TripGuru Thailand · Rattanakosin to Chinatown
A four-hour TripGuru tour that takes you inside Wat Pho and Wat Arun, crosses the river by ferry and ends with a tuk tuk ride to Chinatown. Pick it if you want the temples from the inside; the other tours on this site see them lit up from outside.
Read the word evening carefully. Wat Pho closes at 18:30 and Wat Arun at about 17:30, per the Tourism Authority of Thailand, so the temple visits happen in the late afternoon. The dark part of the tour is the tuk tuk ride and Chinatown. Your booking shows the start time. Expect to be inside the temples before sunset, not under floodlights.
The listing's route starts at Tha Tien Pier with a stroll along Maha Rat Road, past the Grand Palace walls, while the guide explains Rattanakosin Island. Then Wat Pho and its Reclining Buddha, the short ferry across to Wat Arun for its porcelain and seashell mosaics, and the ferry back. A tuk tuk ride of about 30 minutes takes you to Chinatown, where you walk Yaowarat Road past the street food stalls. Entry tickets and ferries are included; meals are not.
The dress code is strict at these temples: the listing asks for shoulders, underarms, back and knees covered, and suggests a sarong, scarf or sweater. Groups stay at nine or fewer, with small-group and private options. The tour is GSTC-certified, serves water in glass bottles and offsets its carbon emissions.
Meet the guide at Tha Tien (Tha Tian) Pier. Your booking gives the start time.
A stroll past the Grand Palace walls while the guide explains Rattanakosin Island.
Inside the temple, with the Reclining Buddha.
Across the river for the porcelain and seashell mosaics, then the ferry back.
About 30 minutes by tuk tuk from the Wat Pho side to Yaowarat.
A walk past the street food stalls. The tour ends here; dinner is up to you.
★★★★★We had so much fun! Our guide was so knowledgeable about the temples, Bangkok and Chinatown.
★★★★★Jacky was really super nice! She shared lots of interesting facts and was very entertaining.
★★★★★The tour guide Bond was absolutely fantastic. Very informative, helpful and accommodating
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Not inside. Wat Pho closes at 18:30 and Wat Arun around 17:30 to 18:00, so this tour visits them in the late afternoon. At night you see them floodlit from the river or the opposite bank.
Yes. The listing includes Wat Pho and Wat Arun entry, the ferry tickets and a one-way tuk tuk ride to Chinatown.
Shoulders, underarms, back and knees covered. Bring a sarong, scarf or light sweater, and shoes you can slip off.
In Chinatown, on Yaowarat Road. MRT Wat Mangkon is the nearest metro station.
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Inside Wat Pho and Wat Arun before they close, then a tuk tuk to Chinatown as the lights come on.
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