Fantastic Circle of Thailand Tour - 10 Days

Customer Reviews

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  Karen

  · August 5th, 2024
  It was a great opportunity to see the entire country from far north to major cities to the beaches. Our first guide Ms Pond was amazing. She went way out of her way to help us experience all that we wanted to get out of Bangkok, even taking extra time to hang out at the markets. She was great!!!! A shout out also to Mr Air, the driver for the Northern sites. He was so kind and took obvious pride in being a driver. Ensuring we always had cold water and cold refreshing hand towels. His van was so clean and comfortable and he provided snacks too. I took a 15 year teen girl with me who had never travelled and she loved them too!
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  Dear Karen, Thank you so much for sharing your fantastic experience on the Fantastic Circle of Thailand Tour. We are thrilled to hear that you enjoyed every aspect of the trip, from the transportation and accommodation to the meals and the guides.... Show more
  
  Trip date: July 2024
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  George

  · February 6th, 2024
  We did this tour in July 2023 and due to family exigencies forgot to post the review. The tour was well planned by Legend Travel group. It was supposed to be a group tour however it was just 3 of us on the tour. which made us miss company of fellow travelers. The guides were very nice and went out of their way to help us, so very pleased with them. On the whole it was a great tour and we covered all the places that we wanted to see and did loads of other stuff with good guidance from the guides.
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  Legend Travel Group commented on this review

  Dear Kajoli, We sincerely appreciate you taking the time to share your review, even after some time has passed since your "Fantastic Circle of Thailand Tour - 10 Days." It's truly rewarding to hear that you had a great tour and that the efforts of our... Show more
  Trip date: July 2023
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  Bijaya Bajra

  · January 6th, 2024
  This was a wonderful holiday during Christmas and new year. Our tour guides in Bangkok Mr Bro and Snowwhite were very knowledgeable of Thai history. Railway market and Floating market visits were unique experience. Chiang Mai and nearby visits were probably the best part of the trip. Thank you Mr Tree and Johny who took very good care of us. Overall an excellent trip!
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  Dear Bijaya Bajra Bajracharya, Thank you for sharing your wonderful review of the "Fantastic Circle of Thailand Tour - 10 Days." We are thrilled to receive your perfect 5-star ratings across all aspects of the journey. It's heartwarming to hear that... Show more
  
  Trip date: December 2023
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  rose

  · December 28th, 2023
  Great, excellent we all have good time
  

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  Dear Pakamas, Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback on the Fantastic Circle of Thailand Tour - 10 Days. We are thrilled to receive your overall 5-star rating and to hear that you had a great and excellent time during your journey with... Show more
  Trip date: December 2023
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  Gail

  · November 21st, 2023
  Awesome! So well planned with great, knowledgeable and attentive tour guides. Can’t imagine doing this trip without Tour Radar/Legend Travel Group. Highly recommended!
  

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  Dear Gail Kohler, I hope this message finds you well. Wow! Thank you for your fantastic review of our Fantastic Circle of Thailand Tour. We are overjoyed to hear that your 10-day journey was nothing short of awesome and that our well-planned... Show more
  Trip date: October 2023
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  Jill

  · October 30th, 2023
  We just returned from this amazing trip! We feel like we got to see so many things. Our accommodations were great, our tour guides were super nice and very helpful with anything we needed or any questions we had. Ate many delicious meals and did a ton of shopping. Every day was a new adventure. From the long boat ride to the temples and then over to Phuket which is simply stunning. Our full day boat trip snorkeling above beautiful coral reefs with tropical fish in beautiful green waters. Just incredible!! Pack very lightweight clothing, it's hot and you'll only get to wear things once. Totally safe to walk everywhere and the TukTuk's are readily available at a good price.
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  Legend Travel Group commented on this review

  Dear Jill Cornellier, Thank you for sharing your fantastic experience following the Fantastic Circle of Thailand Tour - 10 Days. We are delighted to hear that you had an amazing trip and that it provided you with the opportunity to explore and enjoy a... Show more
  
  Trip date: October 2023
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  Gemma

