Day 01: Bangkok
Arrive in Bangkok. Meet and greet our guide transfer to check in at the hotel. Rest of the day at your disposal. Overnight in Bangkok.
Day 02: Bangkok - Surat Thani
Pick up from your hotel in Bangkok and transfer to Don Muang airport for the evening flight to Surat Thani. On arrival transfer to a town hotel for accommodation.
Day 03: Surat Thani - Nakhon Sri Thammarat
Observe how monkeys are trained to pick up coconuts and go on to Khao Luang National Park, with summits up to 1800 m, impressive waterfalls and a nearby temple with an immense limestone cave. Continue on to Nakhon Sri Thammarat for accommodation at a town hotel.
Day 04: Nakhon Sri Thammarat - Trang
Visit the restored Wat Mahadhat, a temple built in the 7th century and watch a performance of shadow play, one of the southern arts. Leave Nakhon Sri Thammarat on a road leading through fruit plantations, showing the wide range of tropical fruits. Visit a local temple built into a limestone cave with a giant Reclining Buddha image before arrival in Trang. Accommodation at a town hotel.
Day 05: Trang - Krabi
After a walk across the local market go to Kantang to cross Trang river to reach Pak Meng beach. Pass the national park with its remote beaches and fissured rocks and stop at Wat Tham Suea, the Monastery in the Tiger Cave. Pass the famous Shell Fossil Cemetery to arrive Krabi for accommodation at a town hotel.
Day 06: Krabi
Full day boat trip to beaches and islands of Krabi for swimming, snorkelling or sunbathing. Accommodation at a town hotel.
Day 07: Krabi - Phuket
Visit Than Bok Khoranee Park and start from a nearby pier for a fascinating boat trip to hidden caves in the mangrove forest. Stop at a temple built inside a limestone cave enshrining numerous Buddha images and reach Phuket island in the evening transfer to Phuket airport, Fly back to Bangkok. Overnight in Bangkok.
Day 08: Departure