River Kwai Tour: History and Scenic Railway

Experience the historic River Kwai Tour, exploring WWII landmarks and embarking on a scenic Death Railway journey. Visit the infamous bridge, war cemetery, JEATH Museum, and enjoy a buffet lunch. Round trip transfer included.

Duration: 11 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Kanchanaburi War Cemetery - Itinerary:
  • Pick up from various hotels in Bangkok.
  • Depart Bangkok for Kanchanaburi by minibus.Arrival at Kanchanaburi and visit the War Cemetery of the allied prisoners of World War II.
  • JEATH War Museum - - Jeath Museum (the museum of World War II)
  • Bridge Over the River Kwai - Walk along the bridge over…
What's Included
  • Lunch
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Round Trip Transfer
  • English Speaking guide
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

The trip includes a visit to the infamous bridge on the River Kwai, built by Allied prisoners of war (POW) during World War II. It includes a visit to a war cemetery containing the graves of an estimated 9,000 Allied soldiers who died while building the bridge and constructing the notorious -Death Railway-. At the JEATH Museum, guests will see a replica…

Location
Hilton Garden Inn Bangkok Silom
Silom Road
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Howardevelynt
Sep 28, 2024
Day Trip to Bridge on the River Kwai. - A moving experience taking you back to what it was like to be under Japanese captivity during WW II. If one has seen and was captivated by the movies, "Bridge on the River Kwai" and "The Railway Man", one should take this moving day trip.
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Aaron
Sep 27, 2024
Fantastic day tour - Our tour guide (Rach) was amazing. His knowledge and customer service made the tour such a memorable experience for our family. This tour is a early start and late finish making for a very long day but it is worth evey minute. The scenery is breathtaking and seeing where the WW2 POW camps were was a very moving experience.
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Keatonjt
Sep 18, 2024
Fantastic Day 🇹🇭 - Unforgettable trip from Rach (guide) and Nond (driver)! We ended up with a private tour for the three of us as no one else booked on. The various sites, museum, Kwai Bridge, Memorial, Lunch spot were very interesting and the tour was well put together. Highly recommended for history buffs. Loads of great info from Rach and it was great to see some of the Thai countryside.
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Toshio_f
Sep 16, 2024
Thank you for very exciting Death-Railway tour - Thanks to the enthusiastic and easy-to-understand explanations of the tour guide, Rach. It was an impressive and very informative tour. As a Japanese living in Myanmar, I felt that we should never repeat the mistakes of WW2 again.
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203leannev
Sep 15, 2024
Highly recommend! - Wonderful tour. Our guide and driver were excellent. Rach went over and above - not only giving a lot of information but also making sure we had water, were safe and got the very best out of the tour. Highly recommend!
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587ashimak
Aug 31, 2024
Excellent trip - Thank you Khun Rach for an amazing tour. The tour guide was extremely knowledgeable about the history of POW and helpful. Great photographer as well. He made sure we were safe and answered any questions. Also, kind person as you could walking around he was talking to all the locals. The buffet was delicious with a great view of the River Kawai and the train journey was fun watching the countryside.
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Matthew_a
Aug 10, 2024
A Wonderful Tour Led by a Great Guide! - The tour was excellent and it was a u ique experience. The transportation was safe and efficient and the local Thai guide was very, very knowledgeable about the railway and WW2 and also about any other questions I had about Thailand.
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Bevsierpina
Aug 24, 2024
Thought provoking day trip - This trip was great in that it covered much and was very informative. The visit to the cemetery was very moving as well as walking across the bridge. We took the boat ride up the river to the bridge because others in the party did and we would have had to wait. As it turned out we enjoyed seeing the bridge and railway from the river and got some excellent photos there. Lunch was good and we liked Oom's video clips which gave us an overview of that period in history prior to our arrival. My one complaint was that I would have preferred to walk through the small Jeath museum on my own to read captions and reflect on illustrations without the tour guide telling us what HE thought was important. It was a little hurried overall because of having to stay on schedule to get on the once daily train. Perhaps the cemetery or museum could have been at the end of the day. (We certainly did not need TWO chances to visit souvenir shops)
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Michaelco7934fa
Jul 21, 2024
Enjoyable tour. Well worth it. - Jira was an excellent guide. Very informative tour. Really enjoyed the train ride and exploring around the River Khai.
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Williamsv2552ig
Sep 13, 2024
River Kwai Day Trip - Unfortunately I cannot comment on this day trip as it was cancelled a few days before the trip date. Hopefully I will be able to do this trip in the future.
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From $64
up to 10 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).