Sports in Thailand

Active Thailand splits between water and land. On the water side there is snorkelling in Ang Thong National Marine Park out of Koh Samui, speedboat runs from Krabi to Hong Island with fins and kayaks, and a day trip from Pattaya to Coral Island with swimming stops and lunch. The Hong Island run takes about seven hours, the Ang Thong sailing eight — by big boat or speedboat.

Kayaking deserves its own line: at Ao Thalane near Krabi you paddle among mangroves and karst cliffs, either on an early four-hour outing or a sunset run that ends with dinner. On land the main playground is Phuket, where white-water rafting over 5 or 7 kilometres combines with ziplining and an ATV ride into a single nine-to-ten-hour day. Koh Samui adds quad and 4WD buggy tours along the island's dirt tracks, about four hours each. Some combinations swap the ATV for an elephant ride.

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