Tour Description

Travel through Thailand and Cambodia on a journey that links sacred sites, historic cities and local traditions. From Bangkok to Chiang Mai, you’ll explore UNESCO World Heritage Sites, travel by rail and spend time with rescued elephants at Elephant Nature Park Sanctuary before continuing to Siem Reap to discover the Temples of Angkor.

Priced From:

$ 10330pp ^*

From: 2027-01-03

To: 2027-12-12

Start Location: Bangkok, Thailand

End Location: Siem Reap, Cambodia

Trip Type: Asia

Tour Advisors

Beccy Hayes

Travel Specialist

Tiffany McCrea-Lennon

Managing Director

Russell Mein

Travel Specialist

Caitlin Lennon

Travel Coordinator

Gaylyn Murdoch

Administration Manager

Holly Skene

Travel Co-ordinator

Kim Thomas

Broker

Itinerary

Welcome to Bangkok

Day 1

Duration: 1

Accommodation: Pullman Bangkok G

Arrive in Bangkok, Thailand’s fast-moving capital, where street life, bold flavours and grand temples sit side by side. Transfer to the Pullman Bangkok G, your hotel and Stays with Stories experience. Later, join your fellow travellers for dinner at the hotel, a relaxed first introduction to the group and the journey ahead.

See the Sights of Bangkok

Day 2

Duration: 1

Accommodation: Pullman Bangkok G

Start your day your way. Early risers can Dive into Culture in Lumpini Park, taking part in a Tai Chi lesson alongside locals who come here to begin their day. Continue to the Grand Palace, the former royal residence and one of Thailand’s most important landmarks, then step inside Wat Phra Kaew, home to the revered Emerald Buddha. Trade the coach for a tuk tuk ride through the city’s busy streets to Wat Pho, where Thailand’s first public university and the Reclining Buddha reveal another layer of Bangkok’s cultural and spiritual heritage. Later, perhaps join an Optional Experience to visit Jim Thompson House, before choosing an evening Optional Experience, either a dinner cruise along the Chao Phraya River or a tuk tuk ride through Bangkok after dark.

Onwards to Damnoen Saduak and Kanchanaburi

Day 3

Duration: 1

Accommodation: U Inchantree Kanchanaburi

Today’s discoveries reveal different sides of Thailand, from canal trade and local food traditions to places shaped by wartime history. Visit Damnoen Saduak Floating Market, where traders sell fruit, vegetables and local goods from boats along the canals, then stop at a coconut palm sugar plantation to see how sap is collected and turned into sugar. Later, visit the famous Bridge over the River Kwai and take a train ride along the historic Death Railway, a route built during World War II, with the opportunity to walk along the wooden viaduct before dinner at your hotel.

Railways and Rivers in Kanchanaburi

Day 4

Duration: 1

Accommodation: U Inchantree Kanchanaburi

Today, visit Hellfire Pass and the Hellfire Pass Memorial Museum, where the story of the Thai-Burma Railway is told through the experiences of the Allied prisoners of war and Asian labourers who worked here during World War II. This afternoon is yours to enjoy at leisure, with time to relax at your hotel or perhaps join an Optional Experience to Erawan Falls, a seven-tier limestone waterfall in Erawan National Park. Later, come together again for dinner at your hotel.

On to Ancient Ayutthaya

Day 5

Duration: 1

Accommodation: Kantary

Explore Ayutthaya, the former capital of Siam and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, where temple ruins, royal landmarks and museum collections reveal the scale of the ancient city. Visit Wat Sri Sanphet, Wat Yai Chaimongkhol and Wat Mahathat, home to the iconic Buddha head entwined in tree roots, before continuing to the Chao Sam Phraya National Museum and Bang Pa-In Royal Palace. This evening, enjoy dinner aboard a traditional rice barge as you cruise past Ayutthaya’s heritage sites.

Sukhothai

Day 6

Duration: 1

Accommodation: Sukhothai Treasure Resort & Spa

Board a train to Phitsanulok, travelling through the rice fields, small towns and open farmland of Thailand’s central plains on the route north. Continue to Sukhothai, where the rest of the day is yours to explore as you please. You may choose to join an Optional Experience to visit a local family and make your own amulet, learning more about the beliefs that give these objects their place in Thai life. This evening, another Optional Experience offers the chance to explore Sukhothai’s night market, where regional dishes, traditional noodles and handmade local products reveal a more local side of the city.

