Similan Islands Snorkeling Adventure
About this activity
Highlights
- Explore vibrant coral reefs
- Swim with diverse marine life
- Visit pristine white-sand beaches
- Experience crystal-clear waters
- Enjoy a delicious onboard lunch
Full description
Included / Excluded
- Round-trip transportation from Phuket
- Guided snorkeling sessions at multiple sites
- Lunch and refreshments on board
- Personal snorkeling equipment
Itinerary
You can also get picked up from anywhere in Phuket. Please plan to meet your driver at your hotel lobby at least 10 minutes prior to the scheduled pick-up time.
Enjoy a light breakfast and pick out your snorkeling gear after you have meet your friendly guide from Fantastic Similan.
Walking across the island or snorkeling and swimming and enjoy a great Thai buffet lunch
Snorkeling and swimming
Bangu Island (Koh 9) for snorkeling and swimming.
Similan Island (Koh 8) for swimming snorkeling, relaxing on the beach
Climbing the viewpoint at Sailing Rock
Meeting point
Start Location
Unknown location
Important information
Know before you book
- Check availability and book in advance to secure your spot
- Confirm the departure time and location upon booking
- Review the cancellation policy for any applicable fees
Know before you go
- Bring your own snorkeling equipment or rent it locally
- Wear comfortable swimwear and bring a towel
- Apply waterproof sunscreen to protect your skin
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Accessibility
- Easy Public Transport
Good to know
- On the rare occasion that we should be required to cancel a tour, we will inform you in advance and offer a different tour date, an alternative tour or provide a full refund
- Child ticket age between 4-11 years.
- Guests who are pregnant or have high blood pressure, heart disease and bone diseases are not recommended to join the tour
- What to bring : Passport/ID Card, Swimming suit, Towel, Sunglasses , Sunscreen , Hat, Camera
- Remark : Due to the policy of Similan Islands National Park, you have to send your passports to us suddenly after you make a booking in order to buy the ticket to enter the National Park first.
- Please note that the activity duration includes the time for hotel pick-up and drop-off.
Traveler reviews
Wonderful experience
5 Stars for the Trip,Service,Food and overall experience. Special shoutout to Nina and Sirinfor making this trip a wonderful event.
Fantastic
Awesome day, definitely recommend this tour. Water was amazing, so many fish and coral. Tour guides were very knowledgeable
Dissapointed with limited snorkelling time and number of tourists
Tour was well organized, but we were dissapointed with the limited snorkelling time. Boat was packed meaning it took a long time to get on and off eating into already limited time. Similans were beautiful, but too many tourists there packing the beaches and water, leaving trash everywhere. I would skip the day trip and look to do a liveaboard if you really want to see the beauty of the islands and the ecology.
Excellent Similan Tour
We stayed for 15 days in Thailand and did several island tours in different locations. I must say that this was the best one in every aspect, and mostly thanks to the tour operator SeaStar (without any discredit to other operators). The locations in the Similan archipelago are really beautiful and well worth it. The tour was extremely well organised in all aspects of logistics, timekeeping and entertainment, and the quality of the food and the amenities was pretty good. For example, this was the only tour we did where we were provided with complimentary beach towels and new mouthpieces and fins for the snorkeling gear. Each staff member really did everything to make the clients happy. The speed boats were also in very good condition and well equipped. Despite the relatively long sailing distance and chance of bad weather, all the journeys were quite smooth. All in all, we were very happy with the tour and recommend it. The quality justifies the price.
A day on the Similan islands
The thing to remember is that the Thai people are amazing, so generous and beautiful, they are definitely not appreciated enough, as evidenced by the tip jar that goes around the boat at the end of the trip. Please consider them and give more than the 20baht most of our neighbors gave, I thought it was an insult to the day they tried to provide for us. The positive from this trip, and most importantly, the team on the speedboat were amazing, they were friendly, attentive and professional, however the only good thing about this trip was the snorkeling, which was phenomenal. The water, fish, coral, were so spectacular, they just made the trip worthwhile. The free time to swim and relax was beautiful as well. Negativity, what we didn’t realize was the transfer from Patong to the marina takes 2hrs, then the speedboat to the islands takes 1 and 1/2 hours. There were 50 of us on a speedboat where the seats are smaller than buses, with all our bags, snorkels, fins etc with nowhere to go except upon us, a most uncomfortable trip, made especially so when you’re wet. I’m not going to complain about the food, basic sustenance for the day.