Thailand's capital after sunset, when the heat eases and the riverside temples glow gold.
Ride a tuk tuk past the 24-hour flower market, eat your way down Yaowarat Road, then watch Wat Arun from a dinner boat.
Straight about templesWhich you enter, which you only see lit
Hand-picked, not paid forChosen by what each tour includes
Free cancellationUp to 24 hours before, on all but one
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Tours
Choose your Bangkok night tour
In the centre, the tuk tuk tour through the flower market, a lit temple and Chinatown. Either side, a later
food run that ends at your hotel and two hours on the river. Every card opens a full tour page.
A guide and a fleet of tuk tuks, ten or more tastings, the flower market and a drink on a rooftop facing Wat Arun. It ends just before midnight, with the ride back to your hotel.
Two to a tuk tuk, through the flower market, the lit grounds of Wat Prayoon and on into Chinatown. Street snacks, a restaurant meal and dessert along the way, in a group of up to 12.
Two hours on a three-deck boat, 8 to 10 p.m., with an international buffet, live music and Thai classical dance. The route runs under Memorial Bridge to the floodlit Wat Arun.
Three questions sort it out. Do you want to move around or sit down to dinner? Do you want to step inside a
temple, or is a lit one from outside enough? And how late do you want to be out?
Every tour in this table cancels free up to 24 hours before. Bangkok's big temples close in the late
afternoon: Wat Pho at 6.30 p.m., Wat Arun around 5.30 to 6 p.m.
Before you book
The temples close at six. The city does not.
Search for a Bangkok night tour package and you get four different evenings sold under one name. A tuk tuk loop
through the flower market, a temple and Chinatown. A food walk through the alleys of Yaowarat. A dinner cruise
on the Chao Phraya. Or a night out, hosted, from a rooftop to a club. Most last two to four hours and start around sunset.
What none of them can do is take you inside Wat Pho or Wat Arun after dark. Both close before 7 p.m., so night tours show
them floodlit from the river or from a rooftop across it, and the flagship tuk tuk tour walks the lit grounds of Wat Prayoon
instead. If stepping inside the big temples matters to you, the evening temple tour starts early enough to make it.
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People per tuk tuk on the flagship tour. With an odd number, a third squeezes in;
the listing asks you to tell the guide if it feels too tight.
Tuk tukFood walkDinner cruiseNight out
Wat Arun after dark: you see it from the water or the far bank, not from inside.
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Inside a temple at night?
No. Wat Pho shuts at 6.30 p.m. and Wat Arun around 5.30 to 6 p.m. At night you see them lit.
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How late does it run?
Most tours end between about 10 p.m. and midnight. The metro stops around midnight.
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Can children come?
10+ on the flagship tuk tuk tour and the Michelin-stall walk. The pub crawl is 20+.
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Who should skip it?
Anyone who struggles to walk: the tuk tuk and food tours say they are not suitable. One cruise lists wheelchair access.
Your night
How a night tour runs
Two to four hours on most tours, a little longer on the late food run and much longer on the pub crawl. This is the shape of it.
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Meet near sunset
At a metro exit, a pier or a hotel door, depending on the tour. Sunset falls between 5.47 and 6.50 p.m. through the year.
Be 15 minutes early
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First stop as the lights come on
A market, a lit temple courtyard or the boarding queue. Cruises close check-in at about 7.50 to 8 p.m.
The first hour
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Eat, ride, repeat
Tuk tuk hops between stops, or a walk through the alleys, with a tasting at each one. On the river, the buffet and the show.
One to three hours
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Getting back
Some tours drop you at your hotel. Otherwise take a metered taxi or a ride-hailing car; the trains stop around midnight.
Season, what to wear, ages and access, and getting back to your hotel: one tab each.
November to February: the cool, dry stretch and the easiest evenings. December is the coolest month.
March to May: hot season; April is the hottest month. Evenings stay warm and humid.
Mid-May to mid-October: rainy season. September and October are the wettest. Tours still run.
Haze: PM2.5 levels peak roughly November to March. The Air4Thai app gives live readings.
Light, breathable clothes and shoes you can walk in: every food tour includes some walking.
For temples, shoulders and knees covered. Tourism Thailand also rules out see-through tops and sandals without a heel strap.
For the pub crawl and rooftop bars: no shorts, sleeveless shirts or flip-flops.
From May to October, a small umbrella. The flagship tuk tuk operator hands out ponchos.
Minimum age 10 on the flagship tuk tuk tour and the Chinatown food tour with Michelin stalls.
