Location: Kanchanaburi
Top Things to do in Kanchanaburi
Top 10 Things to do in Kanchanaburi, Kanchanaburi Province
Kanchanaburi, capital of Kanchanaburi Province, is home to the Burma Railway (aka "Death Railway") bridge built by Allied POWs during WWII and immortalized in Bridge Over the River Kwai. A memorial and two museums commemorate those who died in the effort, and a yearly carnival includes a pyrotechnic recreation of the bridge’s bombing. The wider province offers forests and caves to explore, and beautiful waterfalls.
Restaurants in Kanchanaburi
1. ElephantsWorld
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 2,122 reviews
ElephantsWorld was founded in 2008 and is a sanctuary for sick, old, disabled, abused and rescued elephants, who will receive the rest and joy that they deserve. They can enjoy themselves in their own natural environment here until their last breath. At ElephantsWorld we work for the elephants, instead of them for us! As a visitor you get to enjoy very memorable experience with these beautiful animals. You can help us with taking care of them by feeding them, gathering food and bathing them.
Reviewed By Liatcohenraviv
We have two girls who wanted to come to Thailand for a while. They wanted to work with Elephants, so we spent a full day at Elephants World; an amazing place that was founded by a veterinarian who dedicated the last 10 years helping elderly and injured elephants who were mistreated by humans. We joined the daily routine of over 40 elephants, helped with preparing food, fed the older ones and the adorable babies... and enjoyed joining them during their daily swim at the river. Meeting these giant creatures from up close helped us understand how beautiful and gentle smart and sensitive animal they are! 2500bht per person. They provide lockers and there is a shower you can use at the end of the day and a great lunch. But most importantly- staff here is just FANTASTIC!
2. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery
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4.5 based on 2,614 reviews
The town of Kanchanaburi is 129 kilometres North-West of Bangkok and is best reached by road, along the National Highway which runs north from the capital. There are bus and train services from Bangkok. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery is situated adjacent to Saeng Chuto Road which is the main road through the town. When approaching from Bangkok, the cemetery is on the left side of the road, towards the far (northern) end of the town. A Commission signpost faces the cemetery on the opposite side of the road.
Reviewed By LoFlyaNZ - Lower Hutt, New Zealand
A truly wonderful cemetery (if there ever could be such a thing) - the local people need to be heartily commended for the way they have looked after these fallen soldiers.
3. The Thailand-Burma Railway Centre
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4.5 based on 1,461 reviews
Reviewed By lizeliottlockhart - Perth, Australia
Excellent museum outlining the importance, history and research behind the Thai Burma railway... Highly recommended and kids (teenager) valued the learning experience.
4. Burma-Thai Railway
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4.5 based on 1,351 reviews
Reviewed By I1376GIannek
We did a private tour through Viator. Private Tour: Thai Burma Death Railway Bridge on the River Kwai Tour from Bangkok. This is a great way to visit this important area. We had a lovely guide, Tum, who was both attentive and knowledgeable. It is a 2 hour drive there and back so it is a chance to view outside Bangkok. The war cemetery is a somber yet beautiful place. We had a great river trip to the bridge and an hour train trip over the bridge and beyond. Followed by a magnificent thai lunch in a local village.
5. Bridge Over the River Kwai
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4.0 based on 4,255 reviews
Allied prisoners of war during World War II were forced to build the 258-mile Death Railway by Japanese forces. About a hundred thousand conscripted Asian labourers and 16,000 prisoners of war died on the whole project.
Reviewed By Delomo - Townsville, Australia
We were a family of four visiting Kanchanaburi and this famous bridge over the River Kwae where a Great Uncle was imprisoned and died building the bridge. We never knew him. It was a thoughtful walk over it and back, by day and by night. The tragedy and loss of war occupying our minds at this time but what they endured impossible for us to imagine. The site is beautiful with the handsome iron bridge stretching over the river, the market stalls around and the cafes and restaurants nearby from where one can enjoy the view. I am glad we came to this spot in Thailand that holds a piece of Australian history.
6. River Kwai
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4.0 based on 1,559 reviews
Reviewed By Sisaket32 - Preston, United Kingdom
We got the 7-50am train from Thonburi BKK to Kanchanaburi arriving at 10-25 cost only 110bht staying the Tara raft Hotel absolutely beautiful views of the river, you can get the train over the river kwai bridge to Nam Tok great day out to the water falls, back in kanchanaburi war museum and the war graves very interesting, you can do this all yourself without booking a tour also hire motorbikes
7. Sai Yok National Park
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4.0 based on 471 reviews
Reviewed By Ghentfreak - Hanoi, Vietnam
This place is well organised. The waterfalls are very scenic. They’ve different levels. On some levels you can swim. Good space for picnic. We had lunch in a restaurant at the parking. We recommend the place, there were not that many tourists.
8. Kanchanaburi Night Market
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4.0 based on 135 reviews
Reviewed By pinza55007 - London, United Kingdom
Its maianly clothes for the ladies and food and some places for food are not there every night, if you like pork or chicken steak ( not Weds) head up next to the main road there is an OPPO shop and a YAMAHA shop between these is a great place for steaks, no beers though but the prices are tip top and start at 59bts for chicken steak, chips and salad. There are sveral noodles bars and eat as you walk stalls, its well worth a trip and the stalls change a little throughout the week so everynight is slightly different, its in the NW corner from the Railway station.
9. Safari Park Open Zoo
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4.0 based on 420 reviews
Reviewed By 638stephanf - Perwez, Belgium
I visited the park as part of a "VIP Tour" package offered by "Tours with Tong" (not allowed to put URLs in reviews...) . We spent around 3 hours there. We had 3 main activities: -Visiting the adult tigers/lions/leopards which you get close to through a fence. You can give them some meat through the fence -Walking around with a 'teenage' leopard/tiger on a leash for they daily promenade -Feeding the cubs (the highlight) My cub-feeding experience resulted in several light bites all over my body (I could get back to the office boasting that I had bean "bitten by a lion!") and incredible memories. Imagine untamed kittens but the size of a rather large dog and matching teeth. Watch your fingers. :D They all seem in very good shape and not at all frightened by their caretakers or any other human (or walking chewing toy as they seem to perceive us).They are handled by local caretakers plus several international volunteers and all were very friendly both with us and the animals. I even gave a rather large cub his daily bath. We walked around with larger leopards and tigers, occasionally stopping to give them food. A good occasion to see them walk around outside of their cage. Their (friendly and very passionate) Australian caretaker holds them with you (we each had a leach on one side) and gives you plenty of explanations. Everybody took their time with us and we were never rushed. VIP tour means we went around in a private tuk-tuk and we alone whenever we were close to the animas. No bus. The animals seem all in good shape and well treated (and not afraid at all of humans).
10. Giant Tree Kanchanaburi
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4.0 based on 169 reviews
Reviewed By Raintree_Thailand - Bangkok, Thailand
When we first visited this huge raintree several years ago, we were the only visitors and there were zero facilities... just a field with the big tree growing next to a small stream. We were shocked to recently drop by, to find a huge parking lot filled with vehicles (on a Thursday!) and dozens of shops and food stalls. Authorities have built a platform around the tree and a garden in the immediate area. For once, these efforts have been well done. The platform helps protect the tree from compaction and people climbing on the roots and the tree itself, and it doesn't really detract from the view of the tree. The majestic tree is about 5 meters in diameter at the base and has a massive spread. It may not be the largest tree in Thailand, but surely one of the most impressive.
