Phi Phi & Bamboo Islands Snorkeling Adventure

The most amazing day! We went with John and the team and we couldn’t fault the experience. They were all so lovely and helpful, kept supplying us with refreshments, and offered to take lots of good pictures of us. We were especially grateful for Alice, who went above and beyond, diving down to get go pro footage of us and lots of close ups of the fish. We loved the whole trip, and felt like we had enough timr at each location. The snorkelling was one of the best we’ve experienced. Highly recommend this tour!

We had an amazing day with John and his team they literally couldn’t do enough for you. I have bad knees and sometimes struggle to get off boats etc but they were always there to assist me with every step which was great. The lunch was also much better than expected. One of the crew also took lots of photos of us which was great as we came away with lots of wonderful memories. The snorkelling sites were also very good. My only negative comment is that I don’t think it was worth paying the extra 1000 baht for the long boat as that spot for a swim was not the best and I would have preferred extra time in the other locations but it didn’t impact the day negatively and we came away having had a wonderful day.

Operator recommended by the resort proved to be an excellent choice. Organized, friendly and professional, we were pampered from start to finish with snacks and drinks. The hike really deserves for heavenly stages. Absolutely recommended!

The tour started with an ontime pick up from Saii Hotel however due to normal traffic congestion it took over an hour to reach the Royal Phuket Marina. The registration process went well but the briefing was inaudible due to the sound system and heavy accent presenter. The staff were all very good at all times getting to the boat and during the tour. Soft drinks, water and refreshments mainly fruit were frequently given out. However there was no safety briefing on the boat or how the life jacks were used or obtained, though there were some lying on the seats albeit insufficient. The first leg was a high speed run for over an hour with very noise twin engines which registered “could do damage to ears” from apple phone recording. The first stop was Bamboo Islands described as enjoy swimming, snorkeling and relax on white sandy beech. What happened, snorkelling was not possible due to the number of people in such a small area so it was cancelled after 35 minutes of hanging about, we were all ushered back on board. In summary a complete waste of time. Next we went to monkey island we stayed on board to watch monkeys on shore and the climb the rocks for about fifteen minutes. We then went to Phi Phi Leh island, the snorkelling here was good there were quite a few jelly fish which we were assured were harmless to be fair no one was stung. We had about forty five minutes here. I would give this an OK. This was followed by Pileh Lagoon this was advertised as where you can go swimming, jumping in turquoise lagoon and cliff caves. We went there but none of the activities were allowed due to the colour of the water and sheer number of boats other reasons were given but essentially nothing happened. A total waste of time. We now went to lunch at Phi Phi Don Island getting off the boat and on to shore was extremely hazardous due to the landing area having collapsed. Loose and steep broken pieces of concrete had to be navigated. Lunch was very good plenty of it and easy to find seating once again the staff were excellent. We had about fifty minutes which was just about enough time but relaxing on the beach and sightseeing around the island was not possible. Another broken promised advertised activity. Now for the biggest waste of time ever not a person on the boat had anything else to say. The Maya Bay visit where the film “The Beach” was made. Literally it was overrun by people, even if there was something worth seeing. Roughly an hour was spent on this exercise. The biggest waste of a beautiful day I could not have imagined. This was followed by another noisy ride of over an hour back to the Marina. Followed by another hour in traffic jams back to our hotel. I will say no more needless to say I would not recommend this tour.

Great time on this tour. Big Banana our cpt did great job! Brian and Potato were awesome, too. Would like to think my wife and I made life long friendships with Mona, our tour guide and Earned, her assistant! Probably will never see them again, but ya never know. Great job Andaman crew of boat #9!!!