YT
Yuki T.Japan · August 2026
★★★★★
“The guide explained the railway history without dramatising it. Careful, honest and very well organised.”
Private tour
Luxury Thailand: Private Villas
Riverside suites in Bangkok, a Lanna resort in the north and a staffed beachfront villa on the Gulf, with private guides throughout.
Luxury Thailand: Private Villas is an 11-day private trip through Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Koh Samui, from $4,250 per person. It uses villa and suite accommodation with staff rather than hotel rooms, and private guiding throughout.
Duration11 days / 10 nights
From$4,250 pp
GroupPrivate · 2–6 travellers
StylePrivate tour
Riverside suites in Bangkok, a Lanna resort in the north and a staffed beachfront villa on the Gulf, with private guides throughout.
Best for: High-end travellers who want space and staff. The route runs Bangkok · Chiang Mai · Koh Samui. Everything below is a starting point: hotels can be upgraded or simplified, days can be added, and any element can be removed.
The difference at this level is not the thread count — it is the space and the staff. In Bangkok you get a two-bedroom suite on the river; in Chiang Mai a teak villa with a private cook; on Samui a beachfront villa with a pool and a housekeeper. Every transfer is a private car with a driver who stays with you, and every guide is a specialist rather than a generalist.
The itinerary is deliberately light. There are three scheduled activities across eleven days, all private and all timed to avoid crowds: a dawn longtail in the Bangkok canals, a morning at Doi Suthep before the coaches, and a private boat to Ang Thong. Everything else is optional, and the value of the trip is that you can decide on the day.
Day by day
Day01
Arrive Bangkok
Fast-track, limousine transfer, riverside suite.
Day02
Private old city
Palace before opening hours, private longtail, spa.
Day03
Fly north
Private jet or first-class flight to Chiang Mai.
Day04
Northern highlights
Doi Suthep at dawn, lunch at a royal project farm.
Day05
Wellness
Full-day spa and a private cooking dinner.
Day06
Fly to the Gulf
Chiang Mai to Samui, transfer to the villa.
Day07
Villa
Private chef, pool, nothing scheduled.
Day08
Ang Thong
Private speedboat to the marine park.
Day09
Sea day
Sailing or diving, decided that morning.
Day10
Last day
Spa, beach dinner, packing at leisure.
Day11
Depart
Private transfer to Samui airport.
How the days are paced
Three villas in eleven days, all with a private pool. Three scheduled activities in total. Transfers are by private car with a fixed driver, including airport meets.
What changes the price
$4,250 per person is based on private · 2–6 travellers sharing a room for 11 days, with staffed private villas and suites as standard. Nothing is added locally: the entrance fees, boats and guiding are already in the number.
Deposit is 20% to confirm, balance 30 days before arrival. Free changes up to 45 days out.
What’s included
Included
- 10 nights, 4 of them in a staffed villa
- Private guides and drivers
- Domestic flights
- Private boat days
- Daily breakfast and three dinners
Not included
- International flights
- Travel insurance
- Alcohol
- Spa treatments beyond those listed
Good to know
From $4,250 per person, based on private · 2–6 travellers, 11 days and 10 nights. The quote includes the hotels, guiding and transport listed under “What’s included”; international flights and travel insurance are not included.
Yes. Every itinerary on this site is a starting point. Days can be added or removed, hotels upgraded or simplified, and the route reordered around your dates — we re-cost it as many times as you need before you commit.
Not included: international flights, travel insurance. Everything else listed under “What’s included” is in the quote, and we do not add local payments on arrival.
Three to six months ahead for the best hotels, and by September for travel over Christmas and New Year. Green-season trips can usually be arranged with six weeks’ notice.
A standalone property with its own pool, not a hotel suite. On Samui it is beachfront with staff; in Chiang Mai it is a teak house on the river with a cook who prepares breakfast and one other meal a day.
Yes — the villas sleep four to six and the pricing works out lower per person for a group of five or six.
What you will see
Palace & temple
The Grand Palace & Wat Phra Kaew
The royal palace compound and the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, all gold spires and mirrored mosaics behind a wh…
Bangkok · 2–3 hoursTHB 500
Temple
Wat Phra That Doi Suthep
The golden chedi on the mountain above Chiang Mai, reached by 306 steps or a very short funicular.…
Chiang Mai · 1.5–2 hoursTHB 100
National park
Ang Thong National Marine Park
Forty-two limestone islands with hidden lagoons, a viewpoint over the whole archipelago and the Emerald Lake.…
Koh Samui · Full dayFrom THB 1,800
Temple
Big Buddha & Wat Plai Laem
A 12-metre golden Buddha on a small island off Samui's north coast, next to the elaborate Wat Plai Laem.…
Koh Samui · 45–60 minutesFree
Experiences on this trip
What travellers say about trips like this
SG
Sofia G.Spain · October 2026
★★★★★
“Six nights on a boat with eight strangers and it never once felt crowded. The cook was the best part.”
PB
Peter B.Canada · January 2026
★★★★
“Excellent guiding and a beautiful route. One hotel was below the standard of the others and they refunded the difference without argument.”
Reviews are from travellers on comparable itineraries, not this exact departure. All 2,400 are on the reviews page.
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