Bigcountry Experience · Central Bangkok pickup
A private van takes you straight to Damnoen Saduak: a palm sugar house, a paddle boat through the narrow side canals, then two hours at the market with lunch. Pick it if the canal is the point: no train market, no coach, and the most time at the floating market of any tour here.
This is the only tour on the site without Maeklong Railway Market. Bigcountry sends a private van for your group to central Bangkok (Sathon, Ratchathewi, Khlong Toei, Si Lom or Phra Nakhon). After about 90 minutes you stop for 20 minutes at a coconut plantation where palm sugar is boiled in woks, then board a paddle boat for a 15-minute ride along the narrow side canals into the market.
You then get about two hours at Damnoen Saduak with the guide, lunch included, and about an hour of it to wander on your own. That is the most time at the floating market of any trip we list, and with no train to catch you're back in Bangkok by 1:30 to 2pm.
The price is per person and it's high for one or two travellers, so it works best for a family or a group of four. And read the small print: the tour does not include a longtail ride inside the market. The listing says vendors sell one for 25 to 30 minutes. Pay for it if you want to see the wider canals; agree the price before you step in.
From your hotel or a central point in Sathon, Ratchathewi, Khlong Toei, Si Lom or Phra Nakhon.
Southwest to Ratchaburi province in an air-conditioned van.
A traditional house on a coconut plantation, where sugar is boiled down in woks.
A quiet ride past stilt houses on the way into the market.
Lunch and a guided walk, then time to explore on your own.
Drop-off between 1:30 and 2pm.
★★★★★A successful excursion in every way. Highly worth seeing. Excellent.
★★★★★Thew was the best part of this trip. Whatever he's getting paid, it's not enough.
★★★★★It was a highlight of our stay in Bangkok and we thought our guide was outstanding
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No. It is the only tour on this site that goes to Damnoen Saduak alone, which is why you get about two hours at the floating market.
No. The paddle boat is included. The listing says a longtail ride inside the market is not offered, and vendors sell one for 25 to 30 minutes.
Yes, it is listed as a private group, with your own guide and van. The price is per person.
Between 1:30 and 2pm, according to the listing.
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A private morning with only the floating market: a palm sugar house, a paddle boat and two hours on the canal.
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