Maeklong Railway Market & Damnoensaduak Floating Market Tour (SHA Plus) | La Vacanza Travel

Maeklong Railway Market & Damnoensaduak Floating Market Tour (SHA Plus)

Duration: 8 hours
Destination: Thailand, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon, Bangkok
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  • 8 hours
  • Bangkok
  • E-Voucher
  • Lowest Price
  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

Experience Thai culture at the Damneon Saduak Floating Market. Discover the art of bartering the Thai way as you practice your trading skills with locals wearing wooden hats and selling tropical fruit, coconut sugar candy, mango sticky rice, and tom yum on their self-paddled small boats. Benefit from a small group size as you ride the train to the Maeklong Railway Market, uniquely situated on a working railway track. Get your adrenaline pumping as you shop along the Maeklong Railway Market before the next train comes through.
• Once-in-a-lifetime floating market experience
• Try delicious local treats and tasty seasonal fruits
• Quickly do your shopping at the thrilling Maeklong Railway Market
• Hassle-free hotel pickup and round-trip transport from Bangkok

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

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

The group will start at the pick up point by 6.00 am then drive to Maeklong Railway Market , nicknamed (Thai:Talat Rom Hup), meaning the "umbrella pulldown market".It is one of the largest fresh seafood markets in Thailand, and is centered on the Maeklong Railway's track. Whenever a train approaches, the awnings and shop fronts are moved back from the rails, to be replaced once the train has passed.

Duration: 2 hours

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

Damnoensaduak is one of a provincial district of Rajburi Province. Most people live densely along both sides of the canal from one end of the canal to another.The majority of this people are agriculturists. They grow several different kinds of fruit and vegetable for examples oranges, grapes, papayas, cabbages, bean, onion and etc. The land in this area is naturally fertile. Apart from providing transportation, Damnoensaduak Canal also provides farmers with adequate water for agricultural purposes for the whole year around. More than 200 small canals were dug by local peasants to connect with it to get water to splatter their land. Moreover; these small canals also become protitiouus ways of taking their agricultural products to the markets in neighbouring provinces and Bangkok. Day in and day out from about 8 a.m. to about 11 a.m. the Floating Market is routinely crowded with hundrreds of vendors and purchasers floating in their small rowing boats selling and buying or exchanging their goods. What they purchase are particularly food, fruit and vegetable which mostly brought from their own orchards.

ITINERARY:

06:00 - Pick up from hotel

07:00 - Departure from Bangkok

08:40 - Arrive train market waiting the pass along market

09:15 - Continue to Floating market

10:00 - Arrive floating market and free time 1 hour (PADDAL BOAT OPTIONAL 150 BHT)

11:30 - Back to Bangkok

14:00 - Arrive in hotel

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Sight Seeing Bangkok, 293/116 Sukhnivat 2, Pracha Uthit 69, Pracha Uthit Road Bangmod, Thung Kru, Bangkok 10400 Thailand

Tour operator

Duration: 10 minutes

Inclusions
  • Transport by air-conditioned vehicle
  • Professional guide
  • Long-tail boat ride to Damnoen Saduak floating market
  • Standard rates include Hotel pickup and drop off (selected hotels only)
  • Entry/Admission - Maeklong Railway Market (Talad Rom Hub)
  • Entry/Admission - Damnoen Saduak Floating Market

