Perfect Thai Honeymoon

On arrival in Bangkok our guide will meet you at Suvarnabhumi Airport and take you to your hotel by a limousine car. You will have some time to relax and enjoy your beautiful hotel including its spa.We can offer a wide choice of hotels in Bangkok; however, for our perfect honeymoon we have chosen the Peninsula Hotel (Grand Deluxe Room) due to its riverside location, stylish décor and romantic views.After a short interval at the hotel, your orientation of relaxing evening begins with a drive through Bangkok’s old quarters that delivers sights of an illuminated Grand Palace, the Royal Ground, temples and the lit-up Ratchadamnoen Avenue. A lavish Thai dinner and cocktails against the stunning backdrop of the Rattanakosin skyline at “The Deck” riverside restaurant will keep your night pleasurable. Then stroll along the Flower Market to see the myriad varieties of exotic orchids and sweet smelling flowers. The buzz in this market is best experienced at night during which busy vendors load their wares up and down their mopeds.

An early start will get you to Wat Pho in time to experience the monks early morning chanting ritual (chanting starts at 09.00 Hrs). After this uplifting and often private experience visit the temple grounds and the famous 45-metre reclining Buddha. Continue to The Grand Palace, Thailand’s most important landmark, where you will be awed by the grandeur and majesty of the building and its throne halls. Then, of course, marvel at the mysterious Emerald Buddha, the most revered Buddha image in Thailand. A sumptuous Thai lunch awaits you at Supatra River House.In the afternoon, board a traditional private long-tail boat Cruising down the River of Kings, the Chao Phraya and the quiet klongs (canals) for 2 hours,  you will be taken back in time to a more traditional way of life far removed from Bangkok’s modern skyscrapers. Stops are made to visit the Temple of Dawn or Wat Arun – one of the most prominent landmarks of Bangkok in whose spire is an ineffable symbol of the “City of Angels”. We then drive you to Chinatown square where you start an interesting walk through one of the oldest parts of Bangkok. Walk along Yaowarat Road where you visit interesting shops selling bird’s nests and shark fins, continue to a very old teashop to enjoy a cup of Chinese tea with the locals before heading down Trok Leng Moi Eia  (a small alley) to Talad Kao for an interesting local market with variety of fresh foods, fresh & dry fruits, Chinese herbs, groceries. End the walk at Wat Leng Nei Yee and visit the Taoist temple. Return to your hotel late afternoon.

Your day starts at Wat Saket where you can acquire some spiritual insights into Buddhism as the monks chant their morning prayers. Partake in the offering of alms to the monks to gain some blessing for a healthy and safe trip. Then make a short climb up to the temple’s golden mount to enjoy the panoramic view of Rattanakosin Island while listening to the chimes of hundreds of temple bells. Continue with a drive through the historical part of Bangkok, passing some of the city’s most beautiful landmarks and temples. Along the way, we will make a stop to buy a bucket filled with food and utility items for “Sangkatarn” – a special kind of offering for monks at Wat Ratchabophit. Visitors to Wat Ratchabophit will be amazed by the perfect blend of Thai architectural exterior with exquisite European influenced interior. The tour will cap off at the Tiger God Shrine, one of the oldest Taoist temples in Bangkok and renowned for being the most popular worshipping place amongst the Chinese community in the country. A lavish Thai lunch is exclusively served at the elegant Jim Thompson Restaurant.  You may wish to visit Jim Thompson museum and their shops afterwards.In the afternoon, free to relax and enjoy the hotel facilities or pamper yourself with a spa treatment at the hotel. 

