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Tour group and monks in Takuapa Old Town
Takuapa Old Town in Thailand
School in Takuapa Old Town

Local Life Experience at Takuapa Old Town

By Tour East Thailand
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$119 per adult
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 7h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
Overview
  • Visit to Takuapa Old Town
  • Giving alms to Buddhist monks
  • Visits to Thai Buddhist and Chinese temples
  • Seeing children at a local school
  • Remembering and respecting those lost in the 2004 tsunami

Activity location

  • Takuapa Old Town
    • Takuapa, Thailand

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Khao Lak (Hotel Pickup)
    • Khao Lak, Phang-nga, Thailand

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Tour
  • Activity duration is 7 hours7h7h
  • English
  • Food only
Language options: English
Starting time: 5:00 am
Price details
AU$118.78 x 1 AdultAU$118.78

Total
Price is AU$118.78
Until Tue, 17 Dec

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedGuided tour in English
  • What's includedWhat's included Set Menu Lunch
  • What's includedWhat's includedReturn transport to and from your Khao Lak hotel
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedDrinks, bottled water, and snacks
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedService charge is not included and is left to individual discretion.
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedFood for monks, which will be about THB30- , or approximately USD1- .

Know before you book

  • Children under 3 years are complimentary.
  • At least 4 people are required for this activity to take place. Single traveller may book this product, but is subject to availability and cancellation if minimum number of people is not met on the activity day.
  • Hotel pickup is available from most centrally located Khao Lak hotels and from Phuket for an additional surcharge, payable on the day of your activity. Please arrange pickup from your hotel or a nearby location when you call to confirm your reservation.
  • Proper attire to enter a temple (No dresses above the knee. No short pants or three quarter pants. Modest shirts. No see through garments. No sports-wear.)
  • Tour departs hotel between 4.30am and 5.15am. You will arrange your exact tour departure time directly with the local tour operator after booking.
  • Tour duration approximately 7 hours.

What you can expect

A unique opportunity to visit Takuapa Old Town and to learn more about Thai people and their way of life. Walk through the streets in the old part of the town with a local guide to see the almost 200 year old houses that were built in the traditional style of that period.

Visit temples in the area and see the difference between a Buddhist and a Chinese Taoist temple. It will be a delight to go to a local school to watch the children singing hymns and saying a Buddhist prayer.

See how traditional cookies called 'Moon Cakes' are made at a local bakery, and see what you can find at the local market.

You will visit various places where the 2004 tsunami disaster is remembered and respect is made to those who lost their lives, including the Saori Foundation, a women's workshop which develops its own textile designs after a Japanese monk showed tsunami survivors how to weave and earn a living.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESTakuapa Old Town
    • Takuapa, Thailand

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEKhao Lak (Hotel Pickup)
    • Khao Lak, Phang-nga, Thailand