10 Day South East Asia with
The Eastern & Oriental Express

10 days Eastern & Oriental Express extended - Thailand Singapore

Featuring: The Eastern & Oriental Express
a deluxe Rail adventure

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Day 1, Friday.

After you arrive at Singapore clearing formalities, you will be met by our guide and transferrred to the Marina Mandarin Hotel where the evening is yours to rest.

Day 2 Saturday

After breakfast our guide will meet you for a tour of the Harbor. This can be re-arranged for the afternoon if you prefer. After approximately 3 hours you will be returned tot he hotel. The remainder of the day is on your own. A drink at the "Long Bar" at the Raffles Hotel may be in order and can be recommended. This is where the world famous "Singapore Sling" was invented.

Day 3 Sunday

After breakfast at your hotel you will be picked up by our guide for a morning city tour, visiting China town and seeing the sights of the former colonial rule. At noon time you will be vvback at the hotel for lunch on your own. The early afternoon can be at leisure for shopping. Mid afternoon you will be picked up for your transfer to the railway station for check-in at the Eastern & Oriental Express terminal for a departure at 14:45pm. You will make the first stop at Kuala Lumpur, where dinner will be served after departure from Kuala Lumpur. (all meals are included on the train).

Day 4 Monday
After breakfast you will arrive into Butterworth - Penang. At near noon you will continue up the Malay Peninsula into Thailand. Enjoy the wonderful scenery from the observation car, perhaps spend some time in the observation car lounge or the library lounge, mingling with the fellow passengers.

Day 5 Tuesday

After arriving into Hua Hin in the early morning, you will continue to The River Kwai arriving at 08:15am. Breakfast will be served this leg. At The River Kwai at Kanchanaburi you will join a guided tour of the war memorial. At 11:00am you continue towards Bangkok where arrival is scheduled at 2:45pm. Lunch and afternoon tea will be served on this leg of the journey. Upon arrival into The Bangkok Railway Station you will be met by our guide who will transfer you to
The Oriental Hotel. Dinner is on your own. It can be recommended to take a dinner cruise on the river, boarding right at the hotel pier.

Day 6 Wednesday

After breakfast you will be met and transferred to the meeting point for a full day tour to The Ancient Capital City of Ayutthaya ruins. Continue to Bang Pa-in The Summer Palace. The morning starts by bus from the Oriental Hotel, across the river from your hotel. You will drive up and early afternoon you will board the M/S Oriental Queen, or similar, and crusie back to The Oriental Hotel. You arrive back after a 3 hour voyage down river. This is a very relaxing and great excursion, perfect for the day following a long journey. Dinner is on
your own.

Day 7 Thursday

After breakfast you may wish the day on your own or take a half day tour to The Royal Grand Palace or the floating market at Damnern Saduak. The afternoon is free. You can chose which time of day you wish to depart for Samui Island - Bangkok Airways operates almost hourly. However we will need to pre reserve seats before leaving the US. Upon the arrival you will be met by the hotel driver taking you to The Central Samui Beach Resort. Dinner is on your own.

Day 8 Friday

After breakfast the day is on your own to enjoy the island. There is an abundance of nature as well as water sports fcilities.

Day 9 Saturday

After breakfast the day is on your own to enjoy the beaches. How about some diving in the Gulf of Siam? The seafood is unparralelled.

Day 10 Sunday

After early breakfast transfer to the airport for your Bangkok Airways flight to Bangkok, connecting directly to your onward International flight, or transfer to your next hotel.


The program offers you Air transportation, Five Star hotel accommodations, based on two persons sharing a twin, breakfast daily, all transfers to and from the airports. All tours, rail excursions, meals as described.

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