Small group tours to Thailand

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

Sukhothai ancient city |14th-century capital of Thailand and now UNESCO World Heritage Site

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,…

Thai Islands Precisely how many islands Thailand includes within its boundaries is a tricky question. When is a clump of rocks sticking out of the sea an island and when is it…just a few rocks? They come in all shapes and sizes from the previously mentioned tidal outcrop that a local fisherman has seen fit to give a name to,…

Community Based Tourism Projects Recent years have seen the spread of such excellent schemes across the length and breadth of Thailand covering a wide range of activities such as homestays and village visits, hiking, handicrafts and of course cookery. Schemes are typically organised on a village or even family level and provide a welcome contrast to the well-established tourism sites…

Chiang Mai or Chiang Rai The obvious and simple answer to should I visit Chiang Mai or Chiang Rai is…allow time to visit both. They’re a long way from Bangkok – involving either a domestic flight or in the case of Chiang Mai, an overnight train journey – and they are adjacent provinces so even if your time is limited,…

Thailand World Heritage – Cultural Sites Thailand World Heritage Sites are at present limited to 3 cultural and 2 natural sites. A rather meagre result we feel, considering the country’s rich history and magnificent and highly varied flora, fauna and landscapes. Of the 3 cultural sites, we’d also point out that early Bronze Age Ban Chiang, while of undoubted great…

Khao Sok National Park We confess this is just an excuse to compile a few pretty pics of south Thailand’s Khao Sok National Park which, with its turquoise, jungle-fringed lake and jagged limestone scenery, certainly features some of the country’s most awe-inspiring and picturesque landscapes. Khao Sok National Park lies in Surat Thani Province in the south, central section of…

Amphawa A selection of photos from Wi’s long overdue recce of the charming and as yet unspoilt district of Amphawa, Thailand. Amphawa, actually a distant suburb of Bangkok, is situated in Samut Songkhram Province to the southwest of the capital, and for now, though popular with local weekenders, remains largely bypassed by overseas visitors. Leafy suburb it may well be…

Phanom Rung and Muang Tam Surprisingly, some of the most spectacular and best-preserved of all Angkor period temples aren’t even in Cambodia. The magnificent 11th and 12th-century sites of Phanom Rung and Muang Tam – the former spectacularly perched atop an ancient volcano, the latter surrounded by delightful lily ponds – are actually situated in northeastern Thailand’s Buriram Province. (1)…

The picturesque, lakeside town of Phayao possesses a central position in northern Thailand with better-known neighbours Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai lying to the northwest and southwest, respectively, and historical Lampang situated due south. However, despite being, to our minds, one of the region’s most attractive provincial capitals, it’s also certainly one of the least visited by overseas tourists. The…

Congratulations to Wi for winning the silver award at the 2016 Wanderlust World Guides Award!!! Not bad out of 2,500 competitors and certainly a well-deserved acknowledgement after years of dedicated Southeast Asia tour guiding.  Wi perfectly encapsulates our ethos; producing tours that are fun, informative, well-organised and with attention to detail yet leaving plenty of room for spontaneity, improvisation and…