bangkok & surrounds Tours Eastern & Oriental Express

Itinerary:

Day 1 Bangkok                                                                                                                
The Eastern & Oriental Express departs Bangkok in the early evening. Having been welcomed on board the gleaming carriages, settle into your comfortable cabin. Dinner is served as the train travels from the city into the countryside. Later retire to your cabin which has been transformed into a cosy bedroom by your steward.                      

Day 2 Kanchanaburi            
Enjoy breakfast in your cabin as you pass through the rural Kanchanaburi province. As the train arrives at River Kwai Station, disembark for you chosen excursion. Choose between the Classic Tour, a cruise along the Khwae Yai River and a visit to the Thailand-Burma Railway Centre, or choose the Tracks to Unseen Thailand Tour and embark on a 60 minute bicycle tour through verdant rice fields before a demonstration at a local Thai farm. Alternatively the Local Flavours Tour visits a vibrant wet market and an acclaimed rice noodle house before boarding a river raft where you participate in a traditional cookery class as you cruise along the River Kwai. Re-join the train in Kanchanburi for a leisurely afternoon before a sumptuous dinner.                      

Day 3 Kuala Kangsar      
Enjoy breakfast in your cabin as the train enters Malaysia and spend the morning relaxing onboard the train. After lunch arrive in Kuala Kangsar and alight to board a coach. Travel to Labu Kubong and enjoy a traditional rural village experience. Enjoy a guided walk through the village or alternatively advanced trekkers may wish to join an option hill trek. Rejoin the train and enjoy a relaxing evening.  

Day 4 Singapore                                
After breakfast cross the Straits of Johor into Singapore and disembark the train late morning.                  

NB: On Day 3 activities are weather permitting. If these tours are unable to take place a guided tour of Kuala Kangsar will be arranged.

Additional Options:

Why not experience the journey in reverse? Leaving Singapore at 12.15pm you arrive in Bangkok mid afternoon on the third day – perfect if you have less time. Please ask your Trailfinders travel consultant for further details.      

Departs:

2021 Departures:                                                              
Bangkok, Southbound     
23 Sep                                                
5, 18, 27 Oct                                                
5, 15, 24 Nov                                                
5, 24 Dec