River Kwai - Relaxation at the Beautiful Floating Jungle Rafts!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ส.ค. 2024
- The River Kwai is a beautiful river with a brutal history. Spending time relaxing on the River Kwai is an incredibly peaceful experience, more here - migrationology.com/2013/07/riv...
I had the opportunity to go on a media blogger trip to the Kanchanaburi province of Thailand. Along with doing some activities like visiting the bridge over the River Kwai and going to Hellfire Pass museum, the highlight of the trip was most definitely the stay at the River Kwai Jungle Rafts, a floatel in the middle of the river. To get there you first have to board a longtail boat and take the boat upstream for about 15 minutes until arriving. The day we went it was a little rainy, but that didn't take away from the beauty of cruising up the river. The water is a little chocolate brown, but the lush green cliffs and the steep walls of the banks of the river made the entire atmosphere extremely gorgeous.
We arrived to the River Kwai Jungle Rafts, a true relaxing oasis surrounded only by the beautiful sounds of the jungle. The room was basic, but very comfortable. They don't have any power at the rafts, so all light is handled by kerosene lantern, which I thought could potentially be a little dangerous with the wooden rafts - nevertheless, that's what they used. The jungle rafts are a long series of floating houses that float on huge floaters. On top of the floaters and beautifully constructed wooden houses which are then covered by thatch roofing. The rooms are clean and there's a nice balcony on both the front and the back of the rooms where you can sit and watch the River Kwai peacefully go by.
After settling in to our room and shooting a little bit of this video, we headed for dinner, which is served table by table family style. The food is served from the main dining room which was located next to the lobby. Unfortunately the food was a little on the bland side as it really catered to foreign travelers, but nevertheless, it was pretty good and it included a good mixture of different dishes. I would have been a little more pleased had the food been a little more Mon traditional, but that's alright. After dinner we were invited to watch a traditional dance and music performance put on by local students from the surrounding village. It was a nice performance that lasted for about an hour. It's a good thing they provided entertainment, or I would have been asleep immediately after eating dinner - the River Kwai Jungle Rafts are so peaceful and calm, there's nothing to do but sleep, especially at night when there's no light. After the performance, I headed off to our room, got ready for bed, and was sleeping by about 8:30 pm.
The next day I woke up to take a short walk into the small Mon village, which was very touristy, even containing small boutique shops selling souvenirs. Unfortunately, they've become quite touristy, so it's not the most authentic experience. I preferred the River Kwai and just swimming and relaxing and the floatel jungle rafts. We then had breakfast, consisting of some fried eggs, ham, potatoes, toast, and coffee. After breakfast at 7:30 am each day, they bring by a few elephants for breakfast. The effort is probably to get customers to ride the elephants later in the day, but you can also just watch them without any obligation.
My stay at the River Kwai Jungle Rafts was sponsored, but I can say that overall I had a great time. The village is a little touristy, so if you're looking for an authentic cultural experience, it's not the best. But it's really amazing for the gorgeous natural scenery of the River Kwai and some extreme relaxation and swimming in the river.
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Thanks a lot for watching, yes I should have brought some chilies - that would have improved the food!
I cracked up when you pretended to be helplessly floating downstream. And you made it to the bridge in Kanchanaburi before it collapsed!
Thanks Tom, after watching your awesome nature hiking videos, I finally made it into the nature!
Thanks a lot Jimmy, food wasn't bad, just wasn't overly flavorful like what I'm used to eating, but still fresh and hot. Thanks a lot!!
Thank you, yes breakfast by (or over) the river was fantastic!
Thank you very much Nicolas!
Ah, great to hear that!
Thank you Cece!
Thank you very much Steven!
Nice. Looks like a good place to go for a couple getaway. Looks very relaxing. No electricity means no electronics, equals real relaxation with nature.
Thanks, glad you've been to Kanchanaburi as well!
Thank you!
Yes, I thought about that too, that would be a nice day to sit there and catch fish
Thanks for watching Binok, hope you can visit!
Great to hear you've been there too Marco!
Beautiful Jungle Rafts on the River Kwai
That's a cool idea for a hotel.
What are the room rates? Do they have a website?
Hey ***** , here's the site: www.riverkwaijunglerafts.com/
Thanks Mark Wiens
Well I hope there were no crocodile piranhas or parasits in the river :)
Thank you very much, I appreciate it!
Thanks a lot! Yah, I'm going to try to include more of her in the videos!
Hey, thank you very much, I would love to visit in the future!
Thank you, we had a great stay!
Thanks!
Thanks a lot, it was a great break!
Yes, exactly right!
Thanks a lot for watching!
Hi Mark thanks for the video, my wife and I stayed on the river back in 2004. Thank you for bringing back such good memories.Befriended a fellow traveler and we spent time jumping off the restaurant patio tinto the river being carried down river and repeating a couple times. Btw there is a Hmong school down the river and my wife and I had a wonderful time spending some time with the teachers and children. What a wonderful experience and the local people we met were such nice people.
Hey Robert, glad you've stayed along the river as well, glad this brought back some memories. Thanks for sharing about the school, didn't know about that, but sounds like a fantastic experience!
Looks like a nice place to relax for a couple of days and forget about everything.
Hey, thank you very much, I'm actually going to publish a full review article on my site, so look for that very soon.
Haha, thanks for watching!
