The White Orchid River Cruise is one of the most popular dinner cruises in Bangkok, where you can cruise on the mighty Chao Phraya River while enjoying a buffet dinner and entertainment program and admiring the views of some of the most important landmarks in the capital city of Thailand. Discover everything you need to know about the White Orchid River Cruise in Bangkok.
The White Orchid River Cruise offers new experiences in the romantic and enjoyable atmosphere on the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok. It is a 3-deck cruise ship with an open-air deck on the 3rd floor where you can overlook the scenery of both sides of the river at night. Buffet dinner is served with a variety of delightful Thai and Western cuisines, and you can enjoy the special “Cabaret Show” as well as a Thai classical dance show, live music, and disco.
Why choose White Orchid River Cruise?
Reasons for choosing this cruise for your dinner in Bangkok:
- The second most popular dinner cruise on the Chao Phraya River
- Well-rated dinner cruise, with a ⭐ 4.4/5 score on Klook
- The entertainment program includes a cabaret show
- Free-flow Singha and Chang draught beer
- Two cruise departure points for your choice
- Several cruise timing and pricing options
Where to book White Orchid River Cruise?
You can book the cruise at a special price here: Discounted tickets for White Orchid River Cruise.
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Boat & seating at White Orchid River Cruise
All of the White Orchid River Cruise boats are three-level boats with an open-air rooftop, the 2nd floor that consists of an air-conditioned zone and an open-air front deck, and an air-conditioned 1st floor. In case you want to sit on the specific level, make a special request at the time of booking, and there's a high chance that you will be seated accordingly (it can't be guaranteed, though).
The cruise boat details:
- Measurements: 14.5 meters wide & 50 meters long
- Capacity: 500 passengers (200 seats on the rooftop, 50 seats on the open-air 2nd floor, 125 seats on the air-conditioned 2nd floor, and 125 seats on the 1st floor)
Note! The last time we were taking this cruise, all the guests were seated either on the rooftop or on the air-conditioned second floor. As the cruise was far from full, the first floor remained closed.
Cruise options by White Orchid River Cruise
White Orchid River Cruise has several daily sunset and dinner cruises to offer:
- Sunset cruise departing from Asiatique Pier
- Dinner cruise departing from Asiatique Pier
- Sunset cruise departing from ICONSIAM Pier
- Dinner cruise departing from ICONSIAM Pier
Detailed information about each of these dinner cruises is provided below.
1. White Orchid River Cruise sunset cruise from Asiatique
On the sunset cruise, you are boarding the boat in the daylight, seeing the sunset while cruising along the Chao Phraya River, and coming back at the time it gets dark. Therefore, on this cruise you won't see the main landmarks lit up.
The sunset cruise is shorter than the dinner cruise and lasts only 1 hour and 45 minutes, so it's a good choice for travelers who are looking to spend less time on the boat.
The sunset cruise is also cheaper, even if it comes not only with a shorter duration but also with a smaller selection of meals on the menu. A big advantage for people who love to have a glass of beer with their meal is that free-flow beer is offered during the cruise!
This sunset cruise departs from Asiatique Pier. If this departure point is not convenient, you can also choose to board the cruise with a similar program and menu at ICONSIAM Pier.
When is the sunset cruise?
The sunset cruise timing:
Check-in Time: 16:00-16:40
Cruising Time: 17:00-18:45
Cruise duration: 1 hour 45 minutes
The cruise is available daily. However, a different cruise schedule, menu, entertainment program, and pricing are normally applied on special occasions, such as New Year's Eve, Valentine's Day, the Loy Krathong Festival, etc.
Route of sunset cruise
The route of this White Orchid River Cruise passes the following famous landmarks along the Chao Phraya River:
- Asiatique The Riverfront (start of cruise)
- Shangri-La Bangkok
- Mandarin Oriental Bangkok
- Royal Orchid Sheraton Riverside
- River City Bangkok
- Holy Rosary Church
- Memorial Bridge
- The Grand Palace
- Rama VIII Bridge
- Wat Arun
- Wat Kanlaya
- Millennium Hilton Bangkok
- ICONSIAM
- The Peninsula Bangkok
- Asiatique The Riverfront (end of cruise)
Food & entertainment on sunset cruise
White Orchid River Cruise food and entertainment for the sunset cruise are detailed below.
Food & drink offerings:
- Thai and International Buffet (food menu)
- Water, tea, coffee
- Free-flow beer
- Free birthday cake on birthday date
Food & drink highlights:
- Grilled shrimp
- Grilled mussels
- Chicken Massaman curry
- Papaya salad
- Fried fish in tamarind sauce
- Spicy soup with shrimp
- Pad Thai
- Traditional Thai desserts
- Singha and Chang draught beer
The menu might be subject to some changes based on the ingredient availability.
