Tours, sightseeing tours, activities & things to do | Viator.comFloating Markets and Bridge on River Kwai Tour from Bangkok
based on 31 reviews
Duration: 11 hours (approx.)
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Product code: 3685BKK29C
31 reviews of Floating Markets and Bridge on River Kwai Tour from Bangkok
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If you have limited time in Bangkok this tour is a great day out. The floating markets are a bit commercial but if you use your imagination you do get a sense of what canal life was like in the past. The tour of the furniture carving factory is well worth it and the bridge tour is worth the drive. Lunch on the river provided nice views of the river but we could have done without the poor to mediocre food. The guide was well informed and provided some needed comic relief on the drive.
Reviewed by: Anthony G, Canada, February 2008
This was an excellent day; our tour guide was genuinely helpful and pleasant.
Reviewed by: Mark M, Ireland, August 2007
The guide was an extremely knowledgeable elderly gentleman. He was so experienced and motivated that now we could almost write a thesis about Thailand and its history. He was worth the trip by himself. The bridge on the River Kwai was a brilliant experience. Of course, the floating market is something worth experiencing.
Reviewed by: Thurairajasingham K, United Kingdom, July 2007
This tour is definitely worth doing. The tour guide was a very nice, very keen person. There were several sightseeings, adventures, natural landscapes, and visits. This is the tour I liked the most and would most recommend.
Reviewed by: Luis F, Venezuela, June 2007
Must be seen - it's amazing. I enjoyed it very much.
Reviewed by: David R, United Kingdom, May 2007
It was a fabulous experience, would thoroughly encourage it!! However the buses could do with an update, better air-con needed in that climate, and a few repairs would help!
Reviewed by: Judy S, Australia, March 2007
From start to finish it was full of information. It was a really long day and we saw lots, but it was worth it. The information from your guide was spot on.
Reviewed by: Anonymous, United Kingdom, December 2006
Everything went to plan. Floating market was fascinating. Bridge over River Kwai and countryside was very interesting.
Reviewed by: Anonymous, United States of America, December 2006
The boat rides both on the way to the floating market and on the River Kwai were really good. Overall not a bad day out, though the floating market itself was a bit of a let down.
Reviewed by: Anonymous, United Kingdom, November 2006
Excellent staff on tours and pick ups.
Reviewed by: E H, United Kingdom, August 2006
We enjoyed the markets but were disappointed that a boat ride actually through the market was not included. We thought that was the idea and the way the tour was presented on the website. The trip to the Bridge was interesting from a historical point of view but not well presented. We felt like we paid for a guided tour and only got a little more than transportation.
Reviewed by: Deborah W, United States of America, March 2009
Did not spend nearly enough time at the floating markets. Tour guide took us to a random rest stop where locals hawk souvenirs for 25 minutes. This was a waste of time, and it could have been better spent at the sites we paid to see.
Reviewed by: Mark B, United States of America, April 2008
Whilst it was interesting seeing the Floating Markets, the War Memorial and the Museum, the other stops were wasted. Would have been better to include a stop at Tigerland instead of the furniture place.
Reviewed by: Helen H, Australia, March 2007
Good trip. Well worth doing but too many extra stops on route for various other things not mentioned in the itinerary made it a very long day. We were picked up at 6-10am arriving back to our hotel at 6-50pm after being dropped off at the pier to make our own way back as we were staying on the other side of the river. We thought that was bad and that we should have been taken back to the hotel but otherwise OK. Our guide was excellent and very knowledgeable.
Reviewed by: Anonymous, United Kingdom, February 2007
The market was hot and smelly.
Reviewed by: Karen H, Australia, August 2007
