Enjoy a unique shopping experience at Damnoen Saduak floating market is a centuries old market in Ratchaburi. The floating market is routinely crowded with hundreds of vendors and buyers floating in their small rowing boats trading goods
1 day trip from Bangkok to Damnoen Saduak floating market
Rate 5500 B.
– Private tour guide
– Private car
– Long-tail boat at Damnoen Saduak floating market
– Pick up from hotel in Bangkok or airport
– Drop off at hotel in Bangkok or airport
The name Damnoen Saduak in Thai language means convenient transportation. It was launched to the world as an attraction in 1967 and is a semi-land market meaning there are vendors in boats in in small shops on land. The vendors wear dark-colored clothes like gardeners and row will paddle down the Ton Khem canal in the early morning. Products range from savory foods, sweet foods, appetizers, fruits, utensils, souvenirs, as well as local handicrafts.
In the past, Damnoen Saduak floating market was the center of trading in the area. Vegetables and fruits from seasonal farms and farms in that area. There is a nice covered walkway on both sides of the market to keep the strong sun off you. Therefore, making walking around the market very comfortable. This canal is a canal that people in Ratchaburi, Samut Sakhon and Samut Songkhram provinces come to each other, meaning the name “Damnoen Saduak” is a convenient transportation.
Amphawa Floating Market
Amphawa floating market is not really a floating market. It is a market by the water and mostly sells food. Friday-Sunday the market will be packed with people who come to enjoy canal-side views or having delicious food. All visitors can purchase seafood, local Thai dessert or souvenirs for friends and family. Moreover, the visitors can have a boat tour to see views and lifestyles along Amphawa Canal. At night, the visitors can arrange for a boat trip to watch fireflies in cork trees as a fascinating night scene. Places nearby include King Buddhalertla (Phuttha Loet la) Naphalai Memorial Park where visitors can see Thai people’s way of life, traditional Thai houses and antiques from early- 19th-century Siam
Wat Bang Kung – Temple hidden within the roots of a banyan tree
Wat Bang Kung was built in the Ayudhaya period. Evidence of ancient sites that can be seen today, including the temple’s brick masonry, currently covered by banyan trees, behind the gable of the temple. There are stucco patterns decorated with wares, which are a characteristic of the late Ayutthaya period. The Ubosot enshrines a large Buddha statue in the late Ayutthaya period. Carved from red sandstone, the statue shows the posture of Marichai. The local villagers call it “Luang Pho Bot Noi” on the wall of the chapel has a mural of a former Buddha and images of Buddha’s life. In addition, there is an ancient rectangular pool, about 5 meters in width and 7 meters in length dotted with bricks on the north side of the temple.
Carissa carandas Farm
Carissa carandas is a species of flowering shrub in the family Apocynaceae. It produces berry-sized fruits that are commonly used as a condiment in Indian pickles and spices. It is a hardy, drought-tolerant plant that thrives well in a wide range of soils. Common names in English include Bengal currant, Christ’s thorn, carandas plum and karanda
Normally it flourishes well in regions with high temperatures. Thus, it is found in abundance in Western Ghats of Konkan region in the western coastal states of Maharashtra and Goa. Nevertheless, it grows naturally even in the temperate conditions of Siwalik Hills of Himalayas in India and Nepal at elevations of 30 to 1,800 meters (98 to 5,906 ft). In rest of India and South Asian countries
