water
From ฿
14900
Tour operated by self

Accommodation

Country Lake Nature Lodge
Superior