Our top pick21 589 reviews
8 hPhuket: Maya, Phi Phi, and Bamboo Island with Buffet Lunch
★ 4.6 · 21 589 reviews
- Eight hours, Maya Bay, Viking Cave, Bamboo Island
- Hotel pickup available
- Most booked
- Free cancellation
Phi Phi Snorkeling Tour
A Phi Phi Snorkeling Tour gives you a speedboat route to the islands. We compare 18 tours from $18, cancellation at zero charge, and the top pick rated 4.6 from 21,589 reviews. Your fare includes a buffet lunch at Maya Bay and Bamboo Island.
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Half-day longtail$18
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39,326 verified reviews across 18 tours
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Shortest to longest3–11h
Shortest: Maya Bay Private Longtail
Longest: Day Trip to Phi Phi
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Which Phi Phi tour fits your day
The tour with the most reviews leads, then everything else by price, from the $18 half-day longtail to the private charters. Phi Phi Islands snorkeling trips leave from Phuket, Krabi, Ao Nang, Koh Lanta and the islands themselves. Pick the hours you want on the water, then check the date.
Lowest price here2 129 reviews
4 hFrom Phi Phi: Half-Day Longtail Tour with Snorkeling Stops
★ 4.2 · 2 129 reviews
- Four hours, Natural swimming pools by longtail
- Half a day
- Cheapest here
- Free cancellation
Longtail boat592 reviews
4 hFrom Phi Phi: Half-Day Longtail Tour to Maya Bay, Pileh Lagoon & Loh Samah Bay
★ 4.7 · 592 reviews
- Four hours, Monkey Beach, Pileh Lagoon, Loh Samah Bay
- Skip the line
- Maya Bay
- Free cancellation
Speedboat day trip4 262 reviews
8 hPhuket: Phi Phi Islands and Maya Bay Day Trip with Lunch
★ 4.3 · 4 262 reviews
- Eight hours, Maya Bay, Viking Cave, Khai Island
- Hotel pickup available
- Three meals and a SUP board
- Free cancellation
Speed catamaran26 reviews
8 hPhuket:Phi Phi, Maya and Khai Island Tour By Speed Catamaran
★ 5.0 · 26 reviews
- Eight hours, Snorkel at Khai Island
- Hotel pickup available
- Monkey Beach and Pileh Lagoon
- Free cancellation
Speedboat995 reviews
7.5 hKrabi: Phi Phi Islands Speedboat Tour with Buffet Lunch
★ 4.6 · 995 reviews
- 7.5 hours, Leaves from Krabi
- Hotel pickup available
- Buffet lunch
- Free cancellation
Max 20 guests1 582 reviews
8 hFrom Phi Phi: 7-Island Longtail Boat Tour with Snorkeling and Sunset
★ 4.2 · 1 582 reviews
- Eight hours, Starts on Phi Phi, max 20 guests
- Skip the line
- Longtail boat
- Free cancellation
Seven islands1 350 reviews
8 hPhi Phi: 7 Island Longtail Boat Snorkeling Tour with Sunset
★ 4.2 · 1 350 reviews
- Eight hours, Longtail boat around Koh Phi Phi
- Hidden gems of Koh Phi Phi
- Meal included
- Free cancellation
Maya Bay1 337 reviews
4–6.5 hPhi Phi: Avoid Maya Bay Crowds Tour w/ Baby Sharks & Snorkel
★ 4.7 · 1 337 reviews
- 4 to 6.5 hours, Timed to avoid the biggest crowds
- Skip the line
- Baby sharks
- Free cancellation
Speedboat303 reviews
7.5–8.5 hKoh Lanta: Phi Phi Islands Tour with Maya Bay