After breakfast our guide will transfer you to the Airport to catch the flight to Chiang Mai. On arrival in the northern Thai capital, our guide will meet you at the airport and accompany you in a limousine transfer to your hotel.In the afternoon you will first explore ancient Chiang Mai, including its old city walls, gates, moat and markets. After visiting Wat Suan Dok, where the ashes of Chiang Mai’s royal family are interred, and the historic Jed Yod temple, you continue to Wat Phra That Doi Suthep, the temple on the mountain, and the most sacred in Northern Thailand. Your experienced guide will explain the story of the temple, the white elephant and lead you around its impressive chedi and show its beautiful murals. In the late afternoon, the tourist masses have already left the temple grounds and dusk will give a very special atmosphere. After your private blessing ceremony, witness the magical evening chanting of the monks. The tour ends with the spectacularly romantic evening view over Chiang Mai with its millions of glittering lights. Enjoy an evening out at a traditional Khantoke Dinner. Your meal is served on special, low, circular tables called toke. You are served delicious Northern Thai cuisine accompanied by Northern Thai folk dancing.

Early depart from the hotel around 06:00 am (note: take away a breakfast box from the hotel), you will be transferred by a deluxe car to a beautiful northern thai style teak wooden house and restaurant, surrounded by a nice, relaxing garden with old trees. The house is beautifully decorated in traditional Lanna style, adorned with scented flowers at every corner of the house, keeping the authentic touch and feel of Northern Lanna wedding ceremony. Upon arrival, we will make the arrangement of the “Lanna” Thai traditional wedding. You will be dressed in “Lanna” wedding costumes, followed by the morning wedding ceremony with the parade from the groom with trays of gifts and flowers. Then you will get your soul (aka ‘Kwan’ in Thai) enlightened in order to establish your happy marriage life. Continue the private blessing ceremony by the head monk. While the sweet scent of incense fills the air, the monk will bless you with water and tie a symbolically 'binding' string around your wrists. End the ceremony by planting a love tree before returning to your hotel. After the ceremony, enjoy your “Khao Soy” lunch at the house. Khao Soy is curry noodles from its street food status to its rightful place as the signature dish of northern Thai cuisine. Each meal is served in specially designed ‘Khao Soy’ sets, consisting of 8 small ceramic condiment dishes, laid around a large ‘Khao Soy’ bowl and set on an artist’s palette.In the afternoon, free to relax at the hotel and enjoy the hotel facilities.

After breakfast at the hotel, you will be picked up and transfer to the region of Mae Sa valley to visit Thai Elephant Care Center, where you will discover the truth about the elderly Elephants. Here, you can interact and take care of the elephants with the Elephant Care Program. Upon arrival at the camp, you will be briefed about Asian elephants and safety and get changed into the mahout uniform. The morning activity starts with visiting and in teracting with the elephants, learning to make grinded grass and feed them, visiting the elephant cemetery, making fire in the stove, stirring sticky rice for making elephants snacks in the afternoon, and bathing elephants. Lunch at the camp. Continue the afternoon activity with learning to make snacks and use external herbs for elephants, following a trail of mahout and elephant by mini trekking to see the area of resting in the night time, and feeding elderly elephants with a basket of bananas. Farewell to the elephants before going back to the hotel.

A limousine car will take you to the airport for your flight to the beautiful southern Thai island of Koh Lanta. It is just over an hour to Krabi airport, where our guide and car will be waiting to meet you and transfer you a little further south by car and speedboat to Pimalai Resort & Spa on Lanta Island. We have chosen Pimalai as the island retreat for our perfect Thai honeymoon as it has everything a newlywed couple would want. Peace, tranquility, sunshine, a flawless white sand beach far enough away from the rest of the island’s hotels to make it blissfully peaceful. The resort covers 100 acres of lush tropical gardens and you can choose between contemporary Thai-style rooms and new pool villas. The hotel is really well-managed and has excellent facilities, as well as a truly delightful spa is designed to blend into the jungle.

Free at leisure and relax on the beach.

After breakfast, depart from Koh Lanta for returning flight to Bangkok. On arrival in Bangkok, our guide will meet you and take you to your hotel by limousine.The rest of the day is free for you to enjoy Bangkok or choose to take one of our interesting half day tours.

You will be at leisure until our guide arrives for your limousine transfer to the airport for your return flight including assistance with your check in and baggage handling.