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Hotel Pickup · Speedboat at 7:00 AM · Islands 8 and 4 · Park Fee Included
Similan Islands Tour
Siam Adventure World's early-bird day: hotel pickup from 4:00 AM in Phuket or 5:00 AM in Khao Lak, the boat out at 7:00, the short climb to Sail Rock on Island 8, three snorkel stops and a picnic lunch on Island 4. The national park fee is in the price.
- 4.7 / 5 4453+ Reviews
- 7:00 AM The early-bird boat leaves the pier near Khao Lak; hotel pickups start at 4:00 AM in Phuket and 5:00 AM in Khao Lak
- 3 Snorkel stops of 40 minutes each, plus the climb to Sail Rock on Island 8 and lunch on Island 4
- Free Cancellation
The Experience
What the Early-Bird Day Includes
Siam Adventure World's Similan Islands day includes transfers, the speedboat, the national park fees, breakfast, lunch, snorkelling gear and a guide.
Highlights
- Visit famous Donald Duck Bay and hike up to the iconic Sail Rock viewpoint!
- Explore the underwater world while snorkelling at three locations!
- Enjoy a delicious picnic lunch with views of Honeymoon Bay!
- Choose the tours in English, German, Italian, Spanish, or Thai!
What's Included
- Round-trip hotel transfers
- Speedboat cruise
- National park fees
- A light buffet breakfast served during check-in
- Soft drinks and water
- Fresh fruit and snacks
- Picnic lunch on the beach
- Tour guide in one of six languages (English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Thai)
- Snorkelling equipment
- Tour accident insurance
Good to know: Kindly note that the national park fee is non-refundable · A vegetarian or gluten-free lunch is available upon request · The itinerary may change due to tide and weather conditions · Not suitable for: Pregnant women, People with back problems, People with heart problems, Wheelchair users, People with respiratory issues · Not Included: Tips, Towels
The Day, Step by Step
From a pickup before dawn to the drive back in the evening: 10 to 13 hours in all.
Pickup Before Dawn
A van collects you from your hotel: from 4:00 AM in Phuket, from 5:00 AM in Khao Lak. The drive to the pier near Khao Lak takes 1 hour 15 minutes to 2 hours 15 minutes from Phuket hotels and 10 minutes to an hour from Khao Lak.
Breakfast, Then the Boat at 7:00
A light buffet breakfast at the pier while you check in, then the speedboats leave at 7:00 AM. The crossing to the islands takes 1 hour 20 minutes.
Island 8 and Sail Rock
The first landing is Island 8, Ko Similan: a short trail up to the Sail Rock viewpoint over Donald Duck Bay. Through the day there are three snorkel stops of about 40 minutes each.
Lunch on Island 4, Then Back
A picnic lunch on Island 4, Ko Miang, at Honeymoon Bay, with time to swim or walk the nature trail to Princess Bay, then the last snorkel stop and the boat and van back. The return drive to Phuket can take longer in traffic.
Photo Gallery
Sail Rock, the Bays and the Reefs
The day from the boat, the viewpoint and the beach: Island 8, the snorkel stops and lunch on Island 4.
Book Your Experience
Check Availability & Prices
Pick a date on the calendar. Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund.
Plan Your Similan Day
The Similan Day Trip, One Question per Page
Phuket or Khao Lak, the season and closing date, the park fee, what Islands 4, 8 and 9 are, speedboat or catamaran, and whether the day is worth it.
Prices are each page's featured tour: GetYourGuide checked November 2026. Prices are per person, in US dollars; the park fee is in Thai baht.
The Early-Bird Day or Another Similan Trip
Siam Adventure World's early-bird speedboat day beside Love Andaman's day trip, Oh-Hoo's speedboat trip from Phuket and Phuket Premium Charter's small-group catamaran: pickup, islands, the park fee and what else is in the price, with the month the prices were checked.
