Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Kanchanaburi
Explore
There are multiple ways to approach Kanchaburi's sights. Many choose to charter a boat,
which for 800B will take up to six people on a 1½-hour tour of the area's big sights. With
a bit more time, bike (50B per day) and motorcycle (200B per day) are cheaper, but still
viable ways to get around. And if you have more time, there are tourist trains that (slowly)
whisk visitors to Nam Tok, over the Death Railway Bridge and via Hellfire Pass. In fact,
it's worth staying overnight in Kanchanaburi, as there's good-value accommodation. After
the sun sets the river boom-booms its way through the night with disco and karaoke
barges packed with Bangkokians letting their hair down, especially at weekends.
The Best…
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Sight
Death Railway Bridge (Bridge Over the River Kwai;
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)
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Place to Eat
Blue Rice (
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)
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Place to Drink
Sugar Member (
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)
Top Tip
Try as you might, you will find few Thais who have ever heard of the River Kwai. The
river over which the Death Railway trundled is pronounced like 'quack' without the '-ck'.
Getting There & Away
Minivan
Frequent minivans depart from a stall just west of Bangkok's Victory Monument to
Kanchanaburi (120B, two hours, hourly from 5am to 8pm).
Bus
Buses leave from the Southern Bus Terminal (
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)
in Thonburi (95B to 110B,
about two hours, frequent from 4am to 8pm) and the Northern & Northeastern Bus Ter-
minal (
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; 105B to 135B, two hours, every 90 minutes from 6am to 6pm).
