In the province of Ratchaburi is the district called Damnoen Saduak in central Thailand. The town is most famous because of its floating market held every day till noon on a khlong not far from the district office. However as it has become one of the tourist place of the Bangkok vicinity the market has lost its authenticity. The Damnoen Saduak disctrict is crossed by Khlong Damnoen Saduak, which connects the Tha Chin River with the Mae Klong River. Damnoen Saduak in Ratchaburi about 109 kilometres south of Bangkok or approximately 2 hours drive.
Damnern Saduak is believed to be one of a well-known and an attractive travelling site. Its name originated by the canal dug in the reign of King Rama IV by the military men and the people of Rajburi, Samutsakorn and Samutsongkram Province directed by Phayasrisuriyawong, the minister of defence. In those days without rivers and canals, transportation was almost motionless; King Rama IV with his great concern over the country's future economic growth, he finally had the canal dug to connect the Taachin River in Samutsakorn Province and Maklong River in Samutsongkram Province together.
Damnoen Saduak has become one of a provincial district of Rajburi Province nowadays. There is a dense population that lives along both sides of the canal from one end of the canal to another whom majority of this people are agriculturists. They grow a variety of different kinds of vegetables and fruits for examples oranges, grapes, papayas, cabbages, bean, onion and etc. The land in this area is naturally fertile. Besides providing transportation, the canal of Damnoen Saduak too supplies farmers with adequate water for agricultural purposes for the whole year around. More than 200 small canals were dug by local peasants to connect with it to get water to splatter their land. Day in and day out from about 8 a.m. to about 11 a.m. The vendors and purchasers are routinely crowded by hundreds in their small rowing boats selling and buying or exchanging their goods. The purchases are particularly food, fruit and vegetables which are mostly brought from their own orchards which they usually travel on their small rowing boats. However; today with technology on the high rise, the long-tailed boats are being propelled by engine that has become very popular. People tend to use them instead. Anyhow because of the shortage of fuel today long-tailed boats are quite unavailable compared to a few years ago.
A visit to the surrounding orchards that bears fresh fruits, can be combined with a tour of the great chedi in Nakhon Pathom or Rose Garden which is on the same route, the show time at the Thai Village in the Rose- Garden is at 15.00 hrs. And admission fee is Baht 190 per person.
