Evening firefly longtail boat cruise
Amphawa firefly night cruise
Amphawa, Samut Songkhram (day-trip town southwest of Bangkok), Samut Songkhram, Thailand
A longtail boat glides through the dark mangrove-lined canals off the Mae Klong river so you watch fireflies blinking in the riverside trees, a natural nightly spectacle you board straight from the Amphawa floating market pier rather than from a single ticketed venue. It runs best in the May to October rainy season, and because dozens of local boat operators work the pier you can just walk up and hire a boat, which is a genuine off-app angle.
Hours
Booking site listingRuns nightly. On the Oriental Escape tour the longtail boat boards at about 18:30 for a roughly 1-hour cruise (Bangkok pickup 16:00, dinner 19:30, return 20:30) and the page states service is available every night. A travel blog agrees the ride is about 1 hour, beginning around 6:00 pm from the Amphawa floating market dock. Fireflies are most active in the May to October rainy season. Note the floating market itself mainly runs Friday to Sunday.
“18:30 hrs: Board a comfortable long-tail boat for a peaceful 1-hour cruise ... Service available every night”
orientalescape.com · Checked 24 Jul 2026
Price
Booking site listingOriental Escape sells it as a per-person Bangkok day tour with road transfers and dinner, priced by group size from about 7,000 baht for 1 person down to 1,600 baht for 33 or more (3,500 for 2, 2,700 for 3 to 4, 2,300 for 5 to 8, 2,100 for 9 to 16, 1,900 for 17 to 32). A travel blog quotes the boat ride alone at 1,500 baht per group of up to 6 people. These are different products, so see notes.
“1 Person | 7,000. 2 Persons | 3,500. 3-4 Persons | 2,700. 5-8 Persons | 2,300. 9-16 Persons | 2,100. 17-32 Persons | 1,900. 33+ Persons | 1,600”
orientalescape.com · Checked 24 Jul 2026
Age suitability
Booking site listingNo minimum age or height is stated on any page I loaded. Children are welcome and priced by age on the Oriental Escape tour: under 2 free, ages 2 to 12 at 70 percent of the adult price, over 12 at full adult price. The page markets the trip as family and nature friendly.
“For children under 2 years old = Free / For children 2-12 years old = 70% of adult price / For children over 12 years old = Full adult price”
orientalescape.com · Checked 24 Jul 2026
Caveats
VERIFY RESULT: I re-fetched both cited pages fresh this run and both loaded fully. All three facts appear word for word. The Oriental Escape page confirmed the child pricing, the per-person group-size price table, and the itinerary times plus the "Service available every night" line. The yourthaiguide blog confirmed…
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