★ 4.3 · 303 reviews
- 7.5 to 8.5 hours, Leaves from Koh Lanta by speedboat
- Hotel pickup available
- Maya Bay and Bamboo Island
- Free cancellation
Private longtail471 reviews
3–4 hKoh Phi Phi: Maya Bay Private Longtail Boat Tour & Snorkel
★ 4.8 · 471 reviews
- 3 to 4 hours, Private longtail, Maya Bay and Pileh
- Skip the line
- Monkey Bay and Viking Cave
- Free cancellation
Pirate boat83 reviews
7 hPhi Phi: Pirate Boat with Snorkeling, Kayaking, and Party
★ 4.9 · 83 reviews
- Seven hours, Pirate boat with a sunset
- Snorkel and party onboard
- Wheelchair accessible
- Free cancellation
Speed catamaran177 reviews
8 h–1 dayPhuket: Phi Phi, Bamboo, Maiton, Maya Speed Catamaran Tour
★ 4.2 · 177 reviews
- Eight hours to a full day, Snorkel twice, sea slide and SUP
- Hotel pickup available
- Maiton Island
- Free cancellation
Full day99 reviews
1 dayPhuket: Phi Phi, Maya & Bamboo By Premium Speed Catamaran
★ 4.6 · 99 reviews
- A full day, Snorkeling at Bamboo Island
- Hotel pickup available
- Maya Bay and Pileh Lagoon
- Free cancellation
Small group6 reviews
4–6 hPhi Phi Islands: Shark Snorkeling
★ 5.0 · 6 reviews
- 4 to 6 hours, Blacktip reef sharks and coral gardens
- Small group
- Hidden lagoons
- Free cancellation
Premium day trip1 987 reviews
9 hPhi Phi & Bamboo Islands: Premium Day Trip w/ Seaview Lunch
★ 4.8 · 1 987 reviews
- Nine hours, Relax on the beach at Bamboo Island
- Hotel pickup available
- Lunch by the sea
- Free cancellation
Local captain1 895 reviews
3–7 hPhi Phi Private Longtail: Maya Bay, Pileh Lagoon & Snorkel
★ 4.8 · 1 895 reviews
- 3 to 7 hours, Choose 3, 4, 6 or 7 hours
- Skip the line
- Private longtail with a local captain
- Free cancellation
$104
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Private boat443 reviews
11 hFrom Phuket: Day Trip to Phi Phi with Private Longtail Tour
★ 4.6 · 443 reviews
- 11 hours, Private transfers from Phuket
- Hotel pickup included
- Longest tour here
- Free cancellation
$393
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Eighteen listings, four shapes of day
Four of them are half-day runs. Three are private boats. Three stay out for the sunset. The other eight are full days by speedboat or catamaran. Pick the shape you want and we will name one listing, with its price and the number of people who have reviewed it.
See it before you pay for it
What the water actually looks like
Three frames instead of a video, because none we found could be checked. This is what Phi Phi snorkeling Thailand actually puts in front of you: a coral wall with reef fish, shallow water with the bottom in plain sight, and the blacktip reef shark that two of the eighteen listings name.
Side by side
The lowest fare, the most reviewed, and a private longtail
A Koh Phi Phi tour can mean a half-day by longtail or a full day by speedboat, and the fare moves with it. These three are worth putting side by side: the lowest fare on this page, the most reviewed listing, and a private longtail with your own hours.
