Damnoen Saduak Floating Market & Maeklong Railway Market Tour From Bangkok

Well worth a look - Watch for the scam.

Expecting to be delivered to a tourist focused excursion I was pleasantly surprised by the realness of both the Train market and the floating market. The fresh market along the railway was very good and by no means a display for the tourists. Our experience at the flower market was similar, riverside trading, paddle boat ride and surrounding tourist market were all of a high standard. Buy souvenirs, a coconut pancake, plate of fresh fruit or a beer as you drift along the canals. Paddle boat pricing can be negotiated and is better once you move away from the carpark. As a couple through a tourist office on Khaosan road we arranged a private driver to take us to both (750BHT pp). The drive time is at least 90 minutes each way in reasonable traffic. Everything was good until we got to a carpark ~ 3km from the Damnoen Saduak floating market where the boat guys wanted another 4000 BHT to take us to the market, more if you wanted to see the Elephants as well. It took us the next 15mins and google maps to convince our driver to take us to the floating market carpark where entrance is free and the only additional cost is incurred if you want to get in a paddle boat. For this we paid 300BHT for both of us.

My floating market and Stinky train tour

A must trip to Bangkok. Our guide Kiwi was so adorable and enthusiastic. It was so humbling to ride the train and the boat in the floating market. It was a super traditional ravishing experience

Bad communication

The whole day the timing wasn’t right. Firstly the original time to meet was 9.00 am. We received a message the day before changing it to 8.20am. Rushed through breakfast to get there on time to be told to hang around until 9.00! Drove in a minibus to pick up the train which ran a little late, not the tours fault. Arrived at the railway market and were told to meet back at the train in 6 minutes. We all did this and then realised that we should have been in the market waiting for the train to go past so missed the whole point of the market and great photo opportunities. This happened to the whole bus load, not just us. We were then walked straight to the waiting minibus and would not have seen any of the market except we all started complaining so we walked through it. Drove to the floating market which was good. Food was good and cheap but didn’t have time to walk around the market. Left to come back to the pick up point and they wanted to drop us at a shopping centre 15 minutes drive away. Eventually they relented and drove us back. In conclusion we have done 20 or more Viator tours and this has been the most disappointing due to timing and bad communication

Comfortable journey

Wonderful trip with excellent guide and organization, responsibility fullfiled the trip. So confortable.

Pga priset 5000 baht för båten och 1250 baht för taxin så blev det på tok icke värt resan.

En upplevelse som bara går ut på att shoppa väldigt turistiskt, tyvärr så har vi rest för mycket för att uppskatta detta, men som ny i Thailand så är det nog roligare.