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Floating
Market : Damnoen Saduak |
This
large and popular floating market is about 100 km southwest
of Bangkok in Ratchaburi province. Photos of this vibrant
market featuring many small boats laden with colourful
fruits and vegetables and paddled by Thai women wearing
bamboo hats, are among the most often published in travel
magazines and brochures of Thailand.
The Damnoen Saduak canal was ordered to be built in
1866 by King Rama IV of the Chakri Dynasty to facilitate
waterborne travels between Ratchaburi and Samutsakhon
Provinces. It was finished and opened to the public
in 1868.
Nowadays, apart from providing transportation, Damnoen
Saduak canal also provides local farmers with adequate
water for agricultural purposes. A number of canals were
dug to connect with it by local peasants to get water
to splatter their land. As the excellent quality soil
along the canal is very fertile, the area has a high potential
for producing various kinds of fruits and vegetables.
The Floating Market is routinely crowded with hundreds
of vendors and purchasers floating in their small rowing
boats selling and buying agricultural products and local
food, which are mostly brought from their own nearby orchards.
Therefore, it is a very attractive place for tourists
to see this old style and traditional way of selling and
buying goods.
Around
this area, boat trip services are available for sightseeing
along smaller canals branching off from the Damnoen
Saduak canal. Visitors can observe Thai traditional
houses and the way they live as well as tasting exotic
fruits, local food and refreshing drinks along the waterway.
There are bus services to Damnoen Saduak from the Southern
Bus Terminal on Borommarat Chachonnani Road starting at
6 a.m. You'd better get there as early in the morning
as possible to escape a crowd of visitors.
Related Articles
• Floating market story
• The Traditional Ways of Canal Trading
• Coconut Sugar Production
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Duration of visit |
About 2-3 hrs. |
Open |
Early morning daily.
Most boats will be there up to about mid-morning. |
Accessibility |
Recommended to contact tour
agent |
Thai name |
ตลาดน้ำดำเนินสะดวก ราชบุรี |
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Related Tour Programs |
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Around Bangkok tour program code S-06
Coconut Sugar Farm, a long-tail boat trip to Damnoen Saduak Floating Market, Royal Thai Handicraft Centre |
Half Day (a.m.) |
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Around Bangkok tour program code S-29
Coconut Sugar Farm, a long-tail boat trip to Damnoen Saduak Floating Market, Royal Thai Handicraft Centre, Crocodile Farm and Rose Garden Riverside (Thai Village) |
Full Day |
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Around Bangkok tour program code S-30
Coconut Sugar Farm, a long-tail boat trip to Damnoen Saduak Floating Market, Royal Thai Handicraft Centre and Rose Garden Riverside (Thai Village Show) |
Full Day |
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Around Bangkok tour program code S-31
A speedboat trip to Damnoen Saduak Floating Market, River Kwai Bridge (Death Railway), lunch on a floating restaurant |
Full Day |
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Around Bangkok tour program code S-32
Coconut Sugar Farm, a long-tail boat trip to Damnoen Saduak Floating Market, Royal Thai Handicraft Centre, elephant show and crocodile wrestling at Samphran Elephant Ground and Zoo
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Full Day |
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Bangkok tour + accommodation package code P-12
Grand Palace & Temple of the Emerald Buddha, Vimanmek Mansion, a long-tail boat trip to Damnoen Saduak Floating Market, Coconut Sugar Farm, Royal Thai Handicraft Centre, Rose Garden Riverside (Thai Village Show), Death Railway
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3D2N |
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Around Bangkok tour + accommodation package code P-18
Damnoen Saduak Floating Market, River Kwai Bridge, a long-tail boat trip to resort, Dinner with Mon Dance Show, Lawa Cave, Hellfire Pass Memorial Museum, Kanchanaburi War Cemetery and JEATH War Museum |
3D2N |
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Bangkok tour + accommodation package code P-24
Chatuchak Weekend Market, Grand Palace & Temple of the Emerald Buddha, Flea Market, Siam Niramit, Dream World Amusement Park, Dinner Cruise, Damnoen Saduak Floating Market, Crododile Farm and Rose Garden Riverside (Thai Village Show) |
5D4N |
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Bangkok tour + accommodation package code P-25
Outstanding temples, Wat Traimit, Wat Pho, Marble Temple, Grand Palace and Temple of the Emerald Buddha, Gems Factory, Damnoen Saduak Floating Market, Calypso Cabaret, Crocodile Farm and Elephant Theme Show |
5D4N |
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