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| From Phi Phi: Half-Day Longtail Tour with Snorkeling Stops | TOP PICKPhuket: Maya, Phi Phi, and Bamboo Island with Buffet Lunch | Phi Phi Private Longtail: Maya Bay, Pileh Lagoon & Snorkel | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fare per person | $18 | $42 | $104 |
| Cost per hour, door to door | $4.50 | $5.25 | — |
| Listed duration | 4 hours | 8 hours | 3 - 7 hours |
| Leaves from | Phi Phi | Phuket | Phi Phi |
| Where it goes | Natural swimming pools, marine life | Maya Bay, Viking Cave, Bamboo Island | Maya Bay, Pileh Lagoon, Viking Cave |
| Boat | Longtail boat | Speedboat | Private longtail boat |
| Lunch in the listing | Not named in the listing | Buffet lunch | Not named in the listing |
| Rating | 4.2 · 2,129 | 4.6 · 21,589 | 4.8 · 1,895 |
| Best for | The lowest fare on this page | The most reviewed tour here | Private longtail with a local captain |
| Check dates | Book this one→ | Check dates |
TOP PICK
Phuket: Maya, Phi Phi, and Bamboo Island with Buffet Lunch
$42- Cost per hour, door to door
- $5.25
- Listed duration
- 8 hours
- Leaves from
- Phuket
- Where it goes
- Maya Bay, Viking Cave, Bamboo Island
- Boat
- Speedboat
- Lunch in the listing
- Buffet lunch
- Rating
- 4.6 · 21,589
- Best for
- The most reviewed tour here
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From Phi Phi: Half-Day Longtail Tour with Snorkeling Stops
$18- Cost per hour, door to door
- $4.50
- Listed duration
- 4 hours
- Leaves from
- Phi Phi
- Where it goes
- Natural swimming pools, marine life
- Boat
- Longtail boat
- Lunch in the listing
- Not named in the listing
- Rating
- 4.2 · 2,129
- Best for
- The lowest fare on this page
Phi Phi Private Longtail: Maya Bay, Pileh Lagoon & Snorkel
$104- Cost per hour, door to door
- —
- Listed duration
- 3 - 7 hours
- Leaves from
- Phi Phi
- Where it goes
- Maya Bay, Pileh Lagoon, Viking Cave
- Boat
- Private longtail boat
- Lunch in the listing
- Not named in the listing
- Rating
- 4.8 · 1,895
- Best for
- Private longtail with a local captain
Verdict
Book the speedboat day trip from Phuket
It carries 21,589 reviews at 4.6, and the next listing on this page has 4,262. Its description names Maya Bay, the Viking Cave and snorkelling at Bamboo Island, with a buffet lunch. At $42 it asks $24 more than the half-day longtail that leaves from Phi Phi itself, and that gap buys the whole day plus the crossing.
Check dates and availability→Before you book
Some boats leave the mainland, not Phi Phi
Some of these listings start on the mainland rather than on Phi Phi. A Phi Phi island tour from Krabi, Ao Nang, Koh Lanta or Phuket counts the crossing inside the hours you book, so a nine-hour listing can hold a long stretch of open water. The ones that cast off at Phi Phi itself run shorter for the same reason. Read the departure point before you read the price.
Two-minute check
Which of the eighteen fits your day?
Where you are sleeping, what you will pay and the shape of the day decide it. Three answers and we name one listing.
Where does your day start?The eighteen listings leave from Phi Phi, Phuket, Krabi, Ao Nang or Koh Lanta
What are you ready to pay?Prices on this page run from $18 to $393 a person
What shape of day do you want?The same four answers as the picker further up
Answer the three questions above
You’ll get the one that fits your answers, and the thing about it that catches people out.
Six of the eighteen
What 39,326 reviews say
Ko Phi Phi snorkeling is a boat day, and the reviews follow the boat: 39,326 of them across eighteen listings, weighted 4.54. Six of those listings below, by the shape of the day.
4.54
★★★★★
Based on 39,326
verified reviews
5 ★63%
4 ★28%
3 ★9%
2 ★0%
1 ★0%
All eighteen Phi Phi listings on this page, rated on GetYourGuide.
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Phuket: Maya, Phi Phi, and Bamboo Island with Buffet Lunch
From $42 · 8 hours · 21,589 reviews
★★★★★
The one most people book
Eight hours from Phuket by speedboat: Maya Bay, a look at the Viking Cave, a buffet lunch and snorkelling at Bamboo Island. It carries 21,589 reviews at 4.6; the next listing on this page has 4,262.
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From Phi Phi: Half-Day Longtail Tour with Snorkeling Stops
From $18 · 4 hours · 2,129 reviews
★★★★☆
The cheapest way onto the water
Four hours by longtail from Phi Phi itself, at $18. Natural swimming pools, snorkelling and a lot of coastline for the money. Rated 4.2 across 2,129 reviews, which is a lot of people for a half-day run.
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Phi Phi Private Longtail: Maya Bay, Pileh Lagoon & Snorkel
From $104 · 3 - 7 hours · 1,895 reviews
★★★★★
A longtail and a local captain
Three, four, six or seven hours, yours alone: Maya Bay, Pileh Lagoon, the Viking Cave and snorkelling stops picked on the day. Rated 4.8 across 1,895 reviews — the best reviewed of the three private listings.
