Coral Island and Racha Island by speedboat

great experience with I asia thailand

We booked this with Viator. On time pickup by the driver. Thanks to I Asia Thailand , it was the best island tour we have ever had. A light breakfast arranged at the speedboat station ,clean & hygienic toilets, a funny guide and unlimited supply of water & soft drinks . We got a chance to snorkel twice (45 minutes each) - one a coral island and one just before Raya island. When we arrived Racha - there is a beautiful resort on this beautiful small island .Great Lunch on a Beach front restaurant of the resort. Then we had almost 1 & half hour by ourselves . Racha is white sand & green clean water beach. On our return the guide surprised us with fruits & soft drinks again. We enjoyed every moment of this tour. We also booked the airport transfer to our hotel which was great as their prices are half of a taxi at the Airport

Dismal Snorkeling and Island Experience

Avoid this tour from Phuket. We were picked up at 8:00 am at our hotel and taken to what I can only describe as a holding pen where we remained for well over an hour. English language skills of the staff were almost non-existent so it was difficult to figure out what was going on. The tour included masks and snorkles but not fins. The masks and snorkles were cheap and permitted only minimal adjustment. UNSATISFACTORY. We were taken to Siam Bay on Racha Island for snorkeling. Much of the coral is dead (virtually all of the "antler" coral is dead on the sea floor). We did see a fair variety of fish. This lasted only about 45 minutes. We were then dropped on a poor swimming beach with inadequate facilities of every kind to handle the hordes of tourists. Shade was at a premium and I do not think there was any air conditioned location available. Again the staff on the boat speaks almost no English so communication was limited. After this, we were taken to Coral island for lunch. I was not expecting much, but the food still managed to be below expectations. The food was set out in a miserably hot palapa and the flies had gotten there first. They ran out of the chicken in minutes and they agreed to make more only when a few people made a big fuss. We had nearly 3 hours to spend on this island which also had inadequate facilities for the numbers of people. Over-priced drinks were available at nearby stands. Neither swimming nor snorkeling was appealing. After 40 years of travel, this was one of the worst tourist experiences I have ever had.

Banana beach & Koh Hey Phuket

Een fantastische dag gehad. Wat een prachtige bestemmingen hebben wij gezien. Coral beach en Racha Island. De organisatie heeft alles tot in de puntjes goed voorbereid. Wij zijn dan ook de hele dag goed verzorgd. Het ontbijt bij aankomst, het Eten en drinken op de boot en de lunch op het eiland was allemaal zeer ruim en voortreffelijk. Men hield rekening met wensen zoals vegatarisch of Halal. Alle vleesmaaltijden van het buffet was Halal dus iedereen kon genieten voor het uitgebreide buffet. Een extra compliment voor onze begeleiding en in het bijzonder onze gids Lily! Een vrolijke, opgewekte jonge meid die veel plezier heeft in haar werk, voor een goede sfeer zorgt in de groep en tevens ook met iedereen fijn contact maakt. Een dikke 10 voor haar inzet enthousiasme en positiviteit.