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Explore Angthong National Marine Park by Big Boat from Koh Samui

Koh Samui, Thailand

From $33.56

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up to 24 hours before the experience starts (local time)

8 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
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Offered in: English

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Overview

Explore the Gulf of Thailand on this multi-activity tour, which includes the use of all equipment for snorkeling and kayaking. Booking these activities separately may take some logistical maneuvering; this tour includes both as well as fast transportation to the islands via a large, stable boat. Visit Koh Mae Ko to see the Emerald Green Lagoon (Talay Nai), go kayaking at Wua Ta Lap, explore the hidden lake at Talay Nai, and enjoy shallow water snorkeling.

Light breakfast and buffet lunch included to ensure you are fueled for adventure
All kayaking equipment and dry bags to store your personal items
Use of snorkeling equipment to see some kind of fishes by walking from the beach
Transfer to the smaller islands via traditional long tail boat

What's Included

Hotel round-trip transfer with air-conditioned vehicle
Light breakfast
Snorkeling equipment
Kayaking equipment (reserved for Kayaking Program)
Long tails boat transfer from the boat to the islands
Lunch on board
Travel Insurance
English speaking guide

Admission fee to National Park (THB 300 / Adult & THB 150 / Child)

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

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Start time

07:15 AM

Pickup details

Pick up service: easy to join a tour, just put the name of your hotel in the "Special Requirements box" when you make a booking Any hotel is located up to the hill, we would make the meeting point with customers.

What To Expect

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Not recommended for travelers with back problems
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
No heart problems or other serious medical conditions

Most travelers can participate
Not recommended for the cruise ship travelers
What to brings: Sunscreen, Towels
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 90 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.

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Featured review

Timon_P

After the arrival with the fairy we walked up to the viewpoint. All the sweat was worth itm in the afternoon we went snorkling and swiming on a beautiful beach. We can recommend it for sure.

Reviews

4.0

51 reviews

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Great day trip

Timon_P, Aug 2023

After the arrival with the fairy we walked up to the viewpoint. All the sweat was worth itm in the afternoon we went snorkling and swiming on a beautiful beach. We can recommend it for sure.

Lovely staff

Kate_T, Mar 2023

Lovely and very nice staff, boat was quite outdated and slow, 1.5h to get to first island.is teas and coffe ,banana's and bun with jam,first island is a beautiful beach wit oprion to hike,we done first 4 levels out of 5 i think,path is made as steps,very fitness challenging in this heat. Beach was amazing not much trash but I seen an old shoe and some fishing ropes on the beach. Then we back on boat lovely very nice lunch,rice,fried /cooked chicken,salad,watermelon and some drinks. Swcond stop was two locations for kayaking/snorkeling GET OFF ON FORST LOCATION EVEN IF YOU DONT DO EITHER OF ACTIVITIES! We get off on sevind location and it was AWFUL! very small beach,nothing to see snorkeling, engine noise from small boats and generator for cafe plus diesel smell from both of them! First location had much bigger beach to relax. That was the worst bit of that trip. Lovely staff but you spending more on the boat then on island's.

Did not meet my expectations

Douglas_K, Jan 2023

The staff and crew were great and depending on your expectations the cruise was ok. Billed as a kayaking and snorkeling experience, the tour did not meet my expectations. Kayaking was a 30 min trip with 20 other boats and the snorkeling was terrible. 6ft visibility and very little marine life. Appears the trip was all about walking to a lagoon to take pictures (no swimming in lagoon) and hiking up mountain to take more pictures. Lunch was good and as I said crew was great, just did not meet my expectations

Response from Host, Jan 2023

Dear our valued customers, Thank you for your review and sorry for any disappointed experience from the trip that it did not your expectations! Please allow us clarify the information to you and with other people who are making the decision to take the trip by the Big Boat. As we mentioned on the tour description: Angthong trip by the big boat is for people who love to hike up to see the view points on the top that you can do twice at Emerald Green Lagoon and Koh Wua Ta Lub. However, it is not for the people who want to do snorkeling because by the big boat can not go much faraway like speed boat. So, the snorkeling by the big boat just walks from the shallow water and you can not see much of fishes. We would be thankful again for your review as it will be useful for other customers as well. Best regards, Jiggy

If only the weather was good...