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From Phi Phi: 7-Island Longtail Boat Tour with Snorkeling and Sunset
From $41 · 8 hours · 1,582 reviews
★★★★☆
Seven islands, and the sunset
A full day by longtail starting on Phi Phi: seven islands and the sunset on the way back, in a group capped at twenty. Rated 4.2 across 1,582 reviews.
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Phi Phi: Avoid Maya Bay Crowds Tour w/ Baby Sharks & Snorkel
From $44 · 4 - 6.5 hours · 1,337 reviews
★★★★★
Maya Bay, before the crowds
Four to six and a half hours, timed so Maya Bay is quieter, with snorkelling after it. The listing names baby sharks; it does not promise them. Rated 4.7 across 1,337 reviews.
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Phi Phi & Bamboo Islands: Premium Day Trip w/ Seaview Lunch
From $99 · 9 hours · 1,987 reviews
★★★★★
A slower day, and lunch by the sea
Nine hours from Phuket: the beaches at Bamboo Island and Maya Bay, the Viking Cave, and lunch by the sea. Rated 4.8 across 1,987 reviews. It is the one listing of the eighteen whose description never mentions snorkelling.
What it really costs
What an hour on the water costs
There is no single Phi Phi island tour price here: the eighteen listings run from $18 to $393. Divide by the hours and the spread narrows — but only where the listing gives one number, and seven of them give a range or say “1 day”.
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| What you book | Price | Hours, door to door | Cost per hour, door to door |
|---|---|---|---|
| Half-day longtail from Phi Phi | $18 | 4 h | $4.50 |
| Full day from Phuket, three meals | $36 | 8 h | $4.50 |
| Full day from Phuket, buffet lunch | $42 | 8 h | $5.25 |
| Premium day from Phuket, lunch by the sea | $99 | 9 h | $11.00 |
| Premium speed catamaran from Phuket | $92 | 1 day | — |
| Private longtail, three to seven hours | $104 | 3–7 h | — |
Costs the listing doesn't show you
- An hourly price only works where the listing gives one number. Seven of the eighteen give a range or say “1 day”, so for those there is none.
- The hours are door to door. No listing on this page says how long you are in the water, so cost per hour is not cost per snorkel.
- Lunch is named in seven listings out of eighteen. On the other eleven it is not part of the price you are reading.
- The same bays cost $18 or $393. What moves the number is the boat, and whether it is yours alone.
What is genuinely included
- Snorkelling — named by seventeen of the eighteen listings
- Maya Bay — named by fourteen
- Pileh Lagoon and the Viking Cave — eight listings each
- Bamboo Island — five listings
- Lunch — seven listings, three of them a buffet
- A sunset — three listings; kayaks — one
The honest answer
Is a Phi Phi snorkeling tour worth it?
Yes, if you want the water more than the beach. Seventeen of the eighteen listings put snorkelling in the description, fourteen name Maya Bay, and 39,326 reviews average 4.54. The question is not whether to go, but on which boat and for how long.
What makes it worth it
- Seventeen of the eighteen listings put snorkelling in the description
- Fourteen name Maya Bay; eight name Pileh Lagoon and the Viking Cave
- $18 buys four hours by longtail out of Phi Phi itself
- 39,326 reviews across eighteen listings, weighted 4.54
- The most booked listing alone carries 21,589 reviews at 4.6
Keep in mind
- Ratings run 4.2 to 5.0, and both 5.0s rest on six and 26 reviews
- Seven listings give a range or “1 day” instead of a set length
- No listing says how long you are actually in the water
- One of the eighteen never mentions snorkelling in its description
- Prices reach $393, and the same bays appear on an $18 run
Stop by stop
How the day is put together
Pick the bays, not the boat
Fourteen of the eighteen listings name Maya Bay, eight name Pileh Lagoon and the Viking Cave, five name Bamboo Island. The bays are what differs; the water is the same.
