バンコクからカンチャナブリ旅行への列車旅行死の鉄道橋クワイ川の橋

Since I love museum and historical sites, I liked the background of such a scenic view and historical bridge.

What an experience! One of the best trips I have done….from hotel pick up , Soldier memorial, long tail Kwai boat ride, train ride over the bridge with lunch and a drop off back to the hotel Our guide “OOM” or Double O M 🤣 was fantastic! Overall ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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I wouldn’t call this a tour as it felt more like a glorified transportation service. We were picked up on time and the journey to Kanchanaburi itself was fine, but that’s about where it ends. I was genuinely looking forward to this trip, especially given the personal significance as my late grand uncle was taken by the Japanese to work on the Death Railway and never returned. It’s a place that carries real weight for me. Unfortunately, our so-called guide (Mr. K) had little to no understanding of the history. He mostly just read off the captions on the walls, which made the experience feel shallow and disappointing. All he had to do was put it on ChatGPT and he’s sorted but nope, he chose to do the bare minimum. On top of that, this was meant to be an English tour, but his English was very difficult to understand. At one point, he even asked me which camp my great uncle was in and seemed surprised that I didn’t know. He was taken against his will… how would I possibly have that information? The entire trip took 10–11 hours door-to-door, and yet the only takeaway seemed to be where the “best photo spots” were. That says a lot. To make matters worse, he made crude comments about “imported” women outside our hotel and even suggested that my partner go out after I’d gone to sleep. Completely inappropriate and uncomfortable. Safe to say, we would never recommend this tour to anyone looking for a professional, respectful, and informed guide.

I started this trip from Bangkok so it took 2hours to get in mountains. However it was in an air conditioned comfortable minibus. Started at Kambuchari CWGC which is next to Death Railway Museum. Both thought provoking. Then off to River Kwai (yep the one from the film) with time to wander over the bridge. The next thing was the train that ran along the route of the death railway which as basic as basic (though the local version of doughnut were sold by a vendor on the train were delicious) and take water as there is NO aircon. Sit on left of train for best views. Lunch at the Thai Restaurant was delicious (you have pay for drinks except for water/tea/instant coffee). Back into minibus for ride to the infamous Hellfire Pass). Do be aware that there is a steepish climb down then up to the pass level from the visitor centre (run by Aussie Govt) but for those who can’t do that there is a golf cart alternative. There is audio tour for those who walk. Lovely cafe and clean toilets. The guide was great!

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Amazing humbling experience with the family and bucket list tick. Took the train ride on the death railway (as part of the Kanchanburi Safari, Bridge over the river Kwai & death railway tour). Truly memorable. The train ride was really long and we all just loved it. Will never forget. HIGHLY recommend 🚆 🇹🇭 ❤️

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Nice experience they picked us up at the hotel and were driven back to the hotel got to see a simple museum good to tell nice to see the bridge in reality

Me and my wife had a great time on this tour. It lasted 11 hours , we rode a boat to get to the bridge, walked the bridge took a train ride , had a nice lunch and even fed some monkeys! The Guide was very knowledgeable and took some great photos and shared them with the group.

This was a great tour and Rach the tour guide was fabulous. Lots of information, highly recommend this tour and Rach as tour guide

River Kwai railway trip only cost 100 baht all the way to Nam tok . But what you find is that tour guides reserve seats for private parties .although it’s a national rail line . Even holding seats and not allowing even Thai nationals to occupy empty seats . Rude tour guides reserve!

Just incredible. Cheap, stunning and just so thought-provoking. A must-visit if you go to Thailand. See where the POWs worked in the Second World War and head to the end of the line at Nam Tok to visit Hellfire Pass and the war museum.