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Take a Taxi to Southern (route) Bus Terminal (about 25 km from Bangkok city center, cost $110-$160 B). Take Bus #78, $64 B. The trip takes about 2 hours. Get off at Damnern Saduak. Do not get suck in by the boat tour operator at the bus station. They want "Standard" price of $1000 B for one hour long tail boat tour. Instead, walk outside the parking lot and turn left to town. A short 10 - 15 minutes walk and you will arrive at the bridge over looking the floating market. You can then hire a non-motor boat tour for $100 - $200 B at the floating market. Directions: About 2 hours by bus outside Bangkok city centerOther Contact: ck10256@yahoo.com
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To go to the floating market you have to wake up very early since the market closes about mid-day. In our case we left our hotel around 7 am for the two-hour drive to the market.
Along the way we stopped at a rest stop, the orchid farm, which was already full of tourists (tourist trap?). The 15-minute stop allowed us to browse the stalls selling local handicrafts and souvenirs. They also took our pictures candidly and tried to sell them when we were about to leave.
From the rest stop, it was another 30-minute drive to the boat ride to the market. We then boarded a motorized boat to go to the real market. The ride was thrilling and it was interesting to see friendly locals engaging in their various activities. After about 30 minutes, we arrived at the floating market.
The market was full of sellers, selling everything from fruit, noodles, everyday necessities, to souvenirs, handicrafts, and spices. We roamed the market for about an hour, had fun testing our bargaining skills and bought fried bananas, coconuts, some spices, durians (not to be missed), and mangoes.
The market was full of tourists and some say it's too commercialized now that it had lost some of its original charms. But I still feel it was a good experience. Definitely one of the high points of our visit to Thailand. Leave a Comment Directions: About 2 hours by car outside Bangkok city center
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We booked a day tour from the tour operator adjoining our hotel, choosing the full day tour which featured the Damneun Floating Market and several other attractions. We had 19 in our group and the tour bus arrived at 7:15am, very early for some but we were lucky as breakfast was available from 6am. The early start is to beat the traffic and get to the markets early as it is a morning market.Our trip took approximately 2 hours including a stop at a craft market.
The bus does not go direct to the floating market but stops several kilometres away, where you are transferred onto longboats (8 passengers) and you are then taken for a very fast ride along the canals getting a good view of canal life, typical Thai homes, an elephant relaxing in a field and after 10 minutes you suddendly come upon the colourful and congested floating market. Our longboat was not allowed into the market and we alighted at the wharf and walked around viewing the various boats displaying their goods. The floating market boats mostly sold food, usually fruit , vegetables etc, however on land there were many stalls selling everything from silk to keyrings.
You can take a boatride in small rowboats where you will be taken in amongs the market boats and can actually pull alongside and make a purchase. I had previously visited the market in 1977, it was much the same , but less commercial. I enjoyed this vist and would go again.
Our day tour included lunch, and a visit to the Crocodile Farm and Elephant Show, both of which are well worth seeing. The cost of our day tour to all these places was 900 baht, approx Au $31. Leave a Comment Directions: About 2 hours by car outside Bangkok city center
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Damnoensaduak is believed to be one of a well-known and an attractive travelling sites. Historically, Damnoenssaduak was actually the name of the canal dug in the reign of King Rama IV by the military men and the people of Rajburi, Samutsakorn and Samutsongkram Province directed by Phayasrisuriyawong, the minister of Defence. In those days without rivers and canals, transportation was almost motionless; King Rama IV with his great concern over the country's future economic growth, he finally had the canal dug to connect the Taachin River in Samutsakorn Province and Maklong River in Samutsongkram Province together.
Nowadays Damnoensaduak is one of a provincial district of Rajburi Province. Most people live densely along both sides of the canal from one end of the canal to another.The majority of this people are agriculturists.
They grow several different kinds of fruit and vegetable for examples oranges, grapes, papayas, cabbages, bean, onion and etc. The land in this area is naturally fertile.
Apart from providing transportation, Damnoensaduak Canal also provides farmers with adequate water for agricultural purposes for the whole year around. More than 200 small canals were dug by local peasants to connect with it to get water to splatter their land. Moreover; these small canals also become protitiouus ways of taking their agricultural products to the markets in neighbouring provinces and Bangkok.
