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Amazing Thailand Amazing Thailand 2022 Departure Dates: February 10; March 3; November 3 Amazing Thailand Bangkok’s Grand Palace – Thailand’s most sacred site Chiang Mai’s most sacred temple – Wat Doi Suthep DAY 1 Depart the USA: Depart the USA for your overnight DAY 5 Bangkok – Chiang Mai : After breakfast, depart flight to Bangkok, Thailand. for the airport and the flight to Chiang Mai. Upon arrival, meet your local guide and drive up the serpentine road to DAY 2 Bangkok, Thailand: Upon arrival, you will be welcomed the magnificently situated Wat Doi Suthep. Perched atop by a representative of Mayflower Cruises & Tours and a forested mountain with sweeping views of the city below, transferred to your hotel situated along the Chao Phraya River this most sacred of Chiang Mai’s temples houses a wealth of – the legendary River of Kings. The remainder of the day is free Buddha images, murals and art. On your return to the city, visit before enjoying a welcome dinner at the hotel. Meal: D two important temples – Wat Chedi Luang, “The temple of the Great Stupa” is located in the ancient walled part of the city. DAY 3 Bangkok: Immersion into this ancient culture begins Continue on foot to Wat Phan Tao, an ancient temple known with a city tour visiting three of the most unusual Buddhist for its exquisite Lanna-style ordination hall (Wihan). Entirely temples: Wat Trimitr with its invaluable Golden Buddha; Wat made of teakwood, it is one of the few remaining all wooden Po, with its colossal Reclining Buddha; and the Chedis of the structures of its sort in Chiang Mai. A stop is made at the city’s Kings. At the Grand Palace, former residence of the Kings and biggest market, Talat Warorot, before arriving at the hotel for a Thailand’s most sacred site, admire the beautiful architecture bit of relaxation before tonight’s special event. This evening, and intricate detail. See several palaces, each significant enjoy a superb Northern Thai Dinner, complete with folk in its own right: the Funeral Palace, the Reception Palace, dances and presentations by hill tribes at the Old Chiang Mai the Throne Hall, the Coronation Hall and the Temple of the Cultural Center. Meals: B, D Emerald Buddha. Having explored this landmark of the Thai Kingdom, return to the hotel for an afternoon and evening at DAY 6 Chiang Mai: After breakfast, head to the private Baan leisure. Meal: B Hongnaul cookery school. Accompanied by an English- speaking instructor, travel to the Nong Hoi local market to DAY 4 Bangkok: Today is about exploring local markets. purchase fresh ingredients for your class. Partake in a hand-on Begin with an excursion to a floating market, a true Thai experience, cooking a Lanna Thai meal and enjoy the finished phenomenon. Colorfully clad merchants paddle boats along product for lunch. After lunch, journey to the Lanna Wisdom narrow canals, same as they did in the ancient times of the School, known for its aim of compiling information of local Siam Kingdom. See the traditional way of buying and selling knowledge and wisdom from village elders and traditional fruits, vegetables and other goods and how the locals use the teachers. The teachings include the Lanna language, local boats in everyday life. Amongst the hubbub of activity, visitors musical instruments, basket weaving, traditional poem have the chance to bargain for handicraft items in the area. A composition, dancing, lantern making, drawing, making visit to the rural Maeklong Railway Market is truly something to children’s toys, sculpting and carving among others. Return to witness as trains roll right through the center of the market, with your hotel for the rest of the day at leisure. Meals: B, L inches to spare! This evening, it’s time for an eating adventure on a food tour via the iconic 3-wheel Tuk Tuk! Cruise through DAY 7 Chiang Mai: Enjoy the beauty of the lush tea plantation local streets to taste a variety of savory menus at some of the and learn all about the tea growing process during the visit to most beloved spots of the locals. This unique experience lets the Araksa Tea Plantation. Meet local tea pickers and watch you discover a side of Bangkok unknown to visitors. Meals: B, D how the leaves are processed according to age-old traditions. At the roasting station, staff will demonstrate the art of making Chiang Rai 2 3 Chiang Mai 1 Overnight THAILAND Tour Route Chiang Rai 2 3 Chiang Mai Beauty astounds at Wat Rongkun – ‘the White Temple’ 3 Bangkok tea by hand from kneading to roasting tea leaves. When the 1 Overnight roasting is done, enjoyTHAILAN a cupD of tea with a delicious Thai snack. Tour Route Cultural preservation, sustainable agriculture and healthy living are all demonstrated on this excursion. Following lunch at a Tour Highlights local restaurant, visit Baan Tong Luang, home of the Long- ............................................... necked Padong