OVERVIEW

Tour Code: S52-NE-6D5N_Northeastern Horizon Experience.
Trip Name: Northeastern Horizon Experience  6 Days 5 Nights
Type of trip: Private
Trip Duration: 6 Days
Start: Bangkok, Thailand
Finish: Bangkok, Thailand
Destinations: Bangkok – Nakorn Ratchasima – Khon Kaen – Udonthani – Nongkai – Bangkok

Package Tours valid until 31 Oct 2016 but require for surcharge for bellow dates
1. Christmas Eve 2015
2. New Year Eve 2016
3. 12 – 16 Apr 2016 (Water Festival)

BRIEF ITINERARY
Day 01: Bangkok – Udonthani by flight (L)

Day 02: Udonthani – Nongbua Lamphu (B/L)

Day 03: Nongbua Lamphu – Loei (B/L)

Day 04: Loei (Chiangkan) – Nongkhai (B/L)

Day 05: Nongkhai Tours – Bangkok by train (B/L)

06 Days 05 Nights Northeastern Horizon Package Tour

Bangkok – Nakorn Ratchasima – Khon Kaen – Udonthani – Nongkai – Bangkok

 

Tour itinerary

Day 01: Bangkok – Nakorn Rachasima (Khaoyai National Park) (L)

After breakfast, 08.30am: our guide will pick up you from the hotel and drive straight to Khaoyai National Park (World Heritage). After arrived, then trekking along the jungle to visit “Heaw Narok Waterfall” and Heaw Suwat Waterfall,the most famous in the park. Then continue drive pass to stop at Pa Diew Dai and Pa Tom Chai has most beautiful scenery view of the park for enjoying taking some photos. And next go to do parking our car and walk along the trail about 200 meters to Mor Singto Animal Observation House where the place was built by the US army in the past. After that walk back to the car and getting on our car for driving to Krua Kam Pan Thai Restaurant for lunch and after lunch, we will do digestion by continue our trip to Nong Pakchee Animal Observation House and Saisin Dam by walking about 800 meters from the parking point. Then return to the hotel and check in and relax on your own time until 18.30pm: we will go to see the night safari tour from 19.00pm – 20.00pm. Then return to your hotel after the night safari tour.

Note: Breakfast and Dinner is on your own expenses

Overnight in Khaoyai National Park

 

Day 02: Nakorn Ratchasima – Khon Kaen (B/L)

After breakfast, drive up along the Mittraphap road and pass the scenery beautiful Lamtraklong Dam and then stop at Korat Fossil Museum to see petrified woods and ancient elephant museum. After that, drive continue into the down town and pass Thao Suranari Monument and next to Phimai Historical Park The most magnificent castle in Thailand is located at Amphur Phimai, Nakornratchasima where the castle is believed to have been be built more than 1,000 years ago by an ancient tribe that is said to have contact with the Khmer Kingdom. Phimai Historical Park was created in the 16 BE. And then visit Sai Ngam, where there are big banyan trees around the bank of the Moon River before we are having at a local restaurant. The lunch will be eating with Korat noodle (Kua Mee) is made from rice. The noodle is thin and soft. Eat with Som Tum Korat. After lunch, we are driving ahead to Khon Kaen province and make a stop at Prasat Waeng Noi is the largest Khmer sanctuary in the upper Northeast which the compound comprises of 3 brick buildings built on the same Lterite-base face to the east. Each pagoda has a sandstone lintel with designs which has a smaller chapel and a lintel with clear, lovely designs. A Laterite wall surrounded the compound and there is a pool beyond it. visit to Phra Mahathat Kaen Nakorn or the 9-storey Stupa is located in Wat Nong Waeng, a royal temple on Klang Mueang Road, where the relics of Lord Buddha and important Buddhist scriptures are located. Doors and windows of the 9-storey Stupa are beautifully craved the former reincarnations of the Lord Buddha, 16 classes of visible deities in the Brahmas world, and Buddhist rites while the history of the town are painted on the wall. On the top floor, where the Lord Buddha’s relics are located, is where the visitors can also enjoy the beautiful panoramic view of the city. We are visiting to Baan Kok Sanga King Cobra Village In 1951, the local doctor Ken Yongla was the first who introduced the Cobra show to Ban Khok Sa-nga which draws a lot of people to the village. But with the dangerous fact that the cobra can spit its poison for two meters and caused blindness, Doctor Ken decided to conduct the show with teaching the specific skills to the villagers. The inheritance knowledge makes the village still famous from this cobra show until present which the villagers will organize after the harvest season aside from selling the local made herbal medicines. In the village, the snake show will be held at Wat Si Thamma consisting of different demonstrations include a snake dancing and snake boxing while King Cobra show historical exhibition and nursery are located nearby. And one more place before we are dropping off at hotel. It is Buffalo Conservation Village where the villagers have kept and taking care a lot of water buffaloes until it was honored as the centre of develops and conserve Thai water buffalo which is now supported by the provincial livestock offices. Drop off at hotel. Check in and relax on your own time afterwards. Evening time recommend you visit Laeng Market is a night market along a street in Kam Hai Village, near Nong Khot Lake. It stretches, from one end to the other, over two kilometres.  It is open from about 16:30 until around 20:00. As you walk through the market, you will see numerous stalls along both sides of the street. Goods sold here include a wide range of savoury dishes and desserts, local dishes, Khao Kaeng, both fresh and dried fish and frog and clothes

