Mountains and Rainforests

The dos and don’ts and pros and cons of the most popular Thai festivals and celebrations

Going off-the-beaten-track half way round the World with people you don’t know, food you’ve never tried before and what appear to be extreme weather conditions. What can possibly go wrong?

A few tips on how to get the best out of your small group tour to Southeast Asia

Wat Phra Mahathat Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahavihan to give it the full name, is the latest addition to Thailand’s UNESCO World Heritage list, coming hot on the heels of 2024’s mixed prehistoric, Dvaravati and Khmer site Phu Phrabat. The ancient temple, or monastery, is Thailand’s 9th site and the first in the southern region of the country. We’ve covered existing…

Bangkok possesses a plethora of museums, hundreds of temples and markets in every district so we’re just going to scratch the surface with a few of our own personal favourite things to see and do in Bangkok

Descriptions of just some of Thailand’s myriad Andaman, or west coast, islands; our top tips and others we wouldn’t recommend to our worst enemy

Surprising the number of guests who arrive expressing no particular interest in birdwatching but by the end of the tour are compiling bird lists or purchasing a birds of Thailand guide

Thailand Museums Our Thailand museums post doesn’t pretend to be a ‘best of’ list – there are simply too many and obviously we haven’t visited every one – nor is it necessarily our 10 favourites (along the lines of our recent Cambodia museums and Vietnam museums posts). We’ll include a few of the most famous – mainly Bangkok and Chiang…

Descriptions and photographs of some of the spectacular national parks featured on our various Thailand small group tours

Cheow Lan Lake Cheow Lan Lake covers some 185 square kilometres of Khao Sok National Park, located in South Thailand’s Surat Thani Province, and features some of the country’s most spectacular limestone landscapes. The Lake was formed in 1987 after the construction of the Rajjaprabha Dam and as such could be sited as one of the rare examples of natural…

A rundown on Thai airports you’re likely to come across on your Thailand small group tour

Trang Province South Thailand’s Trang Province and islands occupy a stretch of scenic Andaman Sea coastline between popular Krabi to the north and less-visited Satun further south on the Malaysian border. Extensive areas of well-preserved mangroves line sections of the coast while in the interior, jungle-clad mountains, featuring several spectacular waterfalls, reach up to the peninsula’s central watershed beyond which,…