Exclusions
  • Gratuities
  • Food and drinks
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Boat ride is not wheelchair accessible
  • The duration of transfers are approximate, the exact duration will depend on the time of day and traffic conditions
  • Stroller accessible
  • An additional surcharge for hotel pickup outside 3 miles (5 km) radius from the city center is applicable and payable on the day of your activity.
  • Free of charge Door to Door Pick up for CITY CENTER BANGKOK DISTRICT AREA (3 KM radius area) with namely Sukhumvit Soi (Lane) -1 to 33, Sukhumvit area Soi 1 to 33 (odd) and Soi 2 to 24 (even), Pratunam, Silom, Langsuan, Wireless Road, Sathorn, Surawongse, Siam, MBK, Yawarat (China Town), Khao San Road (Excluded City Tour) can pick up only in our meeting Royal Rattanakosin Hotel
  • Near public transportation
  • You can also join our tours at BANGKOK MEETING POINTS - Our office, Sun Leisure World Corporation, Level 29 The Offices at Central World 999/9 Rama I Rd, Pathumwan Pathum Wan, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10330 Thailand
  • Infants must sit on laps
  • An additional surcharge for hotel pickup outside 3 miles (5 km) radius from the city center is applicable and payable on the day of your activity.
  • Most travelers can participate
  • We are SHA Plus certified. ​ A certificate awarded to an organisation proving that they have approved Covid-19 health and preventative protocols in place and that 70% or more of all employees have been fully vaccinated.
  • 48 hours is needed to arrange for tour with special language other than English, we have the right to cancel with full refund if booking is made less than 48 hours
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travelers
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Departure Point

1: Thailand Travel Agency by Sun Leisure World, 18th Floor Park Venture 57 Thanon Witthayu, Khwaeng Lumphini, Pathum Wan, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon 10330, Thailand
2: Bangkok, Thailand
Traveler pickup is offered
Free of charge Door to Door Pick up for CITY CENTER BANGKOK DISTRICT AREA (3 KM radius area) with namely Sukhumvit Soi (Lane) -1 to 33, Sukhumvit area Soi 1 to 33 (odd) and Soi 2 to 24 (even), Pratunam, Silom, Langsuan, Wireless Road, Sathorn, Surawongse, Siam, MBK, Yawarat (China Town), Khao San Road (Excluded City Tour) can pick up only in our meeting Royal Rattanakosin Hotel

You can also join our tours at BANGKOK MEETING POINTS - Our office, Sun Leisure World Corporation, Level 29 The Offices at Central World 999/9 Rama I Rd, Pathumwan Pathum Wan, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10330 Thailand

An additional surcharge for hotel pickup outside 3 miles (5 km) radius from the city center is applicable and payable on the day of your activity.


Departure Time

06:00 AM


Return Details

Returns to original departure point

Voucher info

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

Duration

8 hours


User's Reviews

Beth_L

23 May, 2023

This is a great tour! The pickup was on time. The guide was fantastic - would answer any questions you had even not related to the tour! Her English was very good and she helped everyone order lunch which was so yummy! Both markets were super interesting and the guide told you how much you were expected to pay for some things to help you bargain with the people on the market. We even got to go on the railway market train which was a very unique experience! We were back in Bangkok at the time she stated at the start of the day. Couldn't be happier with this experience.

Siseko7

15 Sep, 2022

The tour was amazing and Jenny was even more amazing! Best tour guide ever! I highly recommend this tour to anyone going to Bangkok. If possible request Jenny by name. What you see is exactly what you get. I also recommend having some money on hand so that you can support the sellers at the floating market and at the train market. Please also listen to the instructions you get at the train market. A lot of tourists we're standing in the way of the train just to get a selfie at such a dangerous time.

krjh1

04 Mar, 2020

Good tour showing daily life of the market on water and very interesting how the railway market packs up and unpacks just before the train arrives. Our guide Meow was informative and entertaining.

Sharyn1991

10 Feb, 2020

If in the area, you must visit just for the experience! Beware of the smell - it is one of the worst I have experienced and I have been in post hurricane areas with rotting animals for ten days. Go for the experience - it is quite a thing. Bought a shirt from a vendor and he was friendly and zero pressure to buy. Loved that.

RobertCBarker

03 Jan, 2020

We booked for the railway market and the floating market only. Very disappointed to discover that we would be taken to a place where animals such as tigers and elephants are mistreated for 'entertainment'. This was not what we signed up for, and I feel betrayed in that inadvertently 'legitimised' said mistreatment of the animals by my presence at that place. I strongly protest against such unadvised add-ons to the tour as booked, and will reconsider my use of TripAdvisor in the future, at the least I will be doing more research. However, I would like to add that Nok, our tour guide did a good job. Robert C Barker

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