The crossing from Phuket
The most booked listing is eight hours door to door from Phuket by speedboat. Half-day runs skip this part entirely: they start on Phi Phi.
Maya Bay
The bay fourteen listings are built around, walled in by limestone cliffs. One of the eighteen is timed specifically to reach it when it is quieter.
The Viking Cave
Named by eight listings, and the wording is always to view it or see it. It is a stop you look at from the water.
Lunch
Seven listings name a meal and three of those call it a buffet. On the other eleven, read the line before you count on eating.
Snorkelling at Bamboo Island
Five listings name Bamboo Island and seventeen name snorkelling. This is the part of the day the site is about, and no listing says how long it lasts.
Back where you started
Eight hours door to door for the Phuket day. Four for the longtail run out of Phi Phi, which is the $18 option and the cheapest way onto the water here.
Best time of day
Early beats the crowds, late buys the sunset
Only one listing on this page sells a time rather than a route: it is built around reaching Maya Bay ahead of the biggest crowds, and it says so in its own description. At the other end of the day, three listings finish at sunset — two seven-island longtail days and one party boat — and all three are full days rather than evening trips. Everything in between is a fixed window: eight hours from Phuket, four from the islands themselves. No listing here says what time it starts, so that is the one question worth asking before you pay.
On the ground
What the islands actually look like
The bay, empty
Fourteen of the eighteen listings name Maya Bay.
The bow of a longtail
Seven of the eighteen listings name a longtail boat.
And the same bay, busy
One of the eighteen is timed specifically to arrive when it is quieter.
Blacktips, over sand
Two listings name blacktip sharks. Neither promises you one.
What it's like
Two shapes of day, eighteen ways to buy one
Eighteen listings leave for the same islands, and the first thing that separates them is where your day starts. Seven go from Phuket, one from Krabi, one from Ao Nang, one from Koh Lanta, and the rest from Koh Phi Phi itself. That one choice decides whether you are out for four hours or eleven.
What people type as Phi Phi Islands snorkeling Thailand turns out to be one of two days. The short one leaves from the islands themselves: four hours in a longtail from $18, with 2,129 reviews behind it at 4.2. You are on the water by mid-morning and back with the afternoon still in front of you.
The long one is a Phi Phi island day tour out of Phuket: eight hours by speedboat, Maya Bay, the Viking Cave, a buffet lunch and a snorkel stop at Bamboo Island, from $42. That listing carries 21,589 reviews at 4.6; the next-biggest on this page has 4,262.
The stops repeat, but not evenly. Maya Bay is named by fourteen of the eighteen listings, Pileh Lagoon by eight, the Viking Cave by eight, Bamboo Island by five, Monkey Beach by two and Loh Samah Bay by one. If a particular name is the reason you are booking, read the listing rather than the map.
Koh Phi Phi snorkeling is named in seventeen of the eighteen descriptions — not in all of them. The exception is a premium day from Phuket that offers the beach at Bamboo Island and Maya Bay, the Viking Cave and lunch by the sea, and never mentions a mask at all. Worth knowing before you pack one.
The boat shapes the day more than the route does. Seven listings run longtails, five run speedboats, three run catamarans and three are private charters. A longtail is the open wooden boat; a speedboat is what gets you from Phuket to Phi Phi Leh and back inside a day; a private boat lets you set the hours.
Durations are door to door, and they tell you less than you would like. Three to eleven hours covers the whole page. Two listings give no hours at all — one says a day, another eight hours to a day — and five more give a range. Not one of the eighteen says how long you are actually in the water.
The ratings are not uniform here, and this page will not pretend they are. Across 39,326 reviews the weighted average is 4.54, and individual listings sit between 4.2 and 5.0. Both of the 5.0s are small — twenty-six reviews and six — which is why neither of them leads the page.
While you're here
Three days that are not the standard island run
A boat of your own, a late one that stays out for the sunset, and the one premium day on this page that is about beaches and lunch rather than a mask.
