12 Days Thailand and Cambodia Discovery with Golden Triangle

ITINERARY

Day 1: Chiang Mai | Arrive in Chiang Mai

International Flight: Excluded
Welcome to Thailand. Upon arrival, our guide will greet you at the airport and transfer you to your hotel for check-in. After getting settled in your room, feel free to explore the night markets and bazaars for some interesting souvenirs made by the hill tribes in the surrounding mountains.

Accommodation: Ruen Come In

Day 2: Chiang Mai | Chiang Mai Alms Giving, Tea Terraces, and Hill Tribes

Meals: Breakfast
Rise early morning to join locals in visiting a Buddhist monastery. You can watch or participate in offering alms to Buddhist monks at Wat Srisodain. Return to the hotel for breakfast.

Then take a trip up in the hills and visit a tea plantation. Take a seat above the terraces flowing with arched rows of green tea shrubs while you sip on a fresh cup of hot Oolong. Explore the tea plantation to learn a little about the process of cultivating and harvesting tea. Then continue to a Meo hill tribe village. Have the opportunity to see their unique apparel and simple way of living. Meo families take a great deal of pride in their herbal gardens. After seeing their home and making a new friend, return back to Chiang Mai.

Northern Thai Hill Tribes

Accommodation: Ruen Come In

Day 3: Chiang Mai | Elephant Sanctuary

Meals: Breakfast
Today, you will join a tour to an elephant sanctuary in the jungles near Chiang Mai by 4WD truck. First, you’ll learn about the project and hear the amazing stories of each rescued and orphaned elephant. Learn how they became a proud herd free from abuse and misuse. Then have an opportunity to feed them. Take a stroll with the herd to the nearby river. Here you will have the opportunity to observe or participate in bathing the elephants with the sanctuary staff. Next, enjoy a picnic spread for lunch.

After you have said your farewells, return back to the hotel for some leisure time.

Note: Please note not to wear any perfume or strong fragrances as elephants are sensitive to smell. Also, bring a change of clothes for swimming, odorless sunscreen, and a towel.

Accommodation: Ruen Come In

Day 4: Chiang Mai – Chiang Rai | Road Trip to Chiang Rai and The White Temple

Meals: Breakfast
Transfer in the morning to Chiang Rai. On the way, you’ll stop at Wat Rong Khun(the White Temple). This unique and modern temple features Hindu and Buddhist architecture along with very contemporary and peculiar art and sculptures. You’ll continue to Chiang Rai.

Accommodation: Maryo Resort

Day 5: Chiang Rai | Golden Triangle Discovery

Meals: Breakfast
In the morning, transfer to Golden Triangle, where the Ruak River and the Mekong river meet forming the borders of three countries – Thailand, Myanmar, and Laos – the area is known for its stunning views.

After the tour, return to the resort for some leisure and overnight.

Accommodation: Maryo Resort

Day 6: Chiang Rai – Phuket | Flight to Phuket

Internal Flight: Included
Meals: Breakfast
Today, take a morning flight to Phuket. Upon arrival, our representative will greet you at the airport and transfer you to the hotel for check-in.

The rest of the day is at your leisure.

Accommodation: The Mangrove Panwa Phuket Resort

Day 7: Phuket | Sea Caves by Starlight

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
World-famous kayaking inside marine limestone karst islands with macaques, water monitors, kingfishers, and Sea Eagles. Meet at the hotel around 11 AM to transfer to the pier. Then continue by boat with a light lunch served on board. Self-paddle with your own sea cave guide through tunnels and lagoons. When darkness falls, stars shine overhead in the circle of the black night, fireflies flash in the cliffside jungle, and, most of all, the sea glows with phosphorescence. Enjoy a spiritual ceremony with your own made “Krathong”. Have a magnificent dinner onboard. Then return to land. A truly magical and out of this world experience (Listed among National Geographic’s “World’s Top 50 Adventures”).

Accommodation: The Mangrove Panwa Phuket Resort

Day 8: Phuket | Leisure Day

Meals: Breakfast
Today is at your leisure to explore the beautiful beaches of Phuket.

Head south to visit Panwa Beach and Ao Yon Beach on your own or simply enjoy the views of Chalong Bay.

Accommodation: The Mangrove Panwa Phuket Resort

Day 9: Phuket – Siem Reap | Flight to Siem Reap | Floating Village on Tonle Sap Lake

Internal Flight: Included
Meals: Breakfast
Today, take a morning flight to Siem Reap. Upon arrival, our guide will greet you at the airport and transfer you to the hotel for check-in.

Visit the largest lake in Southeast Asia, the Tonle Sap. You’ll take a boat ride to Kampong Phluk which means, Harbor of the Tusks due to its history in the elephant trade several centuries ago. You’ll also see the mangrove forests nearby. After the tour, you’ll return to the hotel for leisure and overnight.

Accommodation: Treasure Oasis Hotel

Day 10: Siem Reap | Angkor Thom by Bicycle

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Enjoy a relaxing cycling tour in the morning in ancient Angkor Thom – a stone city built around the time of Angkor Wat.

The biking tour will start at the South Gate – a photogenic bridge at the gateway of the stone city of Angkor Thom which has made its way into many Hollywood movies. Angkor Thom was the last and most enduring capital city of the Khmer Empire. Enter the stone city and explore shaded trails and ancient monuments. Visit Bayon Temple where you will be surrounded by 216 gigantic stone faces which fame as “Khmer Smile”, you will also visit the Terrace of Elephants, the Royal Palace, and the Terrace of the Leper King. Stop your cycling trip with a visit to the local monastery to chat with monks and see their daily life.

On the way back, stop to see the Killing Fields of Wat Thmei. Our guide will relay to you about the history of the Khmer Rouge, Pol Pot, and the war. Cambodia is still healing from these atrocities.

Accommodation: Treasure Oasis Hotel

Day 11: Siem Reap | Angkor Wat Sunrise

Meals: Breakfast
Before the light of the day, our guide will pick you up from the hotel and transfer you to the front of Angkor Wat Temple. From here, you’ll watch one of the most revered sunrises in the world. Then in the early hours, you’ll explore the vast temple with your guide bringing to life the stories of Angkor. In the morning, the rays of the light play through the chambers as the morning haze settles and giving the temple a mystical ambiance while there are few tourists who visit during this time of day. After your explorations, you’ll return to the hotel for some rest and leisure time.

Angkor Wat Temple – 12 Days Thailand Cambodia Discovery Golden Triangle

Accommodation: Treasure Oasis Hotel

Day 12: Siem Reap | Farewell!

Meals: Breakfast
Today, our guide will transfer you to the airport for your flight onward and to bid you a fond farewell. Thank you for traveling with us!

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