bangkok to kanchanaburi

Hey, flying out tomorrow....so excited!!! Planning a trip from Bangkok to Kanchanaburi- tiger temple, floating market, bridge over river kwai. Is it possible to do this ourselves or are we better getting a guide???

bangkok to kanchanaburi

You can do it yourself although a joining a tour (minibus) is quite economical. You can book from any street corner travel office. Hotel pick-up around 7am and dropped off back at hotel around 7pm so quite a long day.

You will have to pay admission at the tiger temple and extra for a boat trip at the floating markets. We have some pics of our trip here... www.bobandjanette.com which may help. We later returned by ourselves for an overnight trip to Kanchanaburi and the Australian War Museum at Hellfire Pass (highly recommended)

Happy %26amp; safe travels

Bob

bangkok to kanchanaburi

We went a couple of days ago. It was great. See my post called ';getting around in an near Bangkok';.

The Tiger temple is reportedly a rip off that many say is best avoided. Don%26#39;t know though %26#39;cos we didn%26#39;t go. Just south of Kanchanaburi there is a fabulous temple called Wat Tham Seua. It is only a little distance off the road to Bangkok and is the most beautiful one, with the best views, that I have seen.

Cheers

Hi - If you have the time stay at Kanchanaburi - it is a lovely place and you can then spend some decent time at the places you want. We caught the bus from the Southern Bus Terminal to Kanchanaburi and stayed for three nights at a guesthouse and then organised ourselves from there. We went to Tiger Temple which we enjoyed even though very controversial. We hired bikes and rode around (very hot though) to the War Museum and Cemetary and river. Also went to Erawan National Park which was fantastic. Look into it more on the Kanchanaburi forum. Well worth visiting for more than a day.

Luiann