Affordable Bangkok Couple Getaway from Nairobi | 6 Days 5 Nights
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Avani+ Riverside Bangkok Hotel or similar
Six days in Bangkok for two, with a direct Kenya Airways flight from Nairobi, your Thai e Visa, five nights in a river view room with a rooftop infinity pool, a five course dinner cruise on a restored rice barge, the glass floor of the Mahanakhon SkyWalk and the great temples of the old city in one price.
Affordable Bangkok Couple Getaway from Nairobi: six days and five nights with direct return economy flights on Kenya Airways from JKIA, checked baggage and your Thai e Visa fee all taken care of. You stay five nights with breakfast in a river view room at Avani+ Riverside Bangkok Hotel, with private airport transfers on arrival and departure. Your days take in a guided morning at the Grand Palace, Wat Phra Kaew, Wat Pho and Wat Arun, a day built around the two of you with the Mahanakhon SkyWalk and a Manohra dinner cruise, the Chatuchak Weekend Market and an early morning at Damnoen Saduak Floating Market.
Celebrating something? Turn the trip into an anniversary, a birthday, a proposal or a surprise with one of the occasion upgrades below. Kenyan passport holders need a Thai e Visa, a yellow fever certificate and the free Thailand Digital Arrival Card, and your planner walks you through all three. One price per person sharing covers the flights, hotel, transfers and every experience listed below, and one Baecation planner stays with you on WhatsApp from booking to landing home.
Some trips are about seeing a city. This one is about the two of you having time together in one. You get the same direct flights, e Visa and temples as our shorter Bangkok package, plus an extra night, a hotel with a rooftop pool above the river and a day built entirely around you: the city from a glass floor more than 300 metres up in the afternoon, then dinner on the Chao Phraya in a teak rice barge as the temples light up.
We base you at Avani+ Riverside on purpose. Every room looks over the river, the infinity pool sits on the roof, and the free shuttle boat runs to Saphan Taksin, where the Skytrain and the river boats take you anywhere you want to go. The Manohra dinner cruise leaves from the pier next door, so on your special evening you simply walk down to the water.
This is also the package to build an occasion on. Anniversaries, birthdays, proposals and surprises all start from the same getaway, and the upgrades below add the moment each one needs. If one of you is planning in secret, your planner keeps every detail between you and them until the right time.
Details
Summary information about this package
Avani+ Riverside Bangkok Hotel or similar
Bangkok (Thailand)
Couples
Included
Flying
For Adults only (18+)
Bed & Breakfast
Included
January, February, March, April, November, December
Costs
Kenyan Citizen
Ksh. 296600 per person sharing
Non-resident
$ 2299 per person sharing
Transport
Options: Flying
Duration and Timing
No
More than >3 Days+
About Package
More information about this package
Your hotel: Five nights at Avani+ Riverside Bangkok Hotel, or a comparable hotel confirmed at booking, on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River. Every room and suite has a river view, and you stay in a River View Room of about 30 square metres with a buffet breakfast every morning.
The rooftop: An infinity pool sits on the roof above the river, and SEEN Restaurant and Bar on the 26th and 27th floors serves dinner and drinks with the city spread out below.
The shuttle boat: A free shuttle boat runs from the hotel to Sathorn Pier at Saphan Taksin every day from 8am to 11:15pm, connecting you to the Skytrain and the Chao Phraya Express boats.
Direct flights: Kenya Airways flies nonstop between JKIA and Bangkok Suvarnabhumi in about nine and a half hours on a Boeing 787. This getaway follows the Wednesday night departure, which lands on Thursday afternoon, and the flight home that leaves Bangkok at 1am on Wednesday morning.
The temples: A guided morning takes you through the Grand Palace and Wat Phra Kaew, home of the Emerald Buddha, then Wat Pho and its reclining Buddha, about 46 metres long, before the short ferry across to Wat Arun. Your entrance tickets for all three are included.
A day for two: Day three is built around you as a couple. A slow morning by the pool, the Mahanakhon SkyWalk in the late afternoon, where you step out onto a glass floor high above Silom with a digital photo of the two of you, then the Manohra dinner cruise: a five course Thai dinner on a restored teak rice barge, sailing past the Grand Palace and Wat Arun lit up at night.
The weekend market and the floating market: Sunday is for the Chatuchak Weekend Market, thousands of stalls of clothes, ceramics and street food. On Monday an early pickup takes you to Damnoen Saduak, where vendors sell fruit and noodles from boats, with a long tail boat ride into the market.
Your Thai e Visa: Kenyan passport holders need a visa for Thailand. You apply online at the official Thai e Visa website, and the KES 5,000 single entry tourist visa fee is included in your price. The embassy in Nairobi asks each of you for proof of employment or business ownership, a bank statement stamped by your bank showing at least 20,000 baht each over the past three months, your return flight booking and your hotel booking. It takes at least 15 working days, so apply at least one month before you fly but not more than three months before. Approval rests with the Thai authorities alone.
