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Cycle Tour of Kanchanaburi - 3 days 2 nights
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TKCB0681
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Kanchanaburi, Thailand |
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Active tours, Biking, Family package, Historic sites / Temple visits, Nature & Adventure, Off the beaten track, Train travel |
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| Price: |
start from $238 per person
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| Duration: |
3 Days / 2 Nights |
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| When? |
TODAY - 31 Oct 2009 |
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Enjoy the local Thai lifestyle and learn more about various historical sites in Kanchanaburi. Follows a wide range of trails, including quiet back roads, red laterite jeep trails with some off-road jungle trails. Suitable for most levels of riders and is an excellent trip for families.
Minimum 2 persons for a joined-in program and minimum 4 persons for a private program Kanchanaburi Guide, More Tours in Kanchanaburi.
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| Tour Rates: |
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Period |
Single |
Double |
Triple |
| Join-in tour, every Mondays
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11 Jul 2009 - 31 Oct 2009
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238 |
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238 |
| Private Tour, daily departure
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11 Jul 2009 - 31 Oct 2009
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377 |
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| Rates
include 7%
VAT tax and 10% hotel service
charge. Major credit cards
accepted. No
extra charge, no minimum |
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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.
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| Itinerary |
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| Join-in tour, every Mondays | Operate: Monday |
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Day 1 Bangkok - Kanchanaburi - Baan Kao (30km) (Lunch, Dinner)
Pick up from the hotel in Bangkok and transfer to Kanchanaburi, upon arrival visit the JEATH Museum and the famous Bridge Over the River Kwai. Lunch at a local restaurant. After lunch, visit war cemetery on the way to Baan Kao. Arrive at Prasat Muang Singh Historical Park, start riding on the back roads mostly flat jeep trails following the river to the hotel.
Dinner and overnight at the Pungwaan Resort. (30 km. cycling)
Day 2 Baan Kao - Kwai Noi (60 - 65 km) (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
After a sumptous breakfast at the resort, start cycling to Resotel on mainly flat with a mixture of jeep trails and tarmac, quiet back road. Lunch at a local restaurant on the way. In the late afternoon free time at leisure at the resort.
Overnight at River Kwai Resotel Hotel Day 3 Kwai Noi - Bangkok (Breakfast, Lunch)
After breakfast, a stunning ride through old jungle to the River Kwai undulating off road riding but mainly downhill. Cross the river by boat to Hellfire Pass. Visit the museum and enjoy a packed lunch. After lunch, relax for a while and start riding again to Sai Yok Noi train station for a train ride along the Death Railway back to Kanchanaburi. Arrive at Kanchanburi train station and return to Bangkok by minivan. Drop off at your hotel in Bangkok. (20-25 km. cycling) |
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Show Full Itinerary |
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| Private Tour, daily departure | Operate: Daily |
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| Notes |
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Price Includes:
- Accommodation in sharing twin at specific resort
- Meals as indicated
- Transport by air conditioned vehicles to/from Kanchanaburi
- All entrance fees to museum and other sites
- Train ride
- Water and snack whilst riding
- Bike Hire, Helmet and Spares for 3 days
- English speaking cycle guide
- Accident insurance
Prices exclude:
- Alcoholic beverages
- Soft drink and other beverage during meals in the evening
- Optional boat trip to Mon village and massage
- Tips for guides / driver
- Personal expenses
- Personal travel insurance
- Other services not mentioned in the program
Tour Information:
- Child Policy: Children travelling with 2 adults:
- Children aged 12 - 17 years are welcome on this trip and receive a 25% discount
- Total Distance: 115 km
Number of cycling days: one fulld ay and two good half days of riding
- Road Surface: A mix of asphalt roads, vehicle-width dirt roads, and off-road trails. There are no technical sections but some off-road experience would be an advantage.
- Support: One or two 8-seat air-conditioned minibuses fitted with two-way radio and specially converted to take bikes and bikers.
- Staff: Each tour is led by at least one fully-trained English speaking tour guide.
- Accommodation: 1 night on a raft house at Pung Waan Resort. 1 night at River Kwai Resotel. Both hotel have en suite facilities and a/c. Both hotels have charm and local character.
- Food: Full board from lunch on Day 1 to lunch on Day 3, Soft drinks, water and fruit are available all day while cycling.
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| About the
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Starting from Bangkok, we first visit the sites of Kanchanaburi town before starting the ride at Prasat Muang Singh, a Khmer temple that dates back to the Angkorian period of the 12th century. We then enjoy an afternoon riding through stunning countryside, small Thai villages and teak plantations. We will spend another day riding on great jungle trails and red laterite roads to another hotel by the Kwai Noi River. The final day will be the ride through jungle to the river where we cross and visit Hellfire Pass before taking a ride on the Death Railway before returning to Bangkok.
JEATH Museum
The JEATH War Museum comprises another reminder of the wartime past. The enclave, in the riverside precincts of Wat Chaichumphon, has been constructed in the form of an Allied POW camp. The name JEATH is derived from countries inextricably associated with the years 1942 through 1945, namely Japan, England, America, Australia, Thailand and Holland. The thatched detention hut with cramped, elevated bamboo bunks, contains photographic, pictorial and physical memorabilia dating from the Second World War. POWs who survived the ordeal have donated items from that period to substantiate the museum’s authenticity.The museum is open daily from 8.30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The Bridge Over the River Kwae
The major landmark is the black iron bridge spanning the Khwe Yai river which was brought from Java by the Japanese army and reasssembled under Japanese supervision by Allied prisoner-of-war (POW) labour as part of the ‘Death Railway’ intended to link Thailand with Myanmar. The bridge was the target of frequent Allied bombing raids during 1945, and was rebuilt after the war ended. The curved spans of the bridge are the original sections.
World War II-vintage steam locomotives, and a peculiar hybrid road/railcar from the 2 same era, comprise a small open-air Railway Museum on the bridge’s eastern approach.
Prasat Muang Singh
The ancient site is located on a steep bank of the Kwae Noi River. The 800-year-old city ruins are of considerable archaeological interest. The principal structure, the Khmer Prasat Mueang Sing (Tower of the City of Lions) is believed to have been the westernmost outpost of the Angkor-centred Khmer empire. Skeletal remains dating back some 2,000 years have been unearthed, and artefacts, including temple carvings, religious statuary, implements and pottery shards indicate the once-thriving city must have been inhabited from approximately the 12th to 14th centuries A.D.
Hell Fire Pass Memorial Museum
The Hellfire Pass Memorial Museum, opened on April 24, 1998, by the Australian Prime Minister, Mr. John Howard, and some 80 kilometres north of the provincial captital on Highway No.323, powerfully evokes the period when the ‘Death Railway” was constructed. A masterful display of contemporary photographs, maps, models, illustrations and physical memorabilia from the period is complemented by a moving 7-minute audio-visual presentation.
A 4-kilometre Walking Trail permits visitors to descend to the Hellfire Pass, and then explore the 'Death Railway' railbed in the area. Hellfire Pass was so named because of punishing night work when flickering bonfires illuminated emaciated POWS. The cutting is some 500 metres long, and 26 metres deep. It was completed within six weeks during 1943 by Australian POWs employing hand drills, picks and shovels, baskets and dynamite.
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