All eighteen listings
Eighteen listings, and the gap between them is wider than the fares suggest: $18 to $393, three hours to eleven, a longtail from the pier or a speed catamaran out of Phuket. This page puts every Phi Phi island tour in one table — fare, length, where it goes, and the review count behind each rating.
Quick answer
The short answer. Eighteen listings, $18 to $393, three hours to eleven. The two cheapest are half-day longtails that start on Phi Phi itself. The most reviewed is an eight-hour speedboat day out of Phuket at $42: 21,589 reviews at 4.6, where the next listing has 4,262. Seventeen of the eighteen name snorkeling.
The shape of the fleet
Same islands, eighteen different days out.
Every Phi Phi island tour here ends up in the same water: Phi Phi Don and Phi Phi Leh, in the Andaman Sea off the south-west coast of Thailand. What changes is the boat, the town you leave from and how much of your day it takes. Fourteen name Maya Bay; eight name Pileh Lagoon; eight name Viking Cave; five name Bamboo Island; two name Monkey Beach and four more say Monkey Bay, without saying whether that is the same stop.
Snorkeling in Phi Phi Island water is named by seventeen of the eighteen. The one that does not is a nine-hour premium day with lunch by the sea, which describes the beach instead. If the water is the point of your day, that is the sentence to look for.
None of the eighteen is a ferry ticket. Five run as a Phi Phi Islands snorkeling cruise by speedboat, three use a speed catamaran, seven use a longtail, and one calls itself a pirate boat with a sunset. Ratings run from 4.2 to 5.0 across 39,326 reviews, spread very unevenly: one listing holds 21,589 of them on its own.
Where the differences sit
Phi Phi island tour cost: $18 to $393. The bottom is a half day from the pier; the top is eleven hours with private transfers from Phuket. Between those ends the fare buys three things: the hull, the town you start in, and whether the boat is yours.
Length. Eleven listings give a single number, from four hours to eleven. Seven give a range, and two of those end in the words «1 day». One private longtail lets you pick 3, 4, 6 or 7 hours outright.
Phi Phi island tour Thailand departures. Seven listings name Phuket, one names Krabi, one names Koh Lanta. The other nine start on Phi Phi itself or leave the meeting point to the booking page. No listing names Patong or any other Phuket neighbourhood: the seven that start there just say Phuket.
Phi Phi snorkeling clear water wording. Three descriptions promise crystal-clear water in those words, one more turquoise water at Maya Bay; the other fourteen simply say snorkel. Read it as the operator’s wording, not a measurement: nothing here reports what the water is doing on the day you go.
Every trip, current fare
The last column divides the fare by the hours door to door. It is blank wherever a listing gives a range instead of a number: dividing by «1 day» would invent a figure nobody published.
| Tour | Length | Price | Where it goes | Cost per hour, door to door | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phuket: Maya, Phi Phi, and Bamboo Island with Buffet LunchBuffet lunch | 8 h | $42 | Maya Bay, Viking Cave, Bamboo Island | $5.25 | 4.6 · 21,589 |
| From Phi Phi: Half-Day Longtail Tour with Snorkeling StopsHalf a day | 4 h | $18 | Natural swimming pools by longtail | $4.50 | 4.2 · 2,129 |
| From Phi Phi: Half-Day Longtail Tour to Maya Bay, Pileh Lagoon & Loh Samah BayMaya Bay | 4 h | $18 | Monkey Beach, Pileh Lagoon, Loh Samah Bay | $4.50 | 4.7 · 592 |
| Phuket: Phi Phi Islands and Maya Bay Day Trip with LunchThree meals and a SUP board | 8 h | $36 | Maya Bay, Viking Cave, Khai Island | $4.50 | 4.3 · 4,262 |