Dina_N, Oct 2022

This would've been a really fun and adventurous trip if the weather wasn't terrible that day. Due to strong wind and rain, we experienced rough seas on the way there and back. Quite a number of people got sea sick. The boat ride to the park is nearly 2 hours each way, just something to be aware of. I should also mention that it's a great value for money.

Great !

Khaled_K, Jul 2022

The view point in the national park is so stunning and definitely worth the tiring hike to go up which took us more than 90 minutes to go up and photoshoot and going down. I just felt that the boat trip is a bit long other than that everything is as described. The staff is great, they are all helpful and understanding. To recommend

Response from Host, Jul 2022

Dear our valued customer, Thank you very much for your review and glad to hear that you walked up to the top view point as it's incredible view up there. And, for the boat, you absolutely right as the big boat takes longer than speed boat. If people who would like to save the time of traveling, better to take the speed boat. Big boat is suitable for people who travel with small children or elder people. We hope to see again next time in Koh Samui for your next visiting!

Average Island Hopping Tour

Caleb_P, Apr 2021

Decent trip for the money. It is basically your standard island hopping adventure, with nothing really making it stand out. You go to a few islands, hike around a bit and go snorkeling. I didn't feel there was much going on. After getting to an island and walking around for 15 minutes, we just sat and waited for the time to be up. The snorkeling is in fairly shallow water, would be nicer somewhere else. And the kayaking was not worth it, just 10 minutes and you can see some caves that you can already see from the shore.

Response from Host, Apr 2021

Dear our value customer, Thank you very much for your feedback! Regarding to the snorkeling spot, nicer place would be at "Koh Wao" that you have to take the speed boat. However, we would take it to improve our future services. Best regards, Jiggy

Amazing

vamsi_m, Jul 2020

It was a beautiful experience, the team really took care and we were made to feel safe while in water. As it was said in earlier reviews do not go with very high expectation. Go with the flow - the team are a friendly bunch. They served vegetarian food as requested. The water was a bit cloudy for snorkelling probably because of the number of people. Kayaking was amazing and so was the trek to see the emerald lagoon. Very well organised trip for people who love beach, sand,water and sun !

Response from Host, Jul 2020

Dear our valued customer, Thank you for your review! It's great to hear that you had such a good experience on the trip we provided. We hope to serve you again for your next visiting. Best regards, Jiggy

Great sites, food was suspicious and resulted in illness

jamesbeedie1, Jan 2020

The trip was fine, I'd previously been on ang thong tours which took in more islands, permitted deep water swimming from the biat, and had multiple lengthy kayak stops. This one was quite whistlestop, albeit enjoyable. However, the lunch resulted in food poisoning for me and my other half. It was all we had eaten that day and, after a couple of hours, we started to feel dizzy and spent the whole evening, night, and last day of the trip in the bathroom. I suspect the rice was to blame, having been left to cool at outdoor temperature: 'fried rice syndrome'.

Response from Host, Feb 2020

Dear value customer, Thank you for your review and sorry for any inconvenience which may caused. We will definitely send your feedback to our team and investigate about this issue for improving our services. Best regards, Jiggy

Snorkeling and Kayaking tour

SANGEETA_R, Jan 2020

Huge disappointment!! This trip was titled Snorkeling & Kayaking but there was absolutely no marine life where they took us to snorkel. The tour guide told us that there is usually no marine life so why did Viator call this as a snorkeling & kayaking tour? Plain cheating & a rip off. Kids were quite bummed. Would not recommend this at all.

Response from Host, Jan 2020

Dear valued customer, Thank you for your revirew and apologise for any disappointed! We are pleased to bring your feedback to add in our tour descriptions to make its more cleared for further customers. Normally snorkeling by big boat is in basic by walking from the beach, if customers prefer to see more marine life, then they would take the speed boat. Best regards, Jiggy

Really nice trip with amazing views.

