Easy Day's Private Phang Nga Bay Sightseeing Tour

Our private tour to Phang Nga Bay Private is well designed to avoid the crowds and doing everything at your own pace. A good start to possibly avoid the tourist crowds is to leave your hotel at 7:00-7:30 depending on your hotel location.

James Bond Island - Image by Adriano Trapani

After picking you up at the hotel our driver and our guide will drive you to Phang Nga (about 1 hour) and to the scenic Sam Chong Floating Restaurant where the longtail boat leaves and where you also have a great lunch at the end of the bay tour. After jumping on the boat we head straight to James Bond Island to anticipate the crowds when it's still quiet and almost empty (sometimes schedule varies depending on tide).

After that you visit Tam Lod Area where you have the optional opportunity to do about 45 minutes canoe where professional local paddlers are provided and will bring you to explore a great environment, through the caves and passageways dug by the water through the centuries in the limestone walls and in the mangroves.

Later you visit the fascinating KohPanyee Sea Gypsy village built on stilts, the authentic village lays beyond the first line of restaurants and souvenir stalls and there you can see a unique lifestyle, great place. You then move to a large very interesting limestone cave full of stalactites and stalagmites, away from the usual day trip routes.

You then move back to Samchong Floating Restaurant to enjoy a tasty lunch facing the scenic mangrove channel. After lunch there's one more stop at Sawan Kuha cave temple, usually a lot of monkeys just outside the entrance and Buddha statues inside, very interesting place.

It depends also by your own pace but this itinerary usually ends around 14:00-15:00 in Phang Nga and then we leave the minivan available for you until 17:00 for any additional purpose like visiting waterfalls, temples, a viewpoint (we recommend visiting Samet Nangshe) shopping, activities or whatever else you would like to do (according to weather and time available). Just discuss about additional destinations after lunch with your tour guide. 

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Reviews - Susan R.

Susan enjoyed a Private Phang Bay Sightseeing tour

"Dear Francesco,

We are so happy with our tour that your company provided yesterday! Everything went so well even though our ship arrived over an hour late. We are very impressed with your level of service and will certainly recommend you to everyone who is planning to visit this area of Thailand. All of your employees did an excellent job! It was great you could accommodate another couple at the last minute too. Exploring James Bond Island, paddling in the big cave, seeing the fishing village and all the gorgeous scenery was fabulous!! We will definitely return to Thailand and spend time there without having the constraints of a ship schedule.

Thank you again for making our day so special!

Sincerely,
Susan"

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Tubing with Easy Day Thailand

Tubing in Khao Sok National Park

Tubing is a recreational activity where people ride sitting on top of an inner tube, either on water, snow, or through the air. The tubes themselves are also known as "doughnuts" or "biscuits" because of their shape.

River tubing is an outdoor activity in which people ride inner tubes or inflated disks down a river. Depending on the conditions at the river, tubing can be a relaxing way to spend an afternoon, or it can be a fun-filled adventure. On a gentle river, this sport is suitable for people of a wide range of ages and physical abilities, and it can be a great vacation activity for people travelling with children.

In a typical tubing trip, people wear swimsuits or other gear that can be comfortably worn in the water, and some people also wear life jackets for additional safety. The tubes are launched in the water, and then people mount up and start floating. Once launched, the tubes will freely float down the river pushed by the stream, with the tubers eventually choosing a spot to land.

Easy Day Thailand offers day trips and Overnight trips to Khao Sok & Kapong in Phang Nga Province for great Tubing fun.

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Phuket Tours - Ban Raya Day Tour

Looking for a nice day out with your family? Enjoy some good snorkelling and good food on the beautiful tropical Raya Island just 25 minutes south of Phuket.

Baan Raya Sea View

BAN RAYA DAY TRIP

• 7:45-8:15 Pick up at hotel and transfer to Chalong Pier
• 9:00 Departure with speedboat, about 30 minutes to reach Racha Yai
• 9:30-9:45 Arrival at Racha Yai Island where you can decide if snorkelling from
• the boat or go directly to Ban Raya Resort where you can enjoy the great facilities, SPA, pool and great snorkelling from the beach.
• 12:10 Mooring at the small pier and 10 minutes transfer through the tropical environment on “Trak Trak” tractor to Ban Raya Resort. On the way you can see water buffalo's, wild turkeys, monitor lizards and many other flora and fauna.
• 12:20 Arrival at Ban Raya Resort and enjoy fresh welcome drink and delicious set menu lunch with sea view. After lunch there is a lot of time to enjoy more snorkelling from the private beach, the swimming pool or other facilities like Spa Treatments, Horse Riding and Mountain Biking.
• 14:45 Transfer back to the speedboat and lack to Phuket.
• 15:30 Arrival at Chalong Pier and transfer back to your Phuket hotel 

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Alternative Tour: Easy Day Thailand's Premium Racha Island Tour

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• Anisa - Day tour to Raya Yai Island
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• Emily - Visit at Raya Yai Island and Phang Nga Bay

Reviews - Foong Yee

Phuket Island Sightseeing tour with Easy Day Thailand

"Hi Francesco,

Good day to you!

