Best 10-Day Thailand Wilderness and Cities Tour for Seniors

Overall, it was a great vacation and we all enjoyed it very much. Thailand is a beautiful country with very friendly people, a deep and rich culture and awesome food!

When we set out to book our family vacation to Thailand, at first we were overwhelmed by the choices and the planning. Which cities to visit ? What are the tours ? Where do we stay ? Flight travel etc. Luckily, I came across Zicasso – a new way to book travel – that connects you with a travel advisor who has local knowledge of the place you want to go. This is how I got referred to our tour planner and travel team.

The travel team really helped us experience Thailand with local guides who know the place well.

First of all, our tour planner is awesome – she and the travel team helped us plan our trip – everything from airline, to hotels to the day by day itinerary and travel insurance. Even before we left on the trip, we felt both prepared and excited by the program. The app is amazing – it feels great to have your complete itinerary including local tips around guides, phone numbers, flight details all available in the app when you need it. Our agent gave us many good choices for local tours and helped us pick the itinerary that best suited our family.

Flights – The tour planner connected us with an airline which did a great job with our flights. We flew from Vancouver and within Thailand. The flights were great, good service and generally on time.

Hotels – the hotel in Bangkok was great. We got rooms on a high floor overlooking the Chao Praya river – amazing views! The best part was seeing the fireworks display on the Chao Praya river for the New Year. The hotel was packed since it is high season for tourists and yet we got good service overall. In Chiang Mai, we stayed at a hotel. It is a quaint, homely place to stay and within walking distance to local markets. A couple downsides – lots of mosquitoes in Chiang Mai – the hotel does a mosquito spray in the evening sometimes and we had to be out of our rooms for an hour in the evening for that. The Wi-Fi also was not great. They serve a great buffet breakfast in the morning.

Local guides – Chatcha in Bangkok and Oil in Chiang Mai – were awesome! They were very flexible with our family needs, knew the local conditions well and really helped us get the most out of each day in Thailand. Having a guide and vehicle exclusively for our family needs each day was amazing! The pickup and drop-offs at the airports were great and both our guides helped us all the way from check in to the point of entry into security. Both guides had extensive knowledge of the history of Thailand and the local tours and this helped us understand things better. Finally, the guides helped us experience the amazing Thai food – including in local places and street food. We felt safe wherever we ate and always had bottled water available for our needs.

Tours – the original tours planned had more temples in the program. After a couple, we decided to improvise and change things up which our local guides helped with a lot. We added an Elephant camp tour at the last minute – this turned out to be the highlight of the entire trip for our kids (and us!). I did not know that Elephants can paint and seeing the Elephants paint some great pictures is an experience we will never forget! For the temples, there is a dress code – our guides helped us buy elephant pants where needed so we could go in. The Doi Suthep temple in Chiang Mai is a must see – you need to climb 300+ steps to get to the top – stunning temple and great views of Chiang Mai city. We loved the boat rides – the long tail boat ride in Thonburi and near the Damnoen Saduak Floating Market were super fun! Lots of history – if you like that, the Ayutthaya day trip is worth it. The Jim Thompson house in Bangkok is a short tour but very interesting and well worth it.

Food - always lots of food choices – a noodle dish restaurant in Chiang Mai is soooo good! Loved the foodie tour with street food in Thonburi, the floating market and Chatuchak market. Tom Kah soup, Mangoes, Coconut pancakes and of course Phad Thai, Fried rice, sticky rice – if you love great food, Thailand is like heaven!

Shopping – lots of great shopping opportunities and we bought many interesting things for the house. Its good to have local currency for small purchases. We loved the shopping at Chatuchak market, floating market and the malls – MBK and Siam Paragon.

Thanks to our travel company's expertise we had an adventure-filled trip all over Thailand.  From Bangkok, to Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai, and Khao Lak, we stayed in beautiful boutique hotels and resorts and had fun day trips exploring temples, visiting museums, snorkeling, and eating delicious local food.  Everything was planned and scheduled perfectly, and our guides were knowledgeable and polite.  I'd be happy to recommend their service to anyone I know!

