BKK 17 River Kwai + Ayutthaya + Lunch

BKK17                   Full Day River Kwai + Ayutthaya + Lunch

Drive to Kanchanaburi, city located 130 km away from Bangkok and along a river crossing, including the River Kwai.

First stop will be the Allied War cemetery and memorial site nearby which contain the graves of an estimated 9,000 Allied soldiers who lost their lives while building the bridge and constructing the notorious “Death Railway”.

Continue to visit Death War Museum. The museum is divided in two sections, one representing the construction of the Death Railway and the other consisting of reconstructed bamboo huts containing items such as paintings, drawings, photos, weapons, tools, or maps among others.

Last stop before going to Ayutthaya will be the Bridge over the River Kwai, constructed during the World War II by the Japanese using the forced labor of hundreds of thousands of civilians from southeast Asia and prisoners of war from the Allies’ forces.

Lunch will be served in a local restaurant.

Once in Ayutthaya, visit Wat Mahathat, with its iconic Buddha head entwined in the roots of a tree, is one of Thailand’s most photographed sites. Built during the 14th century, the temple was an important venue for Royal ceremonies and later destroyed during the Burmese invasion in 1767, who also vandalized many Buddha images by cutting off their heads.