Railway Market + Monkey Feeding + Floating Market
📌 Highlight
Railway Market ‘Mae Klong’
Feeding Monkeys at ‘Klong Kone’ Mangrove Forest
Floating Market ‘Damnoen Saduak’
“This tour is designed for small groups, families with young children, couples, friends or solo travelers who have already visited major sites in Bangkok and looking to see famous markets outside Bangkok. The famous exciting Train Market and Floating Market which are fun activities especially for young children or teenagers in your group. Follow by the unique experience of Feeding Monkeys inside the mangrove forest. This itinerary is perfect for travelers who are interesting to try authentic Thai foods, a mixture of famous touristic markets + non-touristic areas of feeding monkeys in the mangrove forest.”
📌 Itinerary:
(Estimate driving distance 1.30 – 2 hours from Bangkok to the Railway Market, depending on your hotel location and traffic in Bangkok)
‘Mae Klong’ Railway Market︱Full Story 1 Minute Video
1) Railway Market ‘Mae Klong’ More Details : This fresh local outdoor market is something you will not soon forget. We will visit and walk through the narrow market stalls along the train tracks. Vendors sell everything from fresh fruits and vegetables, dried shrimp, fresh fish, fresh meats and offer many prepared foods to buy. The fresh market is located along the tracks of a functioning commuter train. It’s truly amazing to watch as the public transportation train comes through the market and the vendors will pull aside their tents, umbrellas, stalls and fresh foods to allow for room for the train to pass in between their stalls and the tracks. The Train Market makes some great photos & videos to bring home and leaves you with a memory of a lifetime.
(Estimate driving distance 20 minutes from the Railway Market to Feeding Monkey area at ‘Klong Kone’ Mangrove Forest)
2) ‘Klong Kone’ Mangrove Forest : Klong Kone is the famous Mangrove Forest is located south 2 hours from Bangkok. This Mangrove Forest has covered areas of 800 Acres. Most of the local Thai families here are fishermen and seafood sellers.
Klong Kone community has arranged an amazing tour to support local Thais such as monkey feeding, visit oyster farms, home-cook lunch at the stilt house in the seashore, and others. You can enjoy learning about fishermen’s way of life and the highlight is ‘Monkey Feeding’ where you can feed fruits to all friendly monkeys by your hands! Take a local speed boat by the fisherman at the seashore areas for about 1 hour Feeding Monkeys at the mangrove forest. There are more than a few-hundreds monkeys ‘Crab-Eating Macaque’ living inside the mangrove forest. They are a great swimmer and dive 50 meters / 150 feet deep. They love to eat small shrimps, crab, seafood, and fruits. These friendly monkeys are very excited to feed by fruits in your hands, sometimes they might swim or climb up on the boat to collect fruits from you and you can have amazing photos with them.
(Estimate driving distance 40 minutes back to Floating Market)
3) Floating Market ‘Damnoen Saduak’ More Details : Visit the Original Floating Market in Thailand. It’s been an active place for locals for over 150 years. You can take the local speedboats through the man-made canal and see many local Thai houses and coconut and other fruits farms along the way to the main section of the Floating Market. Vendors sell everything on boats such as fruits, foods, snacks freshly prepared food directly from the local vendors along the canals. Welcome to join us the real theme of the Floating Market by doing all activities on boats such as eat, buy, sell, cook, take photos on the boat.
Remark: There are many 'Floating Market' surrounding Bangkok. Damnoen Saduak is the only one where you can do all activities on the boat such as sit, eat, buy, sell, cook, take photos on the boat - The real theme of the Floating Market - while other Floating Markets are the man-made market nearby the canal/river but there is no activities involve with the boats. You can able only walk on the market land and try local foods, fruits.
(Estimate driving distance 1.30 - 2 hour from Monkey Feeding areas back to Bangkok)
📌 Using a private van with air-conditioning on tour:
The private commuter van is highly recommended for an easy and relaxing way to travel around Bangkok. It’s very comfortable with air-conditioning to keep you cool in Bangkok’s high temperatures and high humidity. Average temps in Bangkok 29-38C/85-100F with high humidity 70-90%. We will provide all refreshments such as cold waters, cold towels, and umbrellas on all trips.
The tour uses an Air-Conditioned Minivan for easy transportation. This is suitable for large groups, friends, families with young children who may not be used to the high temperatures and high humidity in Bangkok. Anyone who is unable to walk long distances on tour and also for those who might be tired from jetlag or long flights the day before your tour begins.
📌 Private Tour Price 📌
1 Person | 14600 THB Per Person
2 Persons | 7200 THB Per Person
3 Persons | 5400 THB Per Person
4 Persons | 4500 THB Per Person
5 Persons | 4000 THB Per Person
📌 Included
1) Activity
- Local speed boat at the floating market for 1-1.30 hours. 1 boat can be maximum 4-5 persons depending on the weight and body sizes of your group. If your group is more than 4-5 persons, the group might be separated 2 boats.
- Local speed boat at the mangrove forest for 1 hour. 1 boat can be a maximum 6 persons depending on the weights and body sizes of your group. If your group is more than 6 persons, the group might be separated into 2 boats.
- Season fruits for feeding monkeys.
2) Licensed English Speaking Guide
3) Private Van Commuter: Air-Conditioned with professional licensed driver + Refreshments (cold waters and cold towels) + Fuel + Tolls + Parking fees
4) Travel accident insurance (Require passport details)
📌 Not Included
1. Meals per person costs approximately 100-300 THB per person.
2. (If the tour takes longer than 9 hours) Overtime after 9 hours for tour guide and driver are 1000 THB per hour per group.
3. Pick up | Drop off | Airport Transfer - More Details
📌 Note
1. The private group more than 5 persons, please contact me.
2. I only arrange a private group tour of couples, family with children or teenager(s), group of friend(s), co-worker(s). I do not arrange a join group tour.
📌 Remark
At the Railway Market, if you would like to see the highlight of train run through the market at 9 am, the tour has to start at 6.15 am – 6.30 am pick up at hotel. The start time on tour depends on your hotel location in Bangkok. If this start time is too early for your group, you can also start at 7 am but your group will not see the train run through the market. We will still walk through the market anyway. I’m flexible, please feel free to request your start time.
📌 Terms & Conditions
🔹 After checking the tour availability and other details, the confirmation tour requires a deposit payment before the tour starts. Without a deposit payment, there is no reservation or confirmation for a tour. The deposit is non-refundable. I usually have 18 - 25 booking days each month. I only work by myself without other tour guides and my schedule tour is usually booked very fast. I would recommend you make the reservation in advance.
🔹 The confirmation tour booking is first come first serve. After I receive the deposit, I will send you the confirmation tour and details of the balance payment on your tour again.
🔹 The list on the itinerary is 9 hours of tour standard charged. If your tour is not finished within 9 hours, still the same charge.
🔹 This is a pre-planned tour: If you decide to end the tour early or skip some of the activities, the tour rate remains the same, as this is a pre-planned guided tour.