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Similan Is. - a perfect idyll

Virgin Paradise Island for snorkelling and diving

 

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Protected Marine National Park with exceptional beaches and nature

 

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You will find the Similan Islands like a string of pearls in the Andaman Sea about 70 km from the coast line of the Phang Nga province where also Khao Lak is located. The Islands are uninhabited and under protection of the authorities of the National Park. No commercial activity is allowed and therefore you will find no private owned hotels, restaurants or shops. Only on 2 islands the National Park authorities run some tent camps, bungalows and restaurants. Public access to the islands is closed down 6 month a year to give the environment a rest.

 

 

Granite rock covered with tropical flora and coral reefs in to the shores are characteristics of Similan

 

 

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Excursions and overnight stays on Similan Islands

Pick up from Phuket or Khao Lak

 

 

Full day tour with lunch

Only from November to May

Overnight stay

 Only from November to May

 

The landmark of Similan Islands  – The big Boulder

 

Island no. 4 - Chom View Bungalows

06:00 – 07:30

Pick up at your hotel in Phuket or Khao Lak by minivan.

Chom View Bungalow w. air-condition

2 days / 1 night

 

Incl. R/T minivan transfer from Phuket or Khao Lak, R/T Speedboat transfer Similan, snorkelling excursion, lunch 1st. day.

 

THB 4.550 per person with 2 persons sharing

Per extra night/ per person + THB 1.350

Single room supplement THB 1.350

200 THB P/P to National Park per extra day

Extra bed can’t be provided. Extra person in the bungalow: Bring your own bed lined / mat.

08:00

Arrive to Thap Lamu. Enjoy snack, coffee or tea

08:30

Departure from the pier to Similan archipelago by speed boat.

10:00

Snorkeling in the area of the beautiful fishes and coral at Bangu island (No.9).

11:30

Arrival to Island no. 8. The guide will show you the way up to the top of the rock where you will find the big boulder. Lunch with Thai food /set menu and relax.

13:00

Transfer by speed boat to snorkeling at Koh Miang  (Isl.No.4 ),  Connecting to Koh  Payu (Isl.No.7) for snorkeling.

Tent Camp - 2 days / 1 night:

Incl. R/T minivan transfer from Phuket or Khao Lak, R/T Speedboat transfer Similan, accommodation with tent (sleeping bag, blanket, pillow)

THB 3.300 per person with 2 persons sharing

Per extra night/ per person + THB 550

Single supplement THB 550

If you  join in with the full day program with lunch mentioned to the left + THB 800 per person

15:00

Departure from Similan archipelago to Tap-Lamu pier.

16:30

Arrive at the pier and back to the hotel

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Adult:

THB 3.300

Child:

4 – to under 12

THB 1.900

All prices mentioned valid until May 2008

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Important:

For those who wish to stay over night in the Similan Islands, it’s important to get organized. Planning should be done well in advanced. The National Park is open from 14th. November to 16th. May.  

Reservations can only be confirmed 2 month before arrival and no late than 1 month before arrival.

When the NP has confirmed your booking, the full amount has to be paid within 7 days.

Stays more than 1 night requires that you pay THB 200 per person extra in National Park fee.

If you got a connecting flight out of Phuket the same day that your Similan trip ends, you should not book any flights earlier than departure time 19:45.

It’s not possible to combine overnight stays on the islands with Scuba Diving. For those interested in Scuba Diving please book Live a Board where you will have your accommodation on the ship among other divers.

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The nine islands lie in a north-south direction from the islands of Ko Bon, Ko Ba Ngu, Ko Similan, Ko Payu, Ko Ha, Ko Miang, Ko Payan, Ko Payang to Ko Hu Yong, and the untouched island of Ko Ta Chai nearby. Sites to the west of the islands are open to the sea while hard coral is characteristic of the sites on the east. Multicoloured and unspoiled corals cover the seabed, including the brilliant soft corals, immense sea fans, dazzling sea pansies and huge sponges.