tribe3 Bangkok whose female members are known for 16 Meals: 8 Breakfasts, 4 lunches and 4 dinners • wearing numerous brass rings around their elongated necks. Airport transfers on tour dates when air is End the day with a stop at an Orchid Farm to see some exotic • provided by Mayflower Cruises & Tours species before returning to the hotel. Meals: B, L Included city tour of Bangkok with visits to • Wat Po, Wat Trimitr and the Chedis of the Kings DAY 8 Chiang Mai – Chiang Rai: Depart Chiang Mai and journey to Chiang Rai via Mae Kachan Hot Spring and Wat Services of a full-time, English-speaking tour • Rongkun, also known as the ‘White Temple’. This temple director differs from most in that its history does not go back many Experience a Street Food Tour by Tuk Tuk centuries. This extraordinary place of worship, the realization • in Bangkok of a dream for Thailand’s noted artist Chalermchai Kositpipat, Enjoy an included traditional Thai dinner with folk was built only recently. Arriving in Chiang Rai, visit Wat Rong • Suer Ten (Blue Temple), distinguished by its vivid color and dances in Chiang Mai Learn local secrets during a Thai cooking class intricate carvings. After lunch at a local restaurant, visit a local • market before returning to the hotel. Meals: B, L Visit a Lanna Wisdoms School to learn about • cultural preservation Chiang Rai: After breakfast, explore the mountainous DAY 9 Pick tea leaves and discover the tea-making process area of Mae Salong (Santikhiri), originally settled by the • while visiting a local plantation renegade KMT 93rd regiment that fled to Myanmar from China Witness two famous temples in Chiang Mai: in 1949. Dine at a local restaurant for lunch. Explore the • “Golden Triangle” (once a center for trading opium) taking its Wat Chedi Luang and Wat Phan Tao name as the location where the borders of Myanmar, Thailand Marvel at the spectacular sights of the “White • and Laos meet. Relax on a one-hour boat trip on the mighty Temple” and the “Blue Temple” Mekong River before continuing by minibus to Chiang Saen, $50 in Mayflower Money a small crossroads town on the banks of the Mekong River. A • visit is made to the Opium Museum before returning to Chiang Rai for a farewell dinner. Meals: B, L, D HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS Days 2 through 4 – Ramada Plaza Bangkok Menam DAY 10 Chiang Rai / USA: After breakfast, transfer to Chiang Riverside or similar, Bangkok, Thailand Rai airport where you’ll connect with your flight to your onward Days 5 through 7 – Siripanna Villa Resort and Spa or similar, destination. Meal: B Chiang Mai, Thailand Itinerary is subject to change. Days 8 and 9 – The Legend or similar, Chiang Rai, Thailand Amazing Thailand Temple of the Great Stupa – Wat Chedi Luang 2022 Departures Per Person Twin Single Room add Travelers Protection Plan (TPP) – $249 per person This nonrefundable fee waives all cancellation fees when we are notified of cancellation one day before February 10 $2,099 + $949 the tour departs. If you must leave the tour early due to personal illness, illness or death of a member of your immediate family, TPP guarantees full refund for any unused services after the departure of the tour. March 3 $2,099 + $949 Other benefits include medical expenses for illness and injury, emergency transportation, 24 hour hot line, and lost or stolen baggage assistance. Return air transportation is included ONLY if your air tickets were November 3 $2,099 + $949 provided by Mayflower Cruises & Tours. If you purchase the optional Travelers Protection Plan (TPP), you will be refunded all payments, including deposit amount, less the TPP premium amount. Please add $420 per person for intra-country air between Cancellation Charges Without Traveler’s Protection Plan (TPP) Bangkok and Chiang Mai. • 91 days or more Deposit Amount • 90 to 45 days prior 20% of tour cost • 44 to 15 day prior 30% of tour cost Call for air rates from your city to Bangkok, returning • 14 to 1 day prior 40% of tour cost from Chiang Rai, Thailand. • Day 1 of departure 100% of tour cost or early departure from tour • No refund on unused portions of the tour Exclusions: Mayflower Cruises & Tours reserves the right to alter its refund and cancellation policy when a substantial amount of cancellation or postponement of travel is attributable to: conditions resulting from an act of God, natural or man-made disaster, fire, government action, civil disorder, war, hostilities be- Extend your stay to Cambodia tween nations, or unavailability of transportation through no fault of Mayflower Cruises & Tours. $529 Per Person Twin / Single Supplement add $229 TOUR ACTIVITY LEVEL 1 2 3 4 5 EASY ENERGETIC National Tour Association FOR RESERVATIONS OR INFORMATION CONTACT: 2 NIGHTS • 4 MEALS Culture, history and entertainment await in the historic city of Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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