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(FULL - DAY FLOATING MARKET IN DAMNETN SADUAK + ELEPHANT THEME SHOW &
CROCODILE WRESTLING AT SAMPHRAN ELEPHANT GROUND & ZOO )
( DAILY : MORNING ONLY AT 7.30 A.M. )
( TOURING TIME : APPROXIMATELY 9 - 10 HOURS ) |
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TOUR ITINERARY :
- DEPART HOTEL BY PRIVATE AIR - CONDITIONED VAN WITH LICENSED ENGLISH - SPEAKING GUIDE
FOR SAMUT SONGKRAM
- VISIT SAMUT SONGKRAM MORNING MARKET TO SEE VARIETIES OF FRESH SEAFOODS, FRUITS AND
VEGETABLES WHICH ARE WELL - KNOWN PRODUCTS OF THIS TINY SEASIDE TOWN
- CONTINUE BY VAN FOR LOCAL COCONUT PLANTATION
- VISIT A LOCAL COCONUT PLANTATION SEE HOW DELICIOUS SUGAR ARE MADE FROM THE JUICE OF
COCONUT FLOWERS. COCONUT SUGER ARE WIDELY USED IN THE MAKINGS OF MANY KINDS OF THAI
FOODS AND SWEETS.
- COUTINUE BY VAN FOR BOAT - LANDING PIER
- ENJOY A RELAXING 20 - MINUTE BOAT RIDE BY PRIVATE LONG - TAILED SPEED BOAT ALONG RURAL
CANALS OF DAMNERN SADUAK
- ARRIVE AT DAMNERN SAKUAK FLOATING MARKET TO CONTINUE BY PRIVATE ROWING - BOAT FOR THE
CLOSEST LOOK OF THE MARKET FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES
- CONTINUE BY VAN TO VISIT AN INTERESTING THAI HANDICRAFT CENTER WHERE BEAUTIFUL HAND -
MADE WOODEN PRODUCTS CAN BE SEEN
- CONTINUE BY VAN TO VISIT PHRA PATHOM CHEDI IN NAKORN PATHOM
- CONTINUE BY VAN FOR DELICIOUS THAI & INTERNATIONAL BUFFET LUNCH AT SAMPHRAN ELEPHANT
- ARRIVE AT THE ROSE GARDEN FOR LUNCH
GROUND & ZOO
- ARRIVE AT SAMPHRAN ELEPHANT GROUND & ZOO FOR LUNCH
- ENJOY AN EXCITING BUT SAFE TREKING - TOUR ON ELEPHANT BACK FOR 30 MINUTES
- ENJOY ELEPHANT THEME SHOW IN AN INDOOR AUDITORIUM
- ENJOY EXCITING CROCODILE WRESTLING AT THE MAIN CROCODILE PIT
- RETURN BY VAN TO BANGKOK FOR THE HOTEL
TOUR PRICES :
1 PAX - 8,480 BAHT
2 PAX - 5,380 BAHT EACH
3 - 4 PAX - 4,530 BAHT EACH
5 - 6 PAX - 4,090 BAHT EACH
TRANSPORT :
* WIDE-BODY TOYOTA VAN (3000)( 9 - SEATED )
* MERCEDES BENZ VAN (MB140)( 9 - SEATED )
* LONG - TAILED SPEED BOAT
* ROWING - BOAT
* FULL - GROWN ELEPHANT
PRICE INCLUDES :
- PRIVATE VAN WITH LICENSED ENGLISH - SPEAKING GUIDE
- PRIVATE LONG - TAILED SPEED BOAT AT DAMNERN SADUAK
- PRIVATE ROWING - BOAT AT DAMNERN SADUAK
- ALL ADMISSION FEES
- THAI & INTERNATIONAL BUFFET LUNCH AT SAMPHRAN ELEPHANT GROUND & ZOO
- ELEPHANT THEME SHOW & CROCODILE WRESTLING SHOW
- 30 - MINUTE TREKING TOUR ON ELEPHANT BACK
- 1 MILLION BAHT INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR EACH GUEST DURING THE TOUR
( DAMNERN SADUAK )
THE DAMNOEN SADUAK CANAL WAS ORDERED TO BE BUILT IN 1866 BY KING RAMA IV OF THE CHAKRI
DYNASTY TO FACILITATE WATERBORNE TRAVELS BETWEEN RATCHABURI AND SAMUTSAKHON
PROVINCES. IT WAS FINISHED AND OPENED TO THE PUBLIC IN 1868.
