We were a little disappointed overall . Our trip was with YTS via TripAdvisor . We left our hotel at 7.30am and then spent lots of time cramming guests into the taxis, waiting at hotels before arriving at an overcrowded registration departure point - meaning we didn’t actually leave on the speedboat some 3 hours later at 10.20 As a result we only had a short time snorkelling at the first site , which had little in the way of marine life and coral , it did appear to have plenty of rubbish and debris to the disgust of our kids The next island Racha was better for snorkelling ,with clearer waters. There we were also crammed into tractor pulled coaches to our lunch stop along with many other groups - it all felt a little conveyor belt . On return to Racha beach there was seldom place to report from the sun with many other people finding shade unless you’re happy to pay for a sunshade on the beach . Our kids were pretty restless by this point Finally we went to Coral island , a beautiful spot , but were only there for an hour or so and once again if you wished to sit somewhere under shade a hire charge applies Very commercialised operation ran by many tour operators with guests experience suffering as a result of over crowded tours Our kids had a great time nonetheless




















