Kanchanaburi: Floating Market and Kwai River

Classic Kanchanaburi tour , always very appreciated, since the seats so characteristic that you visit. A day in the nature outside Bangkok to discover the forests and rivers, Kanchanaburi, on the edge of the Burmese border.

 

DETAILED PROGRAM

Damnoen Saduak Floating Market is the most famous and traditional floating market near Bangkok … it is definitely colorful, noisy, touristy but also very funny and one day your “shop” will taste different.

After you see the Burma-Thailand railway line, and the famous bridge of the  “The Bridge on the River Kwai”, the epic film (1957 ) about the madness of war and military ethics absurdity, very actual.

 

Itinerary

06:30 minibus will pick you up from your hotel

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We start from Bangkok in the early mornind, destination Ratchaburi province where the Damnoen Saduak Floating Market is located.

09:30 Arrival at the pier of the village, we climb aboard the boat that will lead us’ in the main areas of the market, we will see the local market life. We will have 15 minutes by boat and about an hour on foot.
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11.00     we leave the floating market

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12.00     Lunch in a local restaurant

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14.00     Visit Museum of War (here you have to pay 1 euro for entrance fee tax).

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15.00    Now we go to see the Bridge on the river Kwai

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15.30    We arrive there , photos and visit and walk on the old train railway.

16.30   We leave Kanchanaburi

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18.30  Arrive in Bangkok, transfer to your hotel