Entertainment highlights:
- Live music
Ticket price for sunset cruise
The sunset cruise ticket price:
- Adult:
1,400 THB699 THB per person - Child (4-10 y/o):
1,200 THB499 THB per person - Children aged 0-3 free of charge
For the latest special sunset cruise ticket price offers, check out Discounted Tickets for White Orchid River Cruise.
2. White Orchid River Cruise dinner cruise from Asiatique
On the dinner cruise, you board the boat in the dark and cruise along the Chao Phraya River while admiring magical views of the main Bangkok landmarks nicely lit up.
The dinner cruise is longer than the sunset cruise and lasts 2 hours.
The dinner cruise is the most popular option, even if it is a bit more expensive. For a higher price, you are getting a longer cruise duration, a more extensive entertainment program, and a wider selection of meals on the menu, which includes sushi, sashimi, and a few other dishes that are not available on the sunset cruise. The thing that makes White Orchid River Cruise stand out is that the free-flow beer is also offered during the dinner cruise.
This dinner cruise departs from Asiatique Pier. If this departure point is not convenient, you can also choose to board the cruise with a similar program and menu at ICONSIAM Pier.
When is the dinner cruise?
The dinner cruise timing:
Check-in Time: 18:00-19:20
Cruising Time: 19:45-21:45
Cruise duration: 2 hours
The cruise is available daily. However, a different cruise schedule, menu, entertainment program, and pricing are normally applied on special occasions, such as New Year's Eve, Valentine's Day, the Loy Krathong Festival, etc.
Route of dinner cruise
The route of this White Orchid River Cruise passes the following famous landmarks along the Chao Phraya River:
- Asiatique The Riverfront (start of cruise)
- Shangri-La Bangkok
- Mandarin Oriental Bangkok
- Royal Orchid Sheraton Riverside
- River City Bangkok
- Holy Rosary Church
- Memorial Bridge
- The Grand Palace
- Rama VIII Bridge
- Wat Arun
- Wat Kanlaya
- Millennium Hilton Bangkok
- ICONSIAM
- The Peninsula Bangkok
- Asiatique The Riverfront (end of cruise)
Food & entertainment on dinner cruise
White Orchid River Cruise food and entertainment for the dinner cruise are detailed below.
Food & drink offerings:
- Thai and International Buffet (food menu)
- Water, tea, coffee
- Free-flow beer
- Free birthday cake on birthday date
Food & drink highlights:
- Grilled shrimp
- Grilled mussels
- Salmon sashimi
- Sushi
- Chicken wings in red sauce
- Chicken Massaman curry
- Deep-fried tilapia in tamarind sauce
- Spicy soup with shrimp
- Salmon kabutoni
- Traditional Thai desserts
- Egg tart
- Singha and Chang draught beer
The menu might be subject to some changes based on the ingredient availability.
Entertainment highlights:
- Cabaret
- Thai Classical Dance
- Live music
Ticket price for dinner cruise
The dinner cruise ticket price:
- Adult:
1,600 THB899 THB per person - Child (4-10 y/o):
1,400 THB599 THB per person - Children aged 0-3 free of charge
For the latest special dinner cruise ticket price offers, check out Discounted Tickets for White Orchid River Cruise.
3. Sunset cruise from ICONSIAM
This sunset cruise departs from ICONSIAM Pier and offers an identical program and menu to the sunset cruise departing from Asiatique. You might find ICONSIAM Pier easier to reach by public transportation, as the BTS Gold Line station is next to the ICONSIAM shopping mall.
When is the sunset cruise?
The sunset cruise timing:
Check-in Time: 16:00-16:40
Cruising Time: 17:00-18:45
Cruise duration: 1 hour 45 minutes
The cruise is available daily. However, a different cruise schedule, menu, entertainment program, and pricing are normally applied on special occasions, such as New Year's Eve, Valentine's Day, the Loy Krathong Festival, etc.
Route of sunset cruise
The route of this White Orchid River Cruise passes the following famous landmarks along the Chao Phraya River:
- ICONSIAM (start of cruise)
- Royal Orchid Sheraton Riverside
- River City Bangkok
- Holy Rosary Church
- Memorial Bridge
- The Grand Palace
- Rama VIII Bridge
- Wat Arun
- Wat Kanlaya
- Millennium Hilton Bangkok
- The Peninsula Bangkok
- Asiatique The Riverfront
- Shangri-La Bangkok
- Mandarin Oriental Bangkok
- ICONSIAM (end of cruise)
Food & entertainment on sunset cruise
White Orchid River Cruise food and entertainment for the sunset cruise are detailed below.
Food & drink offerings:
- Thai and International Buffet (food menu)
- Water, tea, coffee
- Free-flow beer
- Free birthday cake on birthday date
Food & drink highlights:
- Grilled shrimp
- Grilled mussels
- Chicken Massaman curry
- Papaya salad
- Fried fish in tamarind sauce
- Spicy soup with shrimp
- Pad Thai
- Traditional Thai desserts
- Singha and Chang draught beer
The menu might be subject to some changes based on the ingredient availability.
