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TOUR
CODE
:HC
6
Petchaburi
Palace
and
Thai
Farm
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Petchaburi
Palace
and
Thai
Farm
A
one
hour-ride
leads
you
to
Petchaburi,
60
km
north
of
Hua
Hin.
This
busy
commercial
center
is
famous
for
its
great
many
temples
(the
mining
of
diamonds=
petch=however
finished
long
ago).
First
you
go
to
the
Wang
hill
near
to
the
city.
On
the
hilltop
you
visit
an
old
summer-palace
of
King
Rama
4th
and
the
scenic
park.
After
that
you
head
for
the
famous
Mahatat
temple
in
Petchaburi,
a
remarkable
monument
of
the
centuries
old
Khmer
architecture,
an
important
spiritual
center
of
Buddhism
in
Thailand
till
today.
In
front
of
the
temple
you
can
admire
traditional
Thai
dances,
too.
The
next
destination
is
Khao
Luang
(royal
mountain),
situated
about
4
km
outside
the
city.
There
you
enter
an
extended
natural
cave.
Its
several
cavern
are
filled
with
rows
of
buddha-images
including
a
remarkable
large
reclining
statue.
Its
particular
impressing
at
noon,
when
the
sunlight
floods
into
the
dome-shaped
central
cave.
Another
15
minutes
ride
passes
through
rustic
villages
and
bright
green
paddy
fields.
Finally
you
reach
a
large
coconut
plantation
and
new
tourist
territory.
Inside
this
‘jungle
like
plantation
lives
a
German
expatriate
and
raises
fish
with
his
Thai
family.
You
have
lunch
on
the
verandah
of
a
wooden
Thai-house.
After
lunch
a
short
boat-trip
starts
in
front
of
the
house.
The
narrow
tributary
with
its
lush
tropical
vegetation
flows
soon
afterwards
into
the
wider
Petchaburi-River.
 The
small
fishing-boat
passes
along
old
wooden
Thai-style-houses,
along
orchards,
tropical
gardens,
palm
trees
and
mangroves.
It
heads
for
the
impressive
Wat
Khao
(temple
on
the
hill).
Though
famous
in
Thailand,
its
barely
explored
by
western
tourists.
The
hilltop
provides
fine
views
of
the
surrounding
countryside.
Back
at
the
farm
you
visit
the
fish-pond,
accompanied
by
the
farmer
Includes:
lunch,
all
entrances,
boats
trip
and
soft
drink
in
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