From Bangkok: Thaka Floating Market

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Enjoy a day trip to the authentic Thaka Floating Market, only 60 kilometers away from Bangkok. Experience the colorful scene of vendors selling products from their boats.

Highlights

  • Visit the an authentic and preserved Thaka Floating Market
  • Enjoy a paddle boat ride through small canals around the market area
  • Experience a local traditional Thai house and watch how the locals make brown coconut sugar

Description

Start your trip from your accommodation or meet the group at River City Bangkok and depart to Samut Songkhram on a day trip. Thaka Floating Market will give you a truly authentic experience! Here, the locals' way of life is still very much preserved. Thaka Floating market is in Tambon Thaka. It is a floating market where the local lifestyle is still well-conserved. The locals do farming and agricultural work for a living and bring their vegetables and fruits such as chilis, onions, coconut sugars, guavas, cononuts, rose apples, and pomelo to exchange and sell at the floating market in their boats. Along the way, make a quick stop to visit a traditional Thai house, where you can see locals making brown coconut sugar. Explore the house and its surrounding area, which is home to many different animals living on the coconut plantation. .  This floating market still remains the villagers’ way of life in nature. The villagers here do farming and grow various plants. They usually paddle a boat to bring their produce to sell to each other. The vegetables and fruits from their orchards include chili, shallot, garlic, coconut sugar, guava, coconut, rose apple, pomelo, etc. After an enjoyable day, transfer back to Bangkok

Includes

Air condition transportation Wooden boat ride English-speaking guide All taxes and fees

Important Information

  • Lunch, personal expenses and gratuities are not included

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Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund

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