Description
Kanchanaburi town is about 128kms to the west of Bangkok and home to the bridge across the River Kwai built by the Japanese army in the World War II as a strategic supplies route into neighboring Burma and beyond. The bridge became famous throughout the world when it was featured in movies and books. The Death Railway surrounded by lush mountains and valleys, opening out onto a sheer cliff before crossing the Kwai Yai River at the bridge, today is one of the most scenic rail routes in the country. In this program, you will visit the War Cemetery, the JEATH museum and sit on a train along the historical track. Fascinating, nostalgic and memorable experiences sum up this day tour to Kanchanaburi.
Detail Itinerary
This tour takes you to the world famous bridge on the River Kwai, built during World War II by the prisoners of war. The bridge is located near the town of Kanchanaburi, 130 kilometres west of Bangkok. You will visit the well-kept Wat Cemetery of Allied Prisoners, 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” which the Japanese had hoped to stretch all the way to the Burmese border. This tour will bring you also closer to the past, as paying a visit to the JEATH Museum (the name “JEATH” is derived from Japan, England, America/Australia, Thailand and Holland), where the past has been created and relived with pictures and artefacts out of this time. Of course, a train ride over the original Death Railway track is enclosed in this excursion while a sumptuous lunch awaits the clients upon arrival at the disembarkation station along the railway track. We will return back to Bangkok in the late afternoon to your booked hotel.