Ready for landing on island no. 8

 

The Tent Camp run by the National Park

 

 

On the way back to the beach

 

Thailand er også smuk under havets overflade, og Similan-øerne byder på dykning og snorkling i verdensklasse Der er størst chance for at se hajer på den vestlige del af Thailand, nærmere på Similan øerne og op mod Myanmar fantastisk tur til Similan øerne Similan Øerne, Thailand Et paradis for Big Game Fiskeri efter Marlin, Sejlfisk, Haj, Wahoo, Gulfinnet Tun og mange andre arters. Similan øerne Cirka 100 km nordvest for turistmetropolen Phuket ligger øgruppen Similan. Her finder du ni paradisiske granitøer smykkede med drømmestrande Vi er specialiseret i liveaboard ture fra 2 til 6 dage til verdens berømte Similan Øerne, Surin Island, Richelieu Rock, Koh Bon, Koh Tachai og i Burma The Similans National Marine Park is located about 100km from Phuket offering a wide variety of dive sites The Similans National Marine Park is located about 100km from Phuket offering a wide variety of dive sites Now we have progressed to two liveaboard boats and one speed boat for transferring tourists and divers from Taplamu Pier to the Similan Islands The shoreline of each islands are of inconsistent curves since they are situated in the outer part of the sea and are worn away directly by waves. Part of the water lies in the Andaman Sea and eastern side of the Indian Ocean while the shoulder of the continent borders the western shoreline of Phang Nga province and Union of Myanmar, paralleling the Nikobar Islands of India. There is no mud at all along the beaches, so the sands are very clean, white and very fine. Some islands do have hills in the area, which are usually quite tall with the highest top of 244 meters above mean sea level, while some islands are of flat area surrounded by sand dunes and coral reefs. Marine and Wildlife: Beneath the sea at Mu Ko Similan National Park lies a complex ecosystem commonly called the rainforest of the sea: the coral reef. The major residents of the reef are coral and the closely related sea anemones; of the Phylum Cnidaria, Class Anthozoa, which contains all radially symmetrical invertebrate animals. Corals and sea anemones exist as individual polyps living in either solitary or mostly colonial forms. The polyps of hard corals construct communal limestone homes which are built up into a multitude of shapes and sizes eventually giving rise to a coral reef. Soft corals have soft bodies made of large numbers of identical polyps connected by fleshy tissue (Zooxanthallae). These soft corals contain small algae within their tissues which are able to convert the sun's energy into food. This cooperative relationship is known as symbiosis and also exists in hard corals, clams and other marine organisms. There are several factors that support good environment for the reef i.e. temperature, salinity, light, wave and tide, sedimentation and nutrient. Therefore, healthy coral reef can be found easily in the Andaman Sea comparing to the Gulf of Thailand. In Andaman Sea Thailand er også smuk under havets overflade, og Similan-øerne byder på dykning og snorkling i verdensklasse Der er størst chance for at se hajer på den vestlige del af Thailand, nærmere på Similan øerne og op mod Myanmar fantastisk tur til Similan øerne Similan Øerne, Thailand Et paradis for Big Game Fiskeri efter Marlin, Sejlfisk, Haj, Wahoo, Gulfinnet Tun og mange andre arters. Similan øerne Cirka 100 km nordvest for turistmetropolen Phuket ligger øgruppen Similan. Her finder du ni paradisiske granitøer smykkede med drømmestrande Vi er specialiseret i liveaboard ture fra 2 til 6 dage til verdens berømte Similan Øerne, Surin Island, Richelieu Rock, Koh Bon, Koh Tachai og i Burma The Similans National Marine Park is located about 100km from Phuket offering a wide variety of dive sites The Similans National Marine Park is located about 100km from Phuket offering a wide variety of dive sites Now we have progressed to two liveaboard boats and one speed boat for transferring tourists and divers from Taplamu Pier to the Similan Islands The shoreline of each islands are of inconsistent curves since they are situated in the outer part of the sea and are w

Chom View Bungalow

 

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Swim with Sea turtles

 

Snorkelling adventure

 

