★Local·Crocodile temple
Wat Chakrawat
วัดจักรวรรดิ
Chinatown's Rama I royal monastery with an unlikely claim to fame: a crocodile pond and a one-eyed legend.
Chinatown's crocodile temple, known for its crocodile pond and the legend of a one-eyed man-eater. Scruffy, strange and very old Bangkok.
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Visiting
- Open
- daily
- Dress
- Shoulders and knees covered
- Allow
- 20–30 min
No official opening hours published — check on the day.
Checked 10 Oct 2026 against openstreetmap.org, wikidata.org. Things change: closures for royal ceremonies and holidays are common.
Visiting a temple
- Shoulders and knees covered, for everyone. Sarongs are usually available at the gate, sometimes for a small deposit.
- Shoes come off before you step into an ordination hall — watch what everyone else is doing at the threshold.
- Most compounds open early, around 08:00, and close by 17:00–18:00; the major ones charge foreign visitors a small entry fee.
- Early morning is cooler, quieter and far better light than midday.
Check current entry fee and today's closing time when you arrive — we have no verified official site for this one.
Getting there
- Rachawong·Cross-river ferries~6 min walk
- Rachawong·Chao Phraya Tourist Boat~6 min walk
- Rachawong·Chao Phraya Express Boat~6 min walk
- Memorial Bridge·Chao Phraya Express Boat~9 min walk
Typical times, not a timetable · rail, boat and BRT routing runs right in the atlas.
While you're here
- Sampeng Lane·Wholesale~5 min walk
- Gurdwara Siri Guru Singh Sabha·Sikh gurdwara~6 min walk
- Khlong Ong Ang Walking Street·Canal walking street~6 min walk
- Ratchawong Pier·River pier~6 min walk
The neighbourhood
Wat Chakrawat sits in Yaowarat · Chinatown — The golden mile of street food.