FLOATING MARKETS plus Bike and Boat
Day Ride tour in Thailand - Bangkok
1 days ex Bangkok - US$105(3150 Baht)

When Talad Nam Dumnernsaduak or Dumnernsaduak Floating Market was revealed to the world as new tourist destination for the first time in 1967 or more than 40 years ago, the place was clumped with small row-boat loaded with various kinds of commodities necessary for living by venders dressed in dark tone cloths, common dress of orchardist, worn “ngob” or a hat that made from palm leaves, rowing the boat around trading with each other. 

Nowadays, this floating market is renown all over the world and has become one of the must be visited place.

In fact, Talad Nam Dumnernsaduak or Dumnernsaduak Floating Market was more than hundred years old.  It has become a trading place for the villagers who lives around that area since King RAMA IV of Bangkok ordered Dumnernsaduak canal to be dug.  It was because this area had no road to access to other area and most of the people around here used boat to communicate in daily life.  This Dumnernsaduak canal connects with Tha Jean river and Mae Glong river together.  It spent two years to finish the job with man labor.  In the beginning, this market was the center for people who lived around the area, commuted by boat only, to trade agriculture products from their plantation, orchard , garden, farm and paddy field.  But at present, this Dumnernsaduak Floating Market is both land and float market which means the trading is done on canal bank and in the canal.

The name “Dumnernsaduak” means “Easy to Travel” since the canal was dug primarily for the purpose of easing the travel between Tha Jean river and Mae Glong river.  But somehow it has been changed. It has become a trading place for vendors and merchants.  It has become a meeting point for hundreds of boat to sell not only commodities but also all kind of merchandises, such as agriculture products, foods, sweets, local handicrafts to manufacturing goods from Bangkok and other provinces around the country.  For tourists who visiting this place, it is a spectacular sight to see hundreds of boats full with merchandises clumping in the canal trading.  It is unquestionable an amazing place and still has conserved the spirit of genuine floating market which is different from the recently organized floating market in many other provinces.

Itinerary
Your tour-guide will pick you up at your hotel in Bangkok at around 6:45 to 7:15 in the morning.  We will travel by van for about an hour to our destination. We will have a short brake on the way at Talad Sieng Tai, translated literally is Risk Your Life Market, to walk around observing commodities from sea traded here.

The next stop will be visiting the Ton Mapraw Num Tarn village to watch how Palm sugar is produced. Then we will arrive at the famous Dumnersadauk Floating Market.  You will have a chance to really feel the atmosphere of floating market by going into the row-boat and row along the canal in the middle of vendors‘ boats, boats which selling fruits, foods, sweets, and local creative merchandises.

Once disembark from the boat, we will start our bicycle tour.  We will cycling pass through coconut plantation, orchard, visiting Mongkok temple which is covered by Bhodi Tree and ancient barracks.  We will traveling slowly to visit the other old temple which has fabulous woodcraft before take a brake at Ampawa floating market, another famous floating market known by Thai tourists.  Ampawa is also another attractive floating market with many vendor selling foods and all kind of handicrafts.
After visiting Ampawa, we will continue cycling on the quite road through the village.  Many old temples which have beautiful mural painting and green marble floors will be visited.  If we are lucky, we will have a chance to taste the most delectable ice coffee and nice ice tea in the area before going back to Bangkok

Bookings
This tour operates every Saturday and Sunday. If you have a minimum group of 4 adults or more (or willing to pay the cost of 4 adults), we will run the trip for you on any day of the week (subject to availability).

Please note that should wish to book this tour one or two days before you want to travel with us you should call to confirm your place: office hours 02 628 8628, after hours or when we are all out on tour 089 201 7782.

Facts and Information

Style :fully supported day ride

Inclusions :support vehicle, ferry, bicycles and helmets, lunch, water on the ride, boat ride at floating market and local tour guide  

Group Size :minimum 2, maximum 10

Cycling Conditions
easy
Kilometres Cycled :27km

Bikes
we use imported 24-27 speed TREK mountain bikes