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FULL DAY TOUR TO PATTAYA AT HARD - TIEN PRIVATE BEACH, KOH LARN
ISLAND TOUR (LUNCH INCLUDED) (DAILY : 7 A.M.) (TOURING TIME : 10 HOURS)
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ENJOY YOUR DAY AWAY FROM THE CITY FOR CRYSTAL CLEAR WATER OF PATTAYA AT HARD - TIEN
PRIVATE BEACH, KOH LARN ISLAND
* 165 KMS SOUTHEAST OF BANGKOK (APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS)
* TRANSFER BY PRIVATE SPEED BOAT FROM PATTAYA BEACH TO KOH LARN ISLAND (20 MINUTES)
* 3 - 4 HOURS RELAXING TIME AT HARD - TIEN PRIVATE BEACH, KOH LARN ISLAND (TIME FOR SUN - BATH
& SWIMMING) JET - SKI, WATER - PARACHUTING AND BANANA BOAT - RIDE ARE AVAILABLE BUT NOT
INCLUDED)
* DELICIOUS SEAFOOD LUNCH AT KOH LARN ISLAND INCLUDED
* PATTAYA CITY ORIENTATION BY VAN IN THE AFTERNOON
* OPTIONAL STOP AT UNDERWATER WORLD OR TIGER FARM & ZOO CAN BE MADE ON THE RETURN TRIP
TO BANGKOK (ADMISSION TICKETS NOT INCLUDED)
REMARK : TO BE BEST PREPARED, PLEASE TRAVEL WITH SHORTS AND BRING ALONG SLIPPERS,
SWIMMING GEARS, SUN - TAN LOTION, SUNGLASS AND BATH - TOWEL
TOUR PRICES :
1 PAX - 12,450 BAHT
2 PAX - 6,360 BAHT EACH
3 - 4 PAX - 5,380 BAHT EACH
5 - 6 PAX - 4,670 BAHT EACH
CHOICE OF TRANSPORT :
* MERCEDES BENZ VAN (MB140)
* WIDE-BODY TOYOTA VAN (2800)
TOUR PRICE INCLUDES :
- PRIVATE VAN WITH LICENSED ENGLISH - SPEAKING GUIDE
- PRIVATE ROUND - TRIP BETWEEN PATAYA AND HARD - TIEN BY BIG
SPEED BOAT
- SEAFOOD LUNCH AT HARD - TIEN
- PATTAYA CITY TOUR BY VAN
HARD - TIEN BEACH IS THE BEACH WITH THE LENGTH OF MORE THAN 250 METERS. IT IS MIDDLE - SIZED
BEACH OF KOH LARN. AROUND THIS BEACH, THERE IS FINE WHITE SAND, CRYSTAL CLEAR WATER
THAT IS BEST FOR RELAXATION AND DOING MARINE ACTIVITIES.
PATTAYA
PATTAYA IS A CITY IN THAILAND, LOCATED ON THE EAST COAST OF THE GULF OF THAILAND,
ABOUT 165 KM SOUTHEAST OF BANGKOK LOCATED WITHIN BUT NOT PART OF AMPHOE BANG LAMUNG
(BANGLAMUNG) IN THE PROVINCE OF CHONBURI.
THE CITY OF PATTAYA IS A SELF GOVERNING MUNICIPAL AREA WHICH COVERS THE WHOLE TAMBON
NONG PRUE AND NA KLUEA AND PARTS OF HUAI YAI AND NONG PLA LAI. THE CITY IS SITUATED IN
THE HEAVILY INDUSTRIAL EASTERN SEABOARD ZONE, ALONG WITH SI RACHA, LAEM CHABANG,
AND CHONBURI. IT HAS A POPULATION EXCEEDING 100,000 (2007).
PATTAYA IS ALSO THE CENTER OF THE PATTAYA-CHONBURI METROPOLITAN AREA, THE CONURBATION
IN CHONBURI PROVINCE, WITH A TOTAL POPULATION EXCEEDING 1,000,000 (2010).
THE NAME PATTAYA EVOLVED FROM THE MARCH OF PHRAYA TAK (LATER KING TAKSIN) AND
HIS ARMY FROM AYUTTHAYA TO CHANTHABURI, WHICH TOOK PLACE BEFORE THE FALL OF
THE FORMER CAPITAL TO THE BURMESE INVADERS IN 1767.
