Thailand is a popular tourist destination, most famous for its gorgeous beaches and raucous nightlife at very affordable prices. Even so, few weeks of beer and sand may get tiresome, and there’s much more to see in this country than that. It’s a country rich with culture, cuisine and natural beauty away from its shores. If you’re heading to Thailand, but want a little more than a simple beach break, then here are three of the country’s best day activities. You can also book cheap flights to Thailand through DialAFlight.
Tiger Temple, Kanchanaburi
Known in Thai as Wat Pa Luangta Bua Yannasampanno, most people have been accustomed to calling this place the more simple ‘Tiger Temple’. Located in Kanchanaburi, some ninety minutes drive north of Bangkok, this religious site gained a reputation as a wildlife sanctuary since its creation in 1994. The first Tiger cub arrived in 1999, and since then the Wat has become famous as a sanctuary for tigers and it’s now a big location on the tourist map. The animals are brought out to a small canyon during the afternoon from 1-3.45 PM and it’s possible for visitors to the sanctuary to walk amongst them and have photos taken petting them! Seeing as the Tigers are nocturnal and used to human contact, a walk through the canyon is very safe. Just make absolutely sure you take your camera – the chance to pose next to a tiger doesn’t come around very often.
Cookery School, Chiang Mai
Thailand’s second largest city is really the capital of activities and adventure. Trekking through the jungle, usually including an elephant ride and a white water rafting trip is one of two popular activities, the other being attending a cookery school. No trip to Thailand is complete without sampling the nation’s delicious cuisine, and in Chiang Mai you can make it yourself in an intensive day course. There are several cookery schools where you can learn how to create Thai dishes, but they usually offer the same course of six dishes cooked in one day, for around 1,000 baht (£18). The course will include a trip to a local market with an English speaking guide to sample and learn about exotic Thai ingredients, then cooking the following: starter, noodle dish, soup dish, curry paste, choice of curry and dessert. You get to eat all of your creations, and if you’re too stuffed you can take them back to your hotel with you!
‘The Beach’ Tour, Ko Phi Phi
Visiting the Thai islands of the Andaman Sea can be awe inspiring, and there are few more beautiful places than Ko Phi Phi, which lies to the south of Krabi Province. Two huge limestone formations rise out of the sea, adjoined by two beaches and a thin strip of land. Ko Phi Phi Don is a tourist’s mecca of perfect cliff enclosed beaches and hectic nightlife, and it’s also the starting point of one of Thailand’s top day trips. Providing the weather is good (it almost certainly will be during the dry season) you can charter a long tail boat to take you on a tour of the neighbouring islands. Perhaps the most impressive is Ko Phi Phi Ley. This national park was used as the setting for ‘The Beach’ starring Leonard Di Caprio, giving you some insight into how perfect it is. Maya Bay is a beach at the end of a jungle, with a body of water almost entirely enclosed by limestone cliffs. You can also be guided to some great cliff jumping locations on this trip and visit monkey beach, where the locals probably won’t welcome you with open arms.
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