I'm writing this note to say a BIG thank you to you and our driver - Aek
Thanks for your arrangement.
Aek is so kind and helpful. Our family have a good time with him.
3D2N trip just too short for us :-)
We will definely re-visit Phuket again. Hopefully next year.
And I can bring my youngest too - she is turning 2 this August.

Thanks again for everthing.
Wish you and your team all the best!

regards,
Foong Yee"

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The Two Faces of Baan Zan Market

Baan Zan Market

One of the great attractions in Patong Beach for food lovers is the Baan Zan Market with its multiple faces to attract visits all day and into the night.  If you are staying in Patong or one of the surrounding areas, I am sure you have heard mention of Baan Zan, either as a great place to shop for food to prepare or as an equally great place to get dinner or a quick snack, the ultimate in Thai fast food. 

During the day, from early morning until around 5 pm the inside of the large building serves as a gathering place for many vendors selling everything from fresh seafood to meats to vegetables to fruits and nuts and dry goods.  Heck upstairs there even several vendors selling clothing and a mini-food court where you can get lunch.  While this thriving market is open, the area around the building serves as a parking lot for motorbikes, cars and on the back sides for the many delivery trucks and vans. 

Having lived in Patong for a couple of years, I use the back entrance, there seems to always be plenty of parking for my motorbike and you are right into the meat and fresh seafood section of the market.  Using this entrance brings you right in at one of the many vendors selling prime cuts of pork, it is all laid out for you to see and the vendors will be more than happy to cut the meats to your wishes.   Directly across the aisle from the pork vendor at the entrance you will find the chicken vendor selling every part of the chicken you can imagine and perhaps some you hadn’t thought of.   Moving around the corner, we immediately come to a fresh seafood vendor, with many different size shrimp (price to match their size) and shell fish like clams and mussels.  Of course, there are more types of fresh fish available than I can name, all of various sizes.

Continuing our walk around the building, you will find a wide variety of vegetable in various stalls, all fresh from the local farms.  Not to worry, there are plenty of temping Thai spices that will allow you to season your dishes to your individual tastes.   Toward the south end of the building just inside the front side entrance there is a vast display of fruits to choose from, plenty of temping items to keep on hand as snacks during the night.  And just to the north of the fruits are other great snack items, nuts, dried fish and crackers.  And do not miss the flowers arrayed along the north, front wall they will brighten your day and your room.  As you can see, there is something for everyone at Baan Zan Market during the day. 

Ah, but we have not yet explored the second floor of the market, what hidden treasures lie up the escalator, there are two clothing stores along with a food court and seating area to allow shoppers to relax and enjoy some of the Thai cuisine available.

  
As the sun sets and the lighting changes, so Baan Zan Market changes; the interior market filled with its vast array of vendor’s empties and the parking lot is converted to an equally vast array of vendors selling prepared food, a mega-food court so to speak.   Just imagine taking all the small food carts that are scattered around Patong and putting them in one place and that will give you an idea of the Baan Zan parking lot in the early evening.

As you stroll among these vendors slowly making your way through the crowd and believe me it is crowded.  It should strike you that both locals and foreigners alike are all perusing the assortment of traditional Thai dishes and dishes from all over the world.  To me this is a good sign that the food is outstanding and good quality; this size market could not long survive if it offered less than high quality foods.  There are stalls with an incredible display of fresh seafood that they will cook to your order, perhaps you feel like grilled tonight or fried or streamed in a speciality sauce.  You might like to try a more traditional Thai dish of chicken or pork or fish in a variety of sauces (being careful to ensure that the dish is not spicier than your taste’s like, be sure to ask “pet mai?” which means is it spicy in Thai)

Here we see a women fixing individual portions of soup to order, that typifies the vendors at Baan Zan, they prepare individual servings so you and the others in your party can each get whatever strikes your fancy.   Do you like fresh steamed corn on the cobb, well there are several vendors selling it right out of the steamer for a mere 20 baht.  Or tonight your taste’s run to something with a Japanese flavor like sushi rolls, have no fear these are also available from multiple vendors.  So if you are looking for an interesting adventure in Thai shopping and food, I strongly recommend Baan Zan Market, both in the day and into the evening.