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By car
From Bangkok, visitors can take a 2-hour drive
along Highway No.4 (Phetkasem) via Nakhon Chaisi,
Nakhon Pathom, Ban Pong, Tha Maka, Tha Muang to
Kanchanaburi.
For an alternative route, visitors
can drive along Highway No. 338 from Bangkok to
Nakhon Chaisi and then proceed along Highway No.4
to Kanchanaburi.
By bus
Non air-conditioned buses leave Bangkok’s
Southern Bus Terminal every 15 minutes from 4
a.m.-8 p.m. The trip takes about 2 hours. Call
:0-2434-5557 for more information.
There are 2 types of air-conditioned buses. Standard
1 buses (blue colour) leave Bangkok’s Southern
Bus Terminal from 5 a.m. till 10.30 p.m. daily
at twenty-minute intervals. Standard 2 buses (orange
colour) leave at twenty-minute intervals from
5.10 a.m. until 8.30 p.m. daily. The journey takes
2 hours. Call: 0-2435-5012, 0-2435-1199 for more
information.
By rail
Ordinary trains leave Bangkok’s Thon Buri
Railway Station (Bangkok Noi Station) every day
at 7.35 a.m. and 1.45 p.m. for approximately 3
hour journey to Kanchanaburi. Call Thon Buri Railway
Station at tel: 0-2411-3102 or Kanchanaburi Railway
Station at tel: 0-3456-1052 or visit www.srt.motc.go.th.
The weekend special train leaves
Bangkok Railway Station (Hualamphong) at 6.30
a.m. on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.
For more information, call : 1690, 0-2223-7010,
0-2223-7020.
Travel
within Kanchanaburi
Transportation within the provincial capital is
most enjoyable on tricycles. Tricycles can be
hired at reasonable rate, enabling visitors to
see the Bridge over the River Kwae, the Kanchanaburi
War Cemetery, the waterfront Song Kwae Road area,
and the JEATH War Museum in one circuit.
Transportation between the districts
is also convenient by regular bus. Call Kanchanaburi
bus terminal at tel: 0-3451-1387 for more information.
For visitors who like to drive
by themselves, motorcycles or jeeps can be rented
on a daily or weekly basis at several outlets
on Saeng Chuto Road and around the Song Kwae Road
area.
Essentially, there are two major
land routes for exploring the main conveniently
accessible tourist attractions in Kanchanburi.
The more western Route 323 largely parallels the
Kwae Noi River to Sangkhla Buri District (some
230 kilometres from the provincial capital) via
Sai Yok, Thong Pha Phum, and Vajiralongkorn Dam.
Route 3199 follows the Kwae Yai River to Srinagarindra
Dam (69 kilometres away from the provincial captital).
Besides the network of roads
throughout the provincial area, the railway and
the waterways which stretch through the heart
of town also offer comfortable and alternate trips
to out-of-town attractions. Travelling by train
from Kanchanaburi to Namtok Station near Sai Yok
Noi Waterfall is recommended for visitors wishing
to experience trips on the historic railway. Trains
leave Kanchanaburi Railway Station 3 times daily
at 6.11 a.m., 11 p.m. and 16.37 p.m. and stops
at the Bridge over the River Kwae, Tha Kilen (near
Mueang Sing Historical Park), Tham Krasae, Wang
Pho and ends at Namtok Railway Station. For more
information, call Kanchanaburi Railway Station
at tel: 0-3456-1052
From the Pak Saeng Pier in Tambon
Tha Sao, visitors can hire a boat with a carrying
capacity of 10-12 persons to visit the Lawa Cave
and Sai Yok Yai Waterfall. It takes around 4 hours
for the return trip. The 1-hour boat ride to Huai
Mae Khamin Waterfall starts from the Tha Kradan
Pier, 12 kilometres from Srinagarindra Dam.
Visitors are advised to check
with the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT)’s
office in Kanchanaburi for prevailing rates and
the availability of alternate methods of transportation
such as on public holidays and weekends.
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