Thailand: The Untraveled Northeast – People, Nature and Archaeology

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Far less frequently visited than the hill tribe areas of the northwest, Esaan, or Northeast Thailand, has a beauty all of its own and rice fields that stretch for miles. This special trip blends visits to rural villages with bronze age archeology, the Khmer heritage, and some of Thailand’s national parks. Beginning in Bangkok, you head northeast to Khao Yai N...
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Overview

Trip type
Private Guided
Lodging level
Premium - 4 star
Physical level
Moderate
Trip pace
Flexible schedule

Highlights

    • Explore Bangkok
    • Visit the Grand Palace
    • Enjoy Grand Pearl Cruise boat on Chao Phra River to the Summer Palace
    • Visit Khao Yai National Park and Mahawirawong National Museum
    • Visit Sukhothai Historical Park

What's this trip about?

    Far less frequently visited than the hill tribe areas of the northwest, Esaan, or Northeast Thailand, has a beauty all of its own and rice fields that stretch for miles. This special trip blends visits to rural villages with bronze age archeology, the Khmer heritage, and some of Thailand’s national parks. Beginning in Bangkok, you head northeast to Khao Yai National Park and on to Khorat. Here you can visit the archaeological finds of Ban Chiang, as well as the Khmer temple of Phimai. Crossing into Laos, you will wander the temples and streets of Vientiane and then walk Phu Hin Rongkla National Park. The trip finishes with a visit to Thailand’s first capital, the magnificent city of Sukkothai.

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Details

Itinerary focusOff the Beaten Path
Group sizePrivate - your group only
Age rangeNo age restrictions
Flights and transportAll internal ground transport included
Start CityBangkok
End CityBangkok

Travel Themes

  • Cultural
  • Eco, Sustainable & Green Travel
  • Education / Learning
  • Local Immersion & Homestays
  • National Parks
  • Nature & Wildlife

Destinations

  • Asia
  • Thailand

Attractions

  • Ayutthaya
  • Vientiane

Activities

  • Culture
  • Hiking
  • History
  • Nature
  • Ruins & Archaeology
  • Wildlife viewing

Trip includes

    • Accommodations as listed, including all service charges and taxes
    • Internal airfare (broken out separately)
    • All ground transfers
    • Expert English-speaking guides
    • All entrance fees to temples, museums, etc.
    • All meals as indicated with Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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Itinerary

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Day 1: Arrive Bangkok

Accommodation: Riva Surya, Ariyasom or the Peninsula

On arrival in Bangkok, you will clear customs and immigration.  Leaving the airport, you will see our operators holding a sign with Myths and Mountains on it. They will take you to your hotel on the river for the night.

Day 2: Tour Bangkok

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Accommodation: Riva Surya, Ariyasom or the Peninsula.

After breakfast this morning you will be picked up at your hotel for a tour of Wat Pra Keo and the Grand Palace. One of the most beautiful examples of ancient Siamese archit...

Day 3:   Visit  Ayutthaya and Summer Palace. Continue to Khao Yai. Possible Vineyard Stop

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Accommodation: Kirimaya Resort Golf Resort Spa

This morning, you will leave Bangkok on the luxurious Grand Pearl Cruise boat for a morning trip up the Chao Phra River to the Summer Palace at Bang Pa In. The mish mash of palaces...

Day 4: Visit  Khao  Yai. Druve Khoirat  Via  Pottery  Village. Special Ceremony In Pan Prasat

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Accommodation: Dusit Princess Khorat

Khao Yai is Thailand’s first and most popular national park, established in 1972. The park spreads over a variety of different ecological zones – marshlands, tropical forests and San...

Day 5: Tour Prasart Phanom Rung, Prasat Meuang Tam and Kuti Reusi

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Accommodation: Dusit Princess Khorat

Khorat is known as the “Gateway to Thailand’s Northeast” or Esaan, the least developed part of the country. Early in the morning, you will visit Prasart Phanom Rung, about an hour and a half...

Day 6: Visit Parasart Phimai and Drive Udon Thani Via Silk Village

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Accommodation: Centara hotel and Convention Center

This morning, you will begin with a visit to Prasart Phimai, Thailand’s most important Khmer monument.