Day in and day out from about 8 a.m. to about 11 a.m. the Floating Market is routinely crowded with hundrreds of vendors and purchasers floating in their small rowing boats selling and buying or exchanging their goods. What they purchase are particularly food, fruit and vegetable which mostly brought from their own orchards.
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There are many "floating markets" in Bangkok but this is the genuine one. You had to wake up vey early to go to this market as it is 2 hours from Bangkok. You can book a tour with any local tour agencies and it should cost you 500 to 600 baht. Normally they start the floating market tour using a long-tail boat to go through the living quarters of the local and if you want to go into the smaller canals where the actual market is, you have to take a sampan. It should cost you about 100 to 150 baht. You can also bargain for the goods with the boatmen. You can slash the price by at least 50%. A good guide would be to go to the night market for a tour first to have a feel of the prices offered. You can try the cooked food at your own risk. Directions: About 2 hours by car outside Bangkok city center
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It is one of the landmarks of Bangkok, and a true "must see activity", but You have to be there early in the morning - 6 am!
You have to pay about 600 THb for a ticket, warning - You can find cheaper tickets but some of them are fakes, a lot of people want to take care of You and show You the right things to do - Ignore them and buy Your tickets at authorized offices. Leave a Comment Directions: About 2 hours by car outside Bangkok city center
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You can do this visit to the floating market to get away from all the bustle of the city. It's colourful and you'll have the opportunity to see Bangkok's surroundings.
It's fun to buy things from one boat to another and interact with the vendors. You can buy almost anything here, exotic fruits, crafts, spices, crafts. It's very colourful! You can go there on your own or join one of the many tours on offer in any Bangkok hotel or tour operator. Leave a Comment Directions: About 2 hours by car outside Bangkok city center
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They usually travel on their small rowing boats. however; today the long-tailed boats pushing by engine become very popular. People tend to use them instead. Anyhow because of the shortage of fuel today long-tailed boats are quite unavailable compared to a few years ago.
Damnoen Saduak in Ratchaburi about 110 kilometres south of Bangkok or approximately 2 hours drive depends on trafic conditions..About 2 hours by car outside Bangkok city center
How to Get There
By Bus: There are public buses both air and non air-conditioned leaving from the Southern Bus Terminal. Pinklao-Nakhonchaisi Rd. for Damnoen Saduak every 40 minutes from 06.00 hrs. onwards. Fare is around Baht 49 (one way) for air-conditioned (tel . 435-5031) and Baht 30 for normal buses (tel. 434-5558). The most suitable time to be at the market is from 08.00-10.00 hrs.
By Car: From Bangkok you can take Highway No. 4 (Phetchakasem Rd.) and turn left at Km. 80 for another 25 kms. along Bangpae-Damnoen Saduak Rd.
Arriving at Damnoen Saduak, you can either walk on the passage along the canal on the right hand side or take a both at the pier nearby to Floating Market area at the price of Baht 100 per person. Leave a Comment Directions: About 2 hours by car outside Bangkok city center
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So you've been in Bangkok for a few days and done all your shopping and you feel all shoped out ! Why not take a full day tour to the Famous Floating Markets and to The Rose Gardens .
A 90 km. bus trip out of Bangkok thr tour stops at various attrections like Thailand largest Pagoda at Nakom Pathom,ride the long boats to the markets, lunch at The Rose Gardens, see and the elephants, enjoy the Thai cultural show. Thai boxing, folk dances and the Thai wedding ceremony ,, enjoy Leave a Comment Directions: About 2 hours by car outside Bangkok city center
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The Damnoen Saduak Floating Market is located at Damnoen Saduak District, Ratchaburi Province, about 85 kms from Bangkok.
It is the Thai's old and traditional way of selling and buying fruits and vegetables from small boats. Along side of the river, you can see several houses.
To go to the floating market itself, you need to ride a motor boat (James Bond Boat). Arriving at the floating market, you can rent a boat to go around the canal. It's approximately 300-400 baht per boat.
Since this is a tourist attraction, you really need to know how to bargain and get a good price. Initial price is usually higher.
We bought an album which originally cost 800 baht. Then after some negotiations, we got it for 350 baht. =D Leave a Comment
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