5D/3N Songkran @ Hat Yai

Day 1

11 Apr 12: Departure to Hat Yai

 Assemble in Kuala Lumpur and depart for Hat Yai by bus.

Day 2

12 Apr 12:  Arrival at Hat Yai (Songkran Eve)

Arrival at Hat Yai clearance fees at imigresen, transfer to hotel for check in.Free at own leisure.  In the late afternoon before sunset, the people of Hat Yai as well as tourists will gather on the road and celebrate the Songkran Festival together. Features a wonderful parade and various kinds of entertainment. Prepare for splashing till at night. 

Day 3

13 Apr 12: Songkran Day 1 (B)

Breakfast at hotel. Free at own leisure or continue splashing. For it's a given that you won't escape the water pistols, the water balloons and buckets of water as the Thais celebrate Songkran, the Thai New Year.

Lining the streets were several thousand local people. Many of them were armed with water pistols but quite a few also had small bottles of scented water. They would then shake this bottle at every Buddha image that passed them. For those who didn’t have this bottle, they would respectively splash water over the image. Once the parade was over, some continued with the water fights while others went with their families to pay respect to their elders.

Day 4

14 Apr 12: Songkran Day 2 (B)

Breakfast at hotel. Free at own leisure.

Day 5

15 April 2012 (B) Breakfast at hotel, free at leisure till depart from Hat Yai to Kuala Lumpur.