Damnoen Saduak Floating Market & Maeklong Railway Market Tour From Bangkok | La Vacanza Travel

Damnoen Saduak Floating Market & Maeklong Railway Market Tour From Bangkok

Duration: 6 hours
Destination: Thailand, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon, Bangkok
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  • 6 hours
  • Bangkok
  • E-Voucher
  • Lowest Price
  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

Damnoen Saduak Floating Market consists of a maze of narrow khlongs (canals). Female traders, often wearing traditional mo hom apparel (blue farmers' shirts) with wide-brimmed straw hats (Ngob) use sampans (small wooden boats) to sell their wares, often produce. These boats are often full of vegetables and colorful fruits that are photogenic, and these images are used for tourism promotion. The market is often the busiest in the morning from 07:00 am to 09:00 am and is active until noon. Explore the market waiting for the train, Maeklong Railway Market is spread out on and next to the railway tracks. Customers walk on the railway track looking for something to buy from the shops on either side of the track. Several times per day a train rolls in at a low speed. When the driver sounds the horn, the vendors quickly pick up and remove their wares to make way for the approaching train. Immediately after the train has passed the canopy roof is raised back and it’s business as usual.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Damnoen Saduak Floating Market, Damnoun Saduak, Ratchaiburi, Damnoen Saduak 70130 Thailand

Damnoen Saduak Floating Market consists of a maze of narrow khlongs (canals). Female traders, often wearing traditional mo hom apparel (blue farmers' shirts) with wide-brimmed straw hats (Ngob) use sampans (small wooden boats) to sell their wares, often produce. These boats are often full of vegetables and colorful fruits that are photogenic, and these images are used for tourism promotion. The market is often the busiest in the morning from 07:00 am to 09:00 am and is active until noon.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Maeklong Railway Market (Talad Rom Hub), Si Champa Alley, Mae Klong 75000 Thailand

Maeklong Railway Market is spread out on and next to the railway tracks. Customers walk on the railway track looking for something to buy from the shops on either side of the track. Several times per day a train rolls in at a low speed. When the driver sounds the horn, the vendors quickly pick up and remove their wares to make way for the approaching train. Immediately after the train has passed the canopy roof is raised back and it’s business as usual.

Duration: 2 minutes

Inclusions
  • Train ride, Longtail boat fee to the floating market
  • English-speaking guide
  • Bottled water, cold towel
  • Insurance
  • Entry/Admission - Maeklong Railway Market (Talad Rom Hub)
  • Entry/Admission - Damnoen Saduak Floating Market

Exclusions
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off within Bangkok
  • Extra transfer charge 300 THB/Pax from Silom, Sukhumvit, and Pratunam
  • Lunch
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Near public transportation
  • Not recommended for travelers with back problems
  • No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
  • Most travelers can participate
  • You come by yourself to meeting point. There is a transfer service for Silom, Sukhumvit, and Pratunam, pay extra directly to the driver 300 baht/person (round trip).
  • Dress code is smart casual and the minimum age is 5 years
  • On the rare occasion that we should be required to cancel a tour, we will inform you in advance and offer a different tour date, an alternative tour or provide a full refund
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
  • This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Departure Point

River City Bangkok, 23 Soi Charoen Krung 24, Khwaeng Talat Noi, Khet Samphanthawong, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon 10100, Thailand


Departure Time

09:00 AM


Return Details

Returns to original departure point

Voucher info

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

Duration

6 hours


User's Reviews

Lesley M

15 Jun, 2023

Expecting to be delivered to a tourist focused excursion I was pleasantly surprised by the realness of both the Train market and the floating market. The fresh market along the railway was very good and by no means a display for the tourists. Our experience at the flower market was similar, riverside trading, paddle boat ride and surrounding tourist market were all of a high standard. Buy souvenirs, a coconut pancake, plate of fresh fruit or a beer as you drift along the canals. Paddle boat pricing can be negotiated and is better once you move away from the carpark. As a couple through a tourist office on Khaosan road we arranged a private driver to take us to both (750BHT pp). The drive time is at least 90 minutes each way in reasonable traffic. Everything was good until we got to a carpark ~ 3km from the Damnoen Saduak floating market where the boat guys wanted another 4000 BHT to take us to the market, more if you wanted to see the Elephants as well. It took us the next 15mins and google maps to convince our driver to take us to the floating market carpark where entrance is free and the only additional cost is incurred if you want to get in a paddle boat. For this we paid 300BHT for both of us.

halakhaled1211

20 Apr, 2023

A must trip to Bangkok. Our guide Kiwi was so adorable and enthusiastic. It was so humbling to ride the train and the boat in the floating market. It was a super traditional ravishing experience

Helen_U

10 Feb, 2023

The whole day the timing wasn’t right. Firstly the original time to meet was 9.00 am. We received a message the day before changing it to 8.20am. Rushed through breakfast to get there on time to be told to hang around until 9.00! Drove in a minibus to pick up the train which ran a little late, not the tours fault. Arrived at the railway market and were told to meet back at the train in 6 minutes. We all did this and then realised that we should have been in the market waiting for the train to go past so missed the whole point of the market and great photo opportunities. This happened to the whole bus load, not just us. We were then walked straight to the waiting minibus and would not have seen any of the market except we all started complaining so we walked through it. Drove to the floating market which was good. Food was good and cheap but didn’t have time to walk around the market. Left to come back to the pick up point and they wanted to drop us at a shopping centre 15 minutes drive away. Eventually they relented and drove us back. In conclusion we have done 20 or more La Vacanza Travel tours and this has been the most disappointing due to timing and bad communication

hongyuw146

19 Apr, 2022

Wonderful trip with excellent guide and organization, responsibility fullfiled the trip. So confortable.

larss420

07 Apr, 2023

En upplevelse som bara går ut på att shoppa väldigt turistiskt, tyvärr så har vi rest för mycket för att uppskatta detta, men som ny i Thailand så är det nog roligare.

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