Damnoen Saduak Floating Market and River Kwai Day Tour
Highlights
- Damnoen Saduak Floating Market with a longtail boat ride
- An hour of free time among the canal stalls
- The bridge on the River Kwai
- JEATH War Museum and the Death Railway story
- Thai lunch included, vegetarian or halal on request
Description
Damnoen Saduak and the River Kwai are normally two separate day trips. This tour runs them back to back for people whose time in Bangkok is short, starting with the market while the morning light is still good and the canal is at its busiest. You arrive at 09:00, take a longtail boat into the heart of it, and then have about an hour among the stalls. The vendors sell fruit and noodles and grilled food straight off wooden boats, and everything from the cooking to the haggling happens on the water. The first hour is the best hour. By late morning the tour boats start to outnumber the produce boats, which is exactly why this itinerary puts the market before the bridge and not after.
Pricing
This tour requires a minimum of 2 persons per booking
- Step 1
06:15 to 07:00 Hotel pickup
Pickup from your hotel in the central Bangkok area, then on to the meeting point at Khaosan Road.
Leave Khaosan Road and drive south-west to Damnoen Saduak.
Longtail boat into the market, then about an hour of free time among the stalls.
Drive north-west to Kanchanaburi.
Thai lunch at a local restaurant.
Walk the bridge over the River Kwai and visit the JEATH War Museum.
Depart Kanchanaburi for the drive back.
Drop-off at Khaosan Road, or Sam Yot MRT station on request.
Included
- Return trip by air-conditioned minivan
- English-speaking local guide
- Longtail boat ride at the floating market
- River Kwai Bridge
- JEATH War Museum
- Thai lunch, with vegetarian or halal food on request
Not included
- Drinking water
- Travel insurance
- Hotel drop-off (150 THB per person, minimum 2 people)
- Optional paddle boat at the floating market (150 THB per person)
- Sun protection and a hat
- Comfortable walking shoes
- Cash in small notes for drinks and snacks
This tour starts at one of these meeting points. Pick the one that suits you when you book. No extra charge.
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Khaosan / Chana Songkhram Police Station
Check-in 07:15
In front of Chana Songkhram Police Station at the end of Khaosan Road, opposite Wat Chana Songkhram.
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Korea Town / Sukhumvit Plaza fountain
Check-in 06:30
At the fountain in front of Sukhumvit Plaza (Korea Town), between Sukhumvit 10 and 12, ~200 m from Asok BTS exit 2.
A driver collects you where you're staying. Your area sets the collection time.
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Your exact pickup time depends on your area and departure time. You'll see it at checkout and we confirm it with your booking.
The drive between the floating market and Kanchanaburi is about two hours in the middle of the day. That is the price of combining two trips that normally run separately, and it is a good stretch to sleep. At the market the longtail is included, but the small paddle boat that goes down the narrow side channels, where the actual vendors are, costs 150 THB on the day. It is the better vantage point if photographs are what you came for. Stall prices are opening bids rather than prices. The vendors expect you to haggle, and the first number is never the real one.
FAQs
No. The longtail boat is included, but the small paddle boat that takes you along the narrow vendor channels costs 150 THB per person on the day. It is optional and it is the better vantage point if you want photographs.
Yes, and it is worth knowing that going in. It is the biggest and most photographed floating market in Thailand and by mid-morning the tour boats outnumber the produce boats. Starting at 09:00 means you get the better end of it. Prices are quoted high to visitors, so haggle.
Yes. Vegetarian food is available on request on every full-day tour, and halal food can be arranged on the Kanchanaburi tours. Tell us when you book so the restaurant can prepare it.
Yes, if your hotel is in the central pickup area. Pickup times are set by area: Khaosan Road and the old town 06:50 to 07:15, Chinatown and Hua Lamphong 06:40 to 06:50, Sukhumvit, Silom, Sathorn and Pratunam 06:30 to 06:40, and Siam 06:30 to 06:45. If you are staying outside that area you make your own way to the meeting point on Khaosan Road, in front of the Chana Songkhram police station, for 07:15, or to Korea Town at Sukhumvit Plaza for 06:30.
Back in Bangkok at Khaosan Road, or at Sam Yot MRT station if you ask the guide on the day. Drop-off at your own hotel can be added for 150 THB per person, with a minimum of two people.
Yes, this tour needs at least two people to run. Group sizes vary with the season, from about two to nine people on a quiet day up to twenty or more in high season.
You can cancel free of charge up to 24 hours before the tour starts and get a full refund. Inside 24 hours the tour is non-refundable, because the seat and the guide are already committed.
