This price is incredible value for a luxury tour as it covers all of the following: 

• Return Air fares from Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane into Phuket with Thai International.

• Luxury 4 to 5 star accommodation. 

• Many meals. 

• 2 week coach and air tour of Thailand, visiting Bangkok, Hua Hin & Phuket.

• 6 rounds of golf including caddies at some of Thailand's best golf courses.

• Many day tours including entrance fees. 

• All transport and transfer in Thailand. 

• Services of a Thai tour guide and if there are 12 or more tour participants there will be an Australia tour leader. 

If you don't have a travel partner but wish to travel at twin share rates, we will do our best to match you up with another person. If you wish to have a single room, there will be an additional charge of $885.

It is planned to restrict this tour to approximately 22 people.

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	Itinerary for Thailand Luxury Golfing Tour
	Included meals are indicated as B = Breakfast, L =Lunch, D = Dinner
16.03.11	Depart Sydney at 11:00am on TG 476, arriving in Bangkok at 4:30pm. Depart Brisbane at 2:20pm on TG 474, arriving in Bangkok at 8:30pm. Depart Melbourne at 4:00pm on TG 466, arriving in Bangkok at 9:10pm. All flights will be met at the airport and transferred to the river-front Millenium Hilton Hotel for a four night stay in a deluxe room.
17.03.11 (B)	This morning golfers will be transferred to Pine Hurst Golf Club for an 18 hole round. This is a good course for high handicap golfers and those out to have a good time. It has played host to various major golfing events in Thailand such as the 1992 Johnny Walker Classic. This relatively flat golf course consists of three nine-hole coures, each characterised by water hazards, mounds and tree lined fairways.  The 'Lake' nine is similar to many American municipal golf courses. The 'Greenfield' nine is very smooth and flat, and the 'Forest' nine is the most challenging.
18.03.11 (B/L)	This morning there will be a tour for everyone to Bangkok's famous Grand Palace & Temple of the Emerald Buddha. This is followed by a visit to the factory and show-room of a Jewellery manufacturers and then lunch at a great Bangkok restaurant.
19.03.11 (B)	This morning golfers will be transferred to Bangkok Golf Club for an 18 hole round. Bangkok Golf Club is a short but attractive course, which is well maintained to international tournament standards. The main features of the course layout are the strategic arrangement of water hazards and bunkers. The Par 5 9th has been rated as one of the best 500 holes in the world  by Golf Magazine in America. The Bangkok Golf Club hosted the 2003 Volvo Masters of Asia, which further adds to the credibility of the course design. Another course highlight is the 11th hole, where the island green requires good confidence to hit a strong tee shot over the water and carry the bunker blocking the front of the green.
20.03.11 (B)	This morning there will be a cruise for everyone of the Chao Prya River & Bangkok's Klongs (canals), where you can see the typical way of life of Bangkok's people. This is followed by a visit to Bangkok's beautiful flower markets. In the afternoon you will have a 3 hour transfer to Cha'am, on the Gulf of Siam, in the Hua Hin area, staying at the Bannpantac Resort, a near new ocean front hotel, for four nights.
21.03.11 (B,D)	This morning golfers will be transferred to Palm Hills Golf Club for an 18 hole round. The Palm Hills Golf Club 18 hole Championship course is designed by the world acclaimed golf architect Max Wexler, to challenge golfers of all levels. It was opened in 1991 and provides a unique golfing experience with magnificent undulating rolling fairways, lush greens and strategically placed hazards. You will enjoy spectacular mountain views, lakes and sea vistas as you play. The signature hole is the 11th, a long up hill Par 3 which often plays into the sea breeze. In the afternoon there will be a 'Hua Hin by night' tour for everyone. The first stop will be at the interesting Teak-wood Palace of King Rama VI, with it's unique architecture. After that you will visit Hua Hin's historic railway station with it's royal box. Next we visit Hua Hin's night market. This is followed by a cyclo ride through the back streets of Hua Hin to a lovely ocean front restaurant, where we have dinner.
22.03.11 (B,L)	Today there will be a tour for everyone to Petch Dam & Lake. Morning scenic drive to Petch Dam. First stop is at a meditation centre with a huge lady Buddha statue. Then we board a long tail boat for a two and a half hour boat tour on the lake created by the dam, viewing beautiful national park country with small scattered Karen hill-tribe settlements.  We stop on a small island and inspect its interesting temple. We then do a short walking circumvention of the island to see its interesting statues. We next have lunch (included) at a lovely restaurant overlooking the lake, before returning to Cha'am.
23.03.11 (B)	This morning golfers will be transferred to the Banyan Golf Club, for 18 holes of golf with golf carts included. Built among a pineapple plantation, Banyan Golf Club in Hua Hin opened in October 2008. The course provides spectacular mountain and ocean views from almost all of the holes and is one of the best layouts in the area. This course won the 2009 Best New Golf Course in Asia award, as voted for by readers of Asian Golf Monthly. Each hole has six tee boxes making the course more or less challenging depending on each golfers abilities and tee selection. Significant use of native pineapple groves make local 'fruits' come into play if you stray too far off most fairways.
24.03.11 (B)	This morning we transfer back to Bangkok airport. En route at Petchaburi we visit an interesting Buddhist temple set in a huge natural cave. This is followed by a visit to the mountain-top palace of King Rama IV of 'The King & I' fame. We depart Bangkok at 2:10pm on TG 215, arriving in Phuket at 3:30pm. Transfer to the Courtyard By Marriott Hotel, in the vibrant Patong Beach area, for a five night stay in their deluxe rooms.
25.03.11 (B)	This morning golfers will be transferred to the Blue Canyon-Lake Course for 18 holes. This course opened in 1999, and offers a whole new challenge to the game of golf with water hazards on 17 out of 18 holes. It is a mixture of water filled canyons created by open cast mining with its natural land flow left relative unchanged. There are several different tee off positions to offer a complete golfing experience for players of all standards. The front nine holes runs through a landscape of lakes and natural canyons, while the back nine weaves its way through scenic lakes and soft whispering woodlands of rubber trees.
26.03.11 (B,L)	Today there will be a half day elephant and jeep safari tour for everyone, followed by lunch. We have a 30 minute jungle trek on elephants, followed by a ride on a traditional ox-cart pulled by water buffalo. Then we have a jeep safari into Chalong Highlands where we visit a local home and rubber plantation. We also have a demonstration of Thai cooking as well as a demonstration of a monkey harvesting coconuts.
27.03.11 (B)	This morning for golfers there will be 18 holes of golf at the Loch Palm Golf Club. Nestled below a panoramic range of peaks and sandwiched between the Katu Waterfalls and Katu Village, the layout surrounds the largest lake on any golf course in Phuket, Crystal Lake, which is 48 acres in size and gives golfers a refreshing breeze off the water. The course has recently undergone major re-designs and multi-million dollar upgrades, leaving the course in great shape.
28.03.11 (B)	Today there is a free day for everyone. However at night there will be an optional tour to the spectacular Phuket Fantasia show with its spectacular display of Thai dancing, acrobats and a mass on-stage display of elephants. The price of $78 covers transfers to the show, dinner & entrance fees.
29.03.11 (B,L)	Morning free. Early afternoon departure from the hotel to have a farewell lunch at a high class restaurant on top of Phuket mountain with spectacular views. This is followed by a two hour Thai medical massage at a reputable massage parlour in Phuket city. Then transfer to Phuket airport, departing at 8:50pm on TG 222, arriving in Bangkok at 10:15pm. Sydney passengers depart Bangkok at 11:59pm on TG 477, arriving in Sydney at 1:20pm (30.03.11) Brisbane passengers depart Bangkok at 11:59pm on TG 473, arriving in Brisbane at 12:05pm (30.03.11).
30.03.11	Melbourne passengers depart Bangkok at 12:15am on TG 465, arriving in Melbourne at 1:25pm.

