Bangkok Canal Taxi

Chef LeeZ Thai cooking school in Bangkok suggests, for the physically able people, you take in the cultural and adventurous Bangkok’s Canal Taxi as an optional way to return to your room or to go to your next destination.

It costs (20 baht) and you can get off at any of the piers offering touristy points of interest from Wats to Pantip Plaza ( BKK’s 4-story I.T. Mall).

We suggest you download and print this map and mark your desired after-class destination on it. Everybody gets off and changes boats at the Pantip plaza mall pier. You just show your ticket stub on the new boat and continue to your desired get-off point.

The canal boat runs all the way to Victory Monument near Khao San Rd. or the Grand Palace or China Town or Wat Poh.

The 2022 boats have been fitted with stairs for easy in and out. There is now an aisle running up the middle of the boat with seating for 2 on either side. Pick a seat near the front and have your camera ready as lots of pictures on this ride. Keep your mouth shut as you don’t want this canal water to splash into your mouth.

We do not recommend you come to the school by canal boat but it is an interesting, adventurous way to return to your room or to go to your next destination.

In any event, a visit to Bangkok without this experience is an incomplete Bangkok experience!

It costs (20 baht) and you can get off at any of the piers offering touristy points of interest from Wats to Pantip Plaza ( BKK’s 4-story I.T. Mall).

The canal boat runs all the way to Victory Monument near Khao San Rd. or the Grand Palace or China Town or Wat Poh.

We do not recommend you come to the school by canal boat but it is an interesting, adventurous way to return to your room or to go to your next destination.

In any event, a visit to Bangkok without this experience is an incomplete Bangkok experience!

A few Canal Taxi Use Tips

Try to avoid rush hour as the boats and piers can get very crowded. Mid-day would be the best. You would be travelling the opposite direction of the commuter traffic when leaving our school.

Do not sit at the back of the boat as the engine can kick up water and mist from the dirty canal and splash into your face (not very refreshing, at all) and heavy odors of burnt diesel.

If you sit along the edges for a scenic view make sure you pull up the plastic blue cover to protect you from a dirty splash of the canal.

If it is raining beware of the slippery pier as you can easily fall and injure yourself or even worse fall into the dirty black abyss of the canal.

Make sure you know the name of the pier you are headed to in Thai, best to have it written in Thai to show the Bangkok water taxi.

If you are not in decent physical condition best not to travel on the Bangkok water taxis as you must climb in and out of the boats.

At Pratunam pier you must exit the boat. If you are continuing along the canal exit the boat and wait for the next one to take you further (just follow the crowd).