4 Shore Excursions Tours in Thailand to Build a Day Around

1.Bangkok Shore Excursion from Leam Chabang port

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 50 reviews · from $279Our pick

Spend about nine hours touring Bangkok from Laem Chabang in a private vehicle with an English-speaking guide. Visit the Grand Palace, Emerald Buddha, Wat Arun, Wat Pho, and Wat Traimit, then ride a longtail boat through Bangkok’s canals. Lunch, water, tickets, and port transfers are included.

“This was the worst tour we have ever been on. The guides English was very poor, he knew very little about places we visited, the boat trip was terrible as the ladies in the group could not get out of the boat to visit one of the temples as from boat to pier was just to high. For lunch the restaurant we were supposed to eat was full and know table was booked with a cue outside so we would have had to wait about an hour so he took us to another that was stinking so we went to another we’re he told us we were only aloud 1200…”

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2.Bangkok/Pattaya Shore Excursion from Laem Chabang Port with Guide

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 31 reviews · from $126Best value

Choose Bangkok temples, markets, museums, and river sights, or plan a Pattaya day with your private English-speaking guide. A driver and air-conditioned vehicle handle the route, while you set the pace. Bangkok is about 2.5 hours from Laem Chabang, so plan your stops carefully.

“Flexible individual tour, tailored to your own requirements. The guide was also the driver and was very helpful to make sure we got to do the itinerary we had planned. It would have been even better if she had acted more quickly on our request for a refreshment and toilet break, particularly as we had been up early in”

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3.Private Ancient city of Ayutthaya Shore Excursion

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 9 reviews · from $261Top rated

Start at 7:00 am from Laem Chabang and travel privately to Ayutthaya with an English-speaking guide. Visit royal temples, a reclining Buddha, museums, and Khmer-style Wat Chaiwatthanaram. Lunch, bottled water, transport, and entry fees are included, with pacing adjusted to your group.

“The trip was absolutely wonderful. Although it's a long way our wonderful driver made it there in record time safe and sound and in fact made it back as well because we were all coming off a cruise line ship which is typically 2 to 3 hours aRead more”

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4.Laem Chabang Port Shore Excursion : Grand Palace, WatPho, WatArun

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 8 reviews · from $319

Travel from Laem Chabang Port to Bangkok in a private, air-conditioned vehicle, then see Wat Traimit, Wat Pho, the Grand Palace, Wat Phra Kaew, Wat Arun, and Wat Benchamabophit with an English-speaking guide. Guides named Nina, Narendra, and Miss Tuu have earned special praise for care and clear explanations.

“Nina was fantastic! She took very good care of us. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend this tour. Just great. Nina is a fantastic guide!!!!”

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