Yellow fever and arrival card: Thailand requires a yellow fever certificate from travellers arriving from Kenya, checked at the health counter before immigration. Every visitor also completes the free Thailand Digital Arrival Card online within the three days before landing. Your planner checks both with you before you fly.
Dress for the temples: Shoulders and knees must be covered at the Grand Palace and the temples, with no sleeveless tops, shorts or short skirts, and shoes come off inside the halls.
Travel cover: Bangkok is busy, open and welcoming to visitors. Late in the rainy season low lying streets can flood after heavy rain, so we watch the official advice and tell you straight away if it changes before you fly. We strongly recommend travel insurance with medical cover, as private hospitals in Bangkok are excellent but expensive.
Built for occasions: Anniversary, birthday, proposal and surprise upgrades sit on top of this getaway, so you choose the moment and we arrange it. Secret planning is handled in confidence with whichever partner books.
One planner, start to finish: Your Baecation planner prepares your e Visa documents with you, sends your e tickets and vouchers before you fly and stays reachable on WhatsApp throughout. If something shifts on the ground, you message one person instead of four companies.
Package Itinerary
The package itinerary is as follows
Affordable Bangkok Couple Getaway Itinerary with Baecation Adventures from Nairobi
Kenya Airways flies direct from JKIA on Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights at 23:59 and lands in Bangkok at 13:30 the next afternoon. The flight home leaves Bangkok at 01:00 on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday mornings and lands at JKIA at 06:05. This plan follows the Wednesday departure. On other dates we fly you via Dubai or change the length of the stay, and the schedule can change from late March, so your planner confirms the exact flights on your written quote before you pay. The Grand Palace opens daily from 8:30am to 3:30pm but can close at short notice for royal ceremonies, the Chatuchak Weekend Market opens only on Saturdays and Sundays, the Manohra cruise sails on set evenings and the Mahanakhon SkyWalk sunset entry runs from 4pm to 7pm, so your planner sets the days around them.
Day 1: Nairobi to Bangkok
Morning: Over the Indian Ocean Your direct flight left JKIA just before midnight, so wake to breakfast on board somewhere over the Indian Ocean. Keep your passports, printed e Visas, yellow fever cards, Thailand Digital Arrival Card confirmations, e tickets and hotel voucher in your hand luggage.
Afternoon: Into the City Land at Suvarnabhumi Airport in the early afternoon. Show your yellow fever cards at the health counter, clear immigration and meet your driver for the drive of about 50 minutes to the riverside. Check in and head straight up to the rooftop pool.
Evening: Above the River Watch the river traffic from the roof as the lights come on, then have your first Thai dinner at the hotel or at Riverside Plaza next door.
Overnight: Avani+ Riverside Bangkok Hotel or similar Meals: None included
Day 2: Palaces and Temples
Morning: The Grand Palace and Wat Pho After breakfast, take the shuttle boat to Sathorn Pier and the river boat up to Tha Chang, where your guide meets you. Walk through the Grand Palace and Wat Phra Kaew to see the Emerald Buddha, then on to Wat Pho and its reclining Buddha covered in gold leaf.
Afternoon: Wat Arun Cross the river by ferry to Wat Arun, the Temple of Dawn, its spire covered in porcelain flowers. Head back to the hotel for a swim and a rest.
Evening: Chinatown Take a taxi to Yaowarat Road, where Chinatown comes alive after dark with seafood grills, noodle stalls and dessert carts. Go hungry and share everything.
Overnight: Avani+ Riverside Bangkok Hotel or similar Meals: Breakfast
Day 3: A Day for Two
Morning: Nowhere to Be Sleep in, take a late breakfast and spend the morning by the infinity pool. This is the slowest morning of the trip, on purpose.
Afternoon: The Mahanakhon SkyWalk Take the shuttle boat and the Skytrain to Chong Nonsi for the Mahanakhon SkyWalk. Step out onto the glass floor more than 300 metres above the city, collect your photo and stay on the open roof as the afternoon light softens over Bangkok.
Evening: The Manohra Dinner Cruise Back at the hotel, dress up and walk down to the pier next door for your Manohra dinner cruise. A five course Thai dinner is served on a restored teak rice barge as you sail past the lit Grand Palace and Wat Arun. If you added an occasion upgrade, this is usually the evening we build it around.
Overnight: Avani+ Riverside Bangkok Hotel or similar Meals: Breakfast and dinner
Day 4: The Weekend Market
Morning: Chatuchak Ride the Skytrain to Mo Chit for the Chatuchak Weekend Market, thousands of stalls selling clothes, ceramics, plants and street food. Go early, before the midday heat.
Afternoon: Siam Ride back down the Skytrain to Siam, where Siam Paragon, Siam Center and MBK stand side by side, for the shopping you did not finish at the market.
Evening: Asiatique The Riverfront Take the river boat to Asiatique The Riverfront for dinner by the water, the night market stalls and a ride on the big wheel.
Overnight: Avani+ Riverside Bangkok Hotel or similar Meals: Breakfast
Day 5: The Floating Market
Morning: Damnoen Saduak An early pickup takes you out of the city to Damnoen Saduak Floating Market. Ride a long tail boat through the canals, then wander the market as vendors paddle past selling fruit, grilled snacks and coconut ice cream straight from their boats.
