Answers to the questions guests ask us on the ground — tours, markets, season, prices. Written by our team in Khao Lak, Phuket and Koh Samui.
Phi Phi, James Bond, Similan, Krabi, elephants, temples, cooking: the tours from Phuket with price, pickup time and days — and which suits which holiday day.
Angthong Marine Park from ฿2,600, snorkelling at Koh Tao, the Red Baron junk, elephants, the island tour and quad bikes: every tour from Koh Samui with price, days and pickup time.
Phuket and Khao Lak are dry from November to April; Koh Samui is at its wettest in November. Which coast in which month — and when the Similan and Surin Islands open.
Rain usually falls in bursts of one or two hours, not all day. What runs in the rainy season, what closes, what cancels boat trips — and what to do when it rains.
Similan, Surin, Khao Sok, Phang Nga, temples, markets: which tours from Khao Lak are worth it, what they cost, which days they run — and how to book on the spot.
The Similan tour from Khao Lak costs ฿4,100 (children ฿3,100), park fees and lunch included, season 15 October to 15 May. Pickup at 6:30, three snorkelling stops, back at 16:00 — everything to know beforehand.
Khao Sok is a 90-minute drive from Khao Lak. The day trip to Cheow Lan Lake runs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and costs ฿4,100 plus a ฿340 park fee — longtail ride, floating restaurant and a canoe on the Sok River.
The Surin Islands have the best snorkelling reefs on the Andaman coast and the village of the Moken. The tour from Khao Lak costs ฿4,300 (children ฿3,500), runs daily from 15 October to 15 May, pickup 7:30, three snorkelling stops, back at 16:00.
Bang Niang Market on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 2 to 10 pm, the Build Market on the days between, the Takua Pa walking street on Sundays: every market day in Khao Lak, what to eat and what it costs.
Three ways into Phang Nga Bay from Khao Lak: by speedboat (daily, ฿4,100, pickup 4:00), by longtail with lunch at the Samet Nangshe viewpoint (฿3,600, from 7:30–8:00) or by canoe from a big boat (daily, ฿3,950). Which one suits whom.
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