TRAINING CAMP THAILAND
5-Day High-Performance SUP Training Camp. Kanchanburi,Thailand
Overview
This is not just a training camp.It’s a complete performance experience designed to develop every aspect of your athletic potential — endurance, strength, technique, and mindset.
Across five carefully structured days, you’ll train in a unique environment combining river and lake paddling, running, cycling, swimming, and strength work, all supported by expert coaching, video analysis, and structured recovery.
Every session has a purpose. Every day builds on the last.
What This Camp Delivers
Endurance Development through paddling, cycling, and running
Technical Improvement with coached sessions and video analysis
Race Performance Skills including starts, turns, and pacing strategies
Strength & Conditioning for power, stability, and injury prevention
Adventure-Based Training to build resilience and adaptability
Recovery & Mobility to maximise performance and consistency
Mindset & Focus to improve confidence and execution under pressure
The Experience – Day by Day
Day 1: Activation, Technique & Analysis
We begin by establishing the foundations.
The opening day is focused on waking up the body, dialling in technique, and setting performance benchmarks. A double session on the lake allows you to get comfortable on the water while receiving immediate technical feedback.
Video analysis in the afternoon gives you a clear understanding of your movement, efficiency, and areas for improvement, setting the tone for the rest of the camp.
Why it matters:
Starting with technique ensures that everything built over the next five days is efficient, controlled, and purposeful.
Day 2: Endurance & Flow
The second day begins with a low-intensity bike ride, designed to gently build aerobic capacity, loosen the body, and prepare you for the main session.
This is followed by a longer river paddle, where the focus shifts to endurance, pacing, and consistency. You’ll learn how to find rhythm and maintain efficient technique over distance.
Why it matters:
Endurance is the foundation of performance. This day builds aerobic capacity while reinforcing efficient movement patterns under sustained effort.
Day 3: Adventure & Race Execution
The morning takes you into a waterfall environment, combining hiking, climbing, and swimming. This develops functional strength, balance, and adaptability in a completely different setting.
In the afternoon, we transition back to the water for a race simulation session, focusing on:
Starts
Turns
Positioning
Pacing under pressure
Why it matters:
Performance isn’t just about fitness, it’s about execution. This day challenges both your body and your ability to apply skills in dynamic conditions.
Day 4: Engine Building & Integration
Day four is about building your engine while allowing flexibility.
A cycle or run session in the morning develops cardiovascular fitness and leg endurance, with the option to tailor intensity depending on how your body feels.
In the afternoon, a river paddle brings the focus back to technique and efficiency, reinforcing everything learned so far in a lower-pressure environment.
Why it matters:
This day balances load and recovery, allowing adaptations to take place while continuing to build endurance and skill.
Day 5: Performance & Completion
The final day brings everything together.
A longer river paddle from the hotel to the bridge acts as the camp’s closing challenge, an opportunity to apply your improved technique, pacing, and endurance in a real-world setting.
The camp concludes with a performance review and goal-setting session, helping you translate what you’ve learned into your future training.
Why it matters:
Finishing with a full performance effort reinforces progress and gives you clarity on how to continue improving beyond the camp.
Recovery & Performance Support
Each evening is dedicated to recovery and preparation:
Strength & conditioning focused on stability and injury prevention
Mobility and flexibility work
Massage and recovery treatments
Structured downtime to reset physically and mentally
Why it matters:
Progress doesn’t just come from training, it comes from how well you recover and adapt.
Who This Camp Is For
This camp is designed for:
Endurance athletes looking to improve performance
Paddlers wanting to refine technique and race skills
Individuals seeking a structured, high-level training environment
Anyone ready to push their physical and mental limits
The Outcome
By the end of the camp, you will:
Move more efficiently
Understand your performance at a deeper level
Feel stronger, fitter, and more confident
Have clear direction for your next phase of training
Train with Purpose. Perform with Confidence.
Limited places available.
Friday 4th December - Thursday 10th December 2026
**2026 Dates Fully Booked**
Please see are 2027 dates at the bottom of the page.
An All-Inclusive SUP Adventure Holiday
Join us for a fully supported, all-inclusive adventure holiday exploring Kanchanaburi and the legendary River Kwai Yai and Kwai Noi.
What to expect
Downriver paddling through lush, ever-changing scenery
Wildlife spotting (elephants, birds, fish — no scary animals)
Waterfall swimming & gorge walks
Bike tours & cultural excursions
Spa hotels & riverside resorts
Incredible Thai food & local insight
Total immersion in nature, culture and history
From the moment you arrive, everything is taken care of. Effortless adventure.
Included in the trip
All accommodation
All meals & drinking water throughout
Full Equipment hire, with option to BYOB and the team will take care of your board/paddle each day
Transport & luggage transfers
Return coach transfer from Bangkok
Excursions & sightseeing
Safety support & guiding
English-speaking local guides and hosted by Cassie and the UK Team
Each morning, all you need to do is pack a small day bag.
We paddle, explore, swim, eat, relax… and while we’re on the river, our support team will transfer our luggage to the next hotel.
Paddling This is a downriver adventure paddle on moving water. You should be comfortable paddling on flowing rivers (for example, something like the River Trent). If you’re newer to multi-day or adventure paddling holidays, don’t worry, we have plenty of time to support, coach, and build your confidence. If you’re unsure, please get in touch and we can make a plan together.
