Floating and Railway Market: Private Tour with Language Options | La Vacanza Travel

Floating and Railway Market: Private Tour with Language Options

Duration: 7 hours
Destination: Thailand, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon, Bangkok
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  • 7 hours
  • Bangkok
  • E-Voucher
  • Lowest Price
  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

Our tour will bring you to enjoy many eye-opening experiences. In Damnoen Saduak, you will enjoy a fun boat ride to explore the legendary floating market, visit a local coconut sugar farm, and see how salt farmers produce sea salt for cooking and skincare. In the “risky” market, we will provide you an insightful walking tour and watch the “Unseen-Thailand” chaotic moments when the seller detracts their stalls as the train approaches. Our tour lasts about 7 hours; the pickup starts at 6.00-6.30am and drop-off at 1.30-2.30pm.

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

The Floating Market of Damnoen Saduak is one of the most attractive floating markets in Thailand. Worldwide tourists come here to experience this 38 kilometers, man-made canal initiated by the visionary King Rama IV 150 years ago. This canal was used as “road” when there was no road in Thailand. This floating market is currently the center of fruits and vegetable trading. At this floating market, you can try a number of delicious Thai fruits and foods such as sweet mango on sticky rice, freshly-made coconut icecream, and Thai-style boat noodle. A motor boat ride is already included in your tour.

Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes

Stop At: Coconut Sugar Farm, 296 Dumnoen Saduak Tambon Damnoen Saduak, Damnoen Saduak Thailand

You will observe how Thai farmers produce coconut nectar and palm sugar loaf. You will see a demonstration of coconut flower cutting, pouring the nectar into a bamboo container, putting preservation woods in the container, boiling up and pasteurizing the coconut nectar into the drinkable one. You will try squeezing coconut milk from coconut shell using a traditional Thai “rabbit-teeth” wooden machine.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Samut Sakhon, Samut Sakhon, Samut Sakhon Province

The whitish salt field, not a rice field, of course. A special bonus tour for our guests who join our floating and railway market tour in 2020. This sea salt is produced by Thai local wisdom. The salt farmer will rotate the sea water in different levels matching the strength of wind and sunlight. The rotation will continue until the salt becomes a “salt mountain” which are ready for cooking, skincare, and agriculture. On the Highway 35 in Samut Sakhorn province, our guide will lead you to rub the salt to your hand and take amazing photos!

Duration: 15 minutes

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

The railway market in Mae Klong District is humorously called as the “life-risking” market! It is well known as one of the “Amazing-Thailand” for its chaotic moments. In normal time, seller stalls are typically attached to the railways. However, when the bell of the arriving train rings, the big turmoil will happen! Vendors will rush to detract their stalls and clear away all goods that obstructs the running train at a great speed. Once the train passes, all vendors will expand their stalls and resume selling again.

Private Tour Only: You will ride a local train toward the Mae Klong station for about 30 minutes. Instead of standing on the sides of railway, you will be on the train seeing people doing selfies and recording videos. You will be waving your hands to worldwide tourists! The train ride is included for our private tour customers only (optional purchase for join tour customers).

Duration: 1 hour

Pass By: MBK Center (Ma Boon Khrong Center), 444, Phayathai Road Pathum Wan, Pathum Wan, Bangkok 10330 Thailand

MBK center is a must-visit shopping mall for foreign tourist. You could purchase many popular Thailand items in this huge shopping mall. If you are our join tour guests, we will drop you here after the tour. MBK center is connected to BTS National Stadium. You can ride BTS skytrain to return to your hotel conveniently.

On the other hand, if you are our private tour guests, we will drop you at your hotel. Or you may request us to drop you at MBK center if you wish.

Inclusions
  • [Private tour] Hotel pickup and drop-off , [Group tour] Hotel pickup
  • Professional guide speaking the language per your booking (EN, ZH, VI, ES, IT, FR, DE)
  • Motor Boat Ride in the Floating Market and Mini workshop at Coconut Sugar Farm and Salt Field
  • [Private tour] Train Ride to Railway Market & Locally-made Coconut Drink
  • Travel Accident Insurance
  • Entry/Admission - Coconut Sugar Farm
  • Entry/Admission - Maeklong Railway Market (Talad Rom Hub)
  • Entry/Admission - Damnoen Saduak Floating Market

