Thai Puppet Temple & Floating Market Tour in Thailand

Visit the famous Damnoen Saduak Floating Market & watch Nang Yai

When in Thailand, you must visit a floating market and the best one to visit is Damnoen Saduak floating market. Your Damnoen Saduak Floating Market tour guide will collect you from your Bangkok hotel in the city centre  early at 06:30 and you will drive you by mini bus to Damnoen Saduak Floating Market, the drive is about 90 minutes, so you can either take in the Thai scenery or if early mornings are not your thing, you can take a nap on the When you visit Damnoen Saduak, you are going to be visiting Thailand's most famous floating markets and in fact one of Thailand's most visited attractions. Getting to Damnoen Saduak early is beneficial, as it can get extremely busy as the day progresses. Your Damnoen Saduak tour guide will show you around the market, taking you to all the vendors that you wish to see and explain some of the local produce and products that you may not know a lot about.

When we visit Damnoen Saduak floating market, we will take a boat tour of Damnoen Saduak floating market, as it's the best way to get around. We will conclude our tour of Damnoen Saduak and head over to the Photharam area where we can visit Wat Khanon a temple that is well known for "Nang Yai" or Shadow Puppet show. Nang Yai has been awarded by UNESCO for it's tradition and fantastic performance. We will also visit Nang Yai temple and walk around the local museum, called Nang Yai Wat Khanon National Museum, this is home to the entire set of shadow puppets and you will also learn of the story of Ramayana.

After the hustle and bustle of Damnoen Saduak Floating Market and performances at Nang Yai, it's time to stop for lunch. We will dine at a local Thai restaurant to enjoy local Thai cuisine. After lunch we will then take the journey back to Bangkok and your Damnoen Saduak tour guide will take you back to your hotel.

(Please Note: Thai Shadow Puppet shows are only performed on Saturdays and Sundays and are performed on an ad-hoc basis)

Responsible Tourism:
The Thai Puppet Show & Floating Market Tour in Thailand program contributes towards the development fund of the local community that ensures travellers spending goes to support the local people, to preserve canal way of life and to preserve the most famous floating market in Thailand. You will also be contributing to the support of Wat Khanon for Nang Yai (Shadow Puppet) conservation.