James Bond Island and Phang Nga Bay Tour from Krabi

The limestone cliffs around Phang Nga Bay were even more impressive than I expected. James Bond Island was busy, but there was still enough time to enjoy the scenery and take photos. The boat ride itself was part of the experience.

We wanted to see phang nga bay in a day to optimize our time in a small boat. Unfortunately this day was not at all the one promised, our only happiness was to tell us that we had paid much less than the other passengers with us. Because you will not be 15 but 30 or 40 on the same boat "long tail boat" which is more a speedboat. This excursion is the same as offered in all information tours but much cheaper on the internet. We were leaving from Krabi and we took 2h30 round trip and 2h30 return between Krabi and the boat is a lot of transport by car for little time visits. We then went to visit the temple and got on the boats towards the canoe. You have paid for the canoe but you are obliged to leave a tip because your guide apparently has no salary, then it is his birthday and then he has children who only eat every other day so you have to leave a very big tip, he will ask you for tip during the whole canoe crossing (impossible to do canoeing alone, it is he who paddle for you and no choice). Then (1:00 pm) you go to visit James Bond Island, which is a small island no prettier than the others but which is expensive and full of people, you can barely walk on the island and you will stay there for some 50 minutes sneaking between Instagram and Tik tok. Then 2pm you may finally be able to eat on the fishermen's island, which in fact is a canteen where you will eat cold because it is 2:30pm and you have 35mn to eat and go around the island (which is a travelling market of the same gadgets as everywhere in Thailand). Then you take the boat back to your minibuses, and again you are strongly encouraged to leave plenty of tips for this unpleasant day.

Well organized, enough time to see everything. Just the weather was so, so. Recommended in the sunny day.

I think we don’t have enough time to eat and visit the floating village Exceptional kayak tour of the mangrove

A must visit island, you will never regret. I did not go from Krabi, but I went from my next location Phuket.Whenever you plan it either from Krabi or Phuket, plan it with speed boat. It should include National park fees and canoeing. It is cheaper from Krabi because of distance. Limestone caves, canoeing through rocks and photography at James Bond island is awesome. Lunch they provide is excellent. It is a full day trip. Bargain for best price before booking. You should book it after you reach Thailand.

We got picked up on time but the picking up of the whole group after us lasted at least 2 hours. Once arrived to the cave temple the guide only told us where the entrance was and where to see the monkeys, not a single word about the temple. We had very little time to visit it. The James Bond island and Talu caves parts where fine but very touristy and the water wasn't that good to take a swim. The last stop of the tour was the village Ko Panyee where the main attraction was the lunch, not a word was said from the guide about the village. We were dropped like a package for each stop, the guide was friendly but it's clear that the goal of these tours is to give people the impression that they're traveling

Tripadvisor should change provider for the following reasons: - My reservation specified that the group would be a maximum of 15, but there were around 50 of us! - The starting point of the excursion is poorly specified and the travel time by van is in fact too long from Ao Nang (1h45 one way) - The guide is odious: * he doesn't wait until all the vans have arrived to give the very rudimentary information * On the different sites (cave, fishing village, James Bond Island), he "drops off" people without giving any explanation. * The canoe activity time is not respected (25 minutes instead of 1 hour) and is not very interesting: going around a rock. Conclusion : Value for money, it's way too expensive and Tripadvisor should change provider 1st experience with TripAdvisor very disappointing whereas with Guet your guide, never any problems!

The views are amazing, but you will learn nothing about the history of the visited attractions or nature.

The places we visited were truly gorgeous. However, in terms of leader this was their worst trip I’ve had in Thailand. We visited the temple on our own without having any information about it. In every other trip the guide would talk to us explaining when it was built, how, etc. They also often added some typical things about the area we were in (about language, food, school, people,…). We never knew what we were supposed to do and hardly ever got the chance to ask questions. Also, during the canoe trip we were basically forced to give the driver a tip, and also set a minimum amount. It should be up to us to decide if and how much to give, especially since this had already been paid.

Beautiful place, horrible tour!! Do this trip through another company. The sights are worth seeing but we had the worst tour guide ever. So mean. Never smiled. Barked at us through a megaphone even though we were all two feet away. The tour was rushed, every worker was annoyed and seemed to hate tourists. Find another tour to see this beautiful beautiful place!!!