Oriental Kwai
August 15th, 2014
When I was planning my trip to Thailand, I was looking at places to go that I had not gone before. Kanchanaburi was a name that came up and it looked like it would be an interesting place to visit.
I set out looking for tours. There were day tours from Bangkok but I thought there was a lot to see in one day and three hours each way meant the day would be very long with a lot of time spent on the road.
At one point, I found myself a little frustrated, I found this hotel on Tripadvisor and I wanted to stay at this hotel. The overnight tours that I found used primarily floating hotels. Not sure I liked the idea of a floating hotel.
After going back and fourth of using a preset tour or creating my own, I decided to book the hotel and to create my own tour. Evelien at the Oriental Kwai Hotel put me in touch with Joe at www.thailandattractiontours.com who put a custom tour together for me. Kiki, our tour guide was wonderful, our driver got us around safely. I highly recommend them.
I loved the hotel and wish I had spent a week. Private cottages, immaculately maintained grounds, clean rooms, a restaurant overlooking the River Kwai – What isn’t to love? The staff was friendly and I seriously want to go back and spend a few days just hanging out at the hotel, watching the river, playing cards, eating, and relaxing!
It rained hard hat night and and I opened up the curtain and fell asleep listening and watching it! What a nice night!
OMG, that hotel looks super fabulous! Your room is beautiful! You are a trip planning MACHINE.
I enjoy planning it out – I hate going to a place and feeling like I missed something. I literally spent days figuring out a set tour vs trying to get a custom tour and a hotel I want. Thanks to Evelien who referred me to Joe, it turned out perfect.
Seems like you found a few nice hotels to stay at with great views and surroundings.
The best part was the price – less than $100.00 per night!