Guided Thailand Tours

SEE Asia Co. Ltd.'s typical Thailand guided tour consists of 15 days (16 nights) in Thailand or 30 days (31 nights) in Thailand with a tour group size of four or more. Variations in itinerary, group size, destinations, etc. are frequently accommodated. Please Contact Us for details and pricing.

Standard guided tour pricing ($2,990 USD plus taxes for 15 days or $3,990 USD plus taxes for 30 days) includes airfare (Seattle – Bangkok – Seattle), accommodations, in country travel, all breakfasts, some lunches and dinners, local area daily vehicle use and tour guide. Standard guided tour pricing does NOT include side trip costs (e.g. skin diving, boat rentals, elephant rides, trekking, 4-wheel excursions, etc.).

Typical Thailand Tour Schedule

Day 1: We meet you when you arrive at Bangkok International Airport and drive to Pattaya Beach. Those on 15-day tour stay in the Pattaya area 1 day and two full nights. Those on 30-day tour stay 2 days, 3 nights. The Pattaya Beach area offers terrific diving, beaches, islands, shopping and nightlife to begin your vacation holiday.

Day 3 (15 day tour) or Day 4 (30 day tour): After breakfast, we drive to Trat and take a car ferry to Ko Chang Island. We drive through Chantaburi, which has a large and attractively priced gem and jewelry market. We arrive at Ko Chang resorts in the PM.

Day 4 through Day 8 (15 day tour) or Day 4 through Day 17 (30 day tour): Lay back and absorb the tropical island paradise of Ko Chang. Beautiful beaches, sunsets, offshore islands, tropical waterfalls, scuba diving or snorkeling, island hopping, glass bottom boat trips over reefs and water or jet skiing are but some of the pleasures awaiting your arrival on your vacation holiday.

Day 9 (15-day tour) or Day 18 (30-day tour): We leave Ko Chang after breakfast and drive to Ayuthaya (ancient Thai Capital), where we tour the Ayuthaya ruins and temples. We overnight in either Ayuthaya or Sukothai (another ancient Thai capital and birthplace of the Thai written language). After touring the Sukothai ruins, we travel to Chiang Mai. Chiang Mai is the Shangri-La of southeast Asia. We arrive in the evening and settle into our accommodations.

Day 10 (15-day tour) or Day 19 (30-day tour): We are in the Rose of the North. Available trips include tours of Chiang Mai, Buddhist temples, ancient ruins, elephant shows and riding, white water or bamboo raft riding, mountain trekking, 4-wheel trips, visits to villages of hill tribesman in native dress, and, shopping for Thai handicraft, art, wood carvings, and great clothing buys at the famous "Night Plaza".

Day 15 (15-day tour) or Day 30 (30-day tour): We fly to Bangkok in the evening, spend the night enjoying the exquisite dining and nightlife of Bangkok and prepare to return to the USA in the morning.

Day 16 (15-day tour) or Day 31 (30-day tour): Early breakfast, drive to Bangkok International Airport for departure back to the USA. Arrive in Seattle at about the same time and date as the departure from Bangkok.

Other Tour Options

Many guests take our typical Thailand tour for their vacation holiday, but many come to Thailand to take advantage of other SEE Asia Co. Ltd. services and tour options.

Extending the tour is common.

Helping tour guests find property to purchase or rent is common. We've been at this for 36 years and can be of considerable help with Thai business transactions. There are about 40,000 retired US citizens currently living in Thailand. The retirement attractions include the weather, low cost housing, low cost quality medical care, laid-back lifestyle, and just living in a vacation holiday paradise.

Frequent tour variations include substituting half the Thailand tour with a trip to Laos, Cambodia, Viet Nam or southern China. See our Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and south China tour pages for more details.

Some groups substitute the Ko Chang tour for a diving excursion to Ko Tao, Phuket or the Krabi area. Prices and availability vary, so please Contact Us for details and scheduling.

Other Thailand guided tour options that may fit your desires and travel destinations for your vacation holiday include:

• Golfing tours
• Thai food cooking schools
• Tour to Kanchanaburi, the location of the bridge over the river Kwai
• Tour to Mae Hong Son, the filming location for 'Air America'
• Tour to Issan, northeast Thailand
• Bangkok area tours of famous temples, museums etc.