| Phuket:Phi Phi, Maya and Khai Island Tour By Speed CatamaranMonkey Beach and Pileh Lagoon | 8 h | $39 | Snorkel at Khai Island | $4.88 | 5.0 · 26 |
| Krabi: Phi Phi Islands Speedboat Tour with Buffet LunchBuffet lunch | 7.5 h | $40 | Leaves from Krabi | $5.33 | 4.6 · 995 |
| From Phi Phi: 7-Island Longtail Boat Tour with Snorkeling and SunsetLongtail boat | 8 h | $41 | Starts on Phi Phi, max 20 guests | $5.12 | 4.2 · 1,582 |
| Phi Phi: 7 Island Longtail Boat Snorkeling Tour with SunsetHidden gems of Koh Phi Phi | 8 h | $41 | Longtail boat around Koh Phi Phi | $5.12 | 4.2 · 1,350 |
| Phi Phi: Avoid Maya Bay Crowds Tour w/ Baby Sharks & SnorkelBaby sharks | 4 - 6.5 h | $44 | Timed to avoid the biggest crowds | — | 4.7 · 1,337 |
| Koh Lanta: Phi Phi Islands Tour with Maya BayMaya Bay and Bamboo Island | 7.5 - 8.5 h | $47 | Leaves from Koh Lanta by speedboat | — | 4.3 · 303 |
| Koh Phi Phi: Maya Bay Private Longtail Boat Tour & SnorkelMonkey Bay and Viking Cave | 3 - 4 h | $50 | Private longtail, Maya Bay and Pileh | — | 4.8 · 471 |
| Phi Phi: Pirate Boat with Snorkeling, Kayaking, and PartySnorkel and party onboard | 7 h | $65 | Pirate boat with a sunset | $9.29 | 4.9 · 83 |
| Phuket: Phi Phi, Bamboo, Maiton, Maya Speed Catamaran TourMaiton Island | 8 h - 1 day | $83 | Snorkel twice, sea slide and SUP | — | 4.2 · 177 |
| Phuket: Phi Phi, Maya & Bamboo By Premium Speed CatamaranMaya Bay and Pileh Lagoon | 1 day | $92 | Snorkeling at Bamboo Island | — | 4.6 · 99 |
| Phi Phi Islands: Shark SnorkelingHidden lagoons | 4 - 6 h | $95 | Blacktip reef sharks and coral gardens | — | 5.0 · 6 |
| Phi Phi & Bamboo Islands: Premium Day Trip w/ Seaview LunchLunch by the sea | 9 h | $99 | Relax on the beach at Bamboo Island | $11.00 | 4.8 · 1,987 |
| Phi Phi Private Longtail: Maya Bay, Pileh Lagoon & SnorkelPrivate longtail with a local captain | 3 - 7 h | $104 | Choose 3, 4, 6 or 7 hours | — | 4.8 · 1,895 |
| From Phuket: Day Trip to Phi Phi with Private Longtail TourFour hours of private longtail | 11 h | $393 | Private transfers from Phuket | $35.73 | 4.6 · 443 |
Reading the table
The fare. Three listings are private boats, and no description says whether a private fare is charged per person or for the whole boat. Check that on the booking page before you set those numbers against a shared speedboat seat.
The hours. They are door to door, and not one listing says how much of that is spent in the water. An eight-hour day out of Phuket is not eight hours of snorkeling.
The rating. Two listings show 5.0 — one on 26 reviews, one on six. Three show 4.2 on well over a thousand each. A high star on a handful of reviews is not the same evidence, which is why the review count sits beside every rating here.
Weighing a longtail from the pier against a speedboat out of Phuket?
Speedboat or longtail, compared→The verdict
If you want the most tested day: the eight-hour speedboat run to Maya Bay, Viking Cave and Bamboo Island with buffet lunch, $42, 21,589 reviews at 4.6, where the next listing has 4,262. It leaves from Phuket, so the crossing is part of the eight hours.
If you want the cheapest way in: a Phi Phi island tour from Phi Phi itself. Two half-day longtail listings sit at $18, and they are not the same trip. One is built on natural swimming pools and marine life, 2,129 reviews at 4.2. The other names five stops in writing — Monkey Beach, Viking Cave, Pileh Lagoon, Loh Samah Bay, Maya Bay — and rates 4.7 on 592 reviews. Named stops against a bigger crowd of reviewers: that is the whole choice at this price.
If you want the boat to yourself: three private longtail listings, at $50, $104 and $393. Only the most expensive names transfers from Phuket, which is what the extra hours and the extra money buy.