The travel company made some good recommendations and did a good job tailoring the package to our requests.  The selected hotels were all very comfortable and located per our requests in the city centers except one hotel in Chaing Mai but that was likely due to late booking in high season.  The hotel, was a fabulous property and once we figured out where to find Tuk-Tuks (close by but out of sight of the main doors) the location was actually fine.   The guides were exquisite - on time, knowledgeable, friendly and paced very well with us. All the connections were on time and flawless.  The itinerary and information that they furnished for the trip was complete and accurate.  Very professional end to end. High marks! 

My wife, teenage daughter, and I traveled to Thailand for about 10 days in January 2016, with arrangements by this Southeast Asia travel agency.  We could not have been happier with all the recommendations, selections, and arrangements by our travel company.  We spent time in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, and Hua Hin.  We had requested 4-star hotels and all were excellent selections with nice rooms, good locations, and very good service.  The hotel in Bangkok is a high-rise hotel that had great triple room, actually a one room suite, that was very nicely appointed and very comfortable.  They have an excellent breakfast included and wonderful Thai massage at their spa!  The hotel in Chang Mai has OK rooms but their outdoor space is lovely, and good location.  The hotel in Hua Hin is a beautiful beach resort, very nice and comfortable room, and good service.  Breakfast is great, although their restaurant Thai buffet we tried one night was only so-so. All of the local transportation arrangements by our travel company were spot on!  Right on time (or early), with very nice vehicles (car for airport trips and van for tours).  The guides in Bangkok and Chiang Mai were very good.  Knowledgeable, helpful, and very nice and engaging.  My communication with the company before and during trip was all very good.  Our arrival flight was 12 hours late and I was able to easily text their operations manager who quickly re-arranged our initial schedule without any fuss or difficulty so no problems when we finally got there.  In all, I was very pleased and satisfied with this travel agency and would absolutely recommend them without hesitation.  We are planning to travel to Vietnam and Cambodia in the next couple of years and will definitely use this company again if we can.

My husband and I are just returning from our two week honeymoon in Thailand planned with Lenny. I am trying to be able to put this experience into words, but it was simply breathtaking from start to finish. We began our journey in Bangkok and stayed at a beautiful modern resort right along the river. In our time there, we went on a guided tour of the city as well as a nighttime food tour, both of these are highly recommended to be able to efficiently see some of the most important sites of the city, to gain better cultural understanding of the city, and to be able to navigate the incredible food options. We then took a flight to Chiang Mai and stayed at a hotel tented camp, which also includes an elephant sanctuary. It is hard to explain the absolute magic of this resort, I highly recommend it to everyone. We next took a car transport to Chiang Rai, which afforded us the ability to stop at the Black House and also White Temple, followed by a drive through some spectacular mountains. The White Temple is a modern work of art and really is a must see if you happen to be in northern Thailand. In Chiang Rai we stayed at a stunning resort with beautiful rooms and accommodating staff. It was during this stay that we also had the opportunity to take a cooking class with a chef. Her knowledge and love of cooking were a thrill to experience and this was perhaps one of our favorite moments throughout our trip. We did also do a nighttime Vespa tour through the city to experience various food and nightlife in this lively city. We then next took a flight to Koh Samui and stayed at a hotel there. Again, this resort is absolutely stunning and its location is unparalleled, the staff are incredibly kind, and the buffet style breakfast was our favorite of the entire trip. We did an all day sailing excursion and an ATV adventure during our time in Samui and both of these were also favorites on our list of experiences. 

Working with Lenny and his team was incredibly easy. Lenny had a conversation with us about preferences for travel, experiences that we might enjoy, and he then planned the entire trip including transport to and from the airports, our excursions, and private drivers throughout our stay. He also made recommendations for resorts, all of which were top-notch and spectacular. This vacation was by far the most amazing travel experience I’ve had throughout my lifetime and I would recommend Lenny without reservation. I am hopeful to be able to work with him for any future travel planning when I am lucky enough to return again to Asia.