WHEN HIS ARMY ARRIVED AT THE VICINITY OF WHAT IS NOW PATTAYA, PHRAYA TAK ENCOUNTERED
THE TROOPS OF NAI KLOM, WHO TRIED TO INTERCEPT HIM. WHEN THE TWO LEADERS MET FACE TO
FACE, NAI KLOM WAS AWED BY PHRAYA TAK'S DIGNIFIED MANNER AND HIS ARMY'S STRICT
DISCIPLINE. HE THEN SURRENDERED WITHOUT A FIGHT. THE PLACE THE TWO ARMIES CONFRONTED
EACH OTHER WAS CALLED THAP PHRAYA, WHICH MEANS THE ARMY OF THE PHRAYA. THIS WAS
LATER CHANGED TO PHATTHAYA, WHICH MEANS THE WIND BLOWING FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO
THE NORTHEAST AT THE BEGINNING OF THE RAINY SEASON. TODAY THE CITY IS INTERNATIONALLY
KNOWN AS "PATTAYA" WHILE THE STILL CORRECT AND OFFICIAL TRANSLITERATION "PHATTHAYA" IS
SEEN ON MANY ROADSIGNS.FOR CENTURIES, PATTAYA WAS A SMALL FISHING VILLAGE. BUT
A CHANGE OCCURRED ON APRIL 26, 1961,WHEN THE FIRST GROUP OF ABOUT 100 AMERICAN
SERVICEMEN WHO WERE FIGHTING IN THE VIETNAM IN THE VIETNAM WAR ARRIVED IN PATTAYA
FOR RELAXATION. FROM THIS BEGINNING, PATTAYA BECAME A POPULAR BEACH RESORT WHICH
NOW ATTRACTS OVER 4 MILLION VISITORS A YEAR.FISHERMEN'S HUTS ALONG THE BEACH
WERE REPLACED BY RESORT HOTELS AND RETAIL STORES, INCLUDING ASIA'S LARGEST
BEACHFRONT SHOPPING MALL, THE CENTRALFESTIVAL THE CENTRALFESTIVAL PATTAYA BEACH
MALL AND HOTEL (HILTON).
THE CITY (MUEANG) HAD 104,318 REGISTERED INHABITANTS IN 2007. AS WITH THE BANGKOK
METROPOLITAN REGION, THAT FIGURE EXCLUDES THE LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WORK IN
THE CITY BUT REMAIN REGISTERED IN THEIR HOMETOWNS, AND MANY LONG-TERM
EXPATRIATE VISITORS. INCLUDING NON-REGISTERED RESIDENTS, THE POPULATION NUMBERS
AROUND 300,000 AT ANY GIVEN TIME. OTHER ESTIMATES PUT THE FIGURE AS HIGH AS 500,000.
MOST OF THE OFFICIALLY-REGISTERED PATTAYA RESIDENTS ARE OF THAI-CHINESE ANCESTRY.
DUE TO THE TOURIST INDUSTRY, MANY PEOPLE FROM THE NORTHEAST (KNOWN AS ISAN, THE
POOREST REGION OF THAILAND) HAVE COME TO WORK IN PATTAYA, AND ARE COUNTED
FOR CENSUS PURPOSES IN THEIR HOMETOWN.
THERE IS A FAST-GROWING COMMUNITY OF FOREIGN RETIREES LIVING IN PATTAYA. THAI
IMMIGRATION HAS A SPECIAL VISA CATEGORY FOR FOREIGNERS OVER AGE 50 WHO WISH TO
RETIRE IN THAILAND.PATTAYA IS ATTRACTIVE TO MANY RETIREES FROM EUROPE AND
OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF ITS CLIMATE AND EXOTIC, EASY LIFESTYLE,
BUT ALSO BECAUSE LIVING COSTS ARE A FRACTION OF THOSE IN EUROPE, A MAJOR CONSIDERATION
FOR PEOPLE ON FIXED PENSIONS OR INCOMES.PATTAYA, LOCATED OFF THE GULF OF THAILAND,
IS APPROXIMATELY 145 KM SOUTH OF THE CITY OF BANGKOK, SURROUNDED BY BANG
LAMUNG DISTRICT.
THE CITY OF PATTAYA IS A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL AREA WHICH COVERS THE WHOLE
TAMBON NONG PRUE (NONGPRUE) AND NA KLUEA (NAKLUA) AND PARTS OF HUAI YAI AND
NONG PLA LAI. BANG LAMUNG TOWNSHIP WHICH FORMS THE NORTHERN BORDER OF
PATTAYA COVERS PARTS OF THE TAMBON BANG LAMUNG (BANGLAMUNG), NONG PLA LAI AND
TAKHIAN TIA. BANG SALI IS ON THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF PATTAYA.
