Some people may consider a private speedboat charter to be a luxury. We’re here to show you 6 reasons why you should think of a private speedboat charter as an important part of your holiday.
Family Snorkelling Trip
Similan Islands
Diving Similans
Dive sites to yourself
Half-day trips with little ones
Family time
Sunset Cruise
Sunset drinks onboard
Celebration Trip
Show the love
Local half-day diving
Try scuba anyone?
Why Private?
When an area as beautiful as Khao Lak and the Similan Islands gets discovered by tourists, the infrastructure to look after them follows quickly. Large numbers of hotels, taxis, restaurants, bars and markets are there in very short order.
Tours, tour guides, and boats fight for the business, and the boats get bigger along with the numbers of visitors. This infrastructure is necessary and important, but the quality of the experience goes down as the numbers of visitors go up.
So why private? Because if it’s worth seeing, it’s worth seeing at it’s best.
1) Family Snorkelling trip
When you go out with your family, you want to spend your time with them, doing the things that you enjoy as a family. Generally these things do not include being herded from one location to another with anything up to 70 others from your boat.
A private trip means you spend as long as you want on the beach, go snorkelling in locations where no-one else is. A picnic on the beach, a hike up the view-point – all in your own time, and at your own pace.
2) Diving on the Similans
Whether you are a super experienced diver who wants to see only the best stuff, or a new diver who needs a bit more attention and assistance, a private dive trip is the way to get what you want out of the day.
A private trip means that you get to dive sites when the liveaboards are having their lunch, or on sites where no-one else goes.
3) Half Day Trips with Little Ones
Children are the centre of our lives, but they have short attention spans and need a different sort of activity.
Taking a private local trip gives you the perfect opportunity to plan your day around the most demanding members of your group. You can stop often, move on when they are ready, plan your meals and drinks around their needs.
4) Sunset Tours
West facing coasts are the best place to see sunsets, and photos are so much better without random strangers walking into your shot.
Take a trip starting in the afternoon, go snorkelling or sit on the beach, and then we’ll cruise out to watch the beautiful colours of our sunsets. Bring some beers or a bottle of wine and watch the sun go down on your private speedboat.
5) Celebration Trip
We all have special occasions – birthdays, engagements, weddings, anniversaries. It’s a great time to show our significant other (or ourselves) some love. Bring Champagne or Prosecco and we’ll bring glasses and a cool box, or bring beers to drink on the beach, with a picnic. Your day, your choice.
6) Local half-day diving
You pay a lot of money for your hotel, so you want to enjoy it, and if you have non-diving family members, then you don’t want to leave them rattling around waiting for you. Take a half-day diving trip to see local reefs or wrecks and be back at a time that you choose.
Or book a try scuba experience for the non-divers and show them what you love and why!