Afternoon: Back to the Pool You are back in Bangkok by early afternoon. Rest by the rooftop pool or try a Thai massage at one of the many neighbourhood massage shops.
Evening: SEEN on the Rooftop Spend your last evening on the 26th floor at SEEN Restaurant and Bar or keep it simple with street food along the river.
Overnight: Avani+ Riverside Bangkok Hotel or similar Meals: Breakfast
Day 6: Bangkok to Nairobi
Morning: A Slow Last Morning Take your time over breakfast and one last swim. Check out at noon and leave your bags with the hotel.
Afternoon: ICONSIAM and Pratunam Spend the afternoon at ICONSIAM on the river, with its indoor floating market of food stalls or at Pratunam Market and Platinum Fashion Mall for last minute shopping.
Evening: Flying Home Your driver collects you from the hotel in the late evening for the drive to Suvarnabhumi Airport and your 1am direct flight home. You touch down at JKIA just after six on Wednesday morning.
Meals: Breakfast
Add Ons
Make It an Occasion: (Choose the moment you are celebrating, priced per couple and added to your getaway)
Anniversary: two dozen roses, a celebration cake and a handwritten card delivered to your room: from USD 185 (KES 23,900)
Anniversary or Proposal: the Manohra couple package for your dinner cruise, with a bottle of Veuve Clicquot champagne, in place of the standard set dinner: from USD 285 (KES 36,800)
Proposal: a private photographer for one hour anywhere in Bangkok, with 150 to 200 edited photos: from USD 570 (KES 73,500)
Birthday: two dozen roses, a birthday cake and a handwritten card waiting in your room on the day: from USD 185 (KES 23,900)
Surprise: secret planning with the partner who books, with trip details kept hidden until the airport: included at no extra cost
Romantic Touches: (Small extras that make the trip yours, priced as shown and added to your package)
Shared guided day trip to the old royal capital of Ayutthaya, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with entrance tickets: from USD 135 (KES 17,400) per couple
Extra night at Avani+ Riverside Bangkok Hotel with breakfast: from USD 245 (KES 31,600) per couple
Upgrade Your Stay: (Priced per couple for all five nights on top of the package price)
Higher above the river: a Panorama River View Room at Avani+ Riverside, on the 16th floor or above: from USD 215 (KES 27,700)
+ Inclusions
Direct return economy flights between JKIA and Bangkok Suvarnabhumi on Kenya Airways, with the checked baggage allowance on your fare
Thai tourist e Visa fee for each of you, with your planner preparing the application alongside you, subject to approval by the Thai authorities
Five nights at Avani+ Riverside Bangkok Hotel or similar, in a River View Room sharing a double bed
Daily buffet breakfast
Private return airport transfers in Bangkok
Guided half day at the Grand Palace, Wat Phra Kaew, Wat Pho and Wat Arun, with entrance tickets and the river ferry
Mahanakhon SkyWalk sunset entry for both of you, with a digital photo
Manohra dinner cruise with a five course Thai set dinner and free flowing soft drinks
Half day at Damnoen Saduak Floating Market with hotel pickup and a long tail boat ride
Pre departure briefing on your e Visa, yellow fever certificates, the Thailand Digital Arrival Card, temple dress and local customs
Your Baecation planner on WhatsApp before and throughout the trip
- Exclusions
Lunches and any dinners not listed under inclusions
Alcoholic drinks and any drinks beyond those served with the dinner cruise
Yellow fever vaccination and certificate
Travel insurance, which we strongly recommend
Skytrain, river boat and taxi fares outside the included transfers
The paddle boat at the floating market, about 150 baht each, paid on the day
Massages and spa treatments
Extra baggage beyond the allowance on your fare
Early check in or late check out
Room service and minibar
Occasion upgrades, optional activities and the add ons listed below
Tips and gratuities
Personal spending and shopping
What To Carry
Passports valid for at least six months beyond your travel dates, each with blank pages
Your printed Thai e Visa approvals, as airlines can refuse boarding without them
Your yellow fever certificates, as Thailand requires them from travellers arriving from Kenya and airlines can refuse boarding without them
Your Thailand Digital Arrival Card confirmations, completed online within the three days before you land
Printed copies of your e tickets and hotel voucher
A bank card and some cash in baht, as immigration can ask to see funds and markets, street food and taxis take cash only
Modest outfits that cover shoulders and knees for the Grand Palace and the temples, with shoes that slip off easily
Flat comfortable shoes for the SkyWalk glass floor, where you wear shoe covers
One smart outfit each for the dinner cruise
Light, breathable clothes and comfortable walking shoes for the heat and the markets
Swimwear for the rooftop pool
A compact umbrella or light rain jacket for sudden showers
Mosquito repellent
A universal plug adapter
Personal medication in its original packaging with your prescriptions. Leave vapes and e cigarettes at home, as they are illegal to bring into Thailand
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