Where most Khmer temples were built to honor Hindu gods, Phimai wa...

Day 7: Visit Ban Chiang and Ban Phu Historical Park

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Accommodation: Centara hotel and Convention Center

Your first morning stop will be at Ban Chiang. Here a student from the University of Pennsylvania literally tumbled on a tree root and fell on some pottery shards dating back o...

Day 8: Enter Laos and Tour Vientiane

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Accommodation: Settha Palace

A short drive brings you to the Mekong River, forming the boundary between Thailand and Laos. You cross this majestic river over the Friendship Bridge, and spend the day sightseeing in Laos’ quiet c...

Day 9: Return to Thailand. Visit Maak Peng Forest Temples

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Accommodation: Rain Forest Resort

Crossing back into Thailand, you will follow the Mekong on a scenic ride west. Here you will stop at small waterfalls, and the forest temple of Wat Hin Maak Peng. You then enter a part of Thail...

Day 10: Visit Phu Him Rongkla National Park, Pitsanuloke & Wat Pra Chinnaraj

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Accommodation: Pattara Resort and Spa Phitsanulok.

Here in the national park, you begin visiting Phu Hin Rongkla National Park, containing rugged mountains with sheer cliffs rising to more than 5780 feet. Unusual rock formation...

Day 11: 

Sargent Major Thawee folk museum, Buranathai Buddha Casting Foundry

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Accomodation: Pattara Resort and Spa

This morning, you begin the day at the Sukhothai Historical Park near Pitsanuloke.  The ruins of the temples and palaces of this 13th century Thai city are laid out in a beautiful parkIlike ...

Day 12: Organic Agricultural Farm. Fly Bangkok

Meals:  Breakfast and  Lunch

After breakfast on this last morning in Thailand, you depart for Sukhothai Organic Agriculture Farm.

Here you can witness rice planting and get a better sense of a rice farmers’ traditional way of life. If you wish, you can p...

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Dates & Availability

Price From $3,595
Price per day$327
Single supplement (single occupancy)$820
Last Updated: 12/17/2021

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Myths and Mountains is the adventure travel company for the discerning and inquisitive globe-trotter seeking a hand-crafted, life-changing experience. With more than 25 years of expertise in designing award-winning trips focusing on cultures and crafts, religion and pilgrimage sites, environment and natural history and natural healing and traditional medicine, we promise adventures beyond the guidebooks, excellence beyond expectations, and guaranteed departures.

Myths and Mountains is the epitome of elegance and casual sophistication – comfortable, convivial and relaxed. We look forward to greeting you as one of our privileged travelers. Enjoy the journey.

Comfortable Travel: Luxury travel with a casual elegance has been our calling at Myths and Mountains for almost 30 years. After all, you’re on vacation, on a journey, on a path of discovery and enlightenment, getting away from it all, seeing the beauty in everything, and breathing the rarified air that makes wherever you travel uniquely yours.

True Experiences: You’ll enjoy boutique hotels and exquisite meals, but traveling with us you’ll also be enveloped by people and societies who teach us about ourselves. You’re sharing yourself with the world and soaking in what the world offers in return.

10 Reasons to Travel With Us:

  • We share our passion with our travelers.
  • We know each destination inside and out.
  • We believe in connecting you with the people and cultures you visit.
  • We are travel philanthropy. (www.READGlobal.org)
  • Our travelers come back to us again and again and send us their friends and families because they love us.
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Logistics

What's excluded

    • International airfare
    • Comprehensive insurance coverage, including medical, evacuation, baggage loss/delay, cancellation ins., etc.
    • Meals where not indicated with a Break fast,Lunch,Dinner
    • Tips/gratuity (porters, drivers, local guides, etc.)
    • Domestic and international airport taxes
    • Other items of a personal nature including laundry, alcoholic beverages, etc.
    • Additional expenses resulting from the delay or extension of the trip due to causes beyond our reasonable control
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Meals Included

10 Breakfasts, 9 Lunches and 1 Dinner

Age Requirements
No age restrictions
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