Phang Nga Bay and James Bond Island with Canoeing By Big Boat From Phuket

Phang Nga Bay and James Bond Island with Canoeing By Big Boat From Phuket

Start your journey from Ao Po Pier and climb aboard a 2-storey fishing boat and experience the beauty of Phang-Nga Bay and its many limestone islets. Enter the Bat Cave by canoe, and avail of the services of a paddle-man on every vessel. Continue to Koh Hong and explore a room-like lagoon. Marvel at the limestone rock formations in different shapes before relaxing with a buffet lunch on board the boat. End with a visit to the islands of Koh Tapu and Khao Phing Kan and discover the beach where the James Bond movie "The Man with the Golden Gun" was shot. Cruise back to Phuket and keep look out for the large flock of sea hawks that live on the nearby mountain.
• Enjoy canoeing, swimming and relaxing at Hong Island and Nakae island.
• Admire the wonderful scenery at Panak Island with canoeing.
• Marvel at the amazing limestone rock formations in Phang Nga Bay, explore the beach where the James Bond movie "The Man with the Golden Gun" was shot.
• Enjoy Buffet lunch on board.

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: James Bond Island, Ao Phang Nga National Park 81180 Thailand

This is the tour program that will bring all participants to the true nature and the island within the Phang Nga Bay. The interesting place is the Tapu island (JAMES BOND ISLAND). The Tapu island or “James Bond Island” is the giant standing rock sitting in the middle of the sea at the area of the front bay near to the Pingkan mountain. Looking from the far, this rock looks like a giant nail, nailing deep into the seawater. This Tapu island is the very famous tourist spot in Phang Nga. Its beauty brought the Hollywood to film their James Bond movie. The Man with the Golden Gun episode here. That is why it got the nickname of “James Bond Island”, where draws in several tours. This is one of the most famous tourist spot in the world that many tourist come to visit. In addition to the Tapu island and the Panyee island, there are many interesting spots for tourist in Phang Nga Bay such as Maju mountain, grotto , Panak island, Hong island and Ping Kan island. However, the cruise along the Tapu island has been enforcing some restrictions from the official government. They prohibit the tourists to look too closely at the island because the sunk part of this island is very old where eroded for ages. This eroding rock may cause accident at any point in time.

Koh Panak (Panak Island)Located southwest of Koh Hong where many caves and inner sea are around the island. Some caves can be reach by kayaking while some have very high entrance that tourists need to climb up. The inner sea will be seen from the cave entrance. The favorite attractions are Khang Khao Cave, Ice Cream Cave and Gong Gang Cave. Koh Panak has wonderful scenery around the island, the cliffs and strange beautiful stalactites almost the same as Koh Hong.

The little natural wonder makes it even more spectacular is Koh Hong (Hong Island , Phang Nga Bay), a limestone island with the bay almost surrounded by the cliff looking like the hall where boats can sail into the cave channel through the other side of the sea. But due to the low cave roof, only kayaks can get through the channel. When the tides allow to, one can enter inside the Hong Island by canoe. The area is also good for swimming.

Itinerary

• 07:00am - 08:00am Pick up from your hotel and transfer to Ao Po Pier.
• 09:30am Depart from Ao Po Pier to Panak Island and Hong Island (Phang Nga) for canoeing in the beautiful cave and among the mangrove forest.
• Have a great buffet lunch on board during a cruise
• Enjoy swimming at Nakae Island
• Sightseeing and walking tour at James Bond Island & Khao Ping Kan
• 05:00pm Back to Ao Po Pier and transfer to your hotel
*The tour program is subject to change due to the weather & sea conditions*
**Please be patient in cases of unforeseen delays along the pick up route**

Duration: 8 hours