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Early - US $1,150 based on double occupancy
Late - US $1,250 based on double occupancy
Early - US $1,500 based on single occupancy
Late - US $1,600 based on single occupancy

PRE TOUR - again, cost per person
Early - US $1,670 based on double occupancy
Late - US $1,770 based on double occupancy
Early - US $1,970 based on single occupancy
Late - US $2,070 based on single occupancy

ITINERARY - SUBECT TO CHANGE

Day I : Tue. Sep. 11, 2012
- Arrive Bangkok ( Suvannaphum Airport )
- Dinner in Bangkok ( Welcome dinner)

Day II : Wed. Sep.12, 2012
08.00 a.m. - Breakfast at hotel
09.00 a.m.- Leave Hotel
10.30 a.m. - Arrive at Private Palm Garden
12.00 a.m. - Lunch at NanNam Restaurant-Pakchong
01.00 p.m. – Leave to visit Khao Yai National Park (One- hour bus)-See Pinanga sylvestris and Licuala poonsakii and other Palm species near Kong-kaew waterfall
04.00 p.m. - Leave for Juldis Hotel-Khao Yai.(30 min drive)
06.00p.m. - Dinner at Juldis Hotel.

Day III : Thurs. Sep. 13,2012
07.30 a.m. - Breakfast at hotel
08.30 a.m. - Leave for Corypha utan wild populations
12.00 a.m. - Lunch at Nong Nooch Garden - Prachinburi
02.00 p.m. - 03.00 p.m. – Tour of Nong Nooch garden
06.00 p.m. - Arrive at Nong Nooch Garden, Pattaya
07.00 p.m.- Sea Food Dinner.

Day IV : Fri Sep. 14,2012
7.00a.m. - Breakfast at NNTBG
08.0 0 a.m. - Start from Orchid house - Palm garden at Thai house - French Garden –Variety garden-cactus garden get into the sight-seeing bus - Nanta conference room for lunch.
12.00 a.m. - Lunch at Nanta building.
01.00 p.m. - By sight-seeing bus go to Palms of the world garden and Cart Cross Arboretum
06.00p.m. - Presentation - to be confirmed
07.30p.m. - Dinner at Nong Nooch.

Day V : Sat. Sep.15,2012
Free Day

Day VI : Sun. Sep.16,2012
07.00a.m. - Breakfast at NNTBG
08.00 a.m. Start from Cycad Collection Hortus Botanicus Plant collection - get into the sight-seeing bus - Nanta conference room for lunch.
12.00 a.m. - Lunch at Nanta building.
01.00 p.m. - Tour of the garden
06.00p.m. - Presentation - to be confirmed
07.30p.m. - Dinner at Nong Nooch.

Day VII : Mon. Sep.17, 2012
07.30a.m. - Breakfast at NNTBG
09.30a.m. - See Thai cultural show and elephant show.
- Lunch (on your own)
- Free time
06.30p.m. - Farewell Dinner at Nanta lawn.

Day VIII : Tue. Sep.18, 2012
- Leave Thailand
- Or Post Tour to Vietnam.


Pre-TOUR
Itinerary for trip to the South of Thailand for IPS 2012
5-11 Sep, 2012
Trang-Krabi-Phang-nga – Phuket
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Wed 5 Sep.,2012 - Leaving from Suvanaphum airport
- By flight to Trang province
(At present, due to flight reductions there is only 1 flight a day in the afternoon)
Evening - check in hotel in Trang
- Dinner in Trang

Thu 6 Sep., 2012
07.00 a.m. - Breakfast at hotel
- To Kuan-Pra National Park to see 16 species of Palms around the Khuan-pra waterfall
- Lunch at the national park
- Leave for Ton Tae waterfall to see more than 10 species of Palms around the waterfall place.
- Leave for Ton Tok waterfall (3 km away) to see Iguanura sp. and several forms of the Arenga caudata complex.
- Leave to see Nypa fruticans /return to hotel
07.30 p.m. - Dinner / in Trang

Fri 7 Sep.,2012
07.00 a.m. - Breakfast at hotel /check out
08.00 a.m. - Leave for Metroxylon sagu in Na Khao sia village and see how to make sagu powder the traditional way.
- Lunch in local restaurant.
- Leave for Krabi.
- On the way to Krabi stop over at Wang Wiset District walk up to the hill to see Maxburretia
furtadoana
- check in hotel in Krabi
07.30p.m. - Dinner at restaurant in Krabi.

Sat 8 Sep., 2012
07.00a.m. - Breakfast at hotel / check out
- Visit Khao Bang-Pra Kram National Park . To see more than 10 species of Palms incl. Licuala merguensis near the hot springs.
- Lunch at local restaurant.
- Stop along the highway to Phuket, see huge stands of Arenga pinnata and several Calamus species.
- check in hotel in Phuket
07.30p.m. - Dinner in Phuket

Sun 9 Sep, 2012
07.00 a.m. - Breakfast at hotel / check out
- See two endemic and restricted Palms; Kerriodoxa elegans and Pinanga watanaiana at Khao Prataew Park
- Lunch at local restaurant.
- Return to Phuket /Free time
- Dinner ( on your own)

Mon 10 Sep., 2012
07.00 a.m. - Breakfast at hotel /check out
- Lunch at Khao Lak /see Tsunami monument place.
- Leave for Sri Pang-nga national park
- Walk to see palms in nature along the road to Tam Nang waterfall
- Return to Khao Lak and check in
- Dinner at hotel.

Tue 11 Sep., 2012
07.30 a.m. - Breakfast
- Flight Back leave for Bangkok .


Post-TOUR Vietnam
(Details are not finalized)
Arranged by Dr.Andrew Henderson
New York Botanical Garden