Thanks Ayngelina!
i really like what you are doing. i wish there were more channels like yours from all over the world.
Honest without shilling. That's how you handle sponsorship. Great work. Nice to hear a peep from behind the camera for a change...
Hey Sumedh, glad it's answered your questions!
Great!
Cool to hear that Lucio!!
Hey Kevin, it was a lot of fun swimming there! The bridge that collapsed was in Sangkhlaburi, and we were still quite close to Kanchanaburi town, but that's sad news, it was a really nice bridge!
Beautiful! Cant wait to come visit this place next year.
You're giving me a plentiful ideas, for next year vacation in Thailand! Thanks, Mark!
That room looks awesome!
Definitely Vanessa!
Thank you Sunny! No, this wasn't our honeymoon, it was before our marriage, but hopefully we'll have a honeymoon soon. Thanks!
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Wow mark ate the bland food and did not give us that normal "awesome smile look" he is so famous for. Good idea the life jacket! Good Diverse amount of footage! Another thumbs up video! Go mark!
that would be great! the time in west thailand and especially in this area was clearly one of my favourites of my trip. so peaceful!
Thanks! Yes the food did need lots of hot sauce!
I'm going to publish a full article about it on my website tomorrow.
Yup, it was a perfect place for relaxation, away from the computer!
For a moment I was concerned that you were going to float down the river never to return! Another great video Mark. Cheers!
excellent! that looked like a great time!
Hey, very cool to hear that. I went to Erawan falls also, really nice, I might make a video about that too!
Looks like an amazing place to stay.
i was also on river kwai in february on a similar floating hotel. very nice jungle surroundings and those mountains. we also visited erawan waterfalls which were also astonishing.
Yah, it was moving pretty fast, good to wear a life jacket!
Great place Mark! Love the lamp, that's what my grandparents use in a Kenyan village. Can't wait to visit!!
Cool, you've been there too Somnath?
A cool place to stay if someone loves nature.
Brother Mark. You are an Amazing guy.
The place looks very interesting. I've been to Kanchanaburi for a couple of times, but never stayed in a floating hotel like that. Must be awesome.
Beautiful Place Amazing food video👍💯💖😍
It's a nice meditational place; I can just stay there forever and not worry about anything..
Hey Chandana, not really sure, but maybe around $80 per night with food?
Am definitely going to try that place out !
I'm really not sure, but I think depending on if you get food or not, somewhere around $60 - $70? That's an estimate, I think it may vary by season as well.
Great. Video mark makes me want to go ther
Mark I'm so glad you exist
That video is really good!
Looks really nice and peaceful, good for a breather from Bangkok.
love your video's
We're going to head back up there at the end of the month. This looks like a great place to stay, so we'll probably do that!
Fantastic vid mark, the accommodation looks very comfortable, breakfast by the river you cant ask for more :)
Wow cool video Mark.
i want to go there mark looks lovely
haha loved this video, looks like an amazing place to stay! was good to hear a bit from ying too lol
Mark... Really nice! good good good....
Whew! Good to know Mark.
one of my favorite places that i stayed in in thailand i think i was there for 4 nights
Thank you
Hello Mert, I would love to! No plans yet, but I really hope so in the future!
good video, planning to go there this July 31 to Aug. 1
awsm place..loved it
Hey... a Mark (and Ying) episode! :)) What a great place & awesome video! Mark, you should have packed some chilies! hahahaa
Haha, that's what I thought too, so I checked it out, and looked like the toilets were connected to a plumbing system that led to shore!
Yah, it was a bit touristy, but still a very nice place!
Haha, yes!
That was an incredible current. Good place to disconnect from society for a while. I'd like to try out some fishing there.
great experience, i would have gone fishing right there :)
I have been hereeeeeeeee!!!
I love this clip! 2 thumbs up. Perhaps to see the making of video. I'm your new big fans :D
Hey Choi, yah it's not a backpacker place, I think it might be around $80 or so including food, but I'm not really sure
Congratulations! for your wedding. Luck, for both of you!
Awesome video Mark! No electricity. ACK!
I have been there in 2009
It is fantastic there, something else after Bangkok
Haha, yes that's a good comparison!
i love that
Will be at Kanchanaburi tomorrow and staying at a floating villa/raft too.
I've been to Kanchanaburi province a couple of times (to visit the bridge/war museum) and I always wondered what it would be like to stay at the River Kwai rafts. Nice video.
Awesome
The food there is diabolically bad. You were being incredibly kind.. but the setting is just amazing, and I enjoyed meeting the Mon villagers. My tip is to book a room as far from the centre of the raft as possible, it gets v noisy at night with guests walking back and forth. Also be careful jumping into the river; great fun altho the current is very strong and its easy to miss the last ladder! (we did and nearly ended up downstream)
My fiancé from Bangkok is part Mon, and it was her first time to visit a Mon village. The local girls (and guys!)were just staring at her,fascinating.
Also the restaurants on the route back were great.. local food, delicious!
Be glad to welcome you in Ukraine, Europe. Thanks a lot for your videos!
Mark, I'm a subscriber of your chanel living in Chiang Mai. Have watched many of your videos, but when you had your evening dinner in this video, you didn't make one facial expression! lol..lol..I hate when they have to water down Thai food because it may be to spicy for some people...This Is Thailand! going here end of November before tourist season..great channel!