THAILAND
Good island hopping snorkeling trips in Thailand fill up weeks ahead and the best ones go first. Below: the 15 to book early, what each includes and how they differ.
Review of Koh Tao’s 7-hour snorkeling tour, with Nangyuan viewpoint, four bays, lunch, wildlife, photos, costs, and practical tips.
“Awesome! Best value tour in Thailand. Boat, lunch, snack included. guides get everyone hyped up. Great snorkeling. they know where the turtles, sharks, and stingrays hangout. 10/10!”
Explore seven Krabi islands by longtail boat, with snorkeling, a sunset buffet on Koh Poda, and a swim with glowing plankton.
“I loved this trip. Beautiful scenery and the guides were amazing! I would definitely recommend!”
Review of Phuket’s 3 Khai Islands tour, with snorkeling, beaches, family-friendly timing, practical costs, boat details, and booking advice.
“Excellent value for money - a brilliant trip, would highly recommend. Simon our guide was fantastic, a real character. Plenty of soft drinks served all day and we had a lovely lunch at Khai Nai, along with some fruit snacks at the last stop. A really enjoyable day - saw some beautiful fish and my other half was lucky enough to see a baby shark! Only negative is the hotel transfer is quite long.”
Review of the Phuket Similan Islands speedboat tour, with snorkeling, beaches, lunch, transport, costs, crowds, and practical tips.
“Amazing day. Our guide was very enthusiastic and the whole day was fantastic and super organised. Highly recommend”
Review of Phuket’s Phi Phi and Bamboo Islands speedboat tour, with snorkeling, Maya Bay, lunch, costs, crowds, tips, and honest value advice.
“The tour itself takes you to a late of beautiful places, but each location is swarmed by thousands of people doing the exact same thing. As long as you understand and accept that, it will be a good day. Tommy our tour guide was friendly, kRead more”
Review of Phuket’s Phi Phi and Khai Islands speedboat tour, with snorkeling, Maya Bay, lunch, hotel pickup, costs, and practical tips.
“The organization prior to embark was chaotic no very good guidance. A lot of people in a small place. After embarking no safety features of the boat, life saving device not seen or explained. The amount of people in the boat was to much. I Read more”
Koh Chang snorkeling tour review covering the 3 or 4 island routes, boat comfort, beaches, lunch, costs, and practical tips.
“Very fun. Nice people. Get straight to the point. Quick and easy pick up service, good snorkeling locations. Got 1 Nice clear white sand beach for relaxation”
Review of Phuket’s 3 Khai Islands tour, with snorkeling, shallow water, family tips, timing, costs, crowds, lunch, and honest advice.
“We had a great trip experience. very professional and well organised from the start. Our guide Ellie was fantastic, very thorough, helpful and kept things fun and relaxed. The boat itself was excellent, very clean and we felt safe at all times. This trip was excellent value and they served water and fresh fruit during the trip as well as providing free snacks and beverages whilst we waited for our trip to begin. Would 100% recommend this tour.”
Review of Khao Lak’s Surin Islands snorkeling tour, with coral reefs, Moken village, lunch, practical tips, value, and drawbacks.
“This was the best trip of our holiday and is definitely worth going on in my opinion. The crew were funny, friendly and showed us the best spots to snorkel. The tour guide was Stephanie who was hilarious and the best tour guide I have met, and I have been on many trips. The snorkeling was amazing with so much to see, I would definitely recommend a good underwater camera if you want to capture the beautiful, underwater scenery. Even when we went to beach to relax there were mini hermit crabs walking along. The food and drinks provided were delicious, especially the iced coffee and toffee cake on the…”
Review of Koh Lanta’s $31 four-island longtail tour, with Emerald Cave, snorkeling, beach lunch, practical tips, and honest drawbacks.
“The water was crystal clear for a great snorkeling experience. Lunch was lovely. our guide was very friendly and informative. Overall a very enjoyable experience.”
Review of Koh Lanta’s Phi Phi speedboat tour, including Maya Bay, snorkeling, lunch, Bamboo Island, costs, crowds, and practical tips.
“We had a lovely day on the tour. The route was changed around due to high winds but this did not affect the enjoyment of the trip. Maya bay was stunning and so was the rest of the scenery. Our tour guide was excellent and transportation there and back was very well organised. Would highly recommend.”
Review of Koh Lipe’s $22 longtail snorkeling tour, with seven islands, coral reefs, lunch, underwater photos, and practical tips.
“Exceptional trip! Everything was well organised, good snorkelling equipment, great underwater photos that the guide took of us that were free to access electronically, delicious lunch, nice guide and stunning spots. Highly recommend!”
Review of Krabi’s seven-island snorkel cruise, with Railay sunset, Thai barbecue dinner, island stops, and bioluminescent plankton.
“Lovely chef! Great fresh food. Unfortunately you can’t chose al the dishes yourself hahah Highly recommend for a good evening out!”
Krabi’s four-island boat tour visits Phra Nang, Tup, Poda, and Chicken Island, with lunch, snorkeling, hotel transfers, and useful cautions.
“guides were great but spent soooo much time waiting around and lunch was average”
Review of Krabi’s private Hong Islands and Four Islands tour, with lunch, sunset at Railay, optional bioluminescent night snorkeling, and hotel pickup.
“We went on a cold, rainy day and were still having a great time - beautiful views at each island and our guide was super friendly and we never felt rushed. We got to do some snorkeling at Koh Lao La Ding because we were at low tide and saw beautiful coral and lots of fish! Unfortunately my husband hurt his foot (his own fault) so we had to cut our trip short and missed the night snorkel, but our guide and the tour operator took us to the hospital and handled everything for us - communicating with hospital staff and the trip insurance covered everything. Above and beyond service!!…”
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