How to get to and from Amphawa?

How to get 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.

Leaving from Amphawa ?

To leave Amphawa, the safest way is to return to Samut Songkhram (or Mae Klong, the town has 2 names and is more often called Mé Klong by the locals). To do this, catch one of the songthaews, the local buses, blue number 333 (the last one leaves at 5:30 p.m.) which will drop you off at Mae Klong. This will perhaps be an opportunity to go see the market on the railway line (even if from my point of view, it has become hellish with hordes of tourists). Then, from the Samut Songkhram Bus Terminal which is a 5-minute walk from the market on the railway line, take a van or minibus to the Bangkok South Bus Terminal (Saï Taï Maï) or the Chatuchak minivan Station opposite Mo Chit Bangkok Bus Terminal or even Ekkamai. You can even be dropped off at BTS or MRT stations if that's more convenient for you.

I don't recommend taking the passenger vans or minibuses that pass through AMphawa as they come from Damnoen Saduak and are often already full , at least on weekends, when they spend time in Amphawa. Otherwise, there is of course the solution of the car with driver that you can book here.

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