The pub crawl is not for anyone under 20, the legal drinking age in Thailand. Bring a passport or a copy.
The tuk tuk and food tours say they are not suitable for people with limited mobility.
The luxury dinner cruise is listed as wheelchair accessible; the Super Galaxy cruise is not.
The Midnight Food Tour drops you at your hotel in central Bangkok; the Michelin tuk tuk tour ends at Khao San Road or Hua Lamphong MRT.
BTS and MRT trains run until about midnight.
After that, a metered taxi or a ride-hailing app. Agree nothing with drivers who will not use the meter.
Allow extra time for traffic before a cruise: the boats do not wait.
Tuk tuk tours2 to 4 hoursMarkets, a lit temple and Chinatown, two people to a tuk tuk.
Dinner cruises2 to 2.5 hoursBoarding around 7.30 to 8 p.m. from ICONSIAM, Asiatique or River City.
Food walks3 to 4 hoursYaowarat on foot, ten to fifteen or more tastings.
Night out6 to 7.5 hoursA hosted pub crawl for ages 20 and over.
Sunset5.47 to 6.50 p.m.Earliest in late November, latest in early July.
Refund24 hoursFree cancellation on every tour here except the Muay Thai ticket.
Where it happens
Where the night tours go
The old town, Chinatown and the river
Meeting points include Sam Yan MRT, Tha Tien pier, Wat Mangkon, River City and ICONSIAM Pier 4
Almost every night tour works the same small patch of the city: Rattanakosin, the old royal island with the Grand Palace
and Wat Pho; Yaowarat, Chinatown, just to the east; Pak Khlong Talat, the flower market, between the two; and the Chao Phraya
River with Wat Arun on the far bank. The dinner boats leave from the big riverside malls and piers further south.
Chinatown: MRT Wat Mangkon
Flower market: MRT Sanam Chai
ICONSIAM and Asiatique: by river from Sathorn pier
Not a tour: a seat at Rajadamnern, the Muay Thai stadium that opened in 1945, with the Wai Kru ritual and live Piphat music before each bout. Book it for a different night from your tour. The ticket is non-refundable and the date cannot be changed.
The photos on night tour listings look alike: a tuk tuk, a plate of noodles, a gold spire. The evenings
behind them are not. Here is how to read them.
What a night tour package really is
In Bangkok the phrase covers one evening, not a bundle of nights. Operators sell four kinds. The tuk tuk tour moves
you between three or four stops, usually the flower market, a temple courtyard and Chinatown, with food at each. The
food walk stays on foot in Yaowarat and goes deeper into the alleys, where tuk tuks cannot follow. The dinner cruise
is a buffet and a show on a boat for two hours or so. And the pub crawl is a night out with a host, which is a different
thing altogether.
A "package" with a hotel transfer usually means one of these with a pickup added. Read the inclusions, not the title: one
Chinatown walk lists a hotel pickup but its itinerary only shows the meeting point at the temple.
On the tuk tuk tours, the vehicles move in a line behind the guide's.
The temple problem
Bangkok's three famous temple sites are day attractions. Wat Pho closes at 6.30 p.m., Wat Arun at around 5.30 to 6 p.m.,
and the Grand Palace sells its last ticket at 3.30 p.m. A tour that says "temples by night" means one of two things: a lit
temple seen from outside, or the courtyard of a smaller one. The flagship tuk tuk tour uses Wat Prayoon, a riverside temple
on the Thonburi bank with a big white chedi, and its listing says plainly that the buildings may be closed.
That is not a bad deal. Wat Arun is at its best floodlit from the water, and the dinner boats pass right in front of it. If
you want the reclining Buddha too, the evening temple tour goes in
while the gates are still open and finishes in Chinatown after dark.
The honest small print: Pak Khlong Talat, the flower market on every tuk tuk route, is a 24-hour
wholesale market that is busiest between about 2 and 6 a.m. In the evening you see a calmer version of it. Still worth the
stop for the marigold garlands.
Tuk tuk, boat or on foot?
Pick the tuk tuk if you want to cover ground and like a bit of wind and traffic noise; it is two people to a vehicle and
it is not quiet. Pick a food walk if eating is the point: they go to more places, more slowly, in groups capped at eight.
Pick a cruise if you want to sit, or if someone in your party walks with difficulty: the luxury boat is the one listing here
marked wheelchair accessible. Our tuk tuk or food tour guide and
the dinner cruise guide go further.
