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● Best season West350 km from Bangkok
Sangkhlaburi
Mon Bridge, Three Pagodas Pass
Mon village on the Myanmar border — long wooden bridge, sunken temple by boat, morning alms with Mon people, Three Pagodas Pass
NatureTemplesPhoto spotsHistory Ideal: 3 days350 km · 6–7 hrs
How to go
Van from Mo Chit / Kanchanaburi → Sangkhlaburi ≈ 250–300 ฿ (4 hrs from Kanchanaburi)
Entry
Free; longtail boat to the sunken temple 300–500 ฿ per boat; Khao Laem NP 200 ฿
Stay
Lakeside or raft house 500–1,500 ฿ (P Guesthouse, Samprasob)
Season in Nov ● Best season
Nov–Feb: mist on the lake at dawn. In the dry months the water is low, so you can see more of the sunken temple. Dress politely in the Mon village by the bridge.
Day-by-day plan
3 days
1Day 1
- Van Mo Chit → Kanchanaburi → Sangkhlaburi (6–7 hrs)
- Lunch, check in by the lake
- Walk across the Mon Bridge (Saphan Mon) to the Mon village, Wat Wang Wiwekaram
- Sunset by the bridge, dinner at the Mon market
2Day 2
- Give alms at the bridge (Mon style), see the mist
- Longtail boat to the sunken temple (Wat Saam Prasob)
- Three Pagodas Pass (Myanmar border, market), 20 km away
- Buddhakaya Chedi, walk in the Mon village
- Dinner by the lake
3Day 3
- Kayak on Khao Laem lake / Takhian Thong waterfall
- Lunch, van back to Bangkok (7 hrs)
Food to try
- •Mon food: khanom jeen with Mon curry at the bridge market
- •Lake fish (pla sawai)
- •Burmese snacks at the Three Pagodas market
Good to know
Kanchanaburi 2 days + Sangkhlaburi 2 days = a 4-day west route. With a Myanmar passport, do not cross the border at Three Pagodas (the tourist crossing is closed).
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฿3,900 / per person
3 days · 2 people · ฿7,760