New adventure in Thailand

Khiri Travel Thailand has launched a new two-day Sai Yok National Park Adventure Package three hours west of Bangkok. The trip combines hiking, kayaking, forest ecology insights and an overnight in a comfortable floating raft house on the River Kwai. The trip starts in Kanchanaburi town to give quick access to a remarkable area. An 0800 start from Kanchanaburi means Khiri clients can swim alone in the Erawan waterfalls before day trip crowds arrive. After an organic lunch wrapped in banana leaves – no plastic used – Khiri guests visit the Prasat Muang Singh Bayon-style Khmer complex. The ninth century ruins mark the most westerly known outpost of the Khmer empire of over a thousand years ago. The afternoon is spent in Sai Yok national park at a river beach in a secluded corner of the River Kwai Noi reached by a comfortable raft towed by a longtail boat. Overnight is in the Krit Raft House. The second day sees guests rising at 7am for a kayak journey downstream with a spot of fishing for the lunch to come. Guests paddle to a secluded beach next to a sustainable riverside basecamp that uses solar energy and collects rainfall. There’s a short bicycle ride before some moderately strenuous forest hiking led by experienced park rangers who tell guests which plants are edible and how to look for signs of wildlife. A variety of trails are available, depending on guests’ fitness levels and interests. The trip concludes with a shower at the river base camp and a well-earned minivan trip back to Kanchanaburi town.