All you need to know to visit Amphawa

Accommodations in Amphawa

I highly recommend you to sleep in Amphawa at least one night on the weekend, ideally on the floating market canal. There are several very nice homestays like my favorite Baan Rak at the end of the canal. But I have spotted others accommodations that you will find in the section ''Find room''. In Amphawa but also Bang Kongthi next door. Prefer to stay on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, on other days of the week, Amphawa floating market does not take place. Besides the homestays, you will of course also find hotels and guestouses more or less distant from the canal.

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How to go to Amphawa ?

To get to Amphawa, you can take one of the minivans departing from Sai Tai Mai, the southern bus terminal of Bangkok (lines 78 and 996, price 100 THB). However, these are much less frequent than before COVID. The simplest and most regular way to get there now is to take a passenger minivan or bus to Samut Songkhram from the Chatuchak Van Terminal opposite Mo Chit, Bangkok's northern bus terminal, with departures approximately every hour. Once you arrive in Samut Songkhram (or Mae Klong, it's the same city), known for its railway market and located 7 km from Amphawa, there are blue songthaews number 333 that depart from the 7 Eleven next to the market (HERE) and take you to the Amphawa floating market. The journey takes about twenty minutes.

Another option to get to the Mae Klong Railway Market from Bangkok is to take a bus or minivan to Samut Songkhram from the Southern Bus Terminal of Bangkok (Sai Tai Mai). There are departures approximately every hour. The Samut Songkhram bus station is a five-minute walk from the railway tracks where the famous market is held.

You can also come by train from Wongwian Yai station in Bangkok. From there, take the train to Mahachai (1 hour - 10 THB), then walk five minutes to the pier to cross the river (3 THB), then walk ten minutes to Ban Laem station to take the train to Mae Klong (1 hour - 10 THB). You will then be on the train that passes through the middle of the market. Be sure to plan your times well because there are only four trains per day to Mae Klong station. You can find all the details of this route HERE.
The train arrival times at Mae Klong are 8:30 AM, 11:10 AM, 2:30 PM, and 5:40 PM. There are departures from Mae Klong at 6:20 AM, 9:00 AM, 11:30 AM, and 3:30 PM. Note that train punctuality is not always reliable in Thailand, so if you plan to see its arrival in the market, allow for some margin.

From the Damnoen Saduak floating market, return to the main road 325, where you can catch the blue songthaew number 467, which will drop you at the intersection leading to the Amphawa floating market (20 minutes, 15 THB). From there, it’s about a kilometer walk (or take the blue songthaew or bus number 333 for the last kilometer).

Otherwise, there is of course the solution of the car with driver that you can book here.

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How to get around in Amphawa ?

Once you are in Amphawa, you can visit the market by walking. On the canal, it will be easy to find a boat tour. During the day, boat operator generally offer the 5 temples tour for 50 baht and in the evening the fireflies tour for 60 baht. But you can also hire a boat just for you and define a personalized program. To see the other floating markets around like Damnoen Saduak or Tha Kha, you will have to hire a taxi (do not expect he uses the meter), a motorcycle taxi or a tuk-tuk. Ask your hotel or go to the Amphawa floating market parking lot to find one. There is a motorcycle taxi station, just in front of the parking lot entrance. It is also there that you can catch the blue songthaews or buses number 333 which go to Mae Klong and its famous railway market (or Samut Songkhram, it is the other name of the city) in a way (10 THB) and the nearby floating market of Bang Noi (10 THB) in the other direction. By going on the nearby main road number 325, by walking or with blue songthaew or bus 333, you can also catch the blue songthaew 467 which can drop you at the beginning of the road leading to Damnoen Saduak floating market (20 minutes - 10 THB) . Tell the driver or other passengers that you are going to 'Damnoen' to be sure it stop at the right place. There will then be a 1.5 km walk to the floating market. But the best way to discover the floating markets in the area is to rent a tuk-tuk driver for the morning and do everything with him. It will be much more convenient !

My practical videos about Amphawa

How to ask in Thai to go to Amphawa ?

I want to go to Amphawa / Yak paï ti Amphawa.
Where is Amphawa ? / Amphawa you ti naï ?