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Charter an upgraded private longtail with cushioned seating and choose your own route through Hong Island, Chicken Island or the Phi Phi archipelago.
Highlights
- Whole boat to yourselves with no other passengers
- Choose Hong, Chicken or Phi Phi as your route
- Cushioned seating, sun canopy and swim ladder
- Picnic set out on a beach of your choosing
- Skipper who dodges the day-tour fleet
Full description
This is the whole boat, yours alone, for either half a day or a full day on the Andaman. The longtail has been refitted with cushioned seating, a sun canopy and a proper swim ladder, so it keeps the character of the traditional Thai boat without the hard benches and shouting crowds of a shared trip.
Because nobody else is aboard, the route is a conversation rather than a schedule. Families often choose the calm lagoons of Hong Island; snorkellers head for the reefs around Chicken Island and Tup; those with a full day and clear weather can push out to Phi Phi. Your skipper knows which bays the day-tour fleet reaches at which hour and simply goes somewhere else.
A picnic is set out wherever you decide to stop, and there is no rush to be back aboard. It suits honeymooners, small groups of friends and anyone who has seen one crowded island tour too many.
Tour Itinerary
The schedule below is a suggested plan and can be adjusted to suit your preferences.
Hotel pickup
Private transfer collects your group and drives to the departure pier.
Board and route planning
Meet your skipper, agree the day's route and settle in aboard the boat.
First island and snorkel stop
Anchor at your chosen island for swimming and snorkelling over the reef.
Beach picnic
Picnic laid out on a quiet stretch of sand with time to rest.
Afternoon lagoon and beaches
Explore lagoons, hidden bays and viewpoints at your own pace.
Return transfer
Cruise back to the pier and private transfer to your hotel.
Detailed Itinerary
Your driver arrives at the hotel around 08:30 and takes you straight to the pier, where the skipper is already loading ice, fruit and snorkel gear. The first half hour aboard is spent agreeing the plan: sheltered lagoons if the swell is up, open reef if the sea is glassy, Phi Phi if you have booked the full day and the forecast cooperates.
By mid-morning you are anchored somewhere quiet with the ladder down. There is no whistle, no group headcount and no fixed departure time from any stop. Around midday the picnic comes out on a beach the skipper picks for shade and privacy, and most groups linger there far longer than a scheduled tour would allow.
The afternoon drifts between lagoons, cliffs and swim stops before the boat turns for home in the late afternoon, usually reaching the pier around 16:30 with the light going gold behind the karsts.
Includes
- Private hotel pickup and drop-off
- Exclusive use of the luxury longtail boat
- Local skipper and English-speaking guide
- Picnic meal and soft drinks
- Snorkel gear and life jackets
- Cool towels and drinking water
- Insurance
Excludes
- National park entrance fees
- Alcohol
- Gratuities
- Professional photography
- Personal expenses
Important information
Meeting point
Your hotel lobby in Ao Nang, Krabi Town or Klong Muang
Know before you go
- Free cancellation available up to 24 hours before the activity starts
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Traveler Reviews
Having the whole longtail to ourselves changed the trip completely. We told the captain we wanted Hong Island lagoon before anyone else and he had us inside the emerald basin at eight in the morning, alone. The cushioned seats also mean you are not sitting on a wooden plank for eight hours.
We booked this for our parents and it was the right call. No fixed schedule, no waiting for thirty strangers, and we swapped Chicken Island for extra time at Hong when they were enjoying the beach. The captain shifted the awning around all day so nobody got burned.
Eight hours felt generous rather than long. We did Hong lagoon, the viewpoint climb and then a lazy afternoon at Paradise Beach on Phi Phi side. Expensive per boat but split between five of us it worked out fine.
The freedom is the product here. We stopped twice just because the water looked good, which no group boat would ever do. Bring cash for the national park fees, they are not part of the charter price.
Beautiful day and our captain was patient and kind with our kids. The sea got choppy on the way back in the afternoon and a longtail bounces more than a speedboat, so my daughter felt unwell. Worth asking to head home a little earlier if the wind picks up.