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Chiang Mai and the north
Old city temples, a cooking class that teaches you something, and an ethical elephant sanctuary, the distinction matters.
Southeast Asia
Thailand
Everyone's first Asia trip. Very few people's best one.
- Best time
- November – March
- Ideal length
- 9 – 14 nights
- Pace
- City, north, then one island group
- Visa
- Visa-free for Indian passports on current rules
Why Thailand
Thailand's reputation is beaches and nightlife, which sells short a country with world-class food, serious temple architecture and a north that feels like a different nation. The trick is choosing your islands honestly: Andaman or Gulf coast, depending entirely on which month you're travelling, and giving Chiang Mai the days it deserves.
“Picking the wrong coast for the wrong month is how people end up with a week of rain and a bad opinion of Thailand.
What you'll actually do
The Thailand we'd plan for you
Not a list of sights, the specific things that make the difference between having been somewhere and having experienced it.
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The right coast for your dates
Krabi and Phi Phi from November to April. Koh Samui and Koh Tao when the Andaman side is wet. Never both.
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Bangkok, on purpose
Wat Pho and the Grand Palace early, Chinatown for dinner, and a river boat instead of a taxi in traffic.
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A quiet island
Koh Yao Noi, Koh Lanta, Koh Kood. Twenty minutes from the famous ones and a completely different holiday.
A route that works
What a trip here can look like
A starting point, not a package. Every route we build gets reshaped around your dates, your pace and who's travelling.
- Days 1 – 3
Bangkok
Temples in the morning, markets in the evening, and a rooftop on the last night to see the scale of it.
- Days 4 – 6
Chiang Mai
Doi Suthep, a Thai cooking class, and a day with the elephants at a sanctuary we have actually visited.
- Days 7 – 12
Krabi & the islands
Railay, a long-tail day through Phi Phi and Bamboo Island, then three slow nights somewhere quieter.
From our trips
Thailand, photographed
Every image here is from a trip we've planned or led ourselves.
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How people travel Thailand
The same destination works very differently depending on who's coming. These are the formats that suit it best.
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Group Tours
Travel with fellow explorers, led the B'yond way.
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Family Tours
Trips paced for kids, parents, and grandparents alike.
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CT
Corporate Tours
Offsites and incentive trips people talk about after.
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Tours with an Indian Chef
Indian & Jain food, wherever your trip takes you.
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