Jun 9, 2024
Amazing - This excursion is incredible. Everything is organized to make your day memorable. The employees take great care. The material is quality. We were even able to swim with a turtle, an incredible memory.
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May 9, 2024
Went on a cloudy day and love it! - Great experience! Also my first time on a speedboat, super fun to go in the front and feel some bouncing.
Was lucky because it was cloudy all day, bad for photos but great for experiencing everything (I suffer a bit the Thailand heat ^^').
There were many fish, and this couple that did snorkeling in many places said it was one of the best places :)
The lunch was also great, and the staff lovely :)
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Mar 25, 2024
An incredibly great snorkeling experience! - One of the best boat tours I've had! Art and his crew were a great team. This was the first tour where a guide was able to tell us something about the corals and fish, as well as the surrounding area. Art offered you to snorkel with him or explore the area independently. However, we were also really lucky with the weather. We had a visibility of 10m and hardly any waves. This meant you could see lots of great colorful fish and corals. I also really liked the national park, clearly a spot for tourists but I expected a lot more. I think because of the time, we were also lucky that a few ships left during the last hour, so it wasn't quite as crowded. There is also a small viewpoint in the national park that can be easily reached via a good path in about 20 minutes. For me it was definitely a great experience because we had enough time at each spot. Unlike other tours, you don't have the feeling of being rushed through here.
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Aug 26, 2024
Unique snorkeling experience with attentive crew and delicious food. - Due to the waves and wind we haf a bumpy ride to Koh Tao. The crew was attentive and provided essential stuff. The snorkeling was wonderful, beautiful corals and alot of colorful fish. The lunch was buffet-style and had vegan options. Also snorkeling at Koh Nang Yuan was a unique experience. Optional to the water activities, one could hike to the viewpoint.
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Jun 17, 2024
Amazing beach, good snorkelling - The island beach was stunning. Good snorkelling. Fast speedboat travel. Excellent buffet lunch. Breakfast at the start was not good. Banana and toast, could’ve have been better
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Jun 30, 2024
It was just fine - The place was gorgeous, but not enough time to enjoy it. Many people on the boat too. It’s a nice tour but honestly I expected more!
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Aug 12, 2024
Catastrophic transfer - + The young woman who was our guide did a super great job and was very friendly.
Snorkeling at Japanese Garden was great too
The island and the boat trip also very pleasant and beautiful
The second stop when snorkeling also good
Very clear water and high visibility
Many beautiful fish and crabs
Complimentary water and a soft drink
- Now the negative!
Transfer to and from the port was a disaster
We were told 8:00 to 8:15 we were picked up shortly before 9 and had to run to the gate of the facility as the driver did not find the lobby.
Then you were at the operator's office and allowed to walk to the boats with a hundred other tourists.
Boat trip to the island took 1 hour
Now to the island or “national park”
Absolutely crowded with tourists. Not a spot without a human.
There are also beach chairs that cost 200 Baht, as you are not allowed to lie in the sand with a towel lol. Rip-off. Why don't you just put down loungers? It is a national park and not a recreation Resort.
Lunch is only available between 11:30 and 12:30.
Was a buffet with rice salad and Maximum 2 fried chicken pieces per person ??? A grandma controlled it.
We arrived at 11am and left the national park at 1:30pm.
Either go to the vantage point that takes up 1 hour of time or snorkel. Both will be hard.
There are of course hundreds of tourists in the water, many of whom cannot swim properly and many do not know that you should not trample on corals. No wonder most of the corals are dead.
More time on the national park would have been nice. That would have been done by simply starting the tour a few hours earlier. Or if the transfer worked.
The second boat stop was at “turtle Bay?” a bay on koh Thao which is right next to the national park. Here are of course many other boats with many other tourists in the water. It would have been nice if you had just picked a bay Indians did not make all the other tours also a stop.
Then came the ride home. It was also pleasant.
We were back in koh panghan at 15:50.
That means instead of 7.5 hours, the tour went effectively 5.5 hours. This is stupid.
The transfer to the Hotel Back took an hour for a 5 km route????
The driver kept us waiting forever because he was still waiting for other tourists. These tourists arrived by boat later than ours. Then he finally left after a lot of complaining only to immediately turn around to pick up 2 more people. He just went back to the harbor and nobody got dropped off. He just wanted to buy time.
Eventually we were home.
He of course could not speak a word of English and we were chased around by him and other taxis.
Please change the type of transfer and allow even more time for the stops.
I wouldn't do the tour like that again!
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Jul 6, 2024
180 minutes of rough water - For anyone who is considering this trip, let me start by saying that the island of Koh Nanyuan in breathtaking and absolutely gorgeous. It's a national park so it is meticulously maintained.
The boat ride to get there was NOT FUN. 90 minutes of rough water and pounding waves. As someone who usually gets nauseous on boat rides, I usually will take a pill or two before the trip. I didn't realize how long the ride was so that was my mistake. My gal got totally sick on the way back. Fortunately they provide plastic bags in case you need it
Anyhow, before you go just be prepared for a rough ride. The island of Nangyuan is worth the trip. I really wanted to see Koh Tao but we never went ashore, only into a cover for snorkeling. It was good but I wouldn't give it a rave review.
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Apr 2, 2024
Effective excursion experience too short. - Too short! We assumed there would be 3 snorkeling stops. However, only one of the three will be hit - depending on the weather and tides. We misunderstood that in the description.
Unfortunately we left late. But unlike some of the comments here, the boat ride was relaxed.
The tour guide made an effort. On Koh Tao, even with a viewpoint, 2 hours were not enough. It's better to take the ferry yourself.
However, if 4 hours are enough for you, this is the right place for you.
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May 9, 2024
Beautiful day of snorkeling and sea but the route does not correspond to the one described - The excursion is well organized but it is not the one described in the package. In reality there are only 2 stops: 1 on Koh Tao for snorkeling and the other on the island of Koh Nangyaan. Beautiful places so recommended excursion but be aware that they are only 2 stops. After all, all the other excursions also only make two stops because they belong to a single agency that organizes the same tour for everyone
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