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Conditions for Macleay Valley Travel's Thailand Luxury Golf Tour

Deposits and Payments - A non-refundable deposit of $200.00 per person is payable within 7 days of booking. This deposit is not refundable should you later cancel. The balance is payable in full 8 weeks prior to departure. 
Refunds and Cancellations - Cancellations after final payment will result in a refund limited to whatever we can recoup from the airline.
Insurance - Adequate travel insurance is essential. We can arrange this for you if desired.
Passports - All travellers require a current passport with at least 6 months left on it at the end of the tour. Non-Australian passport holders require a re-entry visa for Australia.
Visas are not required for Thailand if travelling on an Australian passport.
Basic Tour Price and Taxes. Air taxes and Fuel Levies of $440 are included in the basic tour price, therefore, as air taxes and fuel surcharges change regularly  the exact amount will be advised at time of final payment. Total tour cost may therefore change by a small amount.
Not  Included in the Cost - All items of a personal nature such as telephone calls, drinks, travel insurance, excess baggage, tips, meals,  (except those specified in the itinerary), etc.
Breakaway Fee
All fully inclusive prices are based on group travel and any deviation from the set itinerary will incur a breakaway fee.
Booking through other Agents - As we keep the cost of out tours as low as possible, there is insufficient margin for us to be able to pay commission to other travel agents, so some bookings can only be accepted if the client pays the other agent's commission. 
Macleay Valley Travel is a fully licensed travel agent and as such any monies paid to us are fully insured by the Travel Compensation Fund. We are happy for any prospective traveller with us to check us out with your local Consumer Affairs (fair trading) department.
Similarly, credit card payments can only be accepted if 2% is added to the price to help defray the heavy merchant fees charged to us by the credit card companies.
Health and Fitness
Macleay Valley Travel recommends that the passenger is reasonably healthy and/or fit to participate in this tour.  Persons with a disability requiring special assistance must be accompanied by a companion. Macleay Valley Travel and their representatives cannot provide this service.  Macleay Valley Travel reserves the right to accept/decline or terminate a passenger's participation in the tour under certain circumstances.
Limitation of Liability - As Macleay Valley Travel acts only as agent for the Airlines, Hotels, Coach Companies etc., providing accommodation, transportation and other services, Macleay Valley Travel shall not be liable or responsible for death or injury to any person or loss or damage to any property including baggage arising out of or connection with any transportation, accommodation or other services, or resulting directly or indirectly from acts of God, fire, breakdown in machinery or equipment, acts of Government or other authorities, de jure or defacto wars, whether declared or not, hostilities, civil disturbances, strikes, riots, thefts, epidemics, quarantines, medical or customs regulations, delays or cancellations caused by changes in schedules or itinerary, or over bookings or defaults or for any causes beyond Macleay Valley Travel's control or any loss or damage resulting from improper or insufficient passports, visas or other documents and neither Macleay Valley Travel, and its servants or employees shall be or become liable or responsible for any additional expenses or liability sustained or incurred by the tour member as a result of the foregoing causes.
Macleay Valley Travel reserves the right to modify the itinerary or the accommodation if circumstances make this necessary, provided that the amended itinerary is of equal value or greater value than that of the original program.
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