MANTA WITH DIVERS
18m | Boulder City, Similan Islands
About Similan
About 50 kilometers off the west coast of Phang-Nga in the Andaman Sea lie the Similan islands, a group of 9 small islands that offer Thailand’s finest diving.(Similan means 9 in Malay) The islands can be reached in about 10 hrs by boat from Phuket or 4 hrs from Thap Lamu Port or Takua Pa in Phang-nga, so while day trips are possible, liveaboards are more feasible.
Interested? Send us your dive travel enquiries now!The area is a protected national park and the Similan Islands are famous for its crystal clear water and diverse marine life. It famous with both domestic and foreign tourists and also a place for angling and scuba diving. The area is a protected national park and though camping is allowed on the islands, most divers opt for one of the many liveaboards that frequent the Similan Islands during the dive season.
In the water lies a diverse landscape of deep canyons, giant boulders, coral gardens, caves and walls. The Rock formations in the area are trully beautiful and the are attract visitors like whale sharks, mantas and leopard sharks. A vast array of reef fish await, the giant morays may surprise you and the schools of bumphead will impress, but you may also find the small marine life like ghost pipefish and fire gobies to your liking. A dive destination to be visited at least once by all divers.
Location Map
Dive from the MV Vilai Samut for 4 days and 4 nights in The Similans!
25 – 30 Nov 2009 @ $850 per diver
Include:
- 2 ways Van transfer to boat from either airport or hotel
- 4 nights onboard, all meals, drinking water, snacks, coffee & tea
- 14 dives, weight belt, tanks
- Divemaster service
- Daily cabin house keeping and change towel
Exclude:
- Return Airfare Sin-Phuket-Sin
- 1 night stay at Kata Beach
- Dive equipment add S$60 for the whole trip
- Marine park fee (Baht 1600, est S$67)
Itinerary
Day 1