NOWADAYS, APART FROM PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION, DAMNOEN SADUAK CANAL ALSO PROVIDES
LOCAL FARMERS WITH ADEQUATE WATER FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES. A NUMBER OF CANALS
WERE DUG TO CONNECT WITH IT BY LOCAL PEASANTS TO GET WATER TO SPLATTER THEIR LAND. AS
THE EXCELLENT QUALITY SOIL ALONG THE CANAL IS VERY FERTILE, THE AREA HAS A HIGH POTENTIAL
FOR PRODUCING VARIOUS KINDS OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
THE FLOATING MARKET IS ROUTINELY CROWDED WITH HUNDREDS OF VENDORS AND PURCHASERS
FLOATING IN THEIR SMALL ROWING BOATS SELLING AND BUYING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND
LOCAL FOOD, WHICH ARE MOSTLY BROUGHT FROM THEIR OWN NEARBY ORCHARDS. THEREFORE, IT
IS A VERY ATTRACTIVE PLACE FOR TOURISTS TO SEE THIS OLD STYLE AND TRADITIONAL WAY OF
SELLING AND BUYING GOODS.
( PHRA PATHOM CHEDI )
ON COMING TOWARD THE CITY, THE FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE TOWERING PHRA PATHOM CHEDI IS
OVERPOWERING. IT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST PAGODAS IN THE WORLD AND IN THAILAND, BY FAR THE
MOST HOLY OF ALL BUDDHIST STRUCTURES. THE ORIGINAL PAGODA WAS CONSTRUCTED MORE THAN
2,000 YEARS AGO IN THE STUPA DESIGN OF AN UPSIDE DOWN BOWL SHAPE. A REPLICA OF THE
ORIGINAL PAGODA STANDS SOUTH OF THE PRESENT ONE. LN THE YEAR 1853, KING RAMA IV
COMMANDED THE RECONSTRUCTION OF A NEW HUGE PAGODA COVERING THE ORIGINAL ONE. IT
HAS A HEIGHT OF 120.45 METRES AND A TOTAL LENGTH OF 23,475 METRES AROUND THE BASE.
A NEARBY MUSEUM CONTAINS A WEALTH OF PRICELESS RELICS AND MANY OF THE STONE CARVINGS
FOUND IN AND AROUND NAKHON PATHOM. AT THE FOUR POINTS OF THE COMPASS IN THE OUTER
COURTYARD ARE FOUR WIHARAS (HALLS) CONTAINING IMAGES OF BUDDHA IN VARIOUS POSTURES.
( SAMPHRAN ELEPHANT GROUND & ZOO )
SAMPHRAN ELEPHANT GROUND & ZOO: BACKGROUND
ON MARCH 24, 1985 , MR. PICHAI CHAIMONGKOLTRAKUL, OFFICIALLY OPENED THE ZOO TO
THE PUBLIC AS A FAMILY PLAYGROUND AND TOURIST DESTINATION, AS WELL AS A CENTRE OF
ORCHID PROPAGATION AND CROCODILE BREEDING. MR. PICHAI BOUGHT FOUR UNEMPLOYED
ELEPHANTS FROM SURIN THEN TRAINED, AN ELEPHANT SHOW COMPLETE WITH SOUND EFFECTS
AND NARRATION WAS PRESENTED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THAILAND . THE ELEPHANT THEME SHOW,
WHICH WAS MET WITH ENTHUSIASM BY PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, HAS TODAY BECOME
THE MAIN ATTRACTION OF THE ELEPHANT GROUND.
SAMPHRAN ELEPHANT GROUND AND ZOO ALSO OFFERS VISITORS A CHANCE TO SEE A THRILLING
CROCODILE SHOW FEATURING A MASTER CROCODILE CATCHER WRESTLING CROCODILES IN THE
TRADITIONAL OF KRAI THONG, THE MOST FAMOUS CROCODILE HUNTER IN THAI LEGEND.
SAMPHRAN ELEPHANT GROUND & ZOO HAS ALL THE FACILITIES OF A GREAT FAMILY PLAYGROUND
AND WAS ACCREDITED BY CITES AS MAINTAINING, " ONE OF THE CLEANEST AND
MOST IMPRESSIVE PUBLIC DISPLAYS OF CROCODILES IN THE WORLD. "
THE LARGE VARIETY OF ORCHIDS, ESPECIALLY THE FAMOUS CATTLEYA, WHICH WON FIRST
PRIZE AT THE NINTH WORLD ORCHID CONFERENCE IN 1978, HELPS ADD TO THE PARK-LIKE
ATMOSPHERE. SAMPHRAN ELEPHANT GROUND & ZOO LOCATED ON PETKASEM ROAD AT KM.30,
SAMPHRAN, NAKHON PATHOM PROVINCE , THAILAND . OPENED DAILY FROM 08.30 UNTIL 17.30 HRS.
ACCREDITED BY CITES AS "ONE OF THE CLEANEST AND MOST IMPRESSIVE PUBLIC DISPLAYS OF
CROCODILES IN THE WORLD", THE VISITORS WILL SURELY ENJOY EXPLORING THE ZOO GROUND.
REMARK : ALL PRICES INCLUDE 7% VAT
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