Phi Phi and Bamboo Islands Snorkeling Tour

This is a cattle market and the Islands are crammed full of tourists ruining the natural beauty of the place . The speed boat journey is noisy and the fumes in the harbour add to the discomfort - the place should be managed better or tourists banned altogether to protect the islands and the coral . The place is just for tourists to be ripped off - and the Thai government should intervene and regulate the place - please do not go , it’s just like a cattle market - avoid like the plague

Perfect trip. Good and easy transfer and check in. Then information about the hole trip that was good to. Nice and friendly staff. And really beutiful places we visit. I really recommend this trip!

The trip started out with a2.5 hour transfer that was not mentioned when booking. When we arrived at an extremely busy dispatch terminal we were herded from one desk to another and barked orders at to sign this and that then herded towards a breakfast buffet that was OK. We then had to sit through another hour long wait and endure a rep try and encourage people to buy sea shoes and flippers..neither of which were needed. When the time came to board our boat we were put amongst the most rude and miserable people you could hope to meet..mostly Chinese and Hungarians. Once again the rep who named himself Joker..and shouted at everyone through a megaphone..tried to convince people to pay for the onboard photographer. We arrived at the first stop at a beautiful Cove that was thoroughly spoilt by the sheer numbers of boats all competing for moorings around the perimeter. What should have been a serene spot was spoilt by the noise of boat engines revving including the many longboats which have what can only be described as a suped up lawn mower engines belching out smoke. We were able to swim in a tiny area for fear of being minced by boat engines! We were whisked past the viking cave and monkey beach...have your telephoto lenses ready! The lunch stop was another round of masses of boats competing for space along the beach to drop you off and then shouted at by reps and herded into huge restaurant areas. The food I must say was very good. No sooner had we finished than Joker was on his megaphone ordering us all back on the boat for our final stop for some free time ( less than an hour) at bamboo island. What they didn't tell us until we arrived was that it was low tide and once again the tiny area roped off we were allowed to swim in was only 18 inches deep! So everyone was trampling over coral habitats of the fish..in fact we got bitten on our calves by a fish! The photographer spent the entire trip taking pictures of a couple of Chinese girl who were being called by the Hungarian men onboard to cavort in a variety of positions...! The only picture we has taken was a hurried shot of us snorkeling which was a shame we wanted to purchase more underwater shots. When we got back to the terminal we were asked to pay nearly £40 for the picture and when I asked if we could see the picture we were told to just provide an email. I insisted we see the picture and the guy looked puzzled and scrolled through and asked us to identify it was us in the picture! How was he going to send us the picture via email without knowing who we were? Another scam I think! We didn't purchase! Having done other excursions to the islands in thailand and it being a calm beautiful day with plenty of time to relax and swim or snorkel this was a bitter disappointment..the numbers of people should be limited. I wouldn't recommend this trip.

Great service from pick up to drop off. Sea star were very well organised and made the entire experience great. Boy(name of the guide) and his team were very helpful, informative and friendly. Gave information about each stop and very clear on timings. Would highly recommend the trip if it’s your first time in Thailand.