Sights along the River Kwai

HERITAGE, TEMPLES & NATURE

Along The River (K)Way

From Khmer ruins and cave temples to waterfalls, hot springs and the moving memorials of the Death Railway: these are the places you discover on your RV River Kwai cruise. Each page tells you more about the history, what you will experience, and on which cruise and day you visit it.

A vast reservoir framed by mountains on the Kwai Noi, and the local market town of Thong Pha Phum.

A prisoner of war's chance discovery revealed a Neolithic settlement – today a small museum beside the ancient burial ground.

The largest cave in Sai Yok National Park: five vast chambers full of stalactites and stalagmites.

Three tiers of cascades in the forest of Khuean Srinagarindra National Park, close to Hin Dat Hot Spring.

A waterfall that tumbles straight into the Kwai Noi, in the heart of Sai Yok National Park.

The resting place of 6,982 Allied prisoners of war and, next door, the museum that tells the full story of the Death Railway.

The world-famous steel bridge of the Death Railway, built by prisoners of war in 1943 – a moving highlight of every RV River Kwai cruise.

Hin Dat Hot Spring River

Warm mineral pools beside a cool jungle stream – a relaxing stop discovered by chance during the building of the Death Railway.

Prasat Muang Sing Historical Park

The westernmost outpost of the Khmer empire: laterite temples in the Bayon style, set in a quiet park on the banks of the Kwai Noi.

Hellfire Pass near Kanchanaburi

The largest rock cutting of the Death Railway and its memorial museum – one of the most moving places of the Second World War in Asia.