Explore Sukhothai

Day 7

Duration: 1

Accommodation: Sukhothai Treasure Resort & Spa

Begin the day by witnessing the morning alms offering to local monks, a long-held tradition still part of daily life in Thailand, before returning to the hotel for breakfast. Later, explore Sukhothai Historical Park, part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, by bicycle or tram, passing temple ruins, Buddha images, moats and city walls on the site of Thailand’s first capital. Continue to Baan Suan Suda, where you’ll stroll through the garden with your host and see the herbs, fruit and vegetables used in Thai cooking before joining a hands-on cooking experience. The evening is then yours to spend as you please before joining a Local Specialist in the hotel’s garden to visit the Treasure Farm and look for fireflies after dark.

Continue to Chiang Mai

Day 8

Duration: 1

Accommodation: Movenpick Suriwongse Hotel

Travel on to Chiang Mai, the former capital of the Lanna Kingdom, stopping in Lampang to visit Wat Phra That Lampang Luang, one of northern Thailand’s most important temples. Later, join your hosts in Ban Thi for a Be My Guest experience featuring seasonal northern Thai dishes and insight into the local community and the heritage of the Thai Lue tribe. This evening, after arriving in Chiang Mai, you may wish to explore the city’s famous Sunday Night Market with your Travel Director.

Chiang Mai – Elephant Nature Park

Day 9

Duration: 1

Accommodation: Movenpick Suriwongse Hotel

This morning, visit Elephant Nature Park Sanctuary for a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience with rescued elephants in a no-riding environment. You’ll learn more about their care and spend time watching them in their natural surroundings before sitting down to a vegan buffet lunch. Back in Chiang Mai, the rest of the day is yours to explore at leisure, or perhaps choose an Optional Experience to Mae Rim, where a Hmong hilltribe village and Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden reveal another side of northern Thailand.

A Day to Discover Chiang Mai

Day 10

Duration: 1

Accommodation: Movenpick Suriwongse Hotel

A quieter side of Chiang Mai awaits today as you visit Wat Suan Dok, Dive into Culture as you meet a monk to learn more about Buddhist traditions. Continue to San Kamphaeng District, known for its handicrafts, with time to shop for locally made souvenirs. Return to your hotel before spending the afternoon as you please, or perhaps choose an Optional Experience for a traditional Thai massage. Later, head to Doi Suthep to experience evening monk chants. Come together for your final dinner at Deck One on the banks of the Ping River, a chance to reflect on the journey you’ve shared through Thailand.

Continue to Cambodia

Day 11

Duration: 1

Accommodation: Tara Angkor

Transfer to the airport for the short international flight to Siem Reap in Cambodia via Bangkok. On arrival you will meet your local Cambodian Travel Director. The rest of your day is at leisure.

Amazing Angkor Wat

Day 12

Duration: 1

Accommodation: Tara Angkor

Today, walk through a pyramid-shaped gateway into an ancient world. Serene stone faces watch as you cross the causeway suspended over a moat into the spiritual heart of the ancient lost city of Angkor. Be amazed by the sheer size, you’ll be memorised by the intricate carvings and murals of celestial nymphs and mythical serpents along the abandoned hallways of Angkor Wat. Your next stop is the terracotta-hued walls of Banteay Srei Temple – the “Citadel of Women” dedicated to the Hindu God Shiva. You will have time to admire the 10th-century carvings of women, said to have been too delicate to have been carved by a man, hence the name. Finishing with a visit to Krabei Riel local village you will have a chance to walk and talk with the villagers who are always keen to share their smiles with you. Learn some of their traditional skills such as palm leaf weaving, your time will be spent truly engaging in a real-life Cambodian Village MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience.

Temples of Angkor

Day 13

Duration: 1

Accommodation: Tara Angkor

Start at Angkor Thom, exploring the Terrace of Elephants, the Royal Enclosure, and Bayon Temple’s smiling faces of Buddha. Next, wander Ta Prohm, its mossy ruins you may recognise from the film ‘Tomb Raider’. Under the canopy, you’ll discover towers, courtyards and stone carvings hidden among the foliage. Visit Artisans d'Angkor this afternoon, supporting Khmer craftsmanship in silk making and wood carving. You’ll join a private blessing at Wat Damnak where a sacred thread is tied around your wrist as protection from evil spirits. Later, enjoy the best of Cambodian cuisine and be entertained by a traditional Apsara dance performance

Farewell Cambodia

Day 14

Duration: 1

Accommodation: Tara Angkor

As your journey through Vietnam comes to an end, a shuttle service to the airport has been arranged to ensure a smooth departure for your onward flight.

