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● Best season West90 km from Bangkok
Amphawa Floating Market
A train runs through a market + night floating market + firefly boat — Fri/Sat/Sun only
MarketsFoodPhoto spots Ideal: 1 days90 km · 1.5–2 hrs · Fri–Sun
How to go
Van from Sai Tai Mai / Mo Chit ≈ 100–120 ฿ each way · Train Wongwian Yai → Mahachai → Maeklong ≈ 20 ฿
Market
Amphawa Fri–Sun 15:00–21:00
Best for
Food, night market, boat ride
Season in Nov ● Best season
Most fireflies in May–Oct (rainy season) — bring an umbrella.
Day-by-day plan
2 days
The market here is open Fri–Sun only.
1Day 1
- Van Sai Tai Mai → Maeklong (1.5 hrs)
- Lunch at Maeklong
- Maeklong Railway Market — train ≈ 14:30 (also 8:30 / 11:10 / 17:40)
- Songthaew → Amphawa (10 ฿)
- Amphawa canal — seafood from the boats
- Wat Bang Kung (temple in tree roots)
- Firefly boat (60–100 ฿, 1 hr)
- Last van back ≈21:00
2Day 2
- Homestay breakfast, give alms to monks by the canal
- Tha Kha Floating Market (weekend)
- Coconut sugar farm + King Rama II Park
- Lunch, van back
Food to try
- •Grilled squid and shrimp from the boats
- •Hoy thod (mussel pancake)
- •Khanom chan, coconut sugar sweets
- •Maeklong: pla tu (mackerel) — famous in Samut Songkhram
Good to know
Book your return van early (the last one is ≈21:00). For more than 2 people, hiring a car for the day (≈2,500 ฿) is more flexible.
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฿1,900 / per person
2 days · 2 people · ฿3,820