Kanchanaburi City (เมืองกาญจนบุรี)
Amphoe Thongpaphum (อำเภอทองผาภูมิ)
Amphoe Si Sawat (อำเภอศรีสวัสดิ์)
Amphoe Saiyoke (อำเภอไทรโยค)
is located 60 kms from Kanchanaburi town. Mainly consisting of forests and mountains, there are some beautiful waterfalls and a 700 year old historical park to visit.
A wide range of accommodations and activities (golf courses) are available.
Among the more popular sightseeing places are Sai Yok Noi Waterfall (น้ำตกไทรโยคน้อย),
its landscape is one of the most beautiful places in Thailand where once the Death Railway was passing Sai Yok Noi. Sai Yok Yai Waterfall (น้ำตกไทรโยคใหญ่),
Sai Yok Yai Waterfall is part of Sai Yok National Park.
Amphoe Dan Makham Tia (อำเภอด่านมะขามเตี้ย)
Kwai Yai (แควใหญ่)
Kwai Noi (แควน้อย)
or The River Kwai, is a river in western Thailand, near but not over the border with Myanmar and merges in Kanchanaburi Kwai Yai River to form the Mae Klong river,
which empties into the Gulf of Thailand at Samut Songkhram.
The river is chiefly known from the Pierre Boulle novel and David Lean film The Bridge on the River Kwai, in which Australian,
Dutch and British prisoners of war were forced by the Japanese to construct two parallel bridges spanning the river as part of the Burma Railway,
also called the Railway of Death, for the many lives lost in its construction.
One bridge was wooden and temporary. The other was made of concrete and steel and still exists.
Ironically, the bridges actually spanned the Mae Klong, but as the railway subsequently follows the Khwae Noi Valley, the bridges became famous under the wrong name.
In the 1960s, the upper part of the Mae Klong was renamed the Kwai Yai. Vajiralongkorn Dam (formerly named Khao Laem Dam) is a hydroelectric dam on the river.
| POPULAR HOTELS IN KANCHANABURI | |||
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from THB 1400 Saiyoke Saiyoke, Kanchanaburi |
from THB 1200 Saiyoke Kanchanaburi |
from THB 1700 Kwai Yai Kanchanaburi 71190 |
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from THB 1200 Saiyoke Kanchanaburi |
from THB 2500 Tha Krandan - Si Sawat Amphur Si Sawat, Kanchanaburi 71250 |
from THB 1250 Kwai Noi Amphur Muang, Kanchanaburi 71000 |
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| Featured Hotels |
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River Kwai Jungle Raf Saiyoke from THB 1200 |
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River Kwai Hotel Muang from THB 1250 |
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Pung-Waan Kwai Noi Re Saiyoke from THB 1300 |
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Hin Tok River Camp @ Saiyoke, Hell Fire Pa from THB 2300 |
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Felix River Kwai Muang, Thamakham from THB 2000 |
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Boutique Raft Resort Saiyoke from THB 1600 |
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