Half Day Tour: Railway Market and Damnoen Saduak Floating Market in Thailand
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Damnoen Saduak
Embark on a half-day tour in Thailand to explore the enchanting Railway Market and the bustling Damnoen Saduak Floating Market. Discover magical markets and indulge in fantastic food.
Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Damnoen Saduak Floating Market - Your journey commences with a leisurely drive through rice paddies and salt fields in the direction to Damnoen Saduak, situated 110 km west of Bangkok. The tour continues with a 30 minutes speedboat trip along a fruit plantation to see Thai houses and the traditional way of life. Arrive at Damnoen Saduak Floating Market and be fascinated by boats of various shapes and sizes used by local merchants to ferry their goods. Hire one of the small boats at the market and shop local products!
  • Maeklong Railway Market (Talad Rom Hub) - Your next stop will be the Maeklong Railway Market (Talad Rom Hub). It is one of the largest fresh seafood markets in Thailand, and is centered around the track of the Maeklong Railway. When trains approach, the awnings and shop fronts are moved back from the rails, and then replaced once the train has passed.

After this exciting half-day excursion your guide will drop you off at your accommodation in Bangkok Downtown.

What's Included
  • Transport
  • Long tailed boat trip to Floating Market
  • Professional guide
  • Entrance fees
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Personal expenses
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Immerse yourself in enchanting bazaars and divine cuisine - this is the essence of Thailand. With this small group journey, you’ll explore the Damnoen floating market and the renowned Maeklong Railway market.

Upon reaching the Damnoen floating market, you’ll board a long-tailed boat and maneuver through packed canals of vivid rowboats. Laden with farm fresh goods, sellers drift along the canal offering their wares to eager customers on the shore – the ideal spot for honing your haggling skills.

Next, our destination is the Maeklong Railway market. In this unique place, vendors operate their stalls directly on the train tracks, packing up swiftly at the sound of approaching trains. Once the train has passed, it’s back to daily commerce – a truly captivating Thai sight.

Location
Damnoen Saduak Floating Market
Damnoun Saduak, Ratchaiburi
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Danielle_s
Nov 17, 2018
Fun Day Off The Beaten Track - This is a great tour if you want to get away from the hustle and bustle of Bangkok and see some places that thai people visit. Our tour guide was great. Perfect English, very excited to talk about thai culture and knowledgeable. Lots of very beautiful photo opportunities and our tour guide bought us some yummy thai snacks throughout the day. A good laid back tour which is especially good if you are still fighting jet lag !
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Rebekah
Dec 11, 2017
Great escape from the city. Such a... - <p>Great escape from the city. Such a cool experience. We sat down with our guide and had traditional local coffee and tea at a local shop in the 100 year old market which was wonderful!. I was worried there wouldn't be many fox bats to see, or that they simply wouldn't be there the day we visited, but there are truly so many that our guide gave us an umbrella to walk under so the bats didn't give us any surprises from above. Our guide was great about explaining the religious significance to location we visited, as well as the difference in the religions as this trip highlights the diversity in Thailand's religious population.</p>
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Bryan
Nov 29, 2016
Khao Yai Always Smile and her team were... - <p>Khao Yai Always Smile and her team were amazing! They picked us up from the hotel on time, we were the only guests on the tour but they did have a team from the company to take photos of our trip. We got a personalized trip with a photographer who was taking photos for the trip. It was awesome. The guide was super helpful, really knowledgable and very kind. She taught us so much about the King and Queen and the history of Thailand. The best guide we had by far, even after 7 tours in 16 days. The tour itself is full of great sights, but the guide was great. The market is a little scary to a foreigner fearing food poisoning, but we did not get ill at all. The people were friendly and warm, inviting and happy to see tourists.</p>
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Chris_f
May 16, 2019
A varied and interesting day - This was a pleasant day outing to Chachoengsao province on the eastern fringes of Bangkok. The day had a variety of interesting experiences, although no standout must see attractions. The main focus was the Wat Saman Rattanaram temple complex with its huge pink reclining Ganesha. The whole complex was a set of boldly coloured statues and temples. Popular with locals, colourful, but a bit Disneyesque. Better was a nearby huge 30m high standing Ganesh statue at Klong Khuean park. Other stops included the historic Klong Suan market, aimed at locals not the over-priced Damnoen Saduak market aimed at tourists. A stop to view fruit bats was a bit of a busman’s holiday to Australians who see these everywhere. The Golden temple was quite attractive, even if the gold was paint, not real. Also included, a cruise on the Bang Pakong river and lunch overlooking the river. Overall, a pleasant diversion for a day waiting for a flight and we appreciated being picked up from our hotel near the airport rather than having to travel into the centre.
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June
Nov 25, 2017
We visited markets which were very... - <p>We visited markets which were very interesting and visited a few temples. We had a nice lunch on a river followed by a 1/4 hour or so boat ride around a small island. This was interesting to view houses on stilts on the water's edge and a floating market. However one of the temples which by the way wasn't the tourist attraction, was surrounded by trees in which were thousands of noisy bats defecating everywhere. The bats were the tourist attraction. Apart from the fact that these creatures are very noisy, they are high risk disease spreaders. I don't need to travel abroad to see bats as I live in Queensland, Australia and just down the road from where we live are hundreds and hundreds of bats. I feel this particular Temple should not be on the tour's list of places to stop for the sake of everyone's health. The tour guide was very knowledgeable although a little difficult to understand at times. He also had another staff member join us on the tour and she was very helpful with my mobility issues. All in all because we have been to Bangkok many times, we were looking for something different to do, and it was a good tour to experience.</p>
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M5892gdbarbb
Sep 21, 2023
Train and floating market - Tour guides English was terrible. In a rush for everything. Did not get to walk around train market. Was told we would be paddled around canals which we were not. Had to pay extra for that. Had a bit of time in floating market. But rushed us to leave. Very disappointed
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