Floating and Railway Market, and Erawan Waterfall from Bangkok (Group Tour) in Thailand

4.5(4)

Duration

11 hours

Language

English

Guests

3-12

A day filled with eye-opening experiences! Visit a salt farm, watch the train passes by right next to you, attend a coconut nectar workshop, ride a boat to the floating market, swim at Erawan Waterfall, and end with views of the River Kwai Bridge.

Highlights:

Discover Salt farm
Visit Maeklong Railway Market (Talad Rom Hub)
Explore Coconut Sugar Farm
Visit Damnoen Saduak Floating Market
Enjoy Erawan Waterfall
Learn about River Kwai Bridge

Includes:

Hotel Pick-up
Licensed English-speaking guide
Shared air-conditioned vehicle
Shared Motor-boat ride to the floating market
Erawan Waterfall admission fee
Lunch & Drink
Travel Accident Insurance (Max 1,000,000 THB per person

An energetic journey to Western Thailand. While most tourists travel to floating and railway market, you can travel further than them! Spend your endless energy by traveling to Erawan waterfall and River Kwai Bridge with us. In the morning, you will visit a salt farm, learn its role in Thai cuisine, watch the lively chaotic moment as the train approaches the railway market. After that, observe how coconut nectar is produced at a coconut sugar farm, then enjoy a fun boat ride to explore the Damnoen Saduak floating market.

In the afternoon, you will be refueled with yummy lunch, hike to Erawan Waterfall, swim in its emerald green ponds, and explore the tropical rainforest for full 3 hours. The waterfall has 7 tiers, you can test your endurance here! After hiking at the waterfall, you will have a comfortable walk at the Death Railway and River Kwai Bridge, where you will savor the beautiful scenery of riverbank and took a lot of sunset photos.

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.

Erawan Waterfall

Erawan Waterfall is recognized as one of the most beautiful waterfalls in Thailand. The major attraction of the park is the 7-tiered Erawan Falls with emerald green ponds. Erawan has seven separate tiers spanning approximately 1,500 meters through the thick rainforest of the park. The park is named after "Erawan", the three-headed white elephant of Hindu mythology. The top tier of the falls is said to resemble an elephant head. Admission fee for foreigners is included in your tour.

River Kwai Bridge

Thanks to several films and books, the Bridge over the River Kwai has become famous and attracted both Thais and foreigners to the site. If an ordinary black iron bridge can tell a story, you can be sure it's a dramatic one. The bridge has steel plates over the ties to make it easy to walk over the span. There are also viewing platforms between the trestles to give you a view of the river as well as to give you a place to get out of the way if you're on the bridge when a train comes.