Cruises in Phi Phi Islands

Boat trips around Phi Phi differ by vessel and by the hour they leave. The longtail — a local wooden boat with a long propeller shaft — moves unhurriedly and slips right up to the cliffs: a five-hour run to Maya Bay and Pileh Lagoon costs 39 dollars, a nine-hour one with extra bays and snorkelling 45.

Speedboats cover distance instead: the seven-hour sunrise and sunset departures at 68 dollars each take in Maya, Pileh, Loh Samah bay and Monkey Beach, only at different times of day — empty coves in the morning, sunset colour in the evening. Private options remove the timetable question: a four-hour sunset longtail at 80 dollars and a six-hour circuit of the archipelago at 133, with the route built around your group. Most departures leave from Tonsai pier on the main island.

GetExperience lists 6 cruises around Phi Phi, from 39 to 133 dollars. Pages give the boat type, the duration — four to nine hours — the stops and the inclusions: snorkelling set, lunch, water, park fee. Pick a date and party size in the calendar, pay online and the voucher lands in your inbox. In the rainy season some routes are adjusted to the swell.