Enjoy a premium service trip from Khao Lak to James Bond Island and Khai Island. Start your day with an easy transfer to the Phuket Marina Pier, where you will meet the crew and board the speedboat to Phang Nga bay. The first stop is Panak Island, where you will explore the caves formed by the unique topography of the Andaman Sea. The island also has a beautiful lagoon that is perfect for swimming. Afterward, the boat will make a stop at Khao Tapu, the famous James Bond Island. Step out and recreate the famous duel scene from the movie! Once you’ve exhausted all your 007 poses, head out for lunch on Panyi Island. The island is home to a small commune of seafaring Muslims who have built their village on stilts over the water, giving the appearance of a floating city. In the afternoon, enjoy a leisurely paddle through a mangrove forest on Hong Island before finishing off the day at Khai Island, where you can swim in the clear waters or relax on the beach.
Posted By : Valérie D
We had a great day with Aod. Lots of explanations about the sites and Thailand and lots of attention. Water, cold wipes to quench your thirst, etc. It was a great memory with friends, thank you, save yours, Aod, great organization, come on. there without worries
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Posted On : 2024-05-08 07:10:08 
Posted By : YHall32
When I booked the trip it said there were 30 people max on it. What they don't tell you is that there are 30 people on your boat and another 30 people on the other boats, plus all the boats from the other companies which means everything is really really busy.
There is a buffet breakfast included at the terminal at the port. It was really crowded, as was the check in experience. At some point during the check in, my purse went missing from my bag. When I realised it was missing- around 20 minutes later - I asked at the desk if it had been handed in. It had but all of the money I had in it was taken. I told the staff and they said they had cctv but it was too busy to look at it, they'd look at it at the end of the day, after the cruise. I tried to do this when I got back but the person I'd spoken with wasn't there and no-one else knew anything about it. If it was another passenger that had taken it, it would have been too late anyway as they'd have gone. Obviously I've no idea if this happens often or it was a one off,but the terminal is so busy that it would be an ideal place for pick pocketing- so be careful!
This obviously wasn't the best start but I decided to enjoy my day and forget about it. I unfortunately found the rest of the day too crowded and felt that we were herded around from one place to the next. The Phi Phi islands are beautiful and are worth seeing, but there have to be better ways.
The guide is there to try and keep everyone on time rather than share information on the sites. She did a good job at this but I we received absolutely no info on any of the islands etc except that the floating village inhabitants are Muslim.
There were also costant attempts to get passengers to pay for additional things - water proof shoes and phone cases at the terminal (you'd mamage fine without them) which are obviously twice the price of elsewhere. There was a photographer taking photos of passengers and on return to the terminal, these were available to buy. The staff were actually blocking people from leaving who were trying to get to the mini buses without looking at the photos on a table.
The process of finding your mini bus at the end of the day is chaotic and you're supposed to find it based on a number on a ticket you get at check in. Unfortunately they'd given me the wrong ticket so I had to find someone to go and look for me once I realised I had the wrong ticket.
This isn't a cheap tour and I think it's overpriced for what it is. Maybe I just had a bad experience and was unlucky, but my review is based on my existing and therefore I wouldn't recommend the trip.
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Posted On : 2024-03-24 01:09:38
Posted By : Charles_B
It was just too much of a tourist trap for my taste . Very crowded, but they did deliver what was advertised .
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Posted On : 2024-02-22 19:26:15 
Posted By : px007
Tour to James Bond Island!!
When entering SeaStar for the first time, I really liked when checking in 5/5. Clean place 5/5. Snacks and drinks in the middle of the room 5/5. Not hot and sweaty room when waiting for the boat 5/5.
Excellent fantastic guide with good humor (Maya)(Mild) explains really well and takes good care of the customers before getting on the boat and throughout the whole day 5/5 🤩The tour went really well and everyone back on time and happy.
Highly recommend going with this SeaStar company!
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Posted On : 2023-03-01 07:09:14
Posted By : Anthony B
A bit of a marmite trip. You will either love it or hate it. It split our group but in the end we agreed to recommend it.
Positives. Excellent transfer service, was able to book through TripAdvisers own service (excellent)
Speedboat was able to get you to 4 locations quickly so you got to do a lot more sight seeing of Must see areas, hence the recommendation.
Negatives. The boat is basically a fast taxi service, you can’t see out of it and it was very uncomfortable as we had poorish weather.
Recommend you sit in the very back for best ride. At least here you can see views out of the back. But you will have to put up with the noise of the engines. Loud!!!!
Don’t get me wrong, it was exhilarating, but certainly not relaxing!
Check the itinerary. It said raft through mangroves. This didn’t happen but we did canoe through caves instead.
Feel that’s a balanced overview, with a recommend trip, as the outcome.
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Posted On : 2023-01-29 20:53:45
Posted By : MJ K
Good tour, however Waited 2 hours after the tour for the drop off service because the tour decided to couple later boat arrivals together, the conclusion of the trip ruined the experience.
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Posted On : 2022-12-24 06:16:22
Posted By : David_J
Very nice staff and good organized. But dont know why the words "premium" beeing used. Beacuse its the same like the other excursions that dont have that word.
This is not a trip for you who look forwad to swim and snorkeling and have a beach day. You have one stop at the and on a very crowed beach with small area to snorkeling in with a lot of other people and the water is not so clear.
You can rent a beach chair for a good price and i did that. But its no relaxing after that. Sellers keep going around and want you to buy drinks all the time. And i mean all the time.
The other spots we visit was good. awesome to paddle canoe and so. Really great pictures you can get.
On another company they recommend you to use life jacet. But not mandatory and that was good. Here they sad we dont need it and i did first time. Then when we came back it was put away from the seats. So i dident bother ask for it again tho. So that was a minus.
But like a said frirndly staff and good food and locations but not the beach and snorkeling stop
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Posted On : 2022-12-16 16:53:37
Posted By : KJTIMEAWAY
Fantastic day trip with friendly and entertaining crew on board. Coco ( Chanel #1) Nina & Icecream. Well looked after and descriptions of islands was informative. HIGHLY recommend this tour
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Posted On : 2022-08-24 22:31:46
Posted By : 909yasminp
Even though the weather was very rainy and rough seas, an enjoyable experience with excellent, friendly and knowledgeable staff
James Bond island part did not disappoint, great photo opportunities
Plenty of time at each area of the trip
Food at lunch was plenty and well varied for all tastes
Would recommend for all ages
Only downside, a long drive from our hotel in Khao Lak. The main start point is south of Phuket airport. Transport to and from was well organised and great air conditioning
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Posted On : 2022-06-08 05:46:18
Posted By : Robyn23111987
The activity schedule is very good, except that the beach at the last location has less time. Everything is fine. The guides are very fun. The staff are very helpful to help us try our best to meet our needs.
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Posted On : 2020-10-05 09:59:14