Dates & prices

Start Date: 2027-01-03

End Date: 2027-01-16

twin

Child Price: 10040

Adult Price: 10980

triple

Child Price: 9560

Adult Price: 10500

single

Child Price:

Adult Price: 12900

Start Date: 2027-01-24

End Date: 2027-02-06

twin

Child Price: 10040

Adult Price: 10980

triple

Child Price: 9560

Adult Price: 10500

single

Child Price:

Adult Price: 12900

Start Date: 2027-02-28

End Date: 2027-03-13

twin

Child Price: 10040

Adult Price: 10980

triple

Child Price: 9560

Adult Price: 10500

single

Child Price:

Adult Price: 12900

Start Date: 2027-03-14

End Date: 2027-03-27

twin

Child Price: 10040

Adult Price: 10980

triple

Child Price: 9560

Adult Price: 10500

single

Child Price:

Adult Price: 12900

Start Date: 2027-03-28

End Date: 2027-04-10

twin

Child Price: 9940

Adult Price: 10880

triple

Child Price: 9460

Adult Price: 10400

single

Child Price:

Adult Price: 12730

Start Date: 2027-04-11

End Date: 2027-04-24

twin

Child Price: 9870

Adult Price: 10810

triple

Child Price: 9390

Adult Price: 10330

single

Child Price:

Adult Price: 12660

Start Date: 2027-04-25

End Date: 2027-05-08

twin

Child Price: 9870

Adult Price: 10810

triple

Child Price: 9390

Adult Price: 10330

single

Child Price:

Adult Price: 12660

Start Date: 2027-05-09

End Date: 2027-05-22

twin

Child Price: 9870

Adult Price: 10810

triple

Child Price: 9390

Adult Price: 10330

single

Child Price:

Adult Price: 12660

Start Date: 2027-06-13

End Date: 2027-06-26

twin

Child Price: 9870

Adult Price: 10810

triple

Child Price: 9390

Adult Price: 10330

single

Child Price:

Adult Price: 12660

Start Date: 2027-07-04

End Date: 2027-07-17

twin

Child Price: 9870

Adult Price: 10810

triple

Child Price: 9390

Adult Price: 10330

single

Child Price:

Adult Price: 12660

Start Date: 2027-08-01

End Date: 2027-08-14

twin

Child Price: 9870

Adult Price: 10810

triple

Child Price: 9390

Adult Price: 10330

single

Child Price:

Adult Price: 12660

Start Date: 2027-08-29

End Date: 2027-09-11

twin

Child Price: 9870

Adult Price: 10810

triple

Child Price: 9390

Adult Price: 10330

single

Child Price:

Adult Price: 12660

Start Date: 2027-09-05

End Date: 2027-09-18

twin

Child Price: 9870

Adult Price: 10810

triple

Child Price: 9390

Adult Price: 10330

single

Child Price:

Adult Price: 12660

Start Date: 2027-09-19

End Date: 2027-10-02

twin

Child Price: 9940

Adult Price: 10880

triple

Child Price: 9460

Adult Price: 10400

single

Child Price:

Adult Price: 12800

Start Date: 2027-10-03

End Date: 2027-10-16

twin

Child Price: 9940

Adult Price: 10880

triple

Child Price: 9460

Adult Price: 10400

single

Child Price:

Adult Price: 12800

Start Date: 2027-11-07

End Date: 2027-11-20

twin

Child Price: 10040

Adult Price: 10980

triple

Child Price: 9560

Adult Price: 10500

single

Child Price:

Adult Price: 12900

Start Date: 2027-11-28

End Date: 2027-12-11

twin

Child Price: 10040

Adult Price: 10980

triple

Child Price: 9560

Adult Price: 10500

single

Child Price:

Adult Price: 12900

Start Date: 2027-12-12

End Date: 2027-12-25

twin

Child Price: 10520

Adult Price: 11460

triple

Child Price: 10040

Adult Price: 10980

single

Child Price:

Adult Price: 13380

Thailand and the Temples of Angkor

Tour Advisors

Itinerary

Dates & prices