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1. Thailand Yoga Holiday
Duration: 8 days
Group Size: 2 - 14 people
Specialty Categories: Yoga & Spiritual Experience
Airfare Included: No
Tour Customizable: No
Minimum Per Person Price: 480 Euro (EUR)
Maximum Per Person Price: 580 Euro (EUR)

2008 Dates: May 17 - 24, May 24 - 31, June 07 - 14, June 21 - 28, July 05 - 12, July 19 - 26, Aug 02 - 9, Aug 16 - 23, Sept 06 - 13, Sept 20 - 27, Oct 04 - 11, Oct 18 - 25, Nov 01 - 08, Nov 15 - 22, Dec 06 - 13, *Dec 20 - 27, *Dec 27 - Jan 03 2009

The program:
Koh Ngai is a quiet and peaceful island that is perfect for your yoga escape. Enjoy crystal clear waters and pristine, white sandy beaches, abundant coral reefs, sunsets and stars. Come join us on this dreamy island paradise as you relax and indulge in spa treatments or join in the many activities on offer

Come and join us in Thailand! We’ve designed a yoga holiday where you get to do lots of yoga, get healthy, and enjoy this beautiful little paradise island all in one. Located on Koh Ngai Island Thailand, enjoy a wake-up morning yoga class and a relaxed evening class daily. In between kick back and enjoy the many attractions the island has to offer.

Yoga and activities:
Start the day with a morning yoga class and enjoy sunset gentle stretching right on the beach. In between relax, hang out on the beach or snorkel and dive some of Asia’s best coral reefs. Rent a kayak and circle the island from the sea. Hike in the interior and experience the flora and fauna it has to offer. Take a trip to the mainland and wander round the Thai markets in the town of Trang.

Hire a small boat to explore the surrounding islands and find your own private beaches. A trip to the world famous Emerald cave is not to be missed. Visit the little known Koh Kradan and Koh Rok, beautiful islands populated with fishermen and their families and snorkel the pristine reefs of Koh Ma and Koh Cheuk. There’s also the world famous food, the relaxing massages and Thailand’s finest fire performers, you will never want to leave.

Itinerary:
The week starts with evening yoga class on the Saturday you arrive. It concludes with the morning yoga class the following Saturday. Start the day with early morning meditation, a dynamic yoga class and then follow this with a healthy breakfast. Then spend the day hanging out on the beach, by the pool or get involved with some of the activities.

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Khao Yai National Park has 350 bird species, the park offers some of Thailand’s best birdwatching opportunities. Birds of note include four species of hornbills, the red-headed trogon, sultan tit, coral-billed ground cuckoo, crested-serpent eagle to mention just a few. Also home to a range of other wildlife, you will most likely see mammals such as deer, monkeys and maybe elephant on your stay in the park.

Itinerary:
Day 1: Depart your Bangkok hotel at 0600 for the 2-hours transfer by private vehicle to Khao Yai National Park. Breakfast en route before heading out to Khao Khieo mountain, an area dominated by hill evergreen forest above1,000 m. After lunch, set out on a roadside birding tour in the area of the headquarters and take a short easy walk through the grassland habitat of Nong Phak Chi for birding and on the lookout for some of the other wildlife that inhabits the park.

Possible sightings include Wild Dog, Sambar Deer, Stock billed-Kingfisher, Bright-capped Cisticola, Hill Myna and Wreathed Hornbill. After dinner, we head out on a nighttime spotlighting trip on the look out for deer, civet, porcupine, slow loris and possibly elephant. Overnight: Juldis Resort & Spa, (3 star) Superior room.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

Day 2: Spend the morning birding in some of Khao Yai’s best evergreen forest. Look out for Red-headed Trogon, Slaty-backed Forktail, Blue Pitta, Greater Flameback, Dusky Broadbill, Banded Broadbill, Blue-winged Leafbird, Green Magpie, White-crested Laughingthrush and many more. Depart the park at approximately 1600 for the transfer back to Bangkok. Arrive back at your hotel at approximately 1900.

Meals Included: Breakfast & Lunch.

