Koh Samui : tours and excursions
Koh Samui offers you a large range of tours and excursions to discovery the island and the nearby islands of Ko Phangan, Ko Tao, Ko Taen and the wonderful Ang Thong Marine Natural Park. See the Archipelago Map.
You can book your daily excursion directly at Mango Village.
- Jungle trekking riding an elephant;
- Jeep safari around the island;
- Namuang waterfalls and Crocodile Park;
- The Big Buddha's temple;
- The "Grandfather and Grandmother rocks";
- The Overlap Stone;
- The Buddha's secret garden;
- Butterfly garden;
- Snake farm;
- Samui Aquarium and Tiger Zoo;
- Fishing Tour (Koh Taen).
Tours & daily excursions: prices and details
KO PHANGAN
Ko Phangan cover an area of 168 sq. kilometres and its located 15 km. north of Samui and about 35 km. south of Ko Tao; the main town and pier is Thong Sala. The island is famous for its monthly Full Moon Party on Haad Rin beach. There are available speed-boats from Samui to Phangan every 30 minutes.
When the party is over Koh Phangan serves as the perfect getaway retreat: relaxing on quiet deserted beaches (Haad Khuat and Haad Sadet), snorkelling (Ko Ma) and exploring the hinterland. The backpackers, budget tourists and aging hippies are beginning to give way to families and some exclusive resort. Phangan offers a dozen of quiet and secluded resorts and beach huts dotted all over the island for a variety prices.
KO TAO & KO NANG YUAN
Ko Tao or Turtle Island is a small island located about 35 km north of Ko Phangan and about 70 km. to the nearest mainland town, Chumphon. The main centre is Mae Haad and the main beach is Sairee, located on the west coast of the island. In the 1980s the first backpacker traveller discovered the island: now, Ko Tao is an international diving site. There are also great snorkelling sites: Ko Nang Yuan, a marine national park located closely to the north coast of Ko Tao and Mango Bay, on the north coast.
Ko Tao is connected to main land and the others island by high speed catamaran Lomprayah and Seatran Express following the route Chumphon-Ko Tao-Ko Phangan-Ko Samui.
ANGTHONG NATIONAL MARINE PARK
The Ang Thong is a marine national park in the Gulf of Thailand, at the shore of the Surat Thani Province. It covers 42 islands in a total area of 102 km², of which only 18 km² are land. The park was established on November 12, 1980.
Ang Thong marine national park represents a natural paradise: rocky conformations inaccessible covered from the rain forest raise itself from the crystal clear waters, also until beyond 400 meters s.l.m. The fauna of the park includes cobra, pythons, pigskin, wild cats, otters, squirrels and beyond 40 species of birds.
Tours & daily excursions: prices and details
SCUBA DIVING
The Samui's archipelago is a great place to diving and also try get certified. If you never dive before there many options available: Discover Scuba Diving gets you straight in the water with an instructor. If you enjoy it and you like to learn, you can choose to gain full certification by Open Water Diver course: in four days you will get your international PADI diving license (you can diver all around the world).
There are lots of great sites to dive (see Diving Site Map): Sail Rock, (probably the best site in the Gulf of Thailand), Chumphon Pinnacle, around Ko Tao (more than 20 sites) and Angthong National Marine Park offering clear waters, coral's reefs and a wonderful under water world to explore. Easy Divers and Samui International Diving School are probably the best dive centres in Samui.
