Pig Island privé longtail-boottocht vanuit Koh Samui

We wanted something slower, and this private longtail trip matched that perfectly. Having our own boat made the day feel flexible. The beach became busier later in the afternoon, so going earlier would be even better.

The trip by private boat is very convenient. You can fill in the times and schedule all by yourself. The captain was friendly and his girlfriend was also with us and paid close attention to our son Pig Island is fun for small children. You can take nice pictures of pigs on the beach. Not much else to do or see. The trip itself by boat is definitely worth it.

Very easy to book and clear instructions on where to go. Much cheaper than hotel options and we were first on the island so had time before the crowds arrived and our boat driver was polite and helpful and happy to help with a good a snorkelling spot, did not rush us to leave. Definitely worth booking over other providers that are a lot more expensive.

This tour does have snorkeling, although it's not listed in the itinerary. We didn't want to snorkel, so we just told our guide and spent the whole time on Pig Island, so that was not a big deal. I also booked the tour for the 1-5 person group, and somehow they only had our booking for 4 people. We had to pay extra when we arrived in order to have 5 people on the boat. I am not entirely sure of what went on there, but it was only 500 baht to add another person. Overall, the tour company was accommodating, so we would recommend this.

I had an easy, peaceful private boat to Koh Madsum, where there are pigs and dogs galore. The captain was kind and waited for me to be finished, he took me to a snorkeling spot and took me back to the pier when I asked.

The island was very full and completely trashed. The animals (pigs and dogs) were incredibly thirsty and fought over every bottle of water. It is sold as a great experience to be able to drink pigs from bottles. But they are just thirsty... It seems like nobody has control that the dogs and pigs continue to reproduce on site. There are too few water resources on site and the sad result is thirsty suffering animals.

The pigs were good... but the rest was just useless. The snorkeling was crappy and the captain completely tired.😴😴😴

Great day out on the water and to see Pig Island. We were picked up at our hotel by a car, driven to the Pier, then rode the boat to pig island first. Important to know, you WILL get very wet on the boat, so dress accordingly, but that was part of the fun. Recommend glasses to keep water out of your eyes. Pig island is full of dozens of cute pigs of all sizes. You have to pay 50 baht upon arrival but this is listed in activity details. We then summoned the boat (you can take as long as you choose on pig island) to go to the Koh Tam swimming spot. I give 4 stars because the Koh Tam swim spot was pretty small and had a great deal of litter on the shore, but the water was nice. We were unable to snorkel because it had rained recently, but obviously this is outside their control. We then took the boat home. Overall I recommend as a fun day out of the hotel on Koh Samui but I wish I know about the wet boat ride and had a cleaner swim spot.

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Pig island was great, however the tour guy seemed to be disconnected from our adventure. We did expect him to tell us a little bit about the places we were visiting or at least inform us that pigs bite! However, we got informed by other guide from other boat. It wasn’t bad but it wasn’t fantastic either.

Pig island is one of those you feel you have to see even if it is very touristy. I’m glad we did it but my children actually enjoyed the snorkelling more than the pigs. The island is very dirty and smelly which is a shame as there is no need for such much litter. The interaction with the pigs was good though and better than I was expecting, even though there are so many people about - I wish a few less trips went at same time but all in all a good trip - the timings were good. 2 hours on the island and an hour (or less if you prefer) snorkelling was perfect. My only real disappointment was the miscommunication with the tour guide I was contacted months before by the tour company with a pick up time but I then forgot this and couldn’t locate message anywhere and all other emails reminders that were sent the days before and even on the same day including tickets confirmed a different pick up time so this meant I was not ready when the bus arrived which was really annoying as we skipped lunch and didn’t remember all our stuff. Viator need to not confirm times of local guide different and the local guide should’ve sent another reminder in the weeks or days before trip.