PB
Peter B.Canada · January 2026
★★★★
“Excellent guiding and a beautiful route. One hotel was below the standard of the others and they refunded the difference without argument.”
Private tour
Maeklong Railway Market & Amphawa
The market that folds up for the train, then a boat through the Amphawa canals and fireflies at dusk.
A private afternoon and evening to the Maeklong Railway Market and the Amphawa floating market, from $69 per person. It leaves Bangkok at 1pm and returns around 9pm, timed for the train and the evening boats.
Duration1 days / 0 nights
From$69 pp
GroupPrivate · 2–6 travellers
StylePrivate tour
The market that folds up for the train, then a boat through the Amphawa canals and fireflies at dusk.
Best for: An afternoon and evening out. The route runs Bangkok. Everything below is a starting point: hotels can be upgraded or simplified, days can be added, and any element can be removed.
The Maeklong market is the one where the awnings fold back and the train passes through the middle of the stalls eight times a day. It is a genuine working market, not a staged demonstration, and the timing is everything — the train arrives on a fixed schedule and the market exists around it.
Amphawa in the evening is the better half. It is a weekend floating market on the canal, less commercial than Damnoen Saduak, and the boat trip at dusk to see the fireflies in the riverside trees is one of the nicest hours in central Thailand. Note that Amphawa runs Friday to Sunday only.
What happens
- The train through Maeklong market
- Longtail through Amphawa canals
- Coconut-sugar farm
- Fireflies after dark
1pm depart Bangkok, Maeklong for the 3pm train, Amphawa boats and market, back by 9pm.
How the days are paced
Eight hours including 1.5 hours of driving each way. Market stop 45 minutes, Amphawa 2.5 hours including a boat trip.
What changes the price
$69 per person is based on private · 2–6 travellers sharing a room for 1 days, with mid-range four-star hotels as standard. Nothing is added locally: the entrance fees, boats and guiding are already in the number.
Deposit is 20% to confirm, balance 30 days before arrival. Free changes up to 45 days out.
What’s included
Included
- Guide
- Private car
- Longtail boat
- Market snacks
Not included
- Dinner
- Drinks
- Tips
Good to know
From $69 per person, based on private · 2–6 travellers, 1 days. The quote includes the hotels, guiding and transport listed under “What’s included”; international flights and travel insurance are not included.
Yes. Every itinerary on this site is a starting point. Days can be added or removed, hotels upgraded or simplified, and the route reordered around your dates — we re-cost it as many times as you need before you commit.
Not included: dinner, drinks. Everything else listed under “What’s included” is in the quote, and we do not add local payments on arrival.
Three to six months ahead for the best hotels, and by September for travel over Christmas and New Year. Green-season trips can usually be arranged with six weeks’ notice.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings. On other days we substitute the Damnoen Saduak morning market.
Several times a day; the most reliable are mid-morning and around 2:30pm. We time the departure around the current timetable.
Experiences on this trip
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HL
Hannah L.New Zealand · May 2026
★★★★★
“Three weeks is a long time to be organised. Nothing fell through, and the one thing that did — a cancelled flight — was rebooked before we reached the airport.”
MK
Michael R.Germany · February 2026
★★★★★
“Three drafts of the itinerary before we paid anything, and every change was answered the same day. The guide in Chiang Mai was worth the whole trip.”
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