  · October 11th, 2023
  My partner and I have just returned from this truly wonderful tour of Thailand and overall our experience was overwhelmingly positive, however at one point I felt the entire trip was going to be soured by an awful experience we had at the elephant camp Chiang Mai. To anyone considering this tour with Legend Travel: enquire about the elephant sanctuary BEFORE you book. In Dec 2022 when we booked our tour, the itinerary listed the elephant sanctuary as what is listed now - a visit to “a small riverside elephant camp” with no ride and “a trip to the river where you will get to help the elephants take their morning bath”. This was going to be the highlight of our trip and an amazing experience to get up close with these wonderful and friendly animals. We had chosen this tour because we wanted to support ethical and responsible sanctuaries where the well-being and treatment of the elephants were the top priority. What we visited in Chiang Mai was so far from this. We witnessed the mistreatment of about 20 elephants, who were chained, subjected to the use of bullhooks to inflict pain and control them, elephants with open cuts from being hit by their handlers during the endless tourist rides, and elephants performing tricks for a hoard of tourists (football, painting, lifting tourists by their trunks). At one point, an elephant became too excited by the number of treats being fed to her by the tourists and stepped over a barrier log separating the viewing area and the showground resulting in her handler digging into her ear with his bullhook, causing her to shriek out in pain. I have attached photos. It was so far from the sanctuary we had been expecting to visit as per the itinerary. As soon as we returned to our bus, I immediately wrote to Legend Travel to explain what we had just visited and how it was so far from what was described. I was so appalled that our money had been used to benefit such an awful place. After a series of exchanges with Danny, I was brushed off and informed that the camp we visited was in line with the itinerary from our original booking in December 2022, which had since been updated in early 2023. No way! We had specifically booked this tour for the sanctuary visit and in any event, a review from January 2023 showcased a completely different camp, raising doubts about whether we were mistakenly directed to the wrong location or if our local guide had altered the plans without Legend Travel's knowledge. Initially I was thanked for my feedback and Legend Travel apologised for the “discrepancies and any confusion”. Following this my aim was to raise awareness among potential travellers regarding this distressing experience in Chiang Mai, hoping to spare others from the misleading impression that they would be visiting a rescue sanctuary, only to encounter conditions reminiscent of the camps the sanctuary elephants are rescued from. After a few days of back and forth, Legend Travel proposed a resolution: a small cash refund or a visit whilst in Phuket to the Elephant Jungle Sanctuary to “re-do” the experience. Given that this part of the itinerary was a key factor in our decision to book the tour, we opted to take the re-do and Legend Travel organised our visit to a lovely sanctuary in Phuket, where we fed the free-roaming elephants watermelon for breakfast, treated them to a mud bath and washed them off in the river afterwards. It was such an amazing experience - exactly what we had expected the visit in Chiang Mai to be and I am so grateful we got to experience this during our tour. I understand that mistakes can occur and sometimes when you trust local guides things can go wrong, however the harrowing experience at the first elephant camp was so awful I was shocked by the explanation that this could have potentially even formed part of an original itinerary. The resolution offered by Legend Travel was entirely appropriate and and our visit to the sanctuary in Phuket was handled very well. What could have left a sour taste in an otherwise fantastic tour of Thailand was rectified, and for that, we are appreciative. With regards to the other elements of our trip: 
- We found the hotels good (they were not the hotels listed on the current itinerary as we were booked to stay in the hotels as per our original 2022 itinerary) 
- Our guide in Bangkok, Ning, was lovely. She went out of her way to show us the authentic Thailand. She bought us local fruits to try, we visited a flower market and she taught us how to fold a lotus flower for the temple offerings, and she took us via train to the train market before visiting the Damnoensaduak floating market, which was such a fantastic experience. The train ran through the centre of the market!! 
- Our guide in Chiang Mai, Dare, was very knowledgeable and was more than happy to amend our itinerary so that we visited the Doi Inthanon National Park rather than Chiang Rai and the Golden Circle which would have involved too much driving (8+ hours)
- Both our drivers in Bangkok and Chiang Mai were extremely safe and kept the bus clean, tidy, and topped with ice water for our return after a full day of sightseeing 
- In Phuket we were left mainly to ourselves but the Phi Phi Island tour ran well, although hindered by rainy weather and choppy seas - which didn’t help with that morning’s breakfast…
- The timings of the internal flights were convenient (10:20am from Bangkok and 10:15am from Chiang Mai) so we didn’t waste the whole day travelling and sitting around at the airport 

