Chon Buri Festivals and Events

Festivals and Events

Sailing and Leisure Cruise in Pattaya

Pattaya is one of Thailand’s premier sailing destination, attracting both domestic and international sailing crowd. The sailing season in Pattaya lasts from November till April when the weather is at its best. A number of yacht and boat agencies organise charters, with or without crews, joining leisure cruises and even basic training for would-be yachtsmen.

Boat Rental Agencies

Ocean Marina
274 Sukhumvit Road, Chomthian, Pattaya, Chon Buri
Tel: 0 3823 7310
The Ocean Marina Yacht Club in Chomthian Beach, just south of Pattaya, offers jetty, pontoon berths, and onshore facilties for skippers and crew members with hotel, restaurant and other relevent services.

Fishing in Chon Buri

Bang Sa-re (or Bang Saray), 16 kilometres south of Pattaya, is a popular destination for fishing lovers.  Most bungalows arranges boat, tackle and guides fro reasonable fees.  In the rocks south of Pattaya lurk species native to the Gulf of Thailand: red snapper, yellow jack, bonito, black-tipped shards, cobia and giant garoupers.

Fishing equipments are available at

Bang Saray Fishing Lodge
42  Mu 5, Bang Sa-re, Sattahip, Chon Buri 20251
Tel: 0 3843 6757

Pattaya Game Fishing Club
Cafe Kronberg, Soi Diana Inn, Pattaya, Chon Buri 20260
Tel: 0 3842 3303

Cooking Classes in Pattaya

The following hotels in Pattaya offer Thai cooking classes for their guests.

Best Western Baiyoke
Tel : 0 3842 3300

Grand Jomtien Palace
Tel : 0 3823 1405

Montien Pattaya
Tel : 0 3842 8155

Pattaya Park Beach Resort
Tel : 0 3842 3000

Royal Cliff Beach Resort
Tel : 0 3825 0421

Royal Garden Resort
Tel : 0 3842 8126

Town in Town
Tel : 0 3842 0281

Weekender
Tel : 0 3842 8720

Welcome Jomtien Beach
Tel : 0 3823 2701

Woodlands Resort
Tel : 0 3842 1707

Chon Buri Annual Festival (งานนมัสการพระพุทธสิหิงค์และงานกาชาดประจำปีจังหวัดชลบุรี) This fair is held about mid-April during the Songkran Festival. Phra Phutthasihing, Chon Buri’s principle Buddha image, is put in a procession around the city. Also organised are cultural shows, exhibitions and stalls offering various types of products.

Wan Lai Festival (ประเพณีวันไหล) is a Chon Buri merit making day of the seamen on the Thai New Year during the Songkran Festival, organized during 13-20 April every year. There is alms-offering to the monks, ceremony of pouring water onto the Buddha’s image, sand pagoda making, splashing water and local games and sports in Chon Buri. The areas where the Wan Lai Festival is organized are as follows:

Pattaya–Na Kluea Wan Lai Festival and Na Kluea Kong Khao Fair (งานประเพณีวันไหล พัทยา- นาเกลือ และงานกองข้าวนาเกลือ) are organized on 18-20 April every year at Lan Pho Public Park, Na Kluea and Wat Chai Mongkhon in South Pattaya. Various activities are organized such as a water pouring ceremony to seek blessings from the elderly, Wan Lai procession and amusing water splashing among locals and tourists.

Songkran Si Maha Racha Festival and Kong Khao Tradition (งานประเพณีสงกรานต์ศรีมหาราชาและงานประเพณีกองข้าว) is an ancient festival of the Chon Buri locals. At present, Si Racha District still preserves this tradition and organizes it every year, during 19-21 April, to worship the gods who have been protecting them throughout the year. Activities comprise of the procession led by the elderly and various organizations in traditional Thai costume, a worship ceremony, spirit offering ceremony, Kong Khao tradition demonstration, local games, demonstrations, and sales of traditional desserts and local food.

Ko Phra Sai Wan Lai Festival, Bang Saen (งานประเพณีก่อพระทรายวันไหล บางแสน) is the festival which has been conducted by the Saen Suk people from the past. Originally, it was called “Ngan Thambun Wan Lai”, a gathering of people from various villages to do the merit making in the Songkran Festival or the Thai New Year Day, taking place on 16-17 April, every year. Monks from every temple in Saen Suk Sub-district are invited to perform the religious ceremony. There is merit making, food offering and bahting ceremony. Later, there are activities of sand pagoda making, water splashing, local games and sports, etc.

Ngan Bun Klang Ban and Phanat Nikhom Basketwork (งานบุญกลางบ้าน และเครื่องจักสานพนัสนิคม) are traditions that have been passed on for a long period of time of the Phanat Nikhom people. They are organized on Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the first week of May or the Thai 6th lunar month. The locals will bring food, offer them to the monks, and dedicate the merit to the guardian spirits, enemies from a former life, the deceased relatives, as well as, to drive out bad things, to ask for rain during the season and to wish for abundant food and plants. After the religious ceremony, there is lunch, local games and a demonstration of Phanat Nikhom basketry making.

Chon Buri Buffalo Race (งานประเพณีวิ่งควาย) This is a long-established celebration of this most useful animal of Thai farmers. A fun-filled event, it is held not only in Chon Buri itself but also in Ban Bueng and Nong Yai districts. The beasts of burden are dressed outrageously or with admirable creativity by owners depending on their imagination. Assembled in the courtyard in front of the town hall, the buffaloes partake in racing, or take part in physical fitness and “fashion” contests.

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