Tour the city of Bangkok in traditional style by rice barge and long tail boat.

Tour ID:	TBKK083
Destination	Bangkok, Thailand
Activity:	Arts & Culture, Boat travel
Price:	start from $36 per person
Duration:	Half Day

Tour Rates* (Price/Person) in U.S. Dollars
Period	Single	Double	Triple	Group 4-6	Single Supplement
1 Nov 2009 – 31 Oct 2010	57	36	26	N/A	N/A

Rates include 7% VAT tax and 10% hotel service charge. Major credit cards accepted. No extra charge, no minimum

Note: Booking should be made at least 7 days in advance. The Triple rates are based on a twin sharing room with an extra bed for the third person.

Itinerary

Pick up from hotel and transfer to River City Pier for Rice Barge Cruise tour. The trip starts by long-tail boat passing various canals and temples. Experience good feeling of life on the waterway and see Thai people at work and at home by the canal. Then move onto a converted rice barge and cruise along the Chao Phraya River. Snacks & drinks included

Price Includes:

• Tour as mentioned in the program
• Limited join-in round trip transfer from/to your hotel in Bangkok

Price Excludes:

• Personal expense
• Other services not mentioned in the program

Note:

• Seat in coach tour is available on request.
  A seat in coach tour or SIC is a tour that you have a join transportation and a tour guide with other tourists. The vehicle used in SIC ranges from a van to a coach. Therefore, the average number of passengers can start from 7 to 40 people depending on the number of the tourists on that day. The pick-up time varies since the coach will pick up tourists from various hotels in the close vicinity before the tour starts.

About the Package

The Mighty Chao Phraya
For centuries, the Chao Phraya River has been the lifeblood of the Kingdom of Thailand. Stretching more than 300-km through fertile central plains, and fed by countless tributaries, the waterway serves the old capital of Ayutthaya and flows into the sea at Bangkok, where it remains an essential artery in the capital’s economic life.A visit to Bangkok would not be complete without spending some time on this river. An ideal way to take in the “River of Kings” is to while away an afternoon on an old style wooden rice barge converted to accommodate passengers.

River Scenes
Chugging slowly up and down the Chao Phraya lends the visitor a whole different perspective of Thailand’s capital. The river is teeming with boats of all shapes and sizes. On all sides, cross-river ferries, speeding longtails, river taxis and trains of massive barges pulled by tugboats a fraction of their size haul their cargoes to and fro.

Entertaining, English-speaking guides point out all the famous landmarks such as the Temple of the Dawn (Wat Arun), the Oriental Hotel, the Grand Palace as a pleasant breeze caresses your face and keeps you cool.

As an added bonus to your languid journey down the lazy river, the barge has a centerpiece table full of the country’s delightful tropical fruits. Rambutans, mangosteens, pineapple, bananas and more are offered for you to sample away to your heart’s content. You can even enjoy a sneaky afternoon tipple of Thai whiskey at the bar. After all, you are on holiday!

Living the Stilted Life
Just off the Chao Phraya is a network of canals running through the Thonburi side of the river. Hop aboard a longtail boat and cruise past wooden stilted houses and shops – life on the water is still a daily reality for some, where canals are their roads.