Entertainment highlights:
- Live music
Ticket price for sunset cruise
The sunset cruise ticket price:
- Adult:
1,400 THB699 THB per person - Child (4-10 y/o):
1,200 THB499 THB per person - Children aged 0-3 free of charge
For the latest special sunset cruise ticket price offers, check out Discounted Tickets for White Orchid River Cruise.
4. Dinner cruise from ICONSIAM
This dinner cruise departs from ICONSIAM Pier and offers an identical program and menu to the dinner cruise departing from Asiatique. You might find ICONSIAM Pier easier to reach by public transportation, as the BTS Gold Line station is next to the ICONSIAM shopping mall.
When is the dinner cruise?
The dinner cruise timing:
Check-in Time: 18:00-19:20
Cruising Time: 19:45-21:45
Cruise duration: 2 hours
The cruise is available daily. However, a different cruise schedule, menu, entertainment program, and pricing are normally applied on special occasions, such as New Year's Eve, Valentine's Day, the Loy Krathong Festival, etc.
Route of dinner cruise
The route of this White Orchid River Cruise passes the following famous landmarks along the Chao Phraya River:
- ICONSIAM (start of cruise)
- Royal Orchid Sheraton Riverside
- River City Bangkok
- Holy Rosary Church
- Memorial Bridge
- The Grand Palace
- Rama VIII Bridge
- Wat Arun
- Wat Kanlaya
- Millennium Hilton Bangkok
- The Peninsula Bangkok
- Asiatique The Riverfront
- Shangri-La Bangkok
- Mandarin Oriental Bangkok
- ICONSIAM (end of cruise)
Food & entertainment on dinner cruise
White Orchid River Cruise food and entertainment for the dinner cruise are detailed below.
Food & drink offerings:
- Thai and International Buffet (food menu)
- Water, tea, coffee
- Free-flow beer
- Free birthday cake on birthday date
Food & drink highlights:
- Grilled shrimp
- Grilled mussels
- Salmon sashimi
- Sushi
- Chicken wings in red sauce
- Chicken Massaman curry
- Deep-fried tilapia in tamarind sauce
- Spicy soup with shrimp
- Salmon kabutoni
- Traditional Thai desserts
- Egg tart
- Singha and Chang draught beer
The menu might be subject to some changes based on the ingredient availability.
Entertainment highlights:
- Cabaret
- Thai Classical Dance
- Live music
Ticket price for dinner cruise
The dinner cruise ticket price:
- Adult:
1,600 THB899 THB per person - Child (4-10 y/o):
1,400 THB599 THB per person - Children aged 0-3 free of charge
For the latest special dinner cruise ticket price offers, check out Discounted Tickets for White Orchid River Cruise.
Booking White Orchid River Cruise
Tickets to all the above-mentioned cruises can be conveniently booked online at a discounted price here: Discounted Tickets for White Orchid River Cruise.
To make sure that you are getting the best deal for the cruise, also check here: White Orchid River Cruise tickets.
Reviews of White Orchid River Cruise
The original reviews of real customers who purchased this cruise can be found below.
How to get to the cruise pier?
The White Orchid River Cruise lets you board the dinner cruise at two Chao Phraya River piers in Bangkok. You might wish to choose the cruise that departs from the pier that is more convenient for you to make sure that you are not missing the boarding time.
Asiatique The Riverfront Pier is one of the busiest cruise piers in Bangkok, as there you can also board other popular Bangkok dinner cruises such as the Royal Princess Cruise, the Chao Phraya Princess Cruise, and the Chao Phraya Cruise. To reach Asiatique Pier, you need to take a taxi or use a combination of the BTS SkyTrain (Saphan Taksin Station) and the Asiatique free shuttle boat departing from Sathorn Pier.
ICONSIAM Pier is another popular Bangkok river cruise departure point, where you can board more than 10 cruises. To get to ICONSIAM, you can take an ICONSIAM shuttle boat from Si Phraya Pier, CAT Telecom Pier, or Sathorn Pier. Sathorn Pier can be reached by BTS, as it’s located next to Saphan Taksin Station. Another option is taking the BTS to Krung Thonburi Station and then transferring to the Gold Line Train, which takes you right to ICONSIAM.
Book a hotel near the cruise pier
To take the hassle of traveling to the cruise pier away, stay at one of the hotels nearby the pier.
The most popular accommodation options near Asiatique are:
Ramada Plaza Bangkok Menam Riverside (also check the special offer for the hotel on Agoda).
Hotel Once Bangkok (also check the special offer for the hotel on Agoda).
The Salil Hotel Riverside Bangkok (also check the special offer for the hotel on Agoda).
The most popular accommodation options near ICONSIAM Pier are:
Millennium Hilton Bangkok (also check the special offer for the hotel on Agoda).
Hilton Garden Inn Bangkok Riverside (also check the special offer for the hotel on Agoda).
The Peninsula Bangkok (also check the special offer for the hotel on Agoda).
Other river cruises & boat services in Bangkok
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