Touch Thai Lifestyle Market at Damnoen Saduak Floating Market in Thailand

Touch Thai Lifestyle Market at Damnoen Saduak Floating Market in Thailand

by Jour ~ Thursday, May 18, 2006

Damnoen Saduak is the name of floating market at Ratchaburi province, central of Thailand, King Rama V.
gives the name Damnoen Saduak(Damnoen Saduak meaning convenient travel) for this canal.

In the past the canal length was about 32 kilometers, deep 3 meters and width 12 meters.

Damnoen Saduak’s used for transportation agricultural products such as pomelo, Coconut, Cashew Apple, Banana, Custard apple, Durian, Grapes, Mango, Papaya, Jackfruit and vegetable.

Floating Market is the meeting places of people live both sides of canal at the morning to noon for exchange or buy and sell agricultural product and goods.

What to do in Damnoen Saduak - Floating Market?

Walking along the floating market, buying fruit and
Thai foods, Popular Thai foods as such noodle on boat,Thai dessert, ice black coffee and palm juice. And you can rent boat at 300 Baht per 1 boat per hour

How to go there?
Damnoen Saduak in Ratchaburi province about 109 kilometers south of Bangkok. You can go by Car from Bangkok Highway No.4 and turn left at Km. 80 for another 25 kms. along Bangpae-Damnoen Saduak Rd.

For tourist who wants to rent boat, oarsman will take you around floating market. So if you want to shop on boat, can tell oarsman for stop the boat. For car park fee: 20 Baht per day. Opening hours of floating market are 6.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m.