Note: Dinner is on your own expenses

Overnight in Khon Kaen province

Day 03: Khon Kaen – Udornthani Tours (B/L)

After breakfast, and next, we are driving to Udonthani province, the first stop to visit at the Red Lotus Sea This spectacular site is home to millions of lotus flowers and appropriately named the Red Lotus Sea, or Talay Bua Daeng. And then, we are driving ahead to Udornthani downtown for having lunch at a local restaurant. After lunch, we will visit to Udonthani province and stop for visiting at Baan Chiang National Museum is considered one of the most significant archaeological sites in Southeast Asia and was registered as a World Heritage Site in 1992. Excavations at a large, oval mound at the site uncovered pre-historic artifacts, especially pottery and bronze implements. Since the discovery of the site in 1966, the dating of Ban Chiang artifacts has been adjusted and refined over time in line with advances in the understanding and techniques of radiometric dating. This research has revealed that the site dates to as early as 3,500 years ago and that the site was continuously occupied for at least 2,000 years.  The discoveries at the site, from both Neolithic and Bronze Age civilizations, have shown it has long been a habitation and burial site. After Baan Chiang, we will drive to Baan  Dung district where its famous for the rock salt and there is only one district in the Northeastern of Thailand has the salt paddy field in order to explore and observe how the local people here process the salts to be sold to all around of Thailand. Later, continue on to Udornthani province for having lunch at a local restaurant, continue visiting to Udon Sunshine Orchid Farm where garden is a nursery dedicated to Udon Sunshine, a cross between the Vanda and the Josephine Van Berrow orchids. The species, registered with the United Kingdom’s World Orchid Society in 1988, is known for its lovely scent. It is one of the few orchids used to make perfume, branded for sale with its species name. Then transfer to hotel. Check in and relax on your own time afterwards.

Note: Dinner is on your own expenses

Overnight in Udonthani province

Day 04: Udonthani – Nong Khai (B/L)

After breakfast, this early morning, we will visit explore the Udonthani Dhesaban Morning Market. You will see the busy life of locals bring local died and fresh foods for selling and the local costs here cheap. After walking in the market, we will take you to eat the famous local dish as Khai Kata or fried eggs mixed pork in the tray and serving with local French bakes. After breakfast, then we will walk back to hotel and leaving for we will drive to Phu Phrabat Historical Park situated in Ban Phue District, this archeological site features a large number of ancient ruins and objects dating from prehistory. They are mostly from the Dvaravati, Lop Buri, and Lan Xang periods. The site is located in a lush forest called Pa Khua Nam. Within are many rocks of peculiar shapes, the result of a slow-moving glacier millions of years ago. Many of the ruins and objects found in the area were made from the materials found locally, and were not built entirely by hand – for instance, a rock decorated as a stupa, or chiseled into the shape of a foot. Pre-historic cave paintings, sandstone images and idols, and more are interesting sights to behold. The site was declared a historical park by the Fine Arts Department in 1991. We will have some lunch at the historical park’s restaurant and then after lunch and keep continue driving to we will continue to visit Wat Pa Pukon, Udonthani to see the beauty of the white large reclining Buddha image keeps in the temple on the top of mountain. After that, we will continue to visit Arabica and coffee cultivated farms at Vilai’s farm in Baan Pherm where you can taste of some coffee, soup coffees and drip-bag coffees. Besides, you will see banana gardens and rubber trees to see how the locals growing and collecting. And then drive along on the rim of the Maekong River stop en route at Wat Pa Tak Seau in Sangkom district for taking some photos of the best view of the Maekhong River’s bank and the beautiful landscape of local villages (we can take a boat sightseeing on the Maekhong River and rock formation after the water shallow during Jan-May) before heading to Nong Khai province. Stop for dinner at Daeng Naemniang Nongkhai famous local restaurant. After dinner, drop off at hotel and check in then relax on your own time afterwards.

