Khaolak Exploration: Half-day Tour to James Bond Island by Traditional Longtail Boat

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Phang Nga Bay.

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Embark on a half-day tour to James Bond Island in Phang Nga Bay, Khao Lak. Explore the stunning limestone islands, hidden lagoons, and mangrove forests by traditional longtail boat. Discover hidden wonders and enjoy an authentic Thai lunch in Panyi village.

Duration: 5 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Phang Nga Bay. - Explore the iconic James Bond rock, also known as Khao Ta Pu.
Koh Panyi - Embark on a half-day tour across Phang Nga Bay in a traditional Thai long-tail boat, enjoying breathtaking views of mangrove forests and the remarkable karst formations that adorn the scenery.

What's Included

Bottled water
National park entrance fee
Air-conditioned vehicle
Landing and/or facility fees

What's Not Included

Alcohol drinks
Gratuities
Lunch

Additional Information

On this half-day excursion, participants will travel across Phang Nga Bay on a traditional Thai long-tail boat, enjoying breathtaking views of mangrove forests and the remarkable karst formations scattered throughout the area.
The first stop is Tapu Island, famously known as James Bond Island, featuring the iconic limestone rock from the film “The Man…

Location

Phang Nga Bay.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

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982fabricem

Nov 7, 2024

A must-see of this part of Thailand - First discovery for my best friend and I. Beautiful half-day excursion starting with a visit to a temple and its cave. Beautiful longtail boat ride through the mangroves to reach James Bond Island. Return with dinner included on the floating village (special tourists!!!) and sunset on the way home, TOP. Many thanks to KIWI and the driver for returning to the hotel (the Meridian Khao lak).

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Peterfr9380vb

Jul 10, 2023

Just Awesome - We were looking to go to Ko Ta Poo(James Bond Island), We were 3 adults and our 10 Year old daughter. A half day was our maximum attention span for our group, :+) , this was perfect, we were very lucky to have ended up as only us on the tour(low season), the awesome guide Ran, with driver Dam gave us the full 5 star treatment, funny, interesting & genuine. We were very aware of what was included, no Canoeing or lunch, as per what it says on the 1/2 day tour. If you want this, don’t book the half day, Ran will thank us for this ;+). This trip really made our time in Thailand even greater, superb, we all can't wait to come back.

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Tonu

Mar 1, 2023

Perfect trip - Absolutely nice day. Very friendly guide. Good views in boat trip to island. Perfect lunch. 10 points.

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Andre

Feb 17, 2023

Long-tail boat trip - Nat and Bob were both great . Nat was very informative . Glad we opted for private tour as felt less rushed . Superb lunch enough food for four lol . Was supplied with water all day, never went thirsty. We were allowed to purchase a picture of me and other half on the long-tail boat which will make a great memento of our time in Thailand .

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Paula

Feb 14, 2023

A really enjoyable day with fabulous scenery - We opted for the private tour and had a fabulous day with Moo as our guide. He was incredibly knowledgeable and went to great lengths to make sure that we had the best day, tailoring it to what we wanted to do time-wise. Despite its title this is a full day’s trip - leaving about 7.30am and returning at about 4ish. Leaving early meant that we got to the James Bond island before the crowds. The bay is stunning a must see in our opinion. Travelling by long tail boat was a great way to sit back, relax and enjoy the scenery. Would highly recommend.

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Lovisa_w

Dec 3, 2022

Just wow! - Loved this tour! It felt a little rushed sometimes, but we enjoyed snd the sceneries were stunning. So amazing. The canoeing was the best part.

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Kgb1989

Nov 28, 2022

Great day out - We did the private tour which in our view was definitely worth the extra money. It meant we weren’t guided by a strict time to spend at certain places and picked up from our hotel (James Bond island being an ideal example which once you have taken your photographs there isn’t much else to do). Our guide was very informative and our highlight was the canoeing through caves and mangroves, absolutely fantastic. The scenery is like something out of a film and stunning. Overall a fantastic trip and worth the money.

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Jarradv2014

Dec 23, 2022

Great experience - This private day tour was fascinating and the scenery was breath-taking. After a long drive to the Long boat wharf we raced away through the mangroves to come out to Phang Nga Bay, where these incredible limestone hill structures seemingly float out of the water! The canoe ride was fun, until they started talking about which countries are generous tippers, and then the inevitable hand out at the end. I was fine to tip as hard times for all after hard times. Then to the James Bond Island, which is a total tourist trap, but nonetheless was a good experience and the Tour operator, Pon, knew the shots to set up for us! Then back to the 'floating city', a Muslim village built over the water. Fascinating to see how these people survive and enjoy life. They have their own school and Mosque, electricity and very commercial pathways within the village with the usual tourist items. Finally to the 'reclining Buddha' cave and monkey mountain. Beautiful place with a few Monkeys we fed with the banana we brought from our resort! Haha... Pon, our tour guide, is a very nice guy, but lacks good enough English speaking skills so a lot of the information was lost in translation!

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Rebeccabt3562ag

Apr 23, 2023

James Bond, a walk through the village and a temple - not quite as described online - We booked the group tour but ended up being the only ones on the tour. Our guide was great, happy to take photos of us and talk us through the island, floating village and temple. However the tour was just that, a visit to James Bond Island, a walk through the floating villa and the temple. The description on Trip Advisor, duration of tour and what to expect did not match our tour. The half day tour does not include canoeing or lunch which was disappointing as these were the activities we were looking forward to. We arrived at the Temple around lunch time and there were no monkeys in sight, our tour guide let us know you need to come early to see them, so we missed out on monkeys too. If we knew half the activities were not included we would have booked with another tour.

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Tonymiddlesex

Jan 12, 2023

Go Early - We were collected from our hotel early & we were lucky enough to have Aud as our guide who was great. Going early meant that we were ahead of the masses & gave us some great photo opportunities which would have been a struggle to get even just a little later as the crowds were arriving not far behind us. The longtail boat was nice & Aud was informative & took us back through the Muslim village. Overall I’d give this a 6/10

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