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( HALF - DAY FLOATING MARKET IN DAMNERN SADUAK )
( DAILY : MORNING ONLY AT 7.30 A.M. )
( TOURING TIME : APPROXIMATELY 6 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 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 OT 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
- RETURN BY VAN TO BANGKOK FOR THE HOTEL
TOUR PRICES :
1 PAX - 6,360 BAHT
2 PAX - 3,680 BAHT EACH
3 - 4 PAX - 3,110 BAHT EACH
5 - 6 PAX - 2,830 BAHT EACH
TRANSPORT :
* WIDE-BODY TOYOTA VAN (3000)( 9 - SEATED )
* MERCEDES BENZ VAN (MB140)( 9 - SEATED )
* LONG - TAILED SPEED BOAT
* ROWING - BOAT
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
- 1 MILLION BAHT INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR EACH GUEST PURING 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.
REMARK : ALL PRICES INCLUDE 7% VAT
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