Experience the Wonders of Next Step Adventure

• Arrive in Bangkok please proceed to gate 6 after customs. airport staff will arrange transportation to the hotel.
• Overnight in BANGKOK (HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS BANGKOK SIAM)

•   Breakfast.
•  9 AM, Morning Bangkok Sightseeing Tour (Visit Grand Palace and Reclining Buddha of Wat Pho)
•  1 PM, Return to hotel. Rest of the day free.
• Overnight in BANGKOK (HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS BANGKOK SIAM)

•  Breakfast.
• 6.30 AM Depart hotel for Ban Pong
•  take a train ride from Ban Pong to Wang Po - our epic train ride will cross the famous “Bridge on the River Kwai”, pass through Chungkai Cutting and traverse the incredible Wampo Viaduct, all constructed in WW2.
• Lunch at local restaurant 

(optional for members not wanting to do the whole train ride, can stay on bus and meet train at Kanchanaburi and continue on with the original itinerary).

• Group Dinner
• Overnight in KANCHANABURI (RIVER KWAI VILLAGE HOTEL)

•  Breakfast.
•  Full day excursion to Three Pagoda Pass on the border of Thailand and Myanmar. Explore the cutting at Takanoon before entering the “F” Force area, visiting Shimo Sonkuria POW Camp site and Cholera Hill. 
• Lunch at local restaurant. 
• Stop at Kami Sonkurai before a chance to see the line still present in Myanmar.
• Group Dinner. 
• Overnight in KANCHANABURI (RIVER KWAI VILLAGE HOTEL). 

•  Breakfast. 
• Today the 3.5 km walk along the Memorial Walking Trail, from the Japanese Kinsaiyoku Station passing an awesome 25m high rock embankment and large 3 tier timber bridge site before a visit to the Australian Museum. 
•  Lunch at Hintok River Camp Restaurant, then take a long-tailed boat (approx. 30 minutes) to Phutakien pier before taking a bus back to the hotel. 
• Group Dinner.
• Overnight in KANCHANABURI (RIVER KWAI VILLAGE HOTEL). 

•  Early rise (4 am) for the Dawn Service at Hellfire Pass, return to the hotel.
•  Breakfast at the hotel. 
•  Departure to the Kanchanaburi War Cemetery for the morning memorial service. 
•  Lunch local restaurant 
•  Chongkai War Cemetery and the Thai Burma Railway Centre Museum. 
•  Group Dinner. 
• Overnight in KANCHANABURI (RIVER KWAI VILLAGE HOTEL). 

•  Breakfast. 
• Travel to the Sai Yok Noi Waterfall near the original site of Tarsao Station, climb over a genuine locomotive used on the line. 
• After lunch at Wangpo Station, time to wander along the railway and watch the train make its way across the via duct. Lastly, visit the Weary Dunlop Museum and the Jack Chalker Gallery and return to the hotel by bus. 
• Dinner. 
• Overnight in KANCHANABURI (RIVER KWAI VILLAGE HOTEL). 

•  Breakfast. 
•  Check out of hotel and visit Elephant Haven Camp
• Lunch is provided at the camp and after that, return to Bangkok. 
• This evening farewell dinner on Chao Phraya Cruise (buffet dinner; food only). 
•  Private transfers with English speaking guide included. 
• Overnight in BANGKOK (HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS BANGKOK SIAM) 

• Breakfast at hotel. 
• Transfer to BKK airport.
• End of Trip