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Damnoen Saduak Floating Market Tour from Hua Hin, Small Group
A 10-hour small-group day out that drives from the coast to the canal market for an early boat ride, then stops at a coconut sugar farm and Khao Yoi Cave on the way back.
Updated 26 October 2026
In shortThis Damnoen Saduak floating market tour from Hua Hin is a small-group day trip with about three hours at the market, two hours at a coconut sugar farm in Samut Songkhram and an hour at Khao Yoi Cave. The day runs 10 hours, from THB 2400, and includes lunch, bottled water, an air-conditioned vehicle, a long-tail boat trip and a professional English-speaking guide. It suits travellers already based on the coast who do not want to move to Bangkok just to see the market.
10 htour length
from THB 2400per adult
★ 4.73 reviews
What the Damnoen Saduak floating market tour from Hua Hin covers
The tour below is the only one on this site that starts from Hua Hin rather than Bangkok, and the only one with lunch included. The day lasts 10 hours and is priced from THB 2400 per adult, with a rating of 4.7 ★ (3 reviews). Group size is kept small, transport is an air-conditioned vehicle, and the guide works in English.
Three stops make up the itinerary: 180 minutes at Damnoen Saduak Floating Market, 120 minutes at a coconut sugar farm in Samut Songkhram and 60 minutes at Khao Yoi Cave, which sits 22 km north of Phetchaburi town on the road back south. A long-tail boat trip through the market canal is included in the price, so there is nothing to arrange at the pier.
The early departure is the point of the whole day. Damnoen Saduak trades every day, but it is busiest from 07:00 to 09:00 and by about 09:30 the main canal fills with tour-group boats, so the usable window is roughly 07:00 to 09:30. Leaving the coast before dawn also keeps you off the water during the hottest part of the morning.
Khlong Damnoen Saduak is a working piece of engineering, 32 km long with around 200 smaller side canals dug by villagers. King Mongkut, Rama IV, ordered it to link the Mae Klong and Tha Chin rivers, and it was finished in 1868. The market you see today was revived for tourism after the original Lad Plee market beside the temple closed in 1967, when roads took over from water transport.
Damnoen Saduak Floating Market Small-Group Tour from Hua Hin
Early start from your accommodation on the coast, three hours at Damnoen Saduak with a long-tail boat trip, a coconut sugar farm in Samut Songkhram, lunch and Khao Yoi Cave. Rated 4.7 ★ (3 reviews).
Damnoen Saduak Floating Market180 min The boat takes you through the middle of the market, past sampans selling fruit and canoe cooks making boat noodles on the water. Afterwards there is time to walk the canal-side lanes, where shops and small workshops sell Thai snacks; food and souvenir prices here are generally fixed within a few baht. The guide fills in how the market and the canal came about. Damnoen Saduak is three markets, not a single pier: Ton Khem is the largest, Hia Kui is lined with souvenir shops aimed at tour groups, and Khun Phitak lies about 2 km south of Hia Kui.
Coconut Sugar Farm120 min Samut Songkhram province is known for coconut sugar, and this stop shows how it is made: palm sap is tapped morning and evening, boiled down on a sugar stove and packed into tins or sold in lumps. Fresh coconut sugar sweets taste close to rich caramel and the same sugar flavours Thai desserts and curries. The work is small-scale and done by hand, which is why cane sugar has largely replaced it. Tins and lumps travel well as a souvenir.
Khao Yoi Cave60 min Tham Khao Yoi sits on a hill clearly visible from Highway No. 4, behind Khao Yoi railway station, 22 km north of Phetchaburi town. King Rama VI practised meditation here while he was ordained, and the cave now holds several Buddha images. Treat it as a temple visit: shoulders and knees covered, and slip-on shoes save time because shoes come off before you enter.
Photos: ours and the tour operator's
What is included
Included
Bottled water
Lunch
Air-conditioned vehicle
Long-tail boat trip
Professional English-speaking guide
Not included
Tips
Meeting point, pickup and cancellation
Pickup: Please wait at the Lobby or at your House. The Tour guide will be looking for you.
Cancellation: For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Ages: infant 0–2, child 3–10, adult 11+
The Damnoen Saduak floating market tour from Hua Hin compared with other options
Starting point decides most of this choice. The tour on this page is the only one leaving from Hua Hin, so it saves a night in Bangkok and includes lunch; the three options below all begin in Bangkok and are shorter days, between five and seven hours.
For a quick look at the canal only, the half-day small-group tour runs 6 h from THB 2887 at 4.5 ★ (193 reviews). To add the train market, the half-day Damnoen Saduak and Meklong Railway Market tour runs 5 to 6 h from €90 at 4.7 ★ (102 reviews). Travellers who want their own vehicle and boat should look at the private railway and floating market tour, 5 to 7 h from THB 3950 at 5.0 ★ (217 reviews), the highest-rated of the four.
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Damnoen Saduak Floating Market Small-Group Tour from Hua Hin (this page)
Departures run early and the group stays small, so dates fill in the dry season. The booking page shows the current price from THB 2400 and the available days.