In summary, I would highly recommend this tour to other prospective travellers who have made it to this far in my review! However, I strongly advise you to check with Legend Travel regarding the elephant sanctuary component before finalising your plans. Additionally, we took the advice of another reviewer and flew home from Phuket International rather than return to Bangkok and fly from there. We were able to get outbound flights from LHR to Singapore and then onto Bangkok. If we were to have returned via Bangkok we would have backtracked through Bangkok and this saved us a lot of time during what is already a long travel day.
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  Legend Travel Group commented on this review

  Dear Gemma Downs, Thank you for sharing your detailed feedback, and we sincerely appreciate your understanding and patience during the course of this tour. It is heartwarming to hear about your positive experiences with our local staff, from guides... Show more
  
  Trip date: September 2023
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  Thomas

  · October 3rd, 2023
  Excellent arrangement by the tour agency. Pleasant and courteous service. Hotels were nice, clean, and conveniently located. Great value for money. Will definitely come back to revisit Southeast Asia with Legend Travel Group and TourRadar. Thanks, Tony Bui.
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  Legend Travel Group commented on this review

  Thank you, Thomas, for your wonderful feedback and for considering revisiting Southeast Asia with Legend Travel Group. We're thrilled to know you had an excellent experience with our arrangements and services. We look forward to welcoming you back for... Show more
  Trip date: September 2023
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  Charlotte

  · June 30th, 2023
  Overall this was a fantastic experience. The pre-tour information was very good and it was easy to contact the company with extra questions which were then answered quickly. We also had a contact number to call throughout the tour if we had any problems and again our questions were answered very efficiently. The travelling was very straight forward with tour guides collecting us and dropping us off at our various destinations. Two of our three tour guides were amazing and went out of their way to ensure we made the most of our trips. Communication with the third guide was difficult as she frequently failed to answer texts and struggled with English but we managed. The trips were well thought out and we went away happy that we had done a wide variety of activities and sight seeing. There was a lot of travelling which, on the whole was worth it, although a >8h drive to get to and from the Myanmar border nearly pushed my 16yo daughter over the edge. The final 3 days in Phuket was a slight let down in that we thought we would be relaxing at a hotel near the beach but in fact the beach was a good 40min (and rather expensive) taxi ride away. A written information leaflet with suggestions of where to go and how to get there during our ‘free time’ would also have been really useful. Still, overall, I would thoroughly recommend both the tour and the company!
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  Legend Travel Group commented on this review

  Dear Charlotte Dye, Thank you for sharing your feedback on your recent experience with our Fantastic Circle of Thailand Tour. We are delighted to hear that overall, you had a fantastic experience and that the pre-tour information provided was helpful... Show more
  Trip date: June 2023
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  Dennis Kinzebach

  · May 19th, 2023
  This was another great tour from Legend Travel Group. I wanted a hassle free tour where I am picked up from the airport and hotel in a nice comfortable van with knowledgeable friendly tour guides then dropped off back at the hotel. The hotels and tours each day was exactly what I wanted and expected that's why I chose Legend Travel Group again after using them on the Classic Indochina - 17 Day tour. I will never forget seeing the Elephants paint, play soccer or being lifted into the air with their powerful trunk that can lift over 600lbs. I was also able to pet real tigers, snorkel over corral reefs and try lots of local foods and nightlife. Great tour and great people !!!!!
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  Legend Travel Group commented on this review

  Dear Dennis, Thank you for choosing Legend Travel Group once again for your adventures, this time for the "Fantastic Circle of Thailand Tour - 10 Days." We are truly honored by your continued trust in us and thrilled to hear that this tour met all your... Show more
  Trip date: April 2023