Thailand er også smuk under havets overflade, og Similan-øerne byder på dykning og snorkling i verdensklasse Der er størst chance for at se hajer på den vestlige del af Thailand, nærmere på Similan øerne og op mod Myanmar fantastisk tur til Similan øerne Similan Øerne, Thailand Et paradis for Big Game Fiskeri efter Marlin, Sejlfisk, Haj, Wahoo, Gulfinnet Tun og mange andre arters. Similan øerne Cirka 100 km nordvest for turistmetropolen Phuket ligger øgruppen Similan. Her finder du ni paradisiske granitøer smykkede med drømmestrande Vi er specialiseret i liveaboard ture fra 2 til 6 dage til verdens berømte Similan Øerne, Surin Island, Richelieu Rock, Koh Bon, Koh Tachai og i Burma The Similans National Marine Park is located about 100km from Phuket offering a wide variety of dive sites The Similans National Marine Park is located about 100km from Phuket offering a wide variety of dive sites Now we have progressed to two liveaboard boats and one speed boat for transferring tourists and divers from Taplamu Pier to the Similan Islands The shoreline of each islands are of inconsistent curves since they are situated in the outer part of the sea and are worn away directly by waves. Part of the water lies in the Andaman Sea and eastern side of the Indian Ocean while the shoulder of the continent borders the western shoreline of Phang Nga province and Union of Myanmar, paralleling the Nikobar Islands of India. There is no mud at all along the beaches, so the sands are very clean, white and very fine. Some islands do have hills in the area, which are usually quite tall with the highest top of 244 meters above mean sea level, while some islands are of flat area surrounded by sand dunes and coral reefs. Marine and Wildlife: Beneath the sea at Mu Ko Similan National Park lies a complex ecosystem commonly called the rainforest of the sea: the coral reef. The major residents of the reef are coral and the closely related sea anemones; of the Phylum Cnidaria, Class Anthozoa, which contains all radially symmetrical invertebrate animals. Corals and sea anemones exist as individual polyps living in either solitary or mostly colonial forms. The polyps of hard corals construct communal limestone homes which are built up into a multitude of shapes and sizes eventually giving rise to a coral reef. Soft corals have soft bodies made of large numbers of identical polyps connected by fleshy tissue (Zooxanthallae). These soft corals contain small algae within their tissues which are able to convert the sun's energy into food. This cooperative relationship is known as symbiosis and also exists in hard corals, clams and other marine organisms. There are several factors that support good environment for the reef i.e. temperature, salinity, light, wave and tide, sedimentation and nutrient. Therefore, healthy coral reef can be found easily in the Andaman Sea comparing to the Gulf of Thailand. In Andaman Sea,

Sunset from island no. 8

 

Sunset from island no. 8

 

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The dive vessel ”Krabi”

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Koh Similan består af 9 små øer, der ligger i nord-sydgående retning 70 km fra kysten ved Khao Lak i Phang Nga provinsen. Marine Nationalparken blev etableret i 1982 og udvidet til øerne Koh Tachai og Koh Bon i nord i 1998. Nationalparkens naturbevarende regler dækker således i dag 140 km2, hvoraf de 14 km2 er landområder. Øerne består af granit, der for 65 millioner år siden, som magma fra jordens indre fandt vej til overfladen og med tiden er blevet poleret til bløde former af gletsjer is samt bølgernes bevægelser. Udover de enestående undervandsmiljøer, med en rigdom i koraler og fiskebestande, der blandt dykkerfolket rangerer blandt de 10 bedste i verden, så er livet på land også særpræget og spændende. Miljøet på Similan Island er typisk for små øer. Hvor end man befinder sig, er man aldrig langt fra havet. Naturlige ferskvandsdepoter er få, hvorfor store pattedyr ikke findes. Dog er der optalt 27 arter mindre pattedyr så som flagermus, Crab-eating macaques (aber), langurs (abe art), egern, pindsvin og desmerkat. Yderligere er der optalt 22 arter af krybdyr, hvor af kamæleoner, slanger og varaner udgør de fleste arter. 39 fugle arte er optalt både som fastboende og trækfugle, heriblandt hvidbrystet havørn, terner, isfugl og Nicobar duen.

The nine islands with dive sites

 

Koh Similan consists of 9 small islands, stretching in North – South direction about 70 km from the coast of Khao Lak in the Phang Nga province.

 

The Marine National Park was establish in 1982 and extended with the islands of Koh Tachai og Koh Bon in the North in 1998. The law of the National Park covers today 140 km2, with only 14 km2 covering land.

 

The islands consist of granite there found its way to the surface as magma from the inner of the earth about 65 million years ago. As time has passed glaciers for the ice age have polished the surface together with the movement of the waves.

 

By divers the sites at Similan Islands rank among the 10 best in the world. Besides the unique under water environment with its wealth in coral and fish stock the life of the creatures on land also is of distinctive character

 

 

The environment is typical for smaller islands. Where you ever will be you will never be far from the ocean. Natural fresh water deposits are few and for that reason bigger mammals do not exist. However you will find 27 species of smaller mammals like bats, crab-eating macaques, langurs (kind of monkey like creature), squirrels, hedgehogs and civet cat. Furthermore 22 reptiles have been recorded such as chameleons, snakes and monitors for the most. 39 birds have been counted as both stationary and birds of passage. Among this white breast sea eagle, terns and the Nicobar pigeon.

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