If you are going with children: one description calls its catamaran spacious, stable and perfect for families — the only Phi Phi snorkeling family claim written down in the eighteen, and the operator’s own pitch rather than a verdict. It runs $83 on 177 reviews at 4.2.
Getting on the boat
Nine of the eighteen start on the mainland and say so; the other nine start on Phi Phi or name no town. The hours above include the crossing both ways.
Five speedboat or catamaran days, one premium day with seaview lunch, one private longtail day with transfers. The shortest is eight hours door to door.
The Krabi to Phi Phi island tour here is a single speedboat day: seven and a half hours with Maya Bay, Viking Cave, a snorkeling stop and a buffet lunch, 995 reviews at 4.6.
Seven and a half to eight and a half hours by speedboat, with Maya Bay, Bamboo Island and the only Phi Phi snorkeling coral reef line in the eighteen. 303 reviews at 4.3.
Both half-day longtails, the seven-island days, the pirate boat and the shark trip. Snorkeling Phi Phi Island Monkey Beach stops belong here: only two descriptions name Monkey Beach, and both start on the island.
How long to set aside
Four hours is the shortest fixed day, and two listings run it — both of the $18 longtails from the pier. One private longtail goes shorter still, three to four hours, and another lets you choose 3, 4, 6 or 7. At the other end sit the eleven-hour private day from Phuket and a nine-hour premium trip.
One listing builds its pitch on timing: it sets out to reach Maya Bay when the crowds are smallest, $44 over four to six and a half hours, 1,337 reviews at 4.7. Three others end in a sunset. Which hour any of them leaves lives on the booking calendar.
Before you book
Each one comes from something the eighteen listings say, or pointedly do not.
Two listings end their duration in those words. It means a long day out, nothing more.
Three listings are private boats, and no description says whether the money buys a seat or the whole hull. Check the booking page first.
The two 5.0 ratings stand on 26 reviews and on six; the 4.6 at the top of the page on 21,589. Read the star and the count together or not at all.
Seventeen of the eighteen name snorkeling; the nine-hour premium day with seaview lunch does not. If that is what you are paying for, it should be in writing.
Fourteen of the eighteen name it. Four do not, including the shark trip and the seven-island longtail days.
The check before you pay
The table above settles the comparison. These four settle the booking.
Only matters on the three private longtails, and it changes the number completely.
A range or «1 day» means the operator has not fixed it. The calendar has.
Seventeen do. If snorkeling is the reason you are going, read that sentence twice.
From six up to 21,589, and it sits beside every star above.
Book direct
The most reviewed day out of Phuket, and both $18 half-day longtails from the pier. Live fares, with the review count beside each rating.
★ 4.6 · 21,589 reviews
★ 4.2 · 2,129 reviews
★ 4.7 · 592 reviews
Common questions
From $18 to $393 per person. Two half-day longtails from the pier share the bottom; the top is eleven hours with private transfers from Phuket.
The eight-hour speedboat day from Phuket to Maya Bay, Viking Cave and Bamboo Island with buffet lunch: 21,589 reviews at 4.6, at $42. The next listing has 4,262 reviews at 4.3.
Two listings at $18, both four-hour longtails starting on Phi Phi. You give up the mainland crossing, lunch and half the day. One names five stops including Maya Bay; the other names swimming pools and marine life.
Seventeen of the eighteen name it in the title or the description. The exception is the nine-hour premium day with seaview lunch. None of them says how much of the day is spent in the water.
Yes, one listing: a Krabi Phi Phi island tour by speedboat, seven and a half hours, $40, 995 reviews at 4.6. Seven leave from Phuket and one from Koh Lanta.
Shorthand for a full day out, not twenty-four hours. Two listings use it and five more publish a range. Those rows carry no cost-per-hour figure, because dividing by a range invents one.
Go deeper
The tours that start in Phuket, and what that day actually holds.
Maya BayWhich tours name Maya Bay, and what each one does there.
Private longtailThe private longtail charters, and what you pay for the boat.
Going from KrabiThe listings that start in Krabi and Koh Lanta, and how few there are.
Speedboat or longtailSpeedboat against longtail: time on the water, cost and crowds.
Phuket: Maya, Phi Phi, and Bamboo Island with Buffet Lunch
★ 4.6 · 21,589 reviews · 8 hours