Day 1London
Fly from London to Abu Dhabi and then on to Bangkok.
Day 2Abu Dhabi - Bangkok
On arrival in Bangkok you will be met and transferred to your hotel.
Full day to explore Bangkok with your guide. This tour will involve using various methods of public transport - the sky train, tuk tuks, a long tail boat and the underground.
Full day at leisure to explore Bangkok under your own steam.
Transfer to the airport in Bangkok for your flight to Phuket, where you will be met and transferred to Elephant Hills in Khao Sok National Park and enjoy a morning with the elephants. Learn about these magnificent creatures and spend time feeding and bathing them. In the afternoon take a guided canoe trip on the Sok River.
Transfer to the Cheow Larn Lake surrounded by primary rainforest and marvel at the unique location of the floating camp where you will spend the night.
Take a light trek through the jungle this morning before being transferred to your onward destination after lunch.
The next few days are left for you to relax and enjoy the facilities of your hotel and the surrounding area.
The nearby Similan Islands are one of the world's top dive sites between November and April. All the resorts are able to arrange trips here; there are also various local dive operators in the town. If diving is not of interest, there are also some great snorkelling trips out to the Surin islands.
You could visit the Khao Lak/Laem Ru National Park. Just up the hill from Khao Lak town, heading towards Phuket, you will find lush jungle overlooking the emerald tropical waters of the Andaman Coast.
You can take a day trip to Pung Chang cave; taking a bamboo raft into the cave to see the interesting rock formations in the morning and visiting 'James Bond Island' by longtail boat in the afternoon. Unofficially known as James Bond Island, Koh Phing Kan was featured in 'The Man with the Golden Gun' (1974), and is in the breathtaking Phang Nga Bay, dotted with hundreds of unusual limestone rock formations, rising from the turquoise waters.
Another interesting day trip is to go into Burma. You visit a hot spring in Ranong province before catching a long tail boat to the Burmese temple of Koh Song. You cross into Burma and get a stamp in your passport where you have some time for shopping at the local markets.
Today is the last day of your holiday and you transfer to the airport in Phuket for your flight back to Bangkok. From here you fly to Abu Dhabi and the back to the UK.
Day 14Abu Dhabi
Early morning arrival back in to the UK.