Terrific Thailand Beach Holiday

Upon arrival in Chiang Mai, you are welcomed by our local guide and escort to your hotel. After that, you can spend you leisure on a city tour.
Overnight in Chiang Mai.

After an early breakfast, head out on an excursion about 30 km from Chiang Mai to Chiang dao for a visit to an elephant camp where elephants of all sizes can be seen amid the beautiful jungle to the north of the city. In lush tropical jungle, you will see the elephants taking their morning bath in the running streams before starting working and being trained. The morning tour includes a demonstration around 09.40am of how trained elephants are used as work animals in the teak forests of Thailand. This is your chance to enjoy an elephant ride around camp.

Afterwards, board bamboo rafts along a very picturesque stretch of the river to see the beautiful scenery down the river. The rafting lasts about an hour but depends on the depth of the water and the speed of the current. Lunch will be at a local restaurant today.
The evening is at leisure.

Overnight in Chiang Mai.

Enjoy a cooking class in an organic farm. Experience a morning visit of local market for ingredient shopping. Wade through the organic farm and learn more about various ingredients growing here as well as the essential ingredients for your own dishes. Enjoy cooking Thai dishes such as Curry, Tom Yam, Papaya Salad, Spring Roll and Mango with Sticky Rice. For lunch you will enjoy what you have prepared. Return to the hotel in the afternoon, the rest of the day is at leisure.
Overnight in Chiang Mai.

Start out with a visit to the Grand Palace and Emerald Buddha Temple – Wat Phra Kaeo. Before entering the main gate to the temple of the Emerald Buddha, stop by the Royal Regalia Museum to see the beauty of decorative jewelry, which used to be ornament of the royal officers and consorts. Continue exploringWat Pho – the Reclining Buddha temple, the oldest and biggest temple with the largest number of pagodas (95 in all) in the city well known for its huge Reclining Buddha.

This afternoon, visit “Arts of the Kingdom” — a magnificent exhibition of exquisite but rarely seen traditional Thai crafts reflects the decades of work initiated under The Foundation for the Promotion of Supplementary Occupations and Related Techniques or the Support Foundation under the Royal Patronage of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit.
Overnight in Bangkok.

Upon arrival in Phukhet airport, transfer to your hotel for check-in.
Overnight in Phuket.

You will be picked up from the hotel at approximately 07:30 a.m. and transferred to the embarkation pier at Yacht Haven Marina by air-conditioned bus. Embark on board the “June Bahtra” for 09:00 a.m. departure and enjoy your cruise through the enchanting and breathtaking Phang Nga Bay.

Around noon, you will arrive at James Bond Island and continue your journey by long tail boat through the mangrove delta and the Grotto Cave to the Sea Gypsy village. A delicious Thai buffet lunch is served back on board, then the afternoon is free to relax, sunbathe and swim. Cruise back to Phuket Island and transfer to the hotel. You will arrive back in your hotel at approximately 18:00.
Overnight in Phuket.

In the early morning take a cruise to Phi Phi Island and sight seeing in Maya Bay from the cruise. After disembarking, enjoy swimming in crystal clear water or sun bathing on the white sand beach. Have a buffet lunch at local restaurant. In the afternoon take your time to snorkel or explore the Island.
Overnight in Phuket.

Time at leisure until transfer to the airport for flight to Bangkok to connect your homeward flight.