PatrykF, Oct 2019

This is one of the highlights when you spend time on Koh Samui. Pick-up and drop-off to the hotel on time. Good service and amazing views. Snorkeling could be better. probably next time I would go with kayaking. I would definitely recommend this trip.

Only good for small trek

Kishore_j, Aug 2019

Snorkel area is lousy. If ur foot touches the ground in 2/3 feet deep water it will get cut because the dead corals are on the surface itself.

Good experience in general 3.5 stars

ShakeelAhmed_P, Aug 2019

Booked this tour through viator which was reasonably priced. To begin with there was some confusion with the pick which was for some reason an hour late. Nevertheless, it was there and we made it to the boat just in time with some risky driving which, by the way, I did not appreciate. Overall the excursion was well organized with good tour guides and support staff (some of them were rude but never mind). The buffet lunch was pretty decent and also Halal to my pleasant surprise. Kayaking was good but snorkelling was a bit disappointing and hurried and the boat ride back to Samui was painfully long.

Great excursion!

Melissa P, Aug 2019

This was a fun and exciting day out. Food and sites were awesome!! Would totally recommend to anyone! Tour operator was great and logistics were run well.

Response from Host, Aug 2019

Dear value customer, We're truely thankful for your review and feel grateful to hear you had a good time with our tour operated . Your feedback would definietly cheer us up to continue improving our service and make the most satisfaction to the customers. Best regards, Jiggy

Good value for prize

vonrog1, Jul 2019

Disturbing Entrance fee for national park is not included Nice Staff, food average boat ok Beach somewhat ugly Walking to the peak very nice but demanding

Response from Host, Aug 2019

Dear value customer, We're truely thankful for your review. Your feedback would definietly cheer us up to continue improving our service and make the most satisfaction to the customers. Regarding to the entrance fee at National Park, on the program is mentioned that customers suppose to pay on their travelling, so we sincere apologise for any inconvenience which may caused. Best regards, Jiggy

Nice tour to discover the national marine park

Christophe_S, Jul 2019

Nice tour with great staff. Climbing to the viewpoints is quite hard under the sun, but the views are wonderful ! Big boat so no worried about being sick. Food was good also

Response from Host, Aug 2019

Dear value customer, We're truely thankful for your review and feel grateful to hear you had a good time with our tour operated . We promise to keep continue improving our service to make our customer's satisfaction. Best regards, Jiggy

Immer wieder, aber...

Harald_H, Jun 2023

Ein Muss für jeden Gast auf Koh Samui! Absolut sehenswert! Ein tolles Preis/Leistungsverhältnis! Aber: 1. zu wenig Information vom Guide und 2. MUSS darauf hingewiesen werden, daß dieser Ausflug für ältere Menschen und Menschen mit Behinderungen nicht geeignet ist, da er körperlich sehr anstrengend ist!

Parfait

Marie_O, Mar 2020

Que dire sur cette belle journée, un staff vraiment génial ! Les paysages à couper le souffle. Un repas plutôt copieux et bon. Pour le kayak un peu court (environ 30 min) mais cela vaut le détour, passage dans une grotte assez sympa.

Magnifique !

marie-annick G, Oct 2019

Très beaux paysages, personnel super sympa. La ballade en canoe est à faire, surtout ne traînez pas derrière l accompagnatrice car elle ne parle que pour les premiers derrière elle lol . Montée à faire pour les points de vue ! Tres dépaysant.

Magnifique !!!!!

Jennifer V, Oct 2019

Sportif mais cela en vaut le coup. Paysage magnifique Très bien organisé, repas au top. Si à redire peu être rester un peu plus longtemps sur le parc national marin Journée au top!!!

Posto favoloso_organizzazione da migliorare.

Maria_P, Sep 2019

Il posto é favoloso e vale la pena tutto lo sforzo! Alcuni suggeromenti:migliorare l organizzazione, la nostra guida non era stata chiarissima su orario di ritorno alla barca. Lo Snorkleing alla spiaggetta é infattibile in quanto da svolgersi in una zona molto limitata di mare recintato e sotto non c è nulla. In ogni caso l escursione é da fare in quanto il panorama é davvero meraviglioso.