Floating and Railway Market, Coconut and Salt Farm from Bangkok (Group Tour) in Thailand

4.5(4)

Duration

7 hours

Language

English

Guests

3-12

A day packed with unforgettable moments! Explore a salt farm, witness a train passing right beside you, join a coconut nectar workshop, and cap off the day with a boat ride to the floating market.

Highlights:

Explore Salt farm
Visit Maeklong Railway Market (Talad Rom Hub)
Discover Coconut Sugar Farm
Visit Damnoen Saduak Floating Market

Includes:

Hotel pick-up
Licensed English-speaking guide
Shared air-conditioned vehicle
Shared Motor-boat ride to the floating market
Travel Accident Insurance (Max 1,000,000 THB per person)

Set off on a lively adventure to Western Thailand, where you'll experience more than just the popular floating and railway markets! Start your morning at a salt farm, learn its role in Thai cuisine, and experience the lively chaos as the train approaches the railway market. Then, observe coconut nectar production at a coconut sugar farm and enjoy a fun boat ride exploring the Damnoen Saduak floating market.

Itinerary:

Salt Field

The whitish salt field, not a rice field, of course. 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. 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.

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.

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-kilometer, 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 ice-cream, and Thai-style boat noodle. A motorboat ride is already included in your tour.