Kanchanaburi Vacations, Thailand

Kanchanaburi is the one province that has varieties of natural resources in Thailand. Kanchanaburi is Thailand 's third largest province,covers an area approximately 19,473 square kilometers and it far from Bangkok about 129 kilometers. Kanchanaburi has many tourist attractions including the word-famous bridge over The river kwae and several well known waterfalls, caves, forests, rivers and dam. Therefore, tourist can have many kind of activity at Kanchanaburi such as mountain biking, rafting, fishing, play golf, junkle trekking and living in bamboo raft. Moreover, you will visit the notorious Dead Railway and the Bridge on the River Khwae, one of the famous World War II. Kanchanaburi consist of 13 districts(Amphoe) which Amphoe Muang, Amphoe Bophloi, Amphoe Lao Khwan, Amphoe Phanom Thuan, Amphoe Sai Yok, Amphoe Sangkhla Buri,, Amphoe Si Sawat, Amphoe Tha Maka, Amphoe Tha Muang, Amphoe Thong Pha Phum, Amphoe Dan Makham Tia, Amphoe Nong Pru, Amphoe Huai Kra Chao.

Many kind of transports that you can use to go there one of the most convenience is by car in case of you have a car or hire cars. So start with buy a map from book shop or traveler information at the airport. However, I think most of tourist like to travel by bus. If you prefer t o use bus you can go to Kanchanaburi by take a bus at Southern Bus Terminal, it take you around one and a half hour to arrive there. Air-conditioned buses to Kanchanaburi leave the Southern Bus Terminal twice per hour all day until 9 p.m. return buses run on the same schedule. Sometimes if you would like to learn way of Thais' life and you have a lot of times you can go to Kanchanaburi by trains. Trains to Kanchanaburi leave Thon Buri Station at 7:50 a.m.and 1:40 p.m. daily. Return trains leave Kanchanaburi Station at 7:30 a.m. and 3:20 p.m. It take about four and a half hour to be there. You can get more information about Trains schedule at www.railway.co.th. There are also tourist minibuses directly to/from Khao San Road, departing Kanchanaburi at 13:30 and 18:30. At Kanchanaburi you can use songthaews (converted pickups) for transportation also taxi, motorbike and tuk-tuks are available.

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Things To Do and See in Kanchanaburi

Bridge Over the River Kwai (Death Bridge), Kanchanaburi
Allied prisoners of war during World War II were forced to build the 258-mile

Death Railway by Japanese forces. About a hundred thousand conscripted

Asian labourers and 16,000 prisoners of war died on the whole project.
Attraction type: Historic site; Bridge; Military museum; Landmark/point

of interest; Cemetery; Museum

Erawan National Park, Kanchanaburi
The main features of this scenic national park are the seven-tiered Erawan

Waterfall and the Tharn Pratat cave with its dramatic stalactites and stalagmites.
Attraction type: National park; Waterfall; River

Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary, Kanchanaburi
A protected forest area in Western Thailand features many

rare bird and animal species such as tiger, gaur and banteng.
Attraction type: Wildlife park

Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Kanchanaburi
Attraction type: Cemetery

Sai Yok National Park, Kanchanaburi
Attraction type: National park; Hiking trail; Waterfall