Angthong National Marine Park by Tour Boat including Lunch

Great for hiking

Booked it for my parents (both 60+). Really well planned trip who want to hike/kayak in the park. They loved the food as well.

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NOT a Snorkling or Kayaking Trip.

This is NOT a snorkeling trip. If you're searching for snorkeling don't book this! In the advertisement, it sounds like a guided snorkeling trip, but they throw you at a beach with murky water and give you diving glasses if you want to. Then you're allowed to put your head down in waist-deep water within a limited area of the beach where everyone else is allowed to swim. There is nothing special to see there are only many sea urchins. So be careful where you step. This beach is dead and tailored for tourists. It is not good for snorkeling. The kayaking part is half an hour from one beach to another beach on the same island in a straight line. If you're searching for a kayaking trip don't book this. The boat takes about 1.5-2h for one way to the islands instead of the 1h they advertise. Bring headphones or earplugs because the motor of the boat is very loud. You can't even hear the loudspeaker announcements they make to tell you what the day will be like. Important bring money because you need it along the trip. First to pay the entrance fee for the park and also if you want to drink something on the island. The islands are not deserted nature reservats they're beaches prepared for tourists. If you want to go to a beach go to Lamai Beach on Samui it is nicer and it is free. The second beach was very small for the 200 people they threw at it and half of it is taken up by a kiosk that sells drinks with a very loud generator right on top of the beach. The best part here is the viewpoint overviewing the secret lagoon. It is quiet there (except for cicadas which are normal). The only good thing was the food given for lunch on the boat. If you're picky though, better to bring your food, no vegetarian options (which is to be expected in Thailand so this one is normal but so that you don't get your expectations up). The staff on the boat was super friendly, pleasant, and accommodating. Too bad, that the agencies that sell these trips advertise the trip as something that it is not.

Response from the operator: Dear Vanessa Carrabiani, Thank you for your review and please accept our apology for making any disappointed on your experience to take this trip. We would be happy to bring your feedback to improve our further services, however please allow us clarify some information that may caused other travelers misunderstood from your point of view. For the snorkeling, we mention it on the program that it is the snorkeling from the beach. So, if travelers who prefer to do snorkeling, then speed boat is a better choice. However, to avoid any misunderstanding in the future, we have add more sentences to make it more clear on this issue. For kayaking, most of travelers really enjoy this activity, you did not book the kayak option, so if you took this part of the program you may change your mind :) Taking the trip by big boat, you're right it takes for one and a half hour to almost 2 hours, if for an hour would be by speed boat. Either the time of journey by speed boat or big boat, we have not mentioned on the program, so thanks to your review to remind us put the traveling time on the description. For the Vegetarian food, it is on the requirement in advance, and we would happy to prepare it for our travelers. However, we would thankful that you're pleasant from the services by the staffs. Best regards, Jiggy

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Fun day out!

Pleasant, if a little long boat ride to the marine park - like many others, couldn’t hear loud speaker so didn’t know how the day would pan out. 1st arrived at a larger island where we discovered we could hike up 580m to a look-out, or go along the beach to a cave - we opted for the cave, as we didnt fancy hiking up the mountain. Boy were we wrong! To get to the cave, we had a near vertical climb usually a fortunately strong rope! It was NOT for the faint of heart & had we been in Europe, would have undoubtedly been closed due to Health & Safety fears! Was an exhilarating experience- but only after we were back on the safety of the beach! (A twisted ankle or worse, and I’m not sure how they would manage to extract you for medical attention) Strong sturdy footwear highly recommended, and NOT for the unfit or children! Lunch was back on the boat, which was very well organised & tasty! The 2nd island was reached after a very short but pleasant kayak trip.. could view the lagoon, at the top of some steep stairs or lounge on the beach… All in all, a good day out.

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Great tour!

Really enjoyed this tour. Hikes/views were amazing. Snorkeling wasn’t good but tour guides were open about it not being very good. Food and staff were great

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