| Feature | THIS PAGE Early-bird day (Siam Adventure World) | Love Andaman day trip | Oh-Hoo from Phuket | Small-group catamaran |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What You Pay | From US$121 per person (checked November 2026) | From US$93 per person (checked November 2026) | From US$91 per person (checked November 2026) | From US$231 per person (checked November 2026) |
| National Park Fee | Included (non-refundable) | Included | Not included. Its page shows 400 THB an adult and 200 THB a child; the park authority's fee is 500 THB and 250 THB | Not stated |
| Pickup | Hotels in Phuket (from 4:00 AM) and Khao Lak (from 5:00 AM) | 10 pickup areas in Phuket and Khao Lak, if that option is chosen | Hotels in Phuket, about 5:30 to 7:30 AM | Hotels anywhere in Phuket and selected Khao Lak areas |
| Boat | Speedboat, 1 h 20 to the islands | Speedboat, 1.5 h to the islands | Speedboat, 1 h to the islands | Catamaran (ALITA), 2 h to the islands |
| Islands | Island 8 (Sail Rock viewpoint), Island 4 (lunch), 3 snorkel stops | Island 8, Island 9, Island 7, Island 4 (lunch on Island 4 in its itinerary, on Ko Ba Ngu in its highlights) | Island 4 (lunch), Island 7, Island 9, Island 8 | Island 9, Island 8, Island 4, Island 7 |
| Food | Light buffet breakfast, fruit and snacks, picnic lunch on the beach | Light breakfast, snacks, fruit, Thai buffet lunch | Thai food, fruit and drinks | Breakfast, lunch, dessert and a simple dinner; pork-free |
| Other Charges | Towels and tips not included | None printed | None printed besides the park fee | Luggage of 20 inches and above: 200 THB a piece |
| Time | 10 to 13 hours | 10 to 13 hours | 12 hours | 12 hours |
| Group Size | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Maximum 30 guests |
| Who It Suits | Anyone who wants Island 8 early and the fee settled at booking | Four islands and the fee included, for less | A lower price, with the park fee paid separately | A smaller boat load and more on board, at about twice the price |
| Check dates | See the day trip | See the trip | See the catamaran |
Other Similan Day Trips
Cheaper Days, Khao Lak and Krabi Starts, a Catamaran
Similan day trips by other operators. Whether the park fee is in the price differs from one trip to the next, and each card says which.
FROM PHUKET · FEE EXTRAPhuket: Similan Islands Trip by Speedboat
One Asia Corporation's 9-hour speedboat trip from Phuket: check-in at Fantastic Similan Travel before 08:30 AM (late arrival is a no-show), then Ko Miang, Ko Payu, Ko Ba Ngu and Ko Similan, with breakfast, buffet lunch, a light dinner, mask and snorkel. National park fees are an add-on, not in the price.
FROM KHAO LAK · FEE EXTRAKhao Lak: Similan Islands Snorkeling Day Trip w/Meals
One Asia Corporation's 9-hour speedboat trip from Khao Lak: check-in before 08:30 AM, Sailboat Rock seen from the water, snorkelling at Collar Bay near Ko Ba Ngu and at Koh Pousar, lunch at the park office on Ko Miang and a light dinner back on the mainland. National park fees, towel and tips not included.
FROM KRABI · FEE EXTRAFrom Krabi: Similan Islands Day Trip by Speedboat
One Asia Corporation's speedboat day from Krabi, Ao Nang or Klong Muang (pickup if that option is chosen): Ko Miang, Ko Payu, Sailing Rock on Ko Similan and Ko Ba Ngu, with breakfast and buffet lunch. National park fees not included and paid in cash on site; its page shows 500 THB an adult and 300 THB a child, while the park authority's child fee is 250 THB.
CATAMARAN · ISLANDS 8, 7, 9Phuket/Khao Lak: Similan Islands Luxury Catamaran Experience
Seven Plus Travel's day on a double-deck catamaran from Thap Lamu Pier, with Phuket transfers of 2 to 3 hours if chosen: Islands 8, 7 and 9, longest on Island 8, two guided snorkel sessions, lunch on board and a photographer. National park fee included if that option is selected; without it, THB 500 per person is paid at the pier. Luggage over 20 inches: 300 THB a piece.
Sail Rock, the Snorkel Stops and Lunch on Island 4
How the Similan Day Works
Where the islands are and how far the drive is, the day stop by stop, what it costs and includes, the national park fee, the season and its closing date, the boats, and diving.
The Similan Islands lie in the Andaman Sea about 65 km in a straight line off Thap Lamu pier, on the coast near Khao Lak, and make up Mu Ko Similan National Park, open to visitors from 15 October to 15 May. A Similan Islands tour is a long day trip: a van to a pier near Khao Lak, a speedboat or catamaran out to the islands, snorkel stops, the short climb to Sail Rock on Island 8 and lunch on a beach on Island 4, then back the same evening. The day carded first here is Siam Adventure World’s Similan Islands Early-Bird Tour From Phuket and Khao Lak!, from US$121 a person (checked November 2026), with 4,453 reviews and the national park fee in the price.
The short answer
Book the early-bird day if you want the park fee, transfers, breakfast, lunch and snorkelling gear settled when you book, and the boat out at 7:00 AM. Where you sleep decides how early that is: Phuket pickups start at 4:00 AM and the van ride to the pier takes 1 hour 15 minutes to 2 hours 15 minutes, while from a Khao Lak hotel it is 10 minutes to an hour, with pickups from 5:00 AM. A cheaper listing can be the better buy only once you have checked whether its price includes the park fee. The day is not suitable for pregnant women, people with back, heart or respiratory problems, or wheelchair users.
