BKK-0004: Private tour Damnoen Saduak Floating Market - Bridge Over The River Kwai with Train - Lunch

• Tour: Thailand (Bangkok-Damnoen Saduak-Kanchanaburi)
• Starting point: Bangkok City
• Tour Type: Private tour (FIT or Group)
• Duration: Full day (07.00-17.00 hrs.).

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1. Damnoen Saduak Floating Market Tour

• Depart from Bangkok at 7:30 am, and head to Ratchaburi Province, home of the famous Damnoen Saduak Floating Market. Along the way, make a quick stop to  visit a traditional Thai house, where you can see locals making brown coconut sugar.
• Explore the house and its surrounding area, which is home to many different animals living on the coconut plantation.
• Continue your trip by boarding a paddle boat for a ride along narrow canals to  the floating market. See the local houses lining the canals and take a quick glance at their way of living, while you pass by. When you arrive at the market, see the amazing array of vendors in their boats, selling fresh products, from fruits and vegetables to prepared dishes.
• Explore the floating market at your leisure for about an hour and take time to try some authentic Thai foods, such as Pad Thai, Mango Sticky Rice, Boat Noodles or Coconut Ice Cream sold along the canal. Meet up with your guide to head to the River Kwai Kanchanaburi.

2.  Historical Day Tour to River Kwai

Full description

• Learn about the construction of the Burma Railway, also known as the “Death Railway,” on this 10-hour historical tour to Kanchanaburi, approximately 80 miles (130 kilometers) west of Bangkok. Upon arrival, you will tour the well-kept War Cemetery, where the graves of an estimated 9,000 Allied soldiers are tended. They perished while constructing the notorious "Death Railway,” which the Japanese had hoped would stretch all the way to the Burmese border. Uncover the terrible history of the railway at the Thailand-Burma Railway Centre, an interactive museum, research, and information center dedicated to presenting the story of the Thailand-Burma Railway built during World War II. See the past recreated and relived with pictures and artifacts. You will also ride a train along the original Death Railway track, with a sumptuous lunch awaiting at the disembarkation station. Return to Bangkok in the late

Highlights 

• Travel with a private tour Damnoen Saduak Floating market and Kanchanaburi Province where the WWII memorials
  
• and museums are a reminder of darker times
• Boat rides at Damnoen Saduak Floating market.
• Shopping and food
• Local cuisine
• Riverside life
• Ride along a stretch of the notorious Death Railway
• See the infamous bridge on the River Kwai
•  Learn about the history of the railway's construction by Allied prisoners of war
• Visit the famous Thailand-Burma Railway Centre in Kanchanaburi

15.30 hrs. Return to Bangkok

17:00 hrs.: Arrive at your hotel.