The open top deck is the place to be on a dry night; rain sends everyone inside.
Timing the night
Sunset in Bangkok moves less than an hour through the year, from about 5.47 p.m. in late November to 6.50 p.m. in July, so
night tours start around the same time all year. The cool months, November to February, give the easiest evenings. In the
rainy season, roughly mid-May to mid-October, expect a downpour on some nights and keep the tour anyway: the tuk tuks have
covers and the boats have indoor decks. One thing to check on a Monday: several Chinatown stalls close, and the Michelin
tuk tuk tour does not run at all.
Straight answers to what people ask most about Bangkok at night.
What is a Bangkok night tour package?
Usually one evening, not a bundle. The common formats are a tuk tuk loop through the markets, a lit temple and Chinatown, a guided food walk in Yaowarat, a two-hour dinner cruise on the Chao Phraya, or a hosted pub crawl. Most run 2 to 4 hours, start around sunset and include food. The comparison table shows what each one covers.
Is it worth spending a night in Bangkok?
Yes, if you plan the evening rather than the whole city. With one night you can do a tuk tuk food tour or a dinner cruise and still sleep. Traffic to and from Suvarnabhumi eats time, so pick a tour that starts near your hotel or includes the ride back. Our one-night plan lays it out hour by hour.
What can you do in Bangkok after dark?
Eat your way down Yaowarat Road in Chinatown, ride a tuk tuk past the 24-hour flower market, watch Wat Arun lit up from a boat or a rooftop, browse a night market such as Asiatique, or catch a Muay Thai card at Rajadamnern. More ideas in things to do at night.
Can you visit Bangkok's temples at night?
Not inside the famous ones. Wat Pho closes at 6.30 p.m., Wat Arun around 5.30 to 6 p.m., and the Grand Palace stops selling tickets at 3.30 p.m. After dark you see them floodlit from the river or the opposite bank. The flagship tuk tuk tour walks the lit grounds of Wat Prayoon, and the evening temple tour fits Wat Pho and Wat Arun in before closing.
What is the best night street in Bangkok?
It depends what you want from the night. Yaowarat Road in Chinatown is the one for street food. Khao San Road is the backpacker bar strip. Sukhumvit Soi 11 has rooftops and clubs. The nightlife areas guide goes street by street.
What is the adult area in Bangkok called?
Nana Plaza and Soi Cowboy, both off Sukhumvit Road, are the best-known adult entertainment zones, along with Patpong in Silom. None of the tours on this site go there, and the pub crawl listing says it avoids them. Bars there, like everywhere in Thailand, are for ages 20 and over.
What is Soi 11 famous for?
Nightlife: Sukhumvit Soi 11 is a short lane of bars, rooftops and clubs near Nana BTS station, busy until late. The speakeasy and rooftop pub crawl includes a rooftop on Soi 11 and ends at a club.
What is the best month to go to Bangkok?
November to February. The cool season brings the lowest humidity and the most comfortable evenings, and December is the coolest month. The trade-off is haze: PM2.5 readings are at their worst roughly November to March. See the month-by-month guide.
When is the worst time to visit Bangkok?
For night tours, September and October are the wettest months, with heavy evening downpours, and April is the hottest. Tours still run in the rain: the operator of the flagship tuk tuk tour hands out ponchos, and the cruises move rooftop guests inside. The months are not bad, just wetter or hotter.
What should I wear on a Bangkok night tour?
Light clothes and comfortable shoes for the market walks. Cover shoulders and knees if a temple is on the route. On the pub crawl and at rooftop bars, no shorts, sleeveless shirts or flip-flops: the venues turn people away. A small umbrella helps from May to October.
Are tuk tuk night tours safe?
Booked tours with a guide are a different thing from a tout flagging you down near the Grand Palace, which is a known scam. On a tour, the tuk tuks run in a group behind the guide. Keep bags on the inside, away from the road, as the UK travel advice says for open vehicles.
Can I cancel a night tour?
Every tour on this site cancels free up to 24 hours before the start, with one exception: the Muay Thai ticket at Rajadamnern is non-refundable and the date cannot be changed. Dinner cruises do not wait for latecomers, so allow for traffic.
Ready to book
Pick your ride, pick your night.
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before on every tour except the fight ticket.
Tuk tuk night tourMarkets, a lit temple and ChinatownBook this
Midnight food tourTen or more tastings, hotel drop-offBook this
Dinner cruiseTwo hours past the floodlit templesBook this
Late finish
★ 4.94 hoursFree cancellation
