Full day Speedboat Bestseller

Phi Phi & Bamboo Island

Maya Bay, Pileh Lagoon, Monkey Beach and a whole afternoon on Bamboo Island

A full day north to the Phi Phi islands — Maya Bay, Pileh Lagoon, Viking Cave and Monkey Beach in the morning, then lunch and snorkeling off Bamboo Island.

Phi Phi sits an hour north of Lanta by speedboat, and going from Lanta rather than from Phuket means you arrive at Maya Bay from the quieter side, usually ahead of the bigger fleets.

The morning takes in Pileh Lagoon — a flooded canyon of green water walled in by cliffs — the painted Viking Cave, and Monkey Beach on Phi Phi Don, where a troop of long-tailed macaques lives along the shoreline. Lunch is a Thai buffet on Bamboo Island, a low sandbar ringed by shallow water you can snorkel straight off the beach.

A note on the monkeys: we do not feed them and we ask you not to either. They are wild, they bite when crowded, and a fed troop stops foraging. Watch them from the water and from a few metres back on the sand.

Highlights

Maya Bay from the Lanta side
Swim in Pileh Lagoon
Wild macaques at Monkey Beach
Thai buffet lunch and swimming at Bamboo Island
Free time ashore on Phi Phi Don before the run home

How the day runs

08:00–09:00
Hotel pickup

Collection from your hotel by car or boat, anywhere on Koh Lanta Yai.
09:00–10:00
Depart for Phi Phi Leh

North across open water — about an hour from Lanta.
10:00–12:00
Maya Bay, Viking Cave, Pileh Lagoon & Monkey Beach

Sightseeing right around Phi Phi Leh, with snorkeling along the way and time in the lagoon.
12:00–13:30
Bamboo Island

Thai buffet lunch, then swim, sunbathe or snorkel straight off the beach.
13:30–14:15
Snorkeling at Loh Mudee

Leave Bamboo Island for the last reef stop of the day.
14:15–16:00
Phi Phi Don, then home

Free time ashore to explore the island, then back to Lanta and a transfer to your hotel.

Times are indicative. Sea state, tide and the national park can all shift the running order — your guide will tell you on the morning if anything changes.

What's included

Hotel pickup and drop-off by car or boat
Mask, snorkel and fins
Life jacket
Thai buffet lunch, seasonal fruit, drinking water and soft drinks
Experienced English-speaking local guide in the water
Insurance

Not included

National park fee — THB 400 adult / THB 200 child, paid on the day
Maya Bