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Full-day tour in Bangkok, including Lunch and Entrance fees. Run by Bigcountry Experience Co.,Ltd., booked direct rather than through a reseller.
Highlights
- Runs 10 hours
- Lunch
- Entrance fees
- English-speaking guide
- Basic train fee on the Death Railway track (THB 100)
- Transportation to Kanchanaburi by air-conditioned van
Historical Day Tour to River Kwai in Bangkok: Key Facts
| Price | From $62 per person |
|---|---|
| Duration | 10 hours |
| Languages | English |
| Tour type | Guided Tour |
| Booking | Direct with the local operator — no OTA markup |
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Full description
This is a 10-hour experience in Bangkok. Your place is held with the operator before we treat your booking as final.
Kanchanaburi, 130 kilometres west of Bangkok, is the bridge over the River Kwai and the Death Railway, built by Allied prisoners and Asian labourers for the Japanese army in 1942 and 1943 at the cost of more than 100,000 lives. The bridge, rebuilt after wartime bombing, still carries a train that runs on to Nam Tok along the cliffside Wampo viaduct, and the war cemetery and the Thailand-Burma Railway Centre museum in the town are the places to understand it. Hellfire Pass, 80 kilometres further, is the cutting the prisoners dug by hand, with a walking trail and an Australian-run memorial museum. Erawan National Park's seven-tier waterfall is the other reason to come, with swimmable emerald pools up a 2-kilometre trail.
The price covers Lunch, Entrance fees, guide, Basic train fee on the Death Railway track and Transportation to Kanchanaburi by air-conditioned van. It does not cover Tips and personal expenses and Assigned train seat, so budget for those separately. Everything included is listed in full on this page; if something is not on that list, assume it is not in the price.
The meeting point and time are emailed as soon as the booking is confirmed. We need at least one day's notice, and we confirm the date before treating your booking as final. If the date cannot be confirmed we tell you and refund you rather than leave you waiting.
Includes
- Lunch
- Entrance fees
- English-speaking guide
- Basic train fee on the Death Railway track (THB 100)
- Transportation to Kanchanaburi by air-conditioned van
Excludes
- Tips and personal expenses
- Assigned train seat (optional for THB 200/person)
Important information
Meeting point
Bigcountry Experience Co.,Ltd. sends the meeting point and time by email as soon as the booking is confirmed.
Know before you go
- Free cancellation available up to 24 hours before the activity starts
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Traveler Reviews
Very educational trip to visit River Kwai, our guide Boeing is very knowledgeable and willing to share historical stories with us.
Very impressive day trip, great explanations of our guide. Pity we couldn’t be dropped off at our hotel at the end of the tour and were invited to some clothing shop instead. Otherwise it was a memorable day.
It was amazing, full of new experiences and learning the history of the Asian nations during the Second World War.
Jokey gave a fantastic tour! He was so knowledgeable and interesting!! U cannot rate him highlight enough, he was amazing!!
Jokey was really helpful and kind, I would recommend him all day! Me and my friends thank you again for the perfect day!
The trip was great and Jockey was a fantastic guide. Even a little too overprotective and mindful of our group. Overall a fun day.
William and Mr Driver were lovely. William was a very good guide
Henry is a knowledgeable and responsible guide. It's a great experience to go on this trip with him.
Wonderful and well-planned day trip from Bangkok! The driver and guide were professional and polite and the stops were in good sequence. The train ride was especially fun!
It was really nice, positive, informative trip. Tour guide Mindy was really possitive, inteligent and she tells me more information About River Kwai, train and about Thailand and peoples in Thailand. I recomend this trip to everyone. ITS informative, calm and Nice.
William was a wonderful guide with lots of knowledge. Seeing the cemetery, museum and bridge in person was a very emotional experience. To then be able to ride the train in the railway that was built by all the POWs and forced labour and see the cut out cliffs they had to make really brings our history home and makes it more real.
Phillip our guide was great , friendly, helpful, knoweledgeable. the war cemetries and museum were very moving. the train was fun even though its building was by forced labour and death. It was a very good trip for lots of reasons and would recommend it.