Ayutthaya - Ko Loi Walking Track

Touring Ko Loi or the floating Island. Count a one-hour walk, depending on the time visiting the points of interest.

Ko Loi is surrounded in the north by Khlong Chong Lom, in the east by the Pa Sak River and in the west by the Front Moat (the new Lopburi River). Khlong Chong Lom was dug in the early 20th century to reduce the whirlpools near Wat Tong Pu and the Chanthara Kasem Palace, separating Wat Chong Lom from the eastern mainland. As the Lopburi River and the Pa Sak River were joining near Wat Tong Pu, and the erosive force of the two rivers was destroying the embankment in front of the Chanthara Kasem Palace, the idea rose to divert the Pa Sak River. This was done shortly after the digging of Khlong Chong Lom. Khlong Sai, a small canal cutting through the eastern mainland from Wat Chong Lom to the present Ayutthaya Ship Building Industrial and Technology College, was widened and deepened. The Pa Sak River instead of running in front of Wat Tong Pu, changed its course and ran straight from Wat Pa Kho to Wat Phanan Choeng.

Cross the metal floating bridge to the Ayutthaya Ship Building Industrial and Technology College (ASBITC) and turn left. Follow the small path along the building for 100 meters, and you will arrive at the first point of interest: Wat Saphan Kluea.

Take a bottle of water with you.