The return journey to Bangkok will take at least five hours. I love it here.Īfter nearly three hours at the waterfall, the guard blew the horn as a signal for us to head back to the train. You can spend your time walking around or just sitting on mats eating a long picnic lunch. As it’s a national park, alcohol is not allowed. There is plenty of choice for food here and so no need to bring your own. This was our lunch today at Sai Yok Noi Waterfall. But it was still enough time to walk around and have something to eat. We were supposed to have three hours here but the train arrived half an hour late. This is Sai Yok Noi Waterfall which is the highlight of the special train excursion to Kanchanaburi. There is a steam locomotive here as a kind of a memorial. In the past, the line ran right past the waterfall. This is the last station on the original line that went all the way to Burma. Our final destination on the train excursion to Kanchanaburi was Nam Tok Sai Yok Noi. They also open the front of the train so you can see the view that direction. Make sure you sit in 3rd Class as the windows on 2nd Class don’t open and are tinted. The best pictures are from the left hand side of the train. But to be honest, the best views are while you are on the trestle bridge watching the train pass. The most scenic part of the railway in Kanchanaburi is when it goes along the river near Saphan Tham Krause station in Sai Yok. It’s worth spending at least two nights and three days here. The boat is only 800 Baht for 90 minutes and it has several stops. You can take boat trips from the River Kwai Bridge which I will try and do the next time I’m here. Though, they didn’t actually shoot it here and this isn’t a wooden bridge. This was made famous by the movie of the same name. The second stop on the excursion train trip to Nam Tok was at the Bridge on the River Kwai Bridge. On our return this evening, we will be coupled back together at this station for the last keg back to Bangkok. The uncoupling of the train literally at Nong Pla Duk Junction literally took them less than two minutes. The back half will go to Hua Hin in the south. The front half, where we are, will go to Nam Tok in the west. The train left promptly at 8:20am,Īs we approached Nong Pla Duk Junction, the engineers prepared to split the train as we would be going separate ways. They gave us 30 minutes which was just enough time to walk to the chedi and to buy some breakfast in the market. The top of its spire reaches 120.45 meters, with the base circumference of 235.50 meters.Īs it is an excursion train, they wait for you at the station. The highlight is the giant stupa which is the biggest in Thailand. Our first stop on the day excursion train from Bangkok to Kanchanaburi is in Nakhon Pathom. These are not easy at the best of times, but on a moving train they must be nearly impossible to use. Quite often, 3rd Class carriages will only have squat toilets. They all seem to be Western style toilets with seats. But you cannot open the windows to take pictures. If you want air-conditioning, it is 240 Baht for 2nd Class. The train runs only at the weekend and public holidays. Tickets for the day-long excursion train to Nam Tok are only 120 Baht for 3rd Class carriages with fan. We will go west and the other half will go south. This is because the train also has carriages for the excursion to Hua Hin. When you get on the Nam Tok excursion train, it’s important that you get in the right carriage. There will be a couple of stops along the way before we get to the waterfall. Today I’m taking the excursion train to Nam Tok in Kanchanaburi. Good morning from Bangkok Railway Station. Visit the page Excursion Train to Sai Yok Noi Waterfall for more information about this weekend excursion trip. The journey was taken on 4th December 2021. The following is my live trip report of the day excursion to Sai Yok Noi Waterfall that I posted on social media.
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