Boat Trip River Kwai and Erawan Falls Full Day Tour From Bangkok
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4.5
Started Out Stressful But Ended Up Wonderful
We had a great time on this tour. Our guide, Na, was terrific! She was cheerful, helpful, knowledgable and a fantastic photographer. I have never had so many wonderful photos taken on a trip. She kept my phone camera a lot of the time and suggested poses and made them look flattering. And she was so much fun to be around; we are smiling widely in all the photos. The Bridge on the River Kwai was very interesting and we walked along the whole bridge. We even got a photo with a train going by. After we paid a little extra to spend 45 minutes in a well done museum where we learned interesting history that we wish would have known before. After we got home we were looking up all kinds of things and are looking forward to watching two movies about the making of this bridge by prisoners of war held captive by the Japanese. Then we went on to the lovely Erawan falls. It wasn’t quite as beautiful as we thought it would be because the water was brown, not blue like in the pictures. And there was a lot of mud. We went up three levels and Na took all kinds of wonderful photos. We swam in the third level and Na helped us get in and out of the water. It’s a bit treacherous and there is a lot of walking involved, even though we only went up to the third level. The swimming was lots of fun!
I would love to give this tour a 5 but I can’t because of the poor organization of WanderSiam. They are a new group and I hope they are able to improve. The start of the tour was a bit of a disaster because we had to take a long taxi ride to get to their office and they gave us the wrong address, which caused all kinds of stress and added to the cost of our taxi. The night before they told us we had to be there 15 minutes earlier than planned and we were unable to have breakfast at our hotel, which starts at 6:30. The first 2.5 hours were a taxi ride with a driver who was pleasant and good but the only word he knew in English was “toilet”.
Once we met Da at the River Kwai things went from stressful to wonderful. The price was very reasonable because we were with the taxi driver and/or the guide for almost 12 hours. We got back to Bangkok at 7:00 pm. Luckily we met a very interesting young man, who was with us on the tour and we chatted the whole time on the way back. I would highly recommend this tour if WanderSiam could improve the startup.
5
Very nice day trip
Na is best and energetic guide ever with excellent foto skills. She made the trip a special experience …in addition to that beautiful landscape.
5
One of the most beautiful places I have ever been!!
I done this tour with Na, the best guide I could have hoped for. She is really good at her job and really enjoys telling you all about the bridge and Erewan national park and its waterfalls. I would 100% recommend doing this tour.
5
fun getaway 🙂
very well paced, nice mix of activities – really recommend for a bit of history and nature! kind and informed guide, very nice energy.
5
Great experience
Absolutely fun filled day. Guide was amazing from the start to finish , very informative great knowledge of history of the bridge.was lucky enough to watch the train pass . waterfalls were amazing even though didn’t get to swim due to Mother Nature.would highly recommend this be prepared for a long day due to travelling time. * recommend watching movie before coming .