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The Tour is for 12 days (11 nights) and the focus is on the story of the Australia POWs, their hospitals and camps and the Australian doctors.
The ANZAC Day Dawn Service in Hellfire Pass and the later Memorial Service in the War Cemetery at Kanchanaburi are highlights.
The Bridge on the River Kwai, museums and other areas of interest are visited as part of the tour.
Descendants of exPOWs and experts on the Thai Burma Railway travel on the tour and provide commentaries in addition to English speaking Thai Guides.
The Tour runs from 16th April 2025 returning 27th April 2025
To secure a place, applicants must complete an application to travel , and read and complete the terms and conditions
A guided tour of the Burma Thai Railway. All flights, transfers and accommodation included.
2025 itinerary is below
Or you can download the detailed version here - 2025 itinerary
Itineraries
Day 1
Date : April 16, 2025
Time : 1:20 pm
Depart Australia for Bangkok
1:20 PM Check in Perth International Airport (Perth Travelers)
4:20 PM Depart Perth Airport T482
Day 2
Date : April 17, 2025
Time : 7:00 am
Thursday
07:30 AM Teachers and Carers to be briefed by the Committee.
9:00 AM Visit the Royal Summer Palaces at Bang Pa-in & the ancient capital Ayutthaya.
Video “ A soldiers Story”
1:00 PM Lunch River cruising on the Chayo Phraya River with a Grand Pearl Buffet Lunch.
Overnight accommodation at Royal Benja Hotel
Day 3
Date : April 18, 2025
Time : 7:30 am
Friday
To Nakom Pathom, Video “Surgeon of the Railway” Nong Pladuck, Ban Pong, Tamuang and Kanchanaburi.
Lunch at Tida Loa Restaurant and visit the bridge over the river Kwai Noi.
Visit Thailand Burma Railway Centre (TBRC)
Welcome Dinner on floating raft with Photos of the Bridge at Dusk.
Overnight accommodation at Pung Waan Resort
Day 4
Date : April 19, 2025
Time : 6:30 am
Saturday
7:30 Group Photo
8:00 AM Visit Chungkai Cutting and Cemetery and then to TBRC
10:40 AM Train to Wampo Viaduct
1:00 PM Football Matches - Men's and women's matches
Overnight accommodation at Home Phu Toey
Day 5
Date : April 20, 2025
Time : 7:00 am
Sunday
7:00 AM Wake Up Call & Breakfast
9:00 AM Hellfire Pass Museum
10:40 AM Visit Tarsao hospital and camp sites (Pung Waan Kwai Noi Resort) and Tarsao.
PROVISIONAL Wat Phutakien
Overnight accommodation at Home Phu Toey.
Day 6
Date : April 21, 2025
Time : 6:45 am
Monday
6:45 AM Wake Up Call & Breakfast
8:00 AM Buddhist Ceremony.
Kun Kanit, Kun Oonjai and POW Remembrance.
Visit Hintok Road Camp, Kinsaiyok Camp area, Sai Yok Yai Waterfalls
Lunch on Restaurant Sai Yoke bus back terminating at the Hintok River POW Camp.
Konnyu River Camp
Long tail boat ride to Home Phu Toey
Overnight accommodation at Home Phu Toey.
Day 7
Date : April 22, 2025
Time : 6:30 am
Tuesday
6:30 AM Wake Up Call & Breakfast
9:00 AM Video “Enemy my friend” Wat Takanun, Takanun Camps and Vajiralonghorn Dam (formerly Khao Lam Dam) (lunch at Dam staff club).
Pass Brankassi and Hindato camps. Walk the Burma Railway Heritage Trail from Hintok Road through Hintok Cutting to Hellfire Pass Museum.
7:00 PM Dinner and Concert to celebrate the Christmas of 43 Concert
Overnight accommodation at Home Phu Toey.
Day 8
Date : April 23, 2025
Time : 8:00 am
Wednesday
8.00 AM Wake up call. Breakfast.
9.00 AM Hellfire Pass Museum
11.00AM. Lunch at Erawan local restaurant.
12.00 P.M. Trip to Erawan Waterfall (swimming suit need if swimming )
4.00 P.M. Return to Resort.
7.00 PM Dinner
Day 9
Date : April 24, 2025
Time : 6:30 am
Thursday
Free Day
8:00 AM Optional visit (additional cost) to Sonkurai Camps and three Pagoda Pass
10:00 AM Visit Weary Dunlop Museum and Jack Chalker Gallery.
5:00PM Media interviews (provisional)
7:30PM Dinner with Australian and New Zealand Ambassadors and Quiet Lion Group
Overnight accommodation at Home Phu Toey
Day 10
Date : April 25, 2025
Time : 2:30 am
Friday - ANZAC DAY
Early wake-up.
3.00 AM Leave for Dawn Service in Hellfire Pass
7.15 AM Breakfast at Home Phu Toey
12:30 PM Lunch Restaurant to be confirmed
7:00 PM Dinner
Overnight accommodation at Pung Waan Resort
Day 11
Date : April 26, 2025
Time : 8:00 am
Saturday
8.00 AM Breakfast
9.15 AM Group Photograph and leave for Bangkok.
12.30 PM Lunch restaurant to be confirmed.
2.00 PM Return to Bangkok
7.00 PM Dinner
Overnight accommodation at Royal Benja Hotel
Day 12
Date : April 27, 2025
Time : 4:30 am
Sunday
05.00 AM Bus leaves for airport.
05.30 AM Check in at Bangkok airport.
07.20 AM Depart Bangkok for Perth T481
Airfares from Australia to Bangkok Thailand and return.
Meals and accommodation for 10 days/nights
Transfers and all ground travel.
Quiet Lion Tour Polo Shirt
Personal Travel Insurance.
