Oh Hoo Phang Nga Bay Tour: 10 Hours by Big Boat With Canoeing

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Phang Nga Bay and Canoeing Tour by Big Boat

★ 4.7 (4,143) · from $47

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The Oh Hoo Phang Nga Bay tour is a full-day trip from Phuket on a two-deck boat, with two sessions of sea canoeing, a buffet lunch on board and a stop at the James Bond rock, from $47 per person.

The detail that changes the decision is how the 10 hours are spent. The itinerary itemises only about 7 hours 45 minutes of vans, pier time and stops, so roughly 2 hours 15 minutes is unlisted boat transit and pickup collection. If you hate long days, that gap matters more than the headline price.

If you are still comparing Phang Nga Bay options, the Phuket boat tours guide ranks all of them, and the Harbour Advisor home page covers other cities.

What is the Oh Hoo Phang Nga Bay tour and what do you see?

It is a guided boat day through Phang Nga Bay with limestone islands, sea caves you enter by canoe and a photo stop at the rock from a Bond film.

The boat is a two-deck vessel: sun-seekers use the open upper deck, and a lower deck gives shade and shelter. One reviewer notes that beanbag seats and shaded spots run out, so boarding early helps. Reviews describe a rower sitting behind you in each canoe, so you steer by pointing rather than by effort.

The anchor attractions are the two canoe stops, the lunch break in the middle of the bay and the James Bond rock at Khao Phing Kan. The Ao Phang Nga National Park portal describes that rock as a narrow limestone spire about 20 m tall, roughly 40 m off Khao Phing Kan island.

Where does the boat leave from?

The boat leaves from Ao Po Pier, and with hotel pickup you never have to find it yourself.

• Pickup: a van collects you at your hotel, and the listing shows 45 minutes to the pier.
• Return: the van ride back is listed at 1 hour, so allow for traffic.
• Pickup zones: the listing names eight pickup areas: the north-west beaches of Mai Khao, Nai Yang and Nai Thon, Layan, and the east-coast spots at Coconut Island, Makham Bay, Koh Si Ray and Cape Panwa. It does not say whether those areas carry a surcharge, so ask the operator at booking.
• Cruise ship guests: guests arriving on a cruise ship cannot book this tour, says the listing.

There is no metro or train in Phuket, so there is no walk-from-transit figure; the van replaces it. Ao Po Pier on Google Maps.

What is the route, stop by stop?

The listing gives eight timed legs; the table adds up what is itemised and shows what is not.

The sums: 360 minutes on stops plus 105 in vans make 465, against a 600-minute day. The missing 135 minutes is boat movement and collecting other guests. The listing separates James Bond Island and Khao Phing Kan with an hour each, but the park portal places the rock beside that island, so expect them to be one anchorage with a long window.

What is included, and what do you pay extra?

Almost everything that costs money is bundled: transfers, lunch, drinks, life jackets and the park fee.

• Hotel pickup and drop-off.
• Buffet lunch on board; the description confirms it, so I treat the "Lunch" line as included.
• Drinks on board and a drink at Ao Po Pier.
• Life jackets and a tour guide.
• National park fee of 300 THB for adults and 150 THB for children, matching the park portal fee list (dated June 2022).

Not mentioned in the listing: tips for the guide and paddler, souvenirs at the James Bond stalls, and any extra drinks beyond the included ones. Bring a little cash for these. The listing also asks you to pack sunglasses, swimwear, a towel and sunscreen.

How does the Oh Hoo Phang Nga tour compare with the other Phang Nga Bay boats?

It is the cheapest of the four large-boat options I list for the bay, and the only one with two separate canoe sessions.

The $46 longtail tour is $1 cheaper and costs an hour less, but it spends more of its day in a van. The yachts cost about two and a half times as much. For a wider look at island-based days, see my Phuket island hopping page.

Is the Oh Hoo Phang Nga big-boat tour worth it?

For a first Phang Nga Bay day at $47, yes: the all-in price, a 4.7 rating and two canoe sessions beat most alternatives per hour.

At $4.7 per hour it costs about 38% less per hour than the Phuket median of $7.6. The sub-scores on the listing are guide 4.8, transportation 4.7 and value for money 4.7, so nothing drags the average down.

I would pick it for families with school-age children and for groups of friends. I would skip it if you want a quiet bay: a big boat shares each stop with other boats, and the park portal itself warns that Khao Phing Kan becomes extremely crowded when many boats anchor there.

Who should skip this big-boat tour?

Skip it if you are pregnant or have heart problems, high blood pressure or limited mobility, because the listing lists all four as exclusions.

• Pregnant guests: excluded by the operator.
• Heart conditions and high blood pressure: excluded; ask your doctor before booking.
• Limited mobility: excluded in the listing.
• Short-day travellers: about a third of the day is transit; the Khai Islands half-day is the lighter alternative.
• Peace seekers: a private charter on the Phuket yacht charter page is quieter.

The listing gives no minimum age, so ask the operator if you travel with a toddler. One sampled reviewer took a young daughter and reports being looked after well.

When is the best time to book?

The calmest sea is between December and April, when average daily maximum waves in the Andaman Sea stay at or below 0.6 m, against 1.5 m in July.

These figures come from a model point in open water west of Phuket, so read them as a ranking of months, not a forecast for the bay. For the day itself, check the Thai Meteorological Department wave forecast. Rain is not a deal breaker on a two-deck boat. A September reviewer reports on-and-off rain, a sheltered lower deck and no monkey sightings at the caves because of the weather.

The park portal says the park is closed in the rainy season, 16 May to 14 October, yet reviews dated 31 August to 14 October 2026 on this listing show boats running. I read that as a gap between the portal and daily practice, so confirm with the operator if you travel in those months.

300 THB is what a foreign adult pays to enter Ao Phang Nga National Park, and 150 THB for a child aged 3 to 14, according to the park portal.

What do passengers say about the trip?

The sampled reviews are all 5-star, so the praise pattern is clear but the complaint pattern comes only from the listing summary.

• Guides and crew - 9 of 10 sampled reviews mention the guide or crew, using words like funny and attentive.
• Food - 8 of 10 mention the buffet or the drinks, including coffee, tea, water and soft drinks.
• Canoeing - 5 of 10 single out the canoe sessions, and one describes sleeping bats with young inside a cave.
• Pace - GetYourGuide's review summary says some travellers find the schedule rushed and want more time for canoeing and swimming.

I have not been on board and cannot verify these myself. The sample uses the "Recommended" sort and a 5-star filter, so low scores are missing.

How do you book it?

Choose your date, enter your hotel and check that the pickup area is on the listed zones. Free cancellation applies up to 24 hours before departure.

Frequently asked questions

Sources: GetYourGuide listing; Ao Phang Nga National Park portal; Open-Meteo archive and marine APIs; Frankfurter exchange rates; sunrise-sunset.org API.