James Bond Island and Khai Islands Speedboat Day Tour

Itinerary
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Stop At: James Bond Island, Ao Phang Nga National Park Thailand

7:20AM-8:20AM Hotel pick up

8:30 AM Check in at Royal PHUKET Marina

9:30 AM Snorkeling briefing and instruction, Depart to PHANG NGA Bay by speed boat

10:00 AM Arrive at PANAK Island sightseeing wonderful stalactites, cave, and lagoon

10:40 AM Visit KHAO PHING-KAN and KHAO TAPU (JAMES BOND Island) where the JAMES BOND 007: The Man with the Golden Gun was filmed

11:30 AM Sightseeing along the great mangrove forest, visit ‘Puddle Rock’, see ancient paintings

12:00 PM Enjoy quality lunch buffet on PANYEE Island

1:30 PM Depart PANYEE Island, Enjoy canoeing in Hong Island’s mangrove forest

2:30 PM Visit KHAI Island, go snorkeling or relax on the beach

5:00 PM Arrive at Royal PHUKET Marina pier, hotel drop off

Conditions
*This program is subject to change without prior notice according to the weather and sea conditions.

Duration: 8 hours

Stop At: James Bond Island, Ao Phang Nga National Park Thailand

James Bond Island is a famous landmark in Phang Nga Bay. It first found its way onto the international tourist map through its starring role in the James Bond movie 'The Man with the Golden Gun'. A distinctive feature of this famous bay is the number of sheer limestone cliffs that vertically jut out of the emerald-green water. The bizarre, why-doesn’t-it-fall-over outline of James Bond Island or Koh Tapu (meaning Nail Island in Thai), lies next to the equally well known Koh Ping Ghan (sometime spell ‘Ping Gan’ or ‘Ping Gun’). The entire area surrounding this island is indeed spectacular, but it can get crowded with tourist boats in high season.

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Koh Panak Cave, Ao Phang Nga National Park Thailand

Limestone is calcium carbonate, which is generally white. Over millions of years, the skeletons from a constant rain of marine organisms, plus the chemical precipitation of yet more calcium carbonate build thick layers of sediment. Eventually, the heat and pressure of their own weight turn these strata, hundreds of metres thick, to stone. A variety of geological forces have then fractured the limestone beds and pushed up the 40 steep-sided islands that provide the exotic scenery for which this shallow bay is noted. Mineral oxides from various sources paint the vari-coloured streaks that characterise the cliffs of Phang Nga Bay.

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Koh Panyi, Phang Nga Thailand

Visiting Koh Panyee - The sky is clear and the breeze is warm. It is a perfect day to go on a boat trip. We are on Phang Nga Bay and heading for the famous Koh Panyee. Koh Panyee is about 20 minutes by long-tail boat from Surakul pier in Phang Nga province. Many people flying into Phuket will have looked down on this village seemingly floating in the magical bay and wondered what it is like to live in the place. Phuket.com went out to Panyee to take a look and discovered the true meaning of the phrase, ‘a simple life’.

The Villagers There are 1,485 people from 315 families who live permanently on Koh Panyee, the youngest being a baby boy born just a month before our visit. All of them are the descendants, directly or indirectly, of Toh Baboo and his family and friends, who were the first people to settle on Koh Panyee some 200 years ago.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Khai Island, off the East Coast of Phuket, Ao Phang Nga National Park Thailand

Koh Khai Nok is a small island tucked away in Phang Nga Bay. It's only 30 minutes or so away from the east coast of Phuket but ask anyone on the island if they've been there and you will probably draw a blank stare. Still, a hidden gem is sometimes all the more precious for being so and when we discovered a half day tour was going there we leapt at the opportunity to try it out. It's a sunny morning at Royal Phuket Marina. Inside one of the side offices a large LCD TV shows previews of tours in Phang Nga Bay and the smell of fresh coffee wafts in the breeze. Souvenirs and candies are stacked high and above the cheerful din Cooper, our guide, informs us that it's time to move out. We traipse past multi-million dollar cruising yachts, powerful speedboats and an antique wooden rice barge to our double-engine speedboat.

Duration: 45 minutes