BURMA-THAILAND RAILWAY - 5 Days in the Footsteps of the Railway POWs
5 Days / 4 Nights • Departs: 7:00am (Day 1) - On Request • Private Tour
Overview
Activity details
Discover the history of the Burma-Thailand Railway, visiting the sites of significant work areas and camps.
Get first-hand details from your Railway Researcher/Historian, who will be with you as you explore these locations. Learn the story on this informative, and sometimes emotional, journey.
Ideal for anyone with a family connection to the railway, or well suited to those with an interest in the complete railway story.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Thailand-Burma Railway Centre (Museum)
- Kanchanaburi War Cemetery
- Chungkai War Cemetery
- Long-tail boat ride on the River Kwai
- Bridge over the River Kwai
- Historical railway tour with Railway Historian, north to Three Pagodas Pass on the Myanmar Border
- Shimo Songkurai
- Cholera Hill
- Three Pagodas Pass
- Hellfire Pass (including the Hellfire Pass Interpretive Centre & Memorial)
- Wang Pho Viaduct
- Train ride on original section of the Burma-Thailand Railway
- Phra Pathom Chedi
WHAT'S INCLUDED
- Pick-up/Drop-off at your central Bangkok hotel
- Accommodation (4 Nights)
- Meals as indicated (Note: Drinks not included)
- Experienced, English-speaking guide
- Railway historian/researcher as indicated
- Comfortable, air-conditioned car/minivan with driver
- All touring as indicated
- Long tail boat & train rides
- Entrance fee - Thailand-Burma Railway Centre
Cancellations
If you find that you are unable to join a tour that has been booked, confirmed and paid in part or in full, the paid amount of that tour less any unrecoverable costs, may be converted to a voucher. The value of that voucher may be used towards the same tour with a later departure date or any other HWT tour.
If a refund is requested, the following cancellation fees may be deducted from the paid amount:
• Greater than 30 days prior to tour start date - 10% of total tour amount + any unrecoverable costs
• 30 days or less but greater than 14 days prior to tour start date - 50% of total tour amount + any unrecoverable costs
• 14 days or less (including 'no show') prior to tour start date - No refund