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Itinerary
Day 1: Arrive at Phuket ( Ranong or Surat Thani ) airport, meet and transfer to Ko Payam island by VIP minibus and resort boat.
Relax on the beach, 1 hour complimentary massage, candlelight dinner in resort.

Day 2: Snorkeling and Sightseeing around Ko Payam Island.
You will visit uninhabited small islands, empty beaches and bays.
You can see monkeys and many birds.
Lunch at resort
13-00 Depart for bottom fishing. We go to several places to find groupers and red snappers and many exotic fishes.
Dinner with your own catch fish!!

Day 3: Day trip to Surin islands National Park. The best in Thailand place to see underwater world! Swimming, snorkeling, islands exploration.

Day 4: Ko Payam sport activities - kayaking, windsurfing, sailing, travel around island by motorcycle.
Lunch in resort.
Thai cooking school or introductory diving.
Dinner at resort.
After dinner - Night Fishing trip to catch crabs and squid.

Day 5: Breakfast transfer to land - all day trip to Kao Sok National parka - Lakes and Caves, Limestone cliffs, Wildlife , Birding - a lot of fun and adventures!
Stay in the jungle resort overnight.

Day 6: Transfer to airport by VIP minibus.
This trip can be in combination with additional stay in Buffalo Bay Vacation Club, Dive and Adventures resort in Ko Payam Island, Thailand. Additional night stay – 88 USD full board per person.

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A must for those interested in Thai Cookery, with a full day Thai Cooking experience. Included in the tour is accommodation at a 4 star hotel.

Itinerary
Day 1: Arrive at Chiang Mai Airport, where you are picked up and transferred to your hotel.

Day 2: Visit the most famous temple in Chiang Mai, Doi Suthep, situated on a hill overlooking the city. After lunch tour the handicraft centers around Chiang Mai. See a variety of handicrafts that the North of Thailand is famous for. Includes: (B), (L).

Day 3: Take a Thai Cookery course for the day. You will be taken to the market and shown all the Thai ingredients and then be shown how to cook the selected dishes of the day. The course involves full participation with everyone preparing and cooking their own dishes. You will be given a recipe book to take home with you as a souvenir. Includes: (B), (L).

Day 4: You are transferred from your hotel to the airport. Includes: (B).

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Highlights:
Fly to the Asian metropolis - Bangkok. Enjoy the sights and sounds of the city with a guided tour, which includes the Royal palace and temples. With ample free time to soak up the atmosphere of the street markets while staying at a three star hotel in the heart of the Banglamphu district.

Leaving Bangkok we travel North West to the infamous death railway and the bridge over the river Kwai. Passing plantations of sugar cane and tapioca the landscape transforms to jungles and a backdrop of limestone mountains. After visiting the bridge over the river Kwai we board a train for an unforgettable journey along the most spectacular section of the death railway towards Burma. At the end of the line we ride on the back of a pick up truck to the Ko Soi National park and to the raft accommodation on the river Kwai, which will be our base for exploring the area over the next 5 days. The accommodation is run by a Thai family who live on the rafts and with all members of the family involved, from children to adults, you will be truly participating in rural Thai family life. Wildlife abounds in the national park and you are sure to see some of those animals you’ve seen in the movies. We will ride elephants, visit a tiger rescue centre, try Buddhist meditation, cook a Thai meal, have a dip in the thermal jungle springs, swim, and raft down the river Kwai.

Day 1 Fly to Bangkok.

Day 2 Arrive Bangkok & transfer to hotel.

Day 3 Guided tour of Bangkok and free time.

Day 4 Transfer to Kanchanaburi and Bridge over the river Kwai.

Day 5 Sai Yok National park – Visit hellfire pass, death railway and thermal pools.

Day 6 Sai Yok National park – Elephant jungle camp, Tiger sanctuary, night walk in jungle.

Day 7 Sai Yok National park- Raft picnic on river Kwai. Cook Thai meal, waterfall.

Day 8 Visit meditation centre and transfer to Bangkok for flight home.

Day 9 Arrive home.

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