Check dates for the early-bird day
The ways to book it: pick yours
Similan Islands Early-Bird Tour From Phuket and Khao Lak!
Siam Adventure World's speedboat day from Phuket or Khao Lak: the boat out at 7:00 AM, Sail Rock on Island 8, three snorkel stops and a picnic lunch on Island 4. National park fees included.
Check dates →From Phuket or Khao Lak: Similan Islands Day Trip
Love Andaman's speedboat day from Phuket or Khao Lak: Donald Duck Bay on Island 8, snorkelling at Islands 9 and 7, a Thai buffet lunch, on Island 4 in its itinerary and on Ko Ba Ngu in its highlights. National park entrance fee included.
See the day trip →Similan Catamaran Small Group Premium Tour Phuket/Khao Lak
Phuket Premium Charter's catamaran for a maximum of 30 guests, with breakfast, lunch, dessert and dinner and transfers from anywhere in Phuket. Whether the park fee is included is not stated.
See the catamaran →Prices, ratings and review counts from the GetYourGuide listings (checked November 2026). Operators price by date and season, so treat the figures as the shape of the market, not a quote.
Where everything is
The park’s islands are numbered from Island 1, Ko Hu Yong, in the south to Island 9, Ko Ba Ngu, in the north. Island 4, Ko Miang, holds the park headquarters (Department of National Parks), and Island 8, Ko Similan, has Sail Rock and Donald Duck Bay (DNP). Ko Bon and Ko Tachai lie further north; Ko Tachai is closed to visitors, with no reopening date announced (DNP, as of November 2026), and no day trip here goes there.
The day trips carded here leave from piers on the mainland coast around Khao Lak, many of them from Thap Lamu pier, which is 7.6 km by road from the centre of Khao Lak. From Phuket it is a drive first: by road, Thap Lamu pier is 71 km from Phuket airport, about 1 h 10 without traffic, 96 km from Phuket Town (about 1 h 30) and 100 km from Patong (about 1 h 35). Phuket or Khao Lak works through what that means for your morning.
The day, stop by stop
A van collects you before dawn, from 4:00 AM in Phuket and from 5:00 AM in Khao Lak, and takes you to the operator’s private pier near Khao Lak, where a light buffet breakfast is served while you check in. At 7:00 AM the speedboats leave for the 1 hour 20 minute crossing. The first landing is Island 8, where a short trail climbs to the Sail Rock viewpoint over Donald Duck Bay. Through the day there are three snorkel stops of about 40 minutes each; sea turtles are possible but not guaranteed. Lunch is a picnic on Island 4, Ko Miang, at Honeymoon Bay, with time to swim, rest or follow the nature trail to the beach at Princess Bay. Then the last snorkel stop, the boat back and the van home: 10 to 13 hours in all, and the drive back to Phuket can take longer in traffic. Touching marine life is not allowed on the trip.
What it costs, and what the price buys
The early-bird day is from US$121 a person on GetYourGuide (checked November 2026), with free cancellation up to 24 hours in advance. The price covers the round-trip hotel transfers, the speedboat, the national park fees, the breakfast at the pier, soft drinks and water, fresh fruit and snacks, the picnic lunch, snorkelling equipment, accident insurance and a guide in English, German, Italian, Spanish or Thai. Towels and tips are not included, and the park fee is non-refundable. A vegetarian or gluten-free lunch is available on request. Bring swimwear, a towel, a change of clothes, a sun hat, sunglasses, biodegradable sunscreen, flip-flops and your passport (a copy is accepted).
The park fee, and the trips that leave it out
The Department of National Parks (DNP) charges foreign visitors 500 Thai baht an adult and 250 baht a child to enter Mu Ko Similan National Park (checked November 2026). Since 15 October 2025 every visitor needs an e-ticket, and foreign visitors are registered with their passport number. Some day trips put the fee in their price, as the early-bird day does; others leave it for you to pay. One Asia Corporation's speedboat trip from Phuket, the lowest from-price at US$74 (checked November 2026), has the national park fees as an add-on, not in the price. Oh-Hoo's speedboat trip from Phuket leaves the fee out and its page shows 400 baht an adult and 200 a child, which is not the park authority’s figure: DNP’s fee is 500 and 250. The national park fee sets every carded trip side by side.
When the park is open
DNP opens the park from 15 October to 15 May and closes it from 16 May to 14 October every year; the 2026-27 season runs from 15 October 2026 to 15 May 2027. Outside those dates no day trip runs, and that is the plain answer to when not to go. Inside them, the park can still close for a day or two when a storm comes through: DNP did so on 19 and 20 October 2022. Since 4 October 2018 the islands have been open for day trips and diving only, with no overnight stays. On the opening day of the 2026-27 season, 15 October 2026, the park counted 1,409 visitors, 1,359 of them on day trips (DNP). Are the Similan Islands open? has the detail.