Note: Dinner is on your own expenses

Overnight in Nongkhai

Day 05-06: Nongkhai Tours – Bangkok by train (train ticket include) overnight on train  (B/L)

After breakfast, we are checking out and visit Nongkhai Governor’s Residence Museum which is located in the west of the town. This beautiful French colonial building that was once the Governor’s Residence. It was built in 1929 for the provincial commissioner, Yiam Patumthewaphiban and it was last used by the 37th Governor, Suphut Lawansiri who lived here as recently as 2007. The king and queen have visited here for lunch on three occasions. The building features some nice wooden louvers and wooden furniture and is full of photos of previous governors. After that getting on the boat sightseeing along the Maekhong River and cruising to see beautiful views of Thailand and Laos river banks and will pass the 1^st Thailand-Laos friendship bridge. And continue to Sala Kaew Ku (also Keoku) sculpture park quirky or just plain bizarre, there’s no denying that it’s Nong Khai’s only “can’t-miss” attraction. The park’s countless dazzling sculptures were the life’s work of Boun Leua Sulilat, a Lao man who spent much of his early life absorbing mystical knowledge from an ascetic hermit named Kaew Ku, who lived in a cave in Laos. Sala Kaew Ku is Sulilat’s impressive attempt to bring this knowledge to life. While the striking depictions draw from a wide range of ancient beliefs, including animist folklore, Hindu mythology and Buddhist traditionalism, the execution is all Sulilat. Continue on to visit Baan Nahee Handicraft Village at Nisachol weaving house and having lunch in style of Laos’s steak. After lunch, we will give you free time to shopping and drive straight to to Nong Khai Train Station for catching an overnight train back to Bangkok.

Note: Dinner is on your own expenses

Overnight on the train

Dress cloths: Good walking shoes and easy going dresses wearing

What to bring: Camera/ Sun hat/ Sun glass

Note: Museum will be closed on Mon-Tue

PRICE & INCLUDE

Price Included:
 Accommodation as mentioned based on twin sharing or similar one
 Tour and transportation as private air-con vehicle
 Meals as mentioned in the program (B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner)
 Entrance fees on the archaeological site mentioned in the itinerary
 Local English speaking guide
 All activities were stated in the program
 Travel insurance (required copy passport)
 Cool drink water during on tours
 Government tax & Service Charge

Price Excluded:
 All the other things are not stated in the part of inclusions
 International flights
 Domestic Flight Bangkok- Chiang Mai- Bangkok
 Telephone services
 Laundry services
 Personal Expenses
 Any drinks during lunch and dinner at a local restaurant are not mentioned
 Tips to a guide or driver if you like his or her services
 Late check out
 Early check in
 Peak period surcharge
 Visa fees to Thailand
 Any optional additional tours or activities during free time.
Remarks:
 All rates are quoted in US Dollars per person.
 Packages tour rates are Nett, non-commissionable.
 Child fare:
o Child (2-11 yrs) - 100% sharing room with 1 adult in Twin Room
o Child (2-11 yrs) - 80% sharing room with 2 adults with extra bed
o Child (2-11 yrs) - 50% sharing room with 2 adults without bed
 Other period of packages tour price, please contact us anytime.
 Confirmation of room & price are subject to space availability at the time of booking only.
 All rates are subject to change without prior notices.
 All above itinerary is flexible, depending on arrival or departure flights of passengers

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