Cultural Coastlines of Thailand: Tour for Seniors

It was an incredible journey and made memories for a lifetime for my entire family. Our Zicasso travel partner’s planning and selection of activities was the best. The guides were personable, funny, and professional. Our guide in Bangkok was so friendly, nice, and helpful. The night foodie tour was great. Our guide, a professor, was energetic and knew his way around. The hotel location was a bit on the wild side, but that was alright considering we didn't spend much time there.

In Chiang Mai, the elephant sanctuary, bamboo rafting, sights, and temples. Walking around the river just before the lantern festival was just as amazing!

Patong Beach in Phuket was rowdy, crazy, hectic, and just a typical beach for folks to visit and relax, but the kayaking at Phang Nga Bay was otherworldly. Serene, spiritual, and breathtaking. The trip was well planned, with great and knowledgeable guides. Lunch and dinner on the boat was perfect.

The tour went according to plan, without any problems or issues. It was perfect.

Excellent tour package and itinerary for a month long Southeast Asia trip visiting Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand.

Our travel agent did a super job to ensure that we had an amazing travel adventure.

Transportation arrangements for pick-up and tours were efficient and well organized.  

Drivers were courteous and safe and vehicles were well maintained.

With the exception of one, all tour guides were knowledgeable, friendly, and beyond helpful.  

Special commendations to the following:  Our guides in Siem Reap, Cambodia, Saigon, Hoi An, Hanoi, Bangkok and in Chiang Mai.

Restaurants for lunch and food selections were exceptional.

Our vacation ended with a blissful few days of R&R at the resort on Koh Samui.

Overall experience .....5 Stars, Excellent!  Highly Recommended!

We had an amazing trip to the travel company, truly a life-changing experience!  We visited Hanoi, Halong Bay, Hoi An in Vietnam, then traveled to Siem Reap, Cambodia, and ended our journey in Bangkok and Chaing Mai, Thailand.  The travel company assigned us to very friendly, informative and knowledgeable guides in each city.  Our excursions led us through the streets of Hanoi, sampling street foods and beverages, visiting floating fishing villages and the sheer serenity and beauty on Halong Bay, experiencing the Vietnamese countryside on the back of a scooter, sunrise tour of Angkor Wat, and other temples in Cambodia, Thai massage and temple tours in Bangkok, and hands-on cooking class in Chaing Mai.  But our favorite adventure was caring for the elephants at a sanctuary in the mountains outside of Chaing Mai.  

I cannot properly articulate how special and easy this trip was for us.  Every transition to each country was smooth and relaxed.  Our guides were always there to help us navigate the new cultures, tastes and experiences.  The hotels the travel company booked were comfortable, luxurious and classy.  

Working with the travel company was a joy!  Our travel specialist adjusted our itinerary to match our interests and pace.  While planning our trip, if we had questions or wanted to adjust the itinerary, our specialist returned our emails within 24 hours, and would tweak our itinerary until we were satisfied.  I highly recommend the travel company!  

Simply the best travel experience I have ever had! When preparing for my SE Asia venture, I spent a significant amount of time researching each of the destinations I was visiting prior to booking my trip. I knew exactly where I wanted to stay, places I wanted to visit, and activities which I wanted to partake in. I think this was probably the best thing that I could have done in order to maximize my trip, and still allow for plenty of down time. Zicasso and this Southeast Asia tour operator were both amazing to work with, were able to take each of my "wants" and create a beautiful, adventure packed, yet still relaxing and self discovering month long voyage. Each of the individuals whom I worked with (from the planning phase through the execution phase) were exceptional. I was always pleased by the warm & welcoming tour guides, comfortable means of transportation, and fabulous boutique hotels. I am incredibly pleased with the overall work, and service which went into creating such an amazing experience. My only constructive comment, is that I was disappointed in the quality of included lunches while visiting in Bangkok specifically. I chose to embark on a bespoke, solo tour because I am a traveler who enjoys truly experiencing each culture/country I visit, and wish to avoid westernized/tourist laden restaurants. Each of the restaurants which I went to were buffet style, westernized versions of local fare. Personally I would have preferred to go to a local restaurant and given the opportunity to order the meal of my choice (even if for extra $), just as I did when visiting included restaurants in Chiang Mai and Siem Reap. Additionally, there was one more item of constructive feedback: Having greater than 1 week to enjoy Phuket, we built my itinerary to spend the first half of my time in Patong (to have fun) & the second half in Kata (to relax). When leaving my hotel in Patong, I had to wait several hours (past the agreed uoon time on the itinerary) for transportation (sitting in the hotel lobby, as I had already checked out) to bring me to Kata Beach. The manager from the local travel company in Phuket whom was providing my transportation & services while on island was very kind and came to speak with me at my hotel in Kata that evening. However, I was disappointed that he literally just came to "meet" me. He did not offer any type of good will (ie: fruit basket, dinner voucher, discount for activities, etc). With the lunches in Bangkok aside, and the transportation mix-up/inconvenience, I was 200% satisfied with my experience!

It is hard to put into words what a fabulous trip our family had.  From wonderful hotels to excellent services.  We had twelve days of fantastic memories.  We loved Bangkok and Ayutthaya, but Chang Mai and Krabi/Ao Nang captured our hearts.  We had a day with Elephants that we will never forget.  Patara Elephant farm, no super touristy stuff, they care for and have a breeding program and you work with the handlers to take care of the elephants.  Our cooking school was fantastic.  A morning in the market and a wonderful day of cooking 5 dishes each with a cookbook to take home at Cooking @ Home.   On to Krabi,  we actually stayed in Ao Nang.  We loved the proximity to so many islands.  We Longtailed everywhere.  The beaches were gorgeous,snorkeling good and tours easy.  The rock climbing excursion was a fun rock climbing adventure.  Our favorite beach/island was Hong Island after kayaking. All connections etc. were detailed perfectly.  We asked for not too touristy, culture, beaches, elephants, and cooking and we got it all.