Discover Amphawa Floating Market: explore century-old houses, quirky shops, and floating food stalls. Perfect for a unique weekend evening in Bangkok.
-
Maeklong Railway Market (Talad Rom Hub) - A 2-hour drive north from Hua Hin/Cha-am brings you to the renowned Maeklong Market. Known locally as the Railway Market, vendors display fresh fruits, vegetables, and seafood right on the railroad tracks. Witness the vendors swiftly dismantle their stalls as a passenger train passes through, only to reassemble them immediately after. This bustling market offers a unique display of trade ingenuity as the train carefully navigates through the tightly packed stalls. Have your cameras ready as the train slowly approaches and comes to a stop, avoiding all the merchandise and street stalls.
-
Amphawa Floating Market - Next, we head to Samut Songkhram, a province known for its seafood industry due to its proximity to the Gulf of Thailand. Here, you’ll enjoy an early seafood dinner at a local restaurant. As the sun sets, we arrive at the Amphawa Evening Floating Market. This vibrant market, popular from Friday to Sunday, is a two-hour drive north of Hua Hin. It is lined with old wooden houses and is a favorite among locals who eat, drink, and shop at the riverside stalls late into the night. Many traditional canal-side homes have been transformed into boutique accommodations.
Stroll along Amphawa’s main canal and interact with locals selling mostly homemade food and pastries. A short long-tail boat ride along the canal offers a different perspective of this popular weekend market.
- Hua Hin - Finally, we return to your hotel in Hua Hin/Cha-am, arriving in the evening.
- All entrance fees for visits as mentioned in the description
- Dinner included at a local restaurant (food only)
- A half-day tour with a professional English-speaking guide
- Transportation by air-conditioned vehicle with professional driver
- Boat trip along the market
- All applicable taxes and service charges
- Personal expenses such as meals, drinks, tips and gratuities, shopping, portage fees
- Supplements for transfers from and to Hua Hin / Cha-am hotels/resorts located outside the beach regions on the island (resorts located at Khao Takbiab, Petchaburi, and Pranburi). Also, transfer services from/to the airport are excluded and supplements may apply
- Any airline tickets, visa fees, additional transportation cost from and to the general meeting point
- Travel insurance coverage for customers (highly recommendable)
When local markets are your thing, you definitely will enjoy an evening at the Amphawa Floating Market. Open only on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays and just before the sun sets against the horizon, this is the place to be during the weekend.
You have the opportunity to explore probably the most popular weekend market among Bangkokians and admire the century-old wood houses, now turning in quirky and quaint local shops, selling whatever is typical Thai. Add the water element to it, where long-tail boats whisk through the canals and turn into floating stalls for food and knick-knacks, and you have the décor for an authentic night out.
- This tour is operated on full private basis with English-speaking guide only.
- Return transfers for this excursion apply only / are inclusive for customers staying in Hua Hin and Cha-am only. Transfers outside these areas, including any accommodation outside this area such as Pranburi, Phetchaburi, Kuiburi, Prachuab Khirikhan and Hua Hin Airport are excluded. Supplements apply for customers who want to join this excursion outside one of these regions.
- Due to the nature of this tour, we regret to inform you that this excursion is not suitable for wheelchair users.
- We always will make efforts to confirm the exact pick-up time upon reservation. For any operational issues in which are not able to confirm the exact pick-up time in advance, we reserve the right to inform you the day before the departure of the tour.
- Please note pickup and drop-off services may not be confirmed for customers staying at private residences, apartment complexes, or other non-registered tourism accommodations. Customers may be asked to meet at a nearby hotel for pick-up and drop off.
- Natural elements of any kind have a destructive effect on electronic equipment. It the customer’s own responsibility to ensure that any camera, mobile telephone or other device is properly wrapped and protected against these elements. We cannot be held responsible in any way for negligence and/or not following suggestions for any damage related to this.
- Please ensure that you bring sunglasses, a hat /cap and sunblock with a high SPF factor when traveling with us on this tour – even when it is cloudy, the sunrays still have an immense power.
- It is the responsibility of the customer to provide us with the correct hotel information, should pick-up and drop-off services be included in the package. Any changes in accommodation outside 24 hours will be handled accordingly: changes within 24 hours may be on request.
- In the event of no-show or change of accommodation without prior consent and confirmation from us within 24 hours may result in the applicable cancellation charges as outlined in the terms and conditions.
- This tour is operated only in the afternoon.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