Your own boat
Koh Phi Phi: Maya Bay Private Longtail Boat Tour & Snorkel
3 - 4 hours · ★ 4.8 (471)
$50See dates Stays out late
Phi Phi: Pirate Boat with Snorkeling, Kayaking, and Party
7 hours · ★ 4.9 (83)
$65See dates Beach and lunch
Phi Phi & Bamboo Islands: Premium Day Trip w/ Seaview Lunch
9 hours · ★ 4.8 (1 987)
$99See datesPractical
Four things to settle before you pay
Where the boat leaves from, what kind of boat it is, which names are actually in the listing, and what the price does and does not cover.
From Koh Phi Phi
Eight listings start on the islands. Half-day longtails from $18, and the private boats that let you pick your hours.
From Phuket
Seven listings, the busiest route on the page. Eight hours and up, door to door, mostly by speedboat or catamaran.
From Krabi
One listing: seven and a half hours by speedboat, buffet lunch, Maya Bay and the Viking Cave on the way.
From Ao Nang
One listing, a seven-island longtail day that runs eight hours and finishes at sunset.
From Koh Lanta
One listing, seven and a half to eight and a half hours by speedboat, with Maya Bay, Pileh Lagoon and Bamboo Island.
The crossing is the cost
The further out you sleep, the more of the day is spent getting there. Nothing on this page changes that.
Longtail — seven listings
The open wooden boat. Both of the cheapest trips on this page are longtails, and so are the private charters.
Speedboat — five listings
What makes a day trip from Phuket, Krabi or Koh Lanta fit into a single day at all.
Catamaran — three listings
All three leave from Phuket. One is described as spacious and stable, with a sea slide and a paddleboard.
Private — three listings
Your own longtail and captain. Two run from the islands; the third is eleven hours door to door from Phuket.
Group size
Only one listing names a number: a seven-island longtail capped at twenty guests. The rest say nothing.
Pick your hours
One private longtail sells three, four, six or seven hours as separate options on the same listing.
Maya Bay — fourteen listings
The most-named stop on the page, and the one the avoid-the-crowds listing is timed around.
Pileh Lagoon — eight
Named by eight listings. Only one of them says what you do there, and the word it uses is swim.
Viking Cave — eight
Eight listings name it. Three say you see it from the boat; the other five list it and say no more.
Bamboo Island — five
The snorkel-and-beach stop on the day trips from Phuket and Koh Lanta. Five listings name it.
Monkey Beach — two
Two listings say Monkey Beach. Three more say Monkey Bay, and none of them says whether that is the same stop.
Loh Samah Bay — one
One half-day longtail names it. No other listing on the page mentions it at all.
What the page costs
From $18 for a half day to $393 for the eleven-hour private longtail day out of Phuket.
Cancellation
Each listing states its own cancellation terms on its booking page. Read that line there before you pay.
Lunch
Seven listings name lunch, three of those a buffet. The other eleven say nothing about food.
Read the duration twice
Two listings quote a day rather than hours, and five quote a range. Neither is a promise of a full day.
Ratings, honestly
Between 4.2 and 5.0 across the page. The two 5.0s have twenty-six reviews and six between them.
Sharks
Two listings mention sharks — one baby sharks, one blacktip reef sharks. Neither promises a sighting.
Best time
Four shapes of day, and who sells each one
Nothing here is about the time of year. The bars show how much choice you have: one bar per listing, up to five.
One tour is timed for it
Ahead of the crowds
A single listing is built around reaching Maya Bay before the biggest crowds, and it is the only one that says so.
Three listings, three to four hours
Half a day
Out of Koh Phi Phi itself, by longtail. The two cheapest trips on this page are both in this group.
Seven listings, eight hours and up
A full day from Phuket
Most of the reviews on this page sit here, and so does the listing people book most. The crossing is part of the day.
Three listings finish at sunset
Into the evening
Two seven-island longtail days and one party boat run late. All three are full days, not evening trips.
Worth knowing
Six things that aren't in the listing
01
The cheapest way onto the water starts on the islands, not on the mainland. A half-day longtail from Koh Phi Phi is $18; the day trips from Phuket start higher because the crossing is part of what you are buying.
