FTH-068 SAMUT SONGKHRAM “Ban Bang Phlap Community” 7D6N

Travel by train to Mahachai Railway Station.

Arrive at Mahachai Railway Station. Walk to Tha Chalom Pier and take a ferry across the Mae Klong River to Ban Laem Railway Station.

Travel by train from Ban Laem Railway Station to Mae Klong Railway Station (Hoop Rom Market).

Arrive at Hoop Rom Market (which translates to the ‘Folding Umbrella Market’) and is also known as Mae Klong Market. The market is close to Mae Klong Railway Station and it is a part of the Municipal Market of Samut Songkhram. This railway market has been in operation since 1984 and is located by the Mae Klong – Ban Laem railway where visitors walk and do their shopping.

Arrive at Ban Bang Phlap Community, Samut Songkhram. Check in at Ban Suan Saeng Tawan.

Stay at Ban Suan Saeng Tawan or accommodation of a similar quality.

Breakfast.

Assemble at the meeting room of Mahawichalai Local Knowledge Center, where you’ll learn about the history of Ban Bang Phlap Community from Somsong Saengtawan, the president of Ban Bang Phlap Community.

– Learning how to make the local dish Kaeng Kala Krub (crunchy coconut curry).

– Learning how to make coconut sugar.

Stay at Ban Suan Saeng Tawan or accommodation of a similar quality.

Enjoy your freshly cooked breakfast at Tha Kha Floating Market. Shop for fresh produce from local farms and enjoy tasting organic desserts and rare traditional Thai snacks.

Learn about the community while riding a bike through pomelo and coconut orchards. At the pomelo orchard, you’ll learn all about organic pomelo farming and enjoy tasting the fruit picked fresh from the trees.

– Learning how to cook Thai dessert (Rang Rai).

– Crafting wicker works from coconut leaves.

Stay at Ban Suan Saeng Tawan or accommodation of a similar quality.

Learn about the community while riding a bike through pomelo and coconut orchards.

– Learn how to make preserved fruits.

– Learn how to make fruit charcoals.

Take a boat trip to 3 temples, namely:

– Wat Bang Kung (Prok Pho Ubosot)

– Wat Bang Khae Noi (Teak Wood Ubosot)

– Wat Phummarin (Kudi Thong)

– Enjoy shopping and dinner at Amphawa Floating Market with a firefly night cruise after.

Travel to Salt Farm Learning Center.

Arrive at Salt Farm Learning Center, the conservation agriculture tourist destination that provides everything you need to know about sea salt farming. Here, you’ll:

– Learn how to make fertilizer from salt pan sediments.

– Learn how to make ice cream boran.

– Learning about salt spa therapy.

– Learning how to make salt soaps.

Stay at Ban Suan Saeng Tawan or accommodation of a similar quality.

Head to Khlong Khon Community.

Ride a long-tail boat to explore the mangrove forest and join in with some ecotourism activities, such as:

– Feeding the monkeys.

– Helping to preserve the mangrove forest through planting.

Take a shower before heading back to the community.

Stay at Ban Suan Saeng Tawan or accommodation of a similar quality.

Head to King Rama II Memorial Park.

Arrive at King Rama II Memorial Park, where you can experience the beauty of traditional Thai houses throughout the complex. The highlight of this park is the King Rama II Museum, which comprises 4 Thai-style buildings separated into different sections. The ‘Central Hall’ houses the statue of King Rama II and artifacts from the early Rattanakosin era, such as Bencharong porcelains and Khon masks. The ‘Male Room’ displays the typical living quarters of Thai men in the past, including a bed which is believed to have belonged to King Rama II. The ‘Female Room’ displays the typical living quarters of Thai women in the past. The last section, the ‘Kitchen and Restroom’, displays a Thai-style kitchen and restroom typical of the middle-class.

Head to Salt Lake De Maeklong, a coffee shop close to the salt farm.

Arrive back in Bangkok to end the trip.