RICHARD_B, Aug 2025

Great tour that takes you back in time to see the Bridge over the river Kuai and ride the actual train that the POW'S and other citizens rode in. The stop at the cemetery was very moving.

Connector657863, Aug 2025

After reluctantly agreeing to collect us from our hotel our "guide"arrived 20 minutes late in a clapped out bomb of a car with no seat belts and apparently only one gear. After a slow but hair raising half hour drive we pulled in to a petrol station where our van and driver were waiting. I opened the door to get in and alarmed the driver who was asleep in the front seat. He glared at me and uttered not a single word for the rest of the day. Our guide, Oom, told us that the other couple who had booked to come had cancelled so it would be just us. The van was tired, rattly and the air con didn't work. Oom spent the next 1/2 hour holding up his ipad showing us movie trailers from The Bridge Over the River Kwai and The Railwayman, ignoring the fact we'd seen both movies. The coffee stop was good. The visit to the immaculately kept WWII Memorial Cemetery in Kanchanaburi was very moving but too rushed and he was not very informative. Next stop was the JEATH Museum (which we thought was the main museum. Only afterwards did we realise that the main museum is by the cemetery and he didn't take us there or even mention it! ) It was very run down and hugely disappointing. We were rushed through a replica POW bamboo hut which had faded, dirty pictures scruffily hung around and then bundled into a longboat for the ride up the river to the bridge. We enjoyed the boat ride. We walked over the bridge and then caught the train, crossing the bridge and travelling for 1/2 hour up into the hills through beautiful scenery. Sobering thinking of the thousands of lives that were lost along the way. Our lunch stop was good with a great view. We were disappointed not to see Hellfire Pass but you need 2 days to do that. Oom slept the whole 2 hours back to Bangkok and the driver was silent. We pulled up and Oom said "I get out here, the driver will take you back." And that was that. The driver silently and I felt begrudgingly dropped us off at the hotel and we were left thinking we'd been had.

Sammi F, Jul 2025

Great experience and knowledge guide (Thank you Oom). The train experience was fantastic and lunch had options for each of us.

R1106HFjodieb, Jul 2025

Really great trip. Knowledgeable and interesting guide. Good value. Full day. Historically interesting. awesome being on the bridge over the river Kwai