Speedboat or catamaran
Most Similan day trips go by speedboat: 1 hour 20 minutes to the islands on the early-bird day. Catamarans take longer, 1.5 to 2 hours each way, and give you more room and more on board: Phuket Premium Charter's small-group catamaran serves breakfast, lunch, dessert and dinner to a maximum of 30 guests, from US$231 (checked November 2026). Speedboat or catamaran compares them, and Islands 4, 8 and 9 explains the stops.
Diving and liveaboards
Divers come to the Similans too: 50 of the 1,409 visitors on the 2026-27 opening day were divers (DNP), and liveaboard dive boats work the park. This site carries none of them. Every trip here is a snorkelling day trip, and none of the Similan listings on GetYourGuide was a dive or liveaboard trip when they were checked in November 2026. If your heart is set on diving, book it with a dive operator; if a day of snorkelling and beaches is the plan, the trips above are the ones to compare, and is a Similan day trip worth it? weighs the long day honestly.
A Day in the Similan Islands
Hotel pickup, the speedboat at 7:00 AM, Sail Rock on Island 8, three snorkel stops and lunch on Island 4. The national park fee is in the price. Starting from US$121 per person.
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Andaman Day Trips with Open Dates
Other trips from Phuket and Khao Lak with live availability. What each includes is on its listing.
Similan Islands Tour: Questions
The price and the park fee, the season and closing date, Phuket or Khao Lak, which islands, staying overnight, passports, Ko Tachai, who the day does not suit, and diving.
Siam Adventure World's early-bird day is from US$121 a person on GetYourGuide (checked November 2026), with transfers, the speedboat, meals and the national park fees in the price. Other Similan day trips on GetYourGuide run from about US$75 to about US$230 a person (checked November 2026); the cheaper ones often leave the park fee out, so compare like with like. See the park fee, included or not.
Yes. The Department of National Parks (DNP) opens Mu Ko Similan National Park from 15 October to 15 May, and the 2026-27 season runs from 15 October 2026 to 15 May 2027. The park reopened on 15 October 2026 with 1,409 visitors on its first day (DNP). See the season and closing date.
Every year from 16 May to 14 October (DNP). In the open season the park can also close for a day or two at short notice when storms hit: DNP closed it on 19 and 20 October 2022 by notice. Day trips then cancel or move.
500 Thai baht for a foreign adult and 250 baht for a foreign child (DNP, checked November 2026). On the early-bird day the national park fees are in the price and are non-refundable. Some trips leave the fee out and some show a different figure; the park fee page sets them side by side.
Yes, and it is the short way: the day trips leave from piers on the coast around Khao Lak. Thap Lamu pier is 7.6 km by road from the centre of Khao Lak. On the early-bird day, Khao Lak pickups start at 5:00 AM and the transfer to its pier near Khao Lak takes 10 minutes to an hour. See Phuket or Khao Lak.
A long drive and then the boat. By road, Thap Lamu pier is 71 km from Phuket airport (about 1 h 10 without traffic) and 100 km from Patong (about 1 h 35). The early-bird day picks up in Phuket from 4:00 AM, its transfers from Phuket hotels take 1 hour 15 minutes to 2 hours 15 minutes, and the speedboat takes 1 hour 20 minutes. The whole day is 10 to 13 hours.
No. Since 4 October 2018 the park has been open for day trips and diving only, with no overnight stays on the islands (DNP). Diving liveaboards sleep on their boats; this site carries no liveaboard or dive trip.
Island 8, Ko Similan, for the short climb to the Sail Rock viewpoint over Donald Duck Bay, and Island 4, Ko Miang, for a picnic lunch at Honeymoon Bay and the nature trail to Princess Bay. There are three snorkel stops of about 40 minutes each in between. See Islands 4, 8 and 9.
No. Ko Tachai, north of the main group, is closed to visitors, and DNP has announced no reopening date (as of November 2026). No day trip carded here goes there.
Yes. Since 15 October 2025 every visitor needs an e-ticket, and foreign visitors are registered with their passport number (DNP). On the early-bird day you bring your passport (a copy is accepted), and some trips need your full name, passport number and date of birth at booking.
Pregnant women, people with back, heart or respiratory problems, and wheelchair users. Touching marine life, fishing, alcohol and drugs are not allowed on the trip. A vegetarian or gluten-free lunch is available on request, and the itinerary can change with the tide and the weather.
No. Diving liveaboards to the Similans exist, but this site carries snorkelling day trips only, and none of the day trips here is a dive trip.
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