Thailand Tour Package: 8 Days from Temples to Turquoise Islands
Thailand rewards travellers who see more than one side of it. This 8-day Thailand tour package takes you from the incense and gold of Bangkok’s royal temples, up to the misty hills and ethical elephant sanctuaries of Chiang Mai, and finally down to the limestone cliffs and warm Andaman water of Phuket.
Everything between your arrival and departure is arranged — internal flights, hotels, transfers, guides and the entrance tickets that usually eat your holiday budget. You travel in a small group, with local guides who actually live in the places they show you.
It’s a Thailand holiday package built for European travellers who have a week and a half to spare and don’t want to waste a day of it working out how to get from A to B.
Thailand Tour Highlights
- Bangkok's royal heart — the Grand Palace, Wat Pho's reclining Buddha, and Wat Arun lit up from a longtail boat on the Chao Phraya at sunset
- A real floating market — Damnoen Saduak early, before the crowds, with breakfast eaten from a boat
- Ethical elephant encounter — observe, feed and walk with rescued elephants at a no-riding sanctuary near Chiang Mai
- Doi Suthep temple — 300 steps, a golden chedi, and the whole of Chiang Mai spread out below
- Northern Thai cooking class — shop the local market, then cook khao soi you'll actually make again at home
- Phi Phi Islands by speedboat — Maya Bay, snorkelling over coral, and Viking Cave from the water
- Two free days — deliberately unscheduled time in Phuket, because a holiday shouldn't feel like a schedule