Exclusions
  • [Group tour] Hotel pickup from non-downtown Bangkok. Pls meet us at BTS Siam or nearby hotels.
  • [Group tour] Hotel dropoff. Dropoff at MBK Center (near BTS National Stadium). Not at your hotel.
  • [Group tour] Train ride or salt farm may not be offered if certain factors not allowed.
  • [Private 9am] A mini-workshop at a local coconut farm is unavailable.
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Near public transportation
  • Most travelers can participate
  • 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 12 travelers
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Departure Point

NADZ Centerpoint of Siam Squar, Centerpoint of siam square ชั้น 2 ห้อง 209 Khwaeng Pathum Wan, Pathum Wan, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon 10330, Thailand
Traveler pickup is offered
• Join Tour: Pickup Option. Standard pickup time 6.00am. Free pickup for hotels nearby selected BTS skytrain stations & MRT subway stations. List of BTS skytrain station names are Siam, National Stadium, Ratchathewi, Phaya Thai, Chidlom, Phloen Chit, Nana, Asoke, Rachadamri, Sala Daeng, Chong Nonsi, Saint Louis, Surasak, Saphan Taksin. List of MRT subway stations names are Sukhumwit, Queen Sirikit Center, Khlong Toei, Lumphini, Silom, Samyan, Hua Lamphong.
• Private Tour: Enjoy our premium pickup service for many locations in Bangkok downtown (condition applies).


Return Details

MBK Center, 444 Phaya Thai Rd, Khwaeng Wang Mai, Pathum Wan, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon 10330, Thailand

Voucher info

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

Duration

7 hours


User's Reviews

Rina_Z88

07 Apr, 2024

The Tour was an amazing adventure. The Guide, named MK was friendly and amazingly helpful. The hotel pickup was punctual. We had a great time #on the train adventure~ took a short memorable train ride to Maeklong Station. Then the tour did a coconut farm adventure ~ the process of coconut sugar. Lastly the Damnoen Saduak floating market ~ enjoyable boat ride down the 'river'. Finally, everyone got off at MBK Centre.

Ree_J

04 Apr, 2024

Cat our tour guide was fantastic and spoke amazing English and was very knowledgeable. Fascinating trip to see the markets - long way back but in big air conditioned minivan and we slept as we had early start

Francisco_B

22 Mar, 2024

The tour itself was good. We enjoyed the three stops and visiting the two markets. Our guide had everything organized in a too tight manner, we didn’t have at any point not even 1 minute to explore any of the stops ourselves, making us feel rush all the time. In the floating market, we stayed 35 min (opposite to the 1h plus listed in the itinerary) and when we wanted to stop to buy mango sticky rice, we didn’t and told us later later but that never happened, On the way back, all the participants were dropped at a point far from the hotels where we were staying. Since we passed really close to our hotel with the van, we asked if we could be dropped off there but our request was once again ignored. In general the tour is ok, but there are many aspects to improve in terms of customer service

alexis-sweden

19 Mar, 2024

+ Great day! Great guide! The children (x3) loved everything! - Long car trip back to Bangkok, ok if we would have known in advance to plan snacks etc.

L2666OQjennyw

19 Mar, 2024

The value for this experience was out of this world for what you get... Lin, our guide was so friendly, exhuberant, and tried so hard to make us happy and get all the pictures and experiences no one else did.. train ride pics, floating market, coconut farm, and finished with yummy lunch.. (you pay) the van was cool and comfortable and there was seperate driver so she can focus on guests. Shes been doing this 30 years..gives you all info she can while driving.. there was a lot of traffic, we ran late but made up for it.. 6 people on tour..and we all had a riot.. such fun group. I would use this company and Lin again in heartbeat. :)

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An adventure for the whole family near Bangkok

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FLoatig Market and had funs with friends.

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Lin and the trip was amazing 10/10

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Amazing !

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Knowledgable about the local area.

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Salt & Floating Market

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Lin is an exceptional guide for our group tour

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The Best Tour to Railway Market and Floating Market.

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Informative and Fun Tour- Exceptional! Highly recommend Petch as your guide!!

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Floating and Railway Market

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Good trip to see floating market

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Fantastic experience

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Fun half day diversion

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Amazing market excursion with Lin our fabulous guide

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Fun at the floating markets

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Market trips in Bangkok

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Great experiences today!

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Super fun half day at 2 different markets on Christmas day

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Good day / good value

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Amazing Experience!

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Surprising well organised

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Trains, Boats and Coconut Sugar - Lin kept my family well informed and on time through the full experience.

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