02
Snorkelling is not automatic. Seventeen of the eighteen descriptions name it. The premium day from Phuket is about beaches, the Viking Cave and lunch, and never mentions it.
03
Hours are door to door. Two listings quote a day instead of hours and five quote a range, so the number on the booking page is not time at the stops.
04
Maya Bay is not on every boat. Fourteen of the eighteen name it. The other four are good days out, but they are not the day most people think they are booking.
05
Two listings mention sharks — one baby sharks, one blacktip reef sharks — and neither promises a sighting. Treat it as the reason that boat goes there, nothing more.
06
A 5.0 is not always the stronger listing. The two perfect scores here rest on twenty-six reviews and on six; the busiest listing holds 4.6 across 21,589.
Round out the trip
Booked alongside
Go deeper
More on the boats, the stops and where to start
Common questions
Phi Phi snorkelling trips, answered
Is snorkelling included on every trip to Phi Phi?
Seventeen of the eighteen listings on this page name snorkelling in their own description, so nearly but not quite. The exception is the premium day from Phuket, which is sold on beaches at Bamboo Island and Maya Bay, the Viking Cave and lunch by the sea.
How much does a Phi Phi Islands tour cost?
The page runs from $18 to $393. The lowest price is a half-day longtail that starts on Koh Phi Phi itself; a full day out of Phuket, with the crossing both ways, starts higher. The private longtail day from Phuket is the top of the range.
Do all of these tours go to Maya Bay?
No. Fourteen of the eighteen name Maya Bay in their description. The other four spend the day elsewhere around the islands, so if Maya Bay is the reason you are booking, check that the listing says so before you pay.
Longtail or speedboat?
Seven listings use longtails and five use speedboats. A longtail is slower, open and close to the water, and both of the cheapest trips on this page use one. A speedboat is what makes a day trip from Phuket, Krabi or Koh Lanta fit into one day.
Can you see sharks on a Phi Phi snorkelling trip?
Two listings mention sharks: one names baby sharks on a trip timed to beat the crowds at Maya Bay, the other blacktip reef sharks. Neither promises a sighting, and no other listing on the page mentions them at all.
How long does a trip to the Phi Phi Islands take?
Between three and eleven hours, door to door. Two listings quote a day rather than hours, and five quote a range instead of a figure. None of the eighteen says how much of that time you spend in the water.
Is lunch included?
Seven of the eighteen listings name lunch, and three of those call it a buffet. The remaining eleven say nothing about food either way, which usually means bringing your own or buying it at a stop.
Which tour has the most reviews?
The eight-hour speedboat day from Phuket to Maya Bay, Phi Phi and Bamboo Island, with 21,589 reviews at 4.6. The next-biggest listing on this page has 4,262. Across all eighteen there are 39,326 reviews and a weighted average of 4.54.
No account needed
One day on the water — the plan we'd follow
One PDF: which departure point suits where you are sleeping, what each kind of boat does to the day, and which listings actually name the stop you came for. Built from the same eighteen listings as this page.
- All eighteen listings in one table: price, hours, rating, reviews
- Which tours name Maya Bay, Pileh Lagoon, the Viking Cave, Bamboo Island
- Longtail, speedboat, catamaran or private — what each costs in time
- The questions worth asking before you pay, by departure point
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Why trust this page
How we put this together
Checked, not guessed
Every price, duration, rating and review count on this page is read off the live listing for that trip, and changes when the listing does.
How we pick
All eighteen trips to these islands that you can book through our partner are here, cheapest first. Nobody pays to be featured.
We count instead of claiming
Where another page would write “every tour visits Maya Bay”, we say fourteen of eighteen do. The counts come from the descriptions themselves.
What the listings don't say
Not one of the eighteen states how long you are in the water, or what time the boat leaves. We say so rather than fill the gap.
The answer
The eight-hour day from Phuket is the one most people book
Maya Bay, the Viking Cave, a buffet lunch and a snorkel stop at Bamboo Island, by speedboat, from $42. It carries 21,589 reviews at 4.6, where the next-biggest listing on this page has 4,262. That is the day most people here end up booking.
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