"GREATER PATTAYA" OCCUPIES MOST OF THE COASTLINE OF BANGLAMUNG (ONE OF THE ELEVEN
DISTRICTS THAT COMPRISE CHONBURI PROVINCE). IT IS DIVIDED INTO A LARGER NORTHERN
SECTION WHICH SPANS THE AREAS TO THE EAST OF NAKLUA BEACH (THE MOST NORTHERN BEACH)
AND PATTAYA BEACH (THE MAIN BEACH) PLUS THE PRATAMNAK HILL (OFTEN CALLED "BUDDHA HILL"
BECAUSE OF THE TEMPLES ON TOP OF THE HILL) HEADLAND (IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF
PATTAYA BEACH), AND A SMALLER SOUTHERN SECTION COVERING THE AREA TO THE EAST
OF JOMTIEN BEACH (WHICH LIES DIRECTLY SOUTH OF PRATAMNAK HILL).
PATTAYA CITY HAS BEEN ADMINISTERED UNDER A SPECIAL AUTONOMOUS SYSTEM SINCE 1978.
IT HAS A STATUS COMPARABLE TO A MUNICIPALITY AND IS SEPARATELY ADMINISTERED BY
THE MAYOR OF PATTAYA CITY WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING POLICIES, ORGANIZING PUBLIC
SERVICES AND SUPERVISING ALL EMPLOYEES OF PATTAYA CITY ADMINISTRATION.
PATTAYA HAS A TROPICAL WET AND DRY CLIMATE, WHICH IS DIVIDED INTO THE FOLLOWING
SEASONS: WARM AND DRY (NOVEMBER TO FEBRUARY), HOT AND HUMID (MARCH TO MAY),AND
HOT AND RAINY (JUNE TO OCTOBER).
BEACHES AND ISLANDS
THE PATTAYA BAY AREA IS ONE OF ASIA'S LARGEST BEACH RESORTS AND THE SECOND
MOST VISITED CITY IN THAILAND, AFTER BANGKOK. THIS PANORAMA OVERLOOKS BALI HAI
PIER AND THE CORE OF THE CITY.
THE MAIN SWEEP OF THE BAY AREA IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PRINCIPAL BEACHFRONTS.
PATTAYA BEACH IS PARALLEL TO CITY CENTRE, AND RUNS FROM PATTAYA NUEA SOUTH
TO WALKING STREET. ALONG BEACH ROAD ARE RESTAURANTS,SHOPPING AREAS,
AND NIGHT ATTRACTIONS.
JOMTIEN BEACH IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE BAY AREA IS DIVIDED FROM PATTAYA BEACH
BY THE PROMONTORY OF PRATUMNAK HILL. IT CONSISTS OF HIGH-RISE CONDOMINIUMS,BEACHSIDE
HOTELS, BUNGALOW COMPLEXES, SHOPS, BARS, AND RESTAURANTS. ON WEEKENDS,IT BECOMES
INCREASINGLY CROWDED, WITH MANY THAI VISITORS COMING FROM BANGKOK. IT OFFERS OF
WATERSPORT ACTIVITIES SUCH AS JET SKIS, PARASAILING AND SMALL SAIL BOAT HIRE.
OFFSHORE ISLANDS INCLUDE THE "NEAR ISLANDS", KO LARN (MAIN ISLAND), KO SAK AND
KO KROK LOCATED 7 KM FROM THE WESTERN SHORES OF PATTAYA KO LARN, OR "CORAL ISLAND",
MU KO PHAI, THE "FAR ISLANDS", KO PHAI (MAIN ISLAND), KO MAN WICHAI, KO HU CHANG AND
KO KLUNG BADAN, LOCATED OFFSHORE FURTHER WEST OF THE "NEAR ISLANDS", AND KO RIN,
LOCATED OFFSHORE TO THE SOUTHWEST, SOUTH OF MU KO PHAI. SOME OF THE ISLANDS IN
THE GROUP ARE ACCESSIBLE BY SPEEDBOAT IN LESS THAN 15 MINUTES AND BY FERRY TAKING ABOUT
45 MINUTES. THE NAMES "NEAR ISLANDS", "FAR ISLANDS" AND "CORAL ISLAND" ARE USED FOR
TOURISTIC PURPOSES ONLY AND DO
MAIN SIGHTS
ONCE A FISHING TOWN, PATTAYA FIRST BOOMED AS AN R&R DESTINATION DURING
THE VIETNAM WAR AND DEVELOPED INTO A FAMILY-ORIENTATED SEASIDE DESTINATION.
