Travelling in Thailand

With Thailand Travel Plan you can create your ideal Thailand trip using our bite-sized Thailand tours. These are short, bite-sized travel experiences lasting 2-7 days. If you'd prefer to leave the planning work to us, we also have a number of ready-made Thailand holidays in which we've strung together a selection of our modules in a logical order to create a longer itinerary. You can book these itineraries as they are, but if you'd like to make some adjustments, perhaps with an extra day on the beach or a shorter stay somewhere else, just let us know. We've split our modules into three categories; Central Thailand, Northern Thailand and Southern Thailand.

Take a look below for more information on logical routes, transport and accommodation;

What's the most logical route?

Most travellers begin travelling in Thailand from the capital Bangkok in the heart of Thailand. This invigorating city has so many highlights and it’s a great first impression of the diversity of the country. You can kick off your holiday with an easy going Bangkok tour starter pack. Alternatively, you can explore Bangkok by bike with our Bangkok sightseeing tour. Then you’ll travel on to the legendary River Kwai where you’ll spend the night on jungle rafts and visit the train market. If it’s spectacular views, wildlife and waterfalls you’re after, head to Thailand’s oldest national park at Khao Yai on a Thailand National Park tour.

If you want to meet the colourful Hill Tribes and go on an elephant jungle trek whilst travelling in Thailand, then head to the mountains of Northern Thailand. This is where you’ll find the authentic rural Thailand and spectacular scenery. One of our absolute highlights was an encounter with the local Hill Tribe people. We offer a number of treks, ranging from our short two-day elephant trekking Thailand trip, to our four-day Thailand trekking trip with our module, 'Remote Hill Tribe adventure.'

Travelling in Thailand - Beautiful scenery

Northern Thailand routes

If you’d prefer something a bit more relaxed, we can suggest our northern Thailand experience as part of our 'Relaxing with the Padaung' module, in which you’ll be staying in tasteful eco lodges and charming hotels. Click here for an overview of our Chiang Mai tours in Northern Thailand. For a real jungle experience Khao Yai or Khao Sok national parks in southern Thailand are the best.
From central or northern Thailand you can travel on to the south for a relaxed end to your Thailand trip. Besides a couple of days of island idyll on one of the many paradise islands, you can head into the Thai rainforest on a Thailand adventure with our 'Giant trees and Lakes' module, where you’ll be staying in a jungle lodge in the heart of the rainforest. If you’d like to enjoy a few days chilling out on the beach you can choose from one of our island modules. You can stay on a real Robinson Crusoe island where you can idle away the hours with pair of flippers and a snorkel, or a hammock and good book - or perhaps you’d prefer one of the livelier islands where you can enjoy the restaurants, bars and shopping at the night markets. Click here for an overview of our southern tours in Thailand.

Transport

The great thing about travelling in Thailand is that you can use so many different ways to get around; bus, boat, overnight train, domestic flights and private transfers. You might need to cover some long distances, at other times it’s just a short transfer so it helps to choose the easiest and the most fun way to travel the country. To get to the Hill Tribes in the north as well as the paradise islands in the south you can take the overnight train or a domestic flight. We will include the transport in your Travel Plan, and arrange the modules in the most logical order. If you’d like to determine your own pace, you could also consider travelling by hire car. We’ve got an interesting module where you can start touring Thailand on your own self drive adventure.

Travelling in Thailand - Idyllic islands

Accommodation

For your Thailand holiday, we’ve selected small-scale accommodation with an authentic atmosphere that best reflects the local surroundings, for example an eco lodge in a lush tropical garden or a beach hut right on the beach. We’ve visited all our accommodation ourselves and make an effort to find the best spots. Click here to get an impression of where to stay in Thailand and the type of accommodation you can expect to be staying in whilst travelling in Thailand.