I don't like water or water sports for that matter but I did enjoy our trip on the river and into the klongs. Once you enter the klongs another world opens to you. We saw some real poverty, people living in tiny little shanty houses made out of bits of wood and metal. Sometimes there is a huge house right... More

I love travelling by klong (the Thai word for "canal"). The best place to start your adventure is to take a taxi to the Mall Bangkapi, a nice mall filled with places to shop, eat, watch movies and swim in the small water park that is on the roof. (The pier or "tha" is just behind the Mall parking lot.)... More

Bangkok has become a City with tall tower buildings and hotels, like most of the developed Asian Countries. Taking a Klong boat tour shows the old Bangkok, and the way people have lived for hundreds of years. Whilst it has become over commercialised, it still is a fascinating journey through the backwater canals of this huge City. You will still... More

Gives a real feel for how people, rich and poor, live all pushed up against each other and against the water. Recommend a private boat to get the most out of it all, ideally with a private guide to talk you through what you're seeing. More

We hired a boat to take us down the Klongs which run off the Chao Phraya River. You get to see Bangkok life on the river banks - we also saw a croc so that made it even more interesting. There are lots of little shops and houses as well as temples along the banks of the Klongs - definitely... More

Most klongs in Bangkok are dirty and stinky and should be avoided. However from most of the piers along the chaopraya river you can rent a longtail boat for about 1000 baht and they will take you on an around trip of about an hour or so. You enter a klong by going thru a water gate. You get to... More

I know that you can rent a boat to take you a tour around them, but I personally would no longer bother to do that after riding the water buses on Khlong Saen Saeb and the Chao Phraya River. A special visit may be worthwhile if you expect to visit Bangkok only once. More

I wouldn't recommend everyone to do this but sure is an experience. It smells, there is water splashing you, you have a minute to climb a board and off very quick, you experience what is like for locals to travel and see the way some people live by the klongs. INTERESTING! More

There was something special about touring the many canals, or Klongs, of Bangkok by long-tail boat. My tour company (Tour with Tong) had set this up as part of my all-day Bangkok tour, which included a ferry ride on the river, Wat Pho, Wat Arun, Wat Traimit and the Flower Market, and more. The canal ride to me, was the... More