TOUR OVERVIEW

Price From : 9,750 - 35,950 Baht 

A 5 Day Package of tours combining Bangkok and Pattaya (2 days in Bangkok and 3 days in Pattaya) This package will take in both Bangkok's and Pattaya's highlights making the most of five days in these two vibrant cities!

TOUR DESCRIPTION

Day 1- Bangkok Grand Palace, Temples, and Thonburi canals
Begin your exploration of Bangkok with a visit to this mega cities true heart and center! We will collect you from your Bangkok hotel and take you to our first destination of the day which is Bangkok's most important palace and temple complex 'The Grand Palace'. The Grand Palace was built as a royal residence and over the years many additions have been made including the stunning Wat Prah Kaew which houses the Emerald Buddha carved out of a single piece of Jade! After the Grand Palace, we proceed to Wat Po famous for its Thai massage school and its giant reclining Buddha. We will stop for lunch before heading to the mighty Chao Phraya river where we will board a long tail boat for a ride along the Chao Phraya. From this great vantage point, you will be right amongst river life and see Bangkok from a different perspective. We will soon leave the main river for the backwater canals in Thonburi where you will see a more sedate and traditional way of living as we make our way up and down narrow canals a long way from the hectic pace and traffic of usual Bangkok life. After disembarking the long tail boat we will take a cross-river ferry to Wat Arun one of Bangkok's most iconic temples. You will be able to get close up and climb partway up the Pagoda to get a panoramic view over the Chao Phraya. Our last destination of the day will be the busy Yaworat district of Bangkok (China Town) we will see the solid gold Buddha at Wat Traimit. At the end of the day, we will transfer you back to your Bangkok hotel.

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Bangkok

Day 2- Bangkok Floating Market and Pattaya Transfer
Today we will depart Bangkok for the seaside city of Pattaya but not before we have made a trip to the world-famed Damnoen Saduak Floating Market. An early start is essential as the drive to Damnoen Saduak is a little over one hour and we do not want to miss the colorful boats of this morning market. On the route to Damnoen Saduak, we will stop by at Mae Klong Train Market where you witness the market vendors set up across the tracks of a working railway line. Just wait and see the amazing scene unfold when the scheduled train passes through this market! Before Damnoen Saduak we will make a short stop at a wonderful little Home industry producing palm sugar. You can see the sugar being made as well as try some of the sweet candy produced from the palm sugar. At Damnoen Saduak you well board a privately chartered motorboat where we will travel some of the canals on the way to the market and you can get a glimpse of real canal-side life. we will disembark the boat at the market and you will then be free to explore the market, you can wander up and down the canals flagging down boats and vendors as you please, or take the paddle boat option where you can really get amongst the action on the canals. we will then depart for the drive to Pattaya (approximately 3-3.5 hours) stopping on route to have lunch. the day will finish when we transfer you to your Pattaya hotel

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Pattaya

Day 3 - Koh Larn (Coral island by speedboat)
You will be picked up from your hotel and transferred to Pattaya beach where we will board our speedboat. On route to Koh Larn, you will have the option to stop for Parasailing and sea walking on the ocean floor. On Koh Larn you will have the rest of the morning to enjoy the white sandy beach and crystal clear blue waters that this island has to offer. Lunch will be taken at a beachside restaurant and you can continue enjoying the beach for the rest of the afternoon. The return to Pattaya beach will be by speedboat. After Koh Larn we will transfer you back to your hotel in Pattaya.

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Pattaya

Day 4 - Pattaya Highlights
You will be picked up from your hotel and our first stop of the day will be the Phra Tamnak Hill where you will get great views of the city of Pattaya and its sweeping bay, we will then leave Pattaya in a southerly direction to our first stop of the day, the 109 m tall Buddha image at Khao Chee Chan. This Buddha image was sculpted onto the rock of Khao Chee Chan in honor of His Majesty King Bhumipon. Before lunch, we will visit the Wihan Sian Chinese temple. Lunch will be taken at the stunning Nong Nooch Botanical Gardens as well as the extensive gardens, Nong Nooch puts on a cultural show. For the final stop of the day, you will be able to choose according to your own interests (feel free to choose from shopping at Pattaya Floating Market or visit the stunning Sanctuary of Truth). The tour will end when we transfer you back to your Pattaya hotel.

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Pattaya

Day 5 - Bang Saen Explorer and Khao Keow Open Zoo
You will be picked up from your hotel and leave Pattaya towards Bang Saen. Bang Saen is a much more laid-back town than its nearby neighbor of Pattaya, here you can still see a traditional Thai way of life. We will visit a local market selling a myriad of dry seafood items and then on to Khao Samuk hill or Monkey Mountain (home to a very confident and cheeky colony of macaque monkeys) you will also get some good views from here of the surrounding area and over the oyster farms out at sea. Before lunch we will visit the aquarium at the Institute of Marine Science at Burapha University and a magnificent Chinese Temple (Thep Sathit Phra Kitti) and then on to Angsila village, this village is the center of Thailand's 'mortar and pestle' manufacturing and we will see these items being manufactured from solid stone. After lunch, we will take a trip out to Khao Keow Open Zoo where you can view and get up close to plenty of native and international animal species including monkeys, elephants, rhino, and ostriches.