Amphawa Floating Market Day Trip From Bangkok, Afternoon Into Evening
Amphawa trades Friday to Sunday from mid-afternoon into the night, and this 8.5-hour tour is built around that rhythm, with the Maeklong Railway Market and Wat Bang Kung on the way.
Updated 26 October 2026
In shortThis trip pairs the Maeklong Railway Market, Wat Bang Kung and Amphawa Floating Market in one 8.5-hour afternoon and evening out of Bangkok, closing with a boat on the Mae Klong to look for fireflies. The guide works in English, and the group travels in an air-conditioned vehicle from MBK, or with hotel pickup if that option is selected. It suits travellers who are in Bangkok on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday, prefer a late start to a dawn one, and accept that fireflies are seasonal and never guaranteed.
8.5 htour length
from THB 1420per adult
★ 4.588 reviews
Who the Amphawa floating market day trip from Bangkok suits
The day runs 8.5 hours and starts in the middle of the day rather than at dawn, from THB 1420, rated 4.5 ★ (88 reviews). A shared group travels by air-conditioned vehicle to Samut Songkhram, about 50 km from Bangkok and under 90 minutes in normal conditions, with an English-speaking guide, bottled water and three stops: the Maeklong Railway Market, Wat Bang Kung and Amphawa itself.
Amphawa's own site gives its trading days as Friday to Sunday, 2 pm to 9 pm, and closed Monday to Thursday, so this tour only works at the end of the week. Anyone in Bangkok on a Tuesday or Wednesday should look at Damnoen Saduak instead, where the canal trades daily and the usable window is roughly 07:00 to 09:30. The two markets run on opposite clocks, and that single difference decides which tour to take.
Meals are not included and the paddle boat at Amphawa costs THB 150 per person on top, so carry cash for food and for the boat if you want one. Wat Bang Kung is a working temple: shoulders and knees covered, slip-on shoes help because footwear comes off at the hall door. Travellers with mobility problems should know that long-tail boats are hard to get into and out of.
Travellers meet at the MBK Shopping Center G floor entrance next to The Beef Master restaurant, where the guide holds a TripGuru sign. Hotel pickup and drop-off is included if that option is selected, and the guide confirms the exact time the evening before.
Amphawa in the afternoon, the river after dark
Three hours at Amphawa, an hour at Wat Bang Kung and 90 minutes at the Maeklong Railway Market, with an English-speaking guide, an air-conditioned vehicle and bottled water. Dates run Friday to Sunday, when the market trades.
Mae Klong Railway Market (Hoop Rom Market)90 min Ninety minutes at the market built along a working railway line that dates to 1901. Stalls and awnings stand on the track and are pulled back when a train is due, then pushed out again once it has passed. The market trades every day from 07:00 to 16:00, but only four trains a day run the Ban Laem to Mae Klong section, arriving at roughly 08:30, 11:10, 14:30 and 17:40, so the pull-back happens at set moments. Produce, dried fish from the river mouth, snacks and souvenirs fill the rest of the aisles.
Wat Bang Kung60 min An hour at the temple across the Somdet Phra Sri Suriyendra bridge from Amphawa, about 6.6 km away. The ordination hall is wrapped in the roots of bodhi, sai banyan, krai and krang trees, and shelters Luang Pho Nil Mani, popularly Luang Pho Dam, seated in the Maravijaya posture. The site is Khai Bang Kung, a camp ordered by King Ekathat during the Burmese invasion, and a monument to King Taksin the Great stands in the grounds. The hall is thought to date from about 1765, late in the Ayutthaya period; the temple itself opens daily 08:00 to 16:30.
Amphawa Floating Market180 min Three hours along the canal and on the river. Grilled river prawns come off wooden boats around the central bridge and are priced by weight, with pad thai cooked in a boat, hoi tod oyster omelette, Mae Klong mackerel, coconut-sugar sweets and coconut ice cream close by; small food carts appear at weekends only. The slot ends with a boat on the Mae Klong to look for fireflies in the mangrove trees along the bank. Fireflies are usually visible in the rainy season, May to October, best on dark nights, and sightings are never promised. Good practice on the water is a quiet boat, the engine cut near the trees and no flash photography.
Photos: ours and the tour operator's
What is included
Included
Hotel pickup and drop-off, if that option is selected
Bottled drinking water
English-speaking guide
Air-conditioned vehicle
Not included
Personal expenses
Meals
Paddle boat at the floating market (THB 150 per person)
Meeting point and pickup
Meeting point: MBK Shopping Center, G floor entrance, next to The Beef Master restaurant. The guide holds a TripGuru sign.
Pickup: hotel pickup and drop-off is included when that option is selected, covering Khao San Road, Narathiwas Ratchanakarin, Sathorn Road (north and south) and Wireless Road. The pickup time depends on your location, and the guide makes contact the evening before to confirm it.
Ages: 6 and over.
Other options compared with this Amphawa floating market day trip from Bangkok
The private version of the same route runs 7 to 8 hours from THB 4690 and gives you your own vehicle and your own pace, which helps with small children or an early finish. The two Damnoen Saduak tours in the table swap Amphawa's evening for a canal morning, and that is the better choice from Monday to Thursday, when Amphawa does not trade.
Compare the tours below, then check availability for the days you actually have in Bangkok.
The tour runs on the days Amphawa trades, 8.5 hours from THB 1420 per adult, with an English-speaking guide and hotel pickup if that option is selected.
