Bangkok Tour: Excursion to Floating and Railway Markets, Coconut and Salt Farms
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731 Ratings
Khwaeng Pathum Wan
Embark on an exciting tour in Bangkok, Thailand and experience the vibrant floating and railway markets, coconut and salt farms. Discover the charm of Damnoen Saduak, witness the chaotic moments at the 'risky' market, and immerse yourself in the local culture. Book now!
Duration: 7 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Damnoen Saduak Floating Market - 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.
  • Coconut Sugar Farm - 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.
  • Samut Sakhon - 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!
  • Maeklong Railway Market (Talad Rom Hub) - 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).

  • MBK Center (Ma Boon Khrong Center) - 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.

What's Included
  • Professional multilingual guide (EN, ZH, VI, ES, IT, FR, DE)
  • Explore the Floating Market by Motor Boat
  • Interactive Mini Workshop at Coconut Sugar Farm
  • Visit to Salt Field
  • Exclusive Train Ride to Railway Market
  • Savor a Locally-made Coconut Drink
  • Comprehensive Travel Accident Insurance
  • Convenient Hotel Pickup and Drop-off
What's Not Included
  • Lunch and hotel pick-up from non-downtown Bangkok
  • [Group Tour] No hotel drop-off. No train ride and salt farm if too many hotel pickups.
  • [Private/Luxury Tour] No coconut farm workshop for 9:00 AM hotel pickups
Additional Information

Our excursion promises to deliver a multitude of awe-inspiring encounters. In Damnoen Saduak, take pleasure in a thrilling boat journey to discover the famous floating marketplace, tour a native coconut sugar plantation, and witness the salt farmers producing culinary and skincare sea salt. In the so-called ‘risky’ market, we offer an enlightening stroll to observe the ‘Unseen-Thailand’ tumultuous times when vendors pull back their stands to make way for an approaching train. Our tour spans around 7 hours; we begin pickups at 6.00-6.30am and conclude with drop-offs between 1.30-2.30pm.

Location
NADZ Centerpoint of Siam Squar
BTS Siam Exit No.2 (connecting walkway to CenterPoint of Siam Square)
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Leilabc7737cz
Jun 11, 2024
Very unique and beautiful place - Amazing place, completely different from what I could ever imagine. The fact that they’ve got markets floating over water is truly unique.
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Pioneer53205379360
May 25, 2024
Amazing Thai experience with this tour - I just had an amazing time and a satisfying tour, worth every penny. Our tour guide, Lin and driver, Kevin really took care of us, especially when I was getting out our the boat. Thank you Lin & Kevin, I wish you a lifetime of happiness and good health.
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Cruiser33878174816
May 25, 2024
really honest review 😸 - amazing. the car ride was very speedy so it took us to our destination quite fast. Lin elaborated well when we went to the salt and coconut farm. she also gave us some heads up before going to the floating market where the items were pricey. glad she warned us as we would have spent an unnecessary amount of money on things we could get at the train market for half the price. overall, the experience was amazing. would try again!
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Rachel_b
May 24, 2024
Loved This Tour! - We loved this tour! My family (including four kids ages 9-17) had a wonderful day. The train market and the floating market are unique experiences we won’t forget! Our tour guide, Nok, was communicative before the trip and easy to link up with. She was friendly, has a great sense of humor, and is knowledgeable about everything we saw. She took great photos of my family and shared them after the tour. Nok even encouraged us to try a durian and helped us source one in the market! She went above and beyond. Thank you so much for a great day!
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447maritesp
May 23, 2024
Accommodating tour guide - Nice and accommodating tour guide. We learned a lot about coco sugar. We had an enjoyable experience. Thanks to Lin and Kevin.
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Navigator45170271669
May 23, 2024
Thai goodies - The tour guide is very knowledgable about thailand and the places that we visited. Ms. Lin took a lot of our photos and the driver Mr. Kevin always showed us the way.
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Daez1
May 23, 2024
Train ride and floating market experience - We had an exciting excursion, we start from salt farm to train ride then to coconut farm and to floating market . It was a once in a lifetime experienced, being in the railway while the train is passing thru. We had a lot of pictures,to cherish, thanks to Lin our tour guide and also our driver Kevin, they were both accomodating to our needs, dropping us off to Grand Palace, which is out of the way, so we can visit the place before our flight tonight.
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Brucieboy88
May 22, 2024
We had a good time with my parents. - Lin was good fun! Very animated. The salt fields aren't always full of salt but that's to be expected. Floating market is pretty;
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Mattéo
May 8, 2024
Gorgeous - Very good experience throughout the visit. Very well organized from start to finish, it allowed us to discover and take part in many sites of Thai culture. The visit was smooth and enriching
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Isabelc5018
May 8, 2024
Fun & Informative tour ! - We had an amazing trip with Lin as our guide. Kevin, our driver was very safe. Lin was so kind, attentive and funny. The tour was so fun and informative. She’s a sweetheart and she truly loves her job. The tour was exactly as described and was a great time. I highly suggest taking this tour and asking for LIN! We were very happy with everything. Thank you so much. 🙏😊
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