Explore Angthong National Marine Park by Big Boat from Koh Samui

What a fab day

Beautiful. Inexpensive and a lovely experience and would highly recommend. Felt very safe at all times even though I was a solo traveller.

Response from the operator: Dear our valued customers, Thank you for sharing your experience again on Angthong National Marine Park by Big Boat with us! We're particularly happy to hear you had a good time. We will continue working to make our tours better, and feedback like yours helps us achieve this. Hope to welcome you back for another experience on your next visit to Koh Samui! Best regards, Jiggy

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Beautiful, stunning views

Boat trip to Angthong national marine park was a great experience, starting with a pick up at our hotel which took us to the boat..light breakfast was provided, great banana muffins, tea, coffee, water, some fruit. The staff were very friendly and informative, the view from the top of the nature walk was stunning, a tiring semi steep walk but well worth it, the emerald lagoon was beautiful, snorkel was provided, lunch was good. Everything was well organised, unfortunately the driver on the transfer back was very rude and grumpy, he barely acknowledged us and did not even look at us when we thanked him…my only complaint, all else was great and good value, very grateful to visit this special place

Response from the operator: Dear Ritsa Murray, ​Thank you for your review. We're glad to hear that you had a great experience on your boat trip to Angthong National Marine Park. It's wonderful that you enjoyed the entire trip, from the delicious light breakfast, lunch and friendly staff to the stunning views from the viewpoint and the beautiful Emerald Lagoon. We're also happy that you found the tour to be well-organized and a good value. ​We are, however, very sorry to hear about your negative experience with the transfer driver on the way back. This is not the standard of service we strive for, and we sincerely apologize for his rude and grumpy behavior. We take this feedback seriously and will address this matter with our transportation team to ensure it does not happen again. ​We appreciate you bringing this to our attention and thank you for your kind words about the trip itself. We hope to have the opportunity to welcome you back again in the future. Best regards, Jiggy

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Anthong national park was a great seenery

Everything was planned very smooth. From pick Io at hotel to the boat and back. Lunch was plenty and good. We went on the best day in our holiday without any waves. They sell water onboard.

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Disappointment with uncomfortable, unsafe conditions, and confusing communications

We were excited about this full day outing in Angthong National Marine Park and it started out okay but we were very disappointed with many aspects of the trip. There was confusion with the pickup from our hotel even though they confirmed with me twice the day before, and they had no record of our names on the trip. The driver showed up at our hotel at the time stated but he had a piece of paper with some other people's names that were not there. It took a bunch of calls back and forth to someone in the office to get him to take us and then he had to speed and pass cars on the wrong side of the road to get to the dock on time as we were late. We had the same experience at the dock when we checked in on the boat and no one had any record of our being on the tour. The weather conditions were not good and there were thunderstorms, high waves, and pouring rain throughout the day which put a damper on things. This was not the fault of the operator at all but I felt that they did not consider the safety of the guests by proceeding with the kayaking and water activities despite very high waves and loud thunder claps. At the first stop people were transported from the big boat to a longtail boat, and then onto a moving floating dock made of plastic containers connected together. When we returned the waves were very high and the floating plastic was moving up and down like a roller coaster with waves washing through it as you were trying to walk on it. One woman wiped out and fell down right in front of me and no one from the tour helped her or even noticed. Again the weather and waves were not the operator's fault but there should have been someone nearby to guide people as safely as possible to and from the boat. It was every person for themselves as we all tried to scramble back at the same time and the conditions were not safe. It was very wet and uncomfortable most of the day on the boat because of the pouring buckets of rain coming through the open sides of the boat onto the seating and all over the floor. You didn't really have the option to go to a dryer space though because it was crowded and most of the boat was open to the rain. Staff did try to wipe off the seats and clean up the food when people were left the boat but I didn't understand why they did not roll down the plastic sheeting on the side of the boat in some places to try to protect people from the rain. I think that if there was more consideration to comfort and safety of the guests, some communication about the risks, and extra help to those that needed it I would rate it higher. It is probably a better tour when the weather is better but the overall experience was disappointing and we were glad when it ended. On the positive side the hike and views on our first stop were pretty amazing and the beach and ocean were really pretty areas when it wasn't raining so hard. The hike is quite challenging though so be aware of this as not everyone can make it.

Response from the operator: Dear Jennifer, Thank you for your review and sorry for any disappointed experience causing during your trip! We will pass your feedback to all people concern to improve the better services to our customers. Best regards, Jiggy

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Good value trip, stunning views

Good value trip. The views from the steep but short climbs are amazing. Pick up from hotel was on time and well organised to take you to ferry terminal. You pay 300 THB per person before boarding (cash only) for National Park access. It’s about 90 mins to first stop and unfortunately it was very stormy seas so most (including me) got sea sick en route .. never happened before! Because of the storms we didn’t stop for snorkelling. We went to beach where we picked up kayaks … it was very windy so although only a short route to the beach for the beautiful look out, the kayaking back to the beach was cancelled and a boat picked us up. The climb to the top was well worth it. Just beautiful and the skies had cleared up then. We then headed on boat and had lunch which was chicken rice and salad. The boat took us to another beautiful beach only 10 mins away where there was another climb and view point. This is 150 THB paid on the path. We didn’t bother with this one and enjoyed the beach and a swim. The journey back was about 1 hour 45… then taxi to hotel. Overall great day which without the storms would have been even better. After

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