Sri Nakhon Khuean Khan Park and Botanical Garden

The park is an amazing green oasis where you'd never realize you were still in Bangkok. It was a nice half day trip to take a break from the big city. The bird watching was amazing! TIPS: Due to traffic, I highly suggest taking a car to the ferry and taking the ferry the rest of the way. From there, you can rent a bicycle and it is a short bike ride to the park. This will save you a LOT of time compared to driving straight to the park. The quality of the bikes at the other end of the ferry are significantly better than the ones you can rent at the park. The ferry bikes have more options and way better tires so you can go off the paved path. Finally, bring bug spray :)

Very nice green park close to the centre of Bangkok. I took a Grab from Sukhumvit very early in the morning and arrived at the park around 7:00 a.m. I walked around, spotted some lovely birds, and met friendly people. There are toilets and a nice café that serves good coffee. To get back, we walked to one of the ferries and found another Grab on the other side. You can also reach the MRT within walking distance from the ferry point.

We ended up here randomly after deciding to take a short public ferry across the river to discover what was on the other side. It's a nice, quiet place, not very big, and there aren't any impressive flowers or anything that we could see, but still, the walkway across the water was pretty and we enjoyed a respite from the crowds. We also saw a Komodo dragon swimming in the water, which was pretty cool.😎