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If you have time for only one day tour, please take this one!! Booked our tour through Phuket-travel.com, comes with the Phuket Discovery Package but we upgraded ours from the tour by Expressboat to the tour by Speedboat and trust me, you will want to, too!! The extra money you'll be paying is well worth the difference of taking this tour by speedboat than by the big expressboat that will get you to the islands twice the amount of time it'll take you to get there when on a speedboat. Plus, i have heard a lot of horror stories of people getting sick on the expressboat but thankfully, I didn't see any of that with our speedboat. Also, I didn't see any of the expressboats dock into the smaller coves so I assume that they can only see from afar what people on the speedboat get to enjoy.
Going to the Boat Lagoon is about 45 minutes, upon getting here, you are greeted and asked to try on flippers for snorkelling. Don't lose this as you will have to pay a fee if you do, same goes for the masks they will give on the boat. After you have your flippers, you are asked to wait in the lobby where free instant tea and instant coffee is served.
At the Boat Lagoon, while everyone else were having their free coffee and tea at the lobby while waiting for the boat, we had an insider tip from one of the people staying there that we could go up to the rooftop and have a great view of the Marina from there so up we went and it was indeed a great spot to take photos of the many boats and yachts docked here. Beautiful on a clear sunny day!
There were about 20 of us on the speedboat. Try to get a seat in the front so you get first view of the destinations plus a healthy dose of seawater splash! We had a fantastic funny guide, Mr. Boi and given fresh fruits and softdrinks the whole time. Got to see Maya Bay (from The Beach), snorkelling near Bamboo Island, a glimpse of Viking Cave, Monkey Beach and Khai Nai.
This was definitely the best trip ever!! Website: www.phuket-travel.com
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Rawai Beach & Sunshine Bar
We had Mr. Mors father pick the 9 of us up in the Phuket Pro Dive Ute (just like a big tuk tuk) and take us to Rawai Beach for dinner.
We went to the little stalls and picked out what seafood, drinks etc we wanted, then went and sat on our mats on the beach. It’s a lovely setting and not full of tourists, very relaxing.
The bill for 4 of us came to about 1200Baht, this included seafood cocktails, steamed rice, fried rice, whole BBQ mackerel (absolutely delicious) chili octopus, oysters, a pork dish plus 4 beers and a couple of Bacardi breezers and soft drinks. Bargain!!
After dinner we went over the road to the Sunshine Bar for a couple of hours, what a fun place, the girls that work there sing their hearts out. It’s the sort of place when you have had a few drinks (maybe a few too many) and want a sing-along, everyone joins in.
Richard orgainsed this outing for us - Contact him at:
richard@phuket-scuba-diving.com
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ATV is one of the must try activity in Phuket. Most of the tour operators offer a package tour which include this activity but if you prefer a longer time of riding and more adventure you can avail this seperately. Price range - 2,600 & up
As for package tour, you will only be given 10 minutes ride per person. Maneuvering the vehicle will be a bit hard esp for first timers.
Caution: this activity is a bit dusty and muddy :-) so dont forget to bring extra clothes.
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