The River flows steadily, and we paddle with the current, meaning we cruise downstream, watch the km drift by, and enjoy the ride. Depending on if the dam has been opened upriver the flow can be between 5 and 10kmph without paddling. We’ll typically paddle: Morning and/or afternoon sessions Approx. 2–3 hours per session With a long lunch stop in between to eat, swim, snooze, and sightsee Our land-based support team meets us at the river at the end of each day.
Are you a POP - Partner of a Paddler? You can join us too! There are lots of non paddling activities on the itinerary that you can join. And when your partner is paddling you will be transfer to the next hotel and have the option of different landbased excursions.
Food & Dietary Needs We’re very happy to cater for dietary requirements. Meals are shared as a group, with dedicated tables for vegetarian and vegan options, so there’s no cross contamination.
Hotel Views Great Food & Coffee Our local guides carefully choose each meal to balance authenticity with comfort, introducing the flavours of the region while ensuring the food sits well with our taste palettes. Eating well, having lots of choice and a full belly is part of the adventure, and a big part of experiencing the area we’re travelling through.
The Plan
Days 1-3: River Kwai Yai Days 4-7: River Kwai Noi
Day 1 Bus transfer from Bangkok. Arriving south of Erawan National Park for our first paddle on the lake near the Tha Thung Na Dam with magnificent mountain jungle views. Paddling to our lunch place at the stunning Lakeview Café. The afternoon is the start of our downriver adventure paddling through wilderness rich in wildlife. Paddling past our hotel Mida Resort, there is an option for an early exit if anyone is tired. Check in, swim & dinner at Mida Resort.
Day 2 Breakfast, check out and transfer to the spectacular Erawan Falls. Seven levels of waterfalls in a National Park setting. Free time to explore, walk and waterfall swim. Transfer to our lunch and then back to the river exit point from Day 1 and continue paddling downstream. Will we see the elephants on the river bank? Exit near our hotel the Royal River Kwai Resort. Check in, swim maybe a massage before riverside dinner.
Day 3 After breakfast, paddle down to the iconic Bridge over the River Kwai. Will the train be there to greet us? Lunch and try the famous Khao Soi. Choice of afternoon activity. Thai-Burma Railway Museum with walk across the Bridge, WW2 historical excursion POW Cemetery with an expat historical researcher talk. Visit temples such as Wat Tham Sua or Wat Tham Khao Pun or free time at the hotel. Transfer to dinner location watching the sunset over at the Bridge over the River Kwai. Return to Royal River Kwai Resort. Early transfer at 19:00. Later transfer at 22:00 for those who want to have a cocktail, enjoy the nightlife and / or karaoke bar.
Day 4 After breakfast at Royal River Kwai Resort, you have the option to have a relaxing morning by the pool, massage or grab a bike, helmet and take part in the cycling scavenger hunt. A great way to see the local area. Fully supported by guides. Check out & transfer to River Kwai Noi. Paddle through unspoiled, beautiful wilderness. Lunch at a scenic riverside spot and continue down river. If the dam has been opened it could be a fast paddle. Exit & short transfer to tonight’s hotel, staying on the River at The Sweet Garden River Kwai Resort. Dinner at the resort
Day 5 Breakfast, check out and continue paddling downstream. Paddling through Sai Yok National Park, with Multiple waterfalls (3–7 depending on rainfall) and dramatic canyon scenery. Stopping for lunch on the way. Transfer to Wang Nokkeow Park View Resort. Swim, relax and dinner at the resort.
Day 6 After Breakfast we transfer to Hellfire Pass Interpretive Centre. Free time to visit the museum, walk and take in the views Lunch and then return to the previous day’s river exit point and paddle downstream. Flexible finish time. Yoga on the lawn and enjoy a relaxed final night at River Kwai Resotel.
Day 7 After Breakfast, transfer back to the river and paddle a unique stretch through a mountain-ringed valley. Transfer to a local restaurant for a farewell lunch. Afternoon transfer to Bangkok.
Join us for an unforgettable experience immersed in the jungle landscapes of Thailand.
**2026 Dates Fully Booked** Register interest for 2027 HERE
2nd Dec 2027 - 8th Dec 2027
14th Dec 2027 - 20th Dec 2027
22nd Dec 2027 - 26th Dec 2027
29th Dec 2027 - 2nd Jan 2028
£1,550pp Based on 2 people sharing twin/ double. Single occupancy available on request.
Payment Option. Choose the way that works best for you: Pay in full, or Spread the cost over three payments. Deposit £500 and 3 payment of £350 (1st May/Aug/Nov)
What’s Included
Equipment
Accommodation, food, drinking water, (hot drinks, soft and alcohol are payable locally)
Logistics
Guiding
Transfer from and to Bangkok
Shared room options: twin, double
What’s Not Included
Flights
Travel insurance
Accommodation & meals in Bangkok
Travel
Please arrive in Bangkok no later than Thursday 3 Dec to ensure you are ready to be transferred at 7am. A WhatsApp group will be set up to plan optional group travel and hotels in Bangkok. This will then set the meeting point for the bus collection / drop off point.
Delivered by SUP Hire Thailand// SUP Fitness // Chasing The Blue Adventures