FOREIGN TOURISM TO THAILAND AS A WHOLE IN 2007 AMOUNTED TO 14.5 MILLION VISITORS.
ACTIVITIES INCLUDE PLAYING GOLF (21 GOLF COURSES WITHIN 1 HOUR OF PATTAYA,)
GO-KART RACING, AND VISITING DIFFERENT THEME PARKS AND ZOOS SUCH AS THE ELEPHANT
VILLAGE, WHERE DEMONSTRATIONS OF TRAINING METHODS AND ANCIENT CEREMONIAL
RE-ENACTMENTS ARE PERFORMED DAILY. THE PRIVATE SRI RACHA TIGER ZOO FEATURES TIGERS,
ALLIGATORS, AND OTHER ANIMALS IN DAILY SHOWS. THE VIMANTAITALAY TOURIST SUBMARINE
OFFERS 30 MINUTE TRIPS UNDERWATER TO SEE CORALS AND MARINE LIFE JUST A FEW KILOMETERS
OFFSHORE.NONG NOOCH TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN ABOUT 15 KILOMETERS SOUTH OF PATTAYA
IS A 500-ACRE(2.0 KM2) SITE OF BOTANICAL GARDENS AND AN ORCHID NURSERY WHERE
CULTURAL SHOWS WITH TRAINED CHIMPANZEES AND ELEPHANTS ARE PRESENTED.
OTHER ATTRACTIONS IN PATTAYA INCLUDE THE MILLION YEARS STONE PARK, PATTAYA
CROCODILE FARM,PATTAYA PARK BEACH RESORT WATER PARK, FUNNY LAND AMUSEMENT PARK,
SIRIPORN ORCHID FARM,SILVERLAKE WINERY, UNDERWATER WORLD PATTAYA (WORLD-CLASS
AQUARIUM),THE THAI ALANGKARN THEATER PATTAYA (CULTURAL SHOW), BOTTLE ART MUSEUM,
RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT MUSEUM, AND UNDERWATER WORLD, AN AQUARIUM WHERE THERE
IS A COLLECTION OF MARINE SPECIES IN THE GULF OF THAILAND INCLUDING SHARKS AND STINGRAYS.
KHAO PHRA TAMNAK OR KHAO PHRA BAT IS A SMALL HILL LOCATED BETWEEN SOUTH PATTAYA AND
JOMTIEN BEACH THAT PROVIDES A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE CITY OF PATTAYA AND ITS CRESCENT
BAY. THE HILL IS TOPPED BY WAT KHAO PHRA BAT, A TEMPLE, AND THE MONUMENT OF KROMLUANG
CHOMPHONKHETUDOMSAK, WHO IS REGARDED AS THE "FOUNDING FATHER OF THE MODERN THAI
NAVY." THE SANCTUARY OF TRUTH IS A LARGE WOODEN STRUCTURE CONSTRUCTED IN 1981 BY
THE SEA AT LAEM RATCHAWET, THAT WAS CONCEIVED FROM THE VISION THAT HUMAN CIVILIZATION
HAS BEEN ACHIEVED AND NURTURED BY RELIGIOUS AND PHILOSOPHICAL TRUTH.
MINI SIAM IS A MINIATURE MODEL VILLAGE WHICH CELEBRATES THE HERITAGES OF THAILAND WITH
REPLICAS OF THE MOST FAMOUS MONUMENTS AND HISTORICAL SITES INCLUDING THE TEMPLE OF THE
EMERALD BUDDHA, DEMOCRACY MONUMENT, BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER KWAI, AND PRASAT HIN PHIMAI.
MODELS OF THE TOWER BRIDGE OF LONDON, EIFFEL TOWER, THE STATUE OF LIBERTY AND
TREVI FOUNTAIN ARE ALSO DISPLAYED IN THE SECTION CALLED "MINI WORLD".
WAT YANASANGWARARAM WORAMAHAWIHAN IS A TEMPLE CONSTRUCTED IN 1976 FOR SOMDET
PHRA YANASANGWON, THE PRESENT SUPREME PATRIARCH AND LATER SUPPORTED BY HIS MAJESTY
THE KING. WITHIN THE COMPOUND OF THE TEMPLE ARE A REPLICA OF THE BUDDHA'S
FOOTPRINT, AND A LARGE CHEDI CONTAINING THE RELICS OF THE LORD BUDDHA.
REMARK : ALL PRICES INCLUDE 7% VAT
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