Three Pagoda Pass Travel Guide
Three Pagodas Pass (Darn Chedi Sam Ong) is a region on the Thai-Myanmar border to the northwest of Kanchanaburi that conjures up frontier and wilderness type images.
- Worth It?
- Absolutely, for the pass and fantastic surroundings.
- What to Do
- check out the border, shop for Burmese goods, visit the Three Pagodas.
- Best Time to Go
- anytime but best to avoid the July through October wet season.
- How Long?
- One or two days is plenty of time to explore the pass.
- Trivia
- the Three Pagodas Pass was the main route the Burmese used to invade Thailand for centuries.
This is the route through the mountains that the Burmese used for hundreds of years to attack the Thais. It was also used as a base for the Death Railway during WWII and a station was built here. Three Pagodas Pass is fairly straightforward to get to, lying just north of Sangkhlaburi and the three pagodas themselves lie on the Thai side.
There is a small restaurant and a resort near to the chedis, while a market with loads of Burmese goods is also here. Cheap wood furniture, precious stones, jade carvings, and jewelry are the best buys.
Travel to Three Pagoda Pass - Getting There
Buses run from Kanchanaburi to Sangkhlaburi in four or five hours, from where pickups run to the Three Pagodas Pass in about 30 minutes. Buses run via Bangkok to Kanchanaburi in around three hours from Suvarnabhumi International Airport.
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