2-Day River Kwai Jungle Raft: Join In

06:00 hours
In the morning pick up from major hotel in Bangkok downtown area and drive approx. 2 hours to Kanchanaburi.

09:00 hours
Arrive Kanchanaburi, visit Thailand-Burma Railway Centre, where interactive exhibits, short films and clear descriptions provide the context of the Japanese aggression in Southeast Asia, detail their plans for the railway and describe the horrors faced by those prisoners who worked and died constructing it. Then walk to War cemetery and memorial site nearby.

12:00 hours
Take a longtail boat on the Kwai River, passing unspoiled mountainous jungle scenery. Check in and lunch at your rafts.

After lunch, again by longtail boat downstream to Phutakian pier and continue on road to visit Hellfire Pass Memorial. Late afternoon, return back to your raft.
Dinner, followed by a 45-minute presentation of Mon Dance.

Overnight on River Kwai Jungle Raft -Raft Room - There is no electricity in the raft. The raft room with en-suite cold water shower and western style toilet

Estimated driving time/distance:
3.30 hours driving / 220 kilometers approximately

Meal included:
Lunch at the hotel
Dinner at the hotel

07:00 hours
Breakfast at the resort. Visit to the nearby ethnic Mon Tribal Village, by easy jungle walk.

11:00 hours
Check out and boat transfer to Phutakian pier, and road transfer for lunch at local restaurant.

13:00 hours.
Take a historic ride on the Death Railway Train, passing over original wooden viaduct constructed by Allied POWs.

14:30 hours
Journey back by air-conditioned van / coach to Bangkok

18:00 hours
Arrive Bangkok.

Estimated driving time/distance:
4.5 hours driving / 260 kilometers approximately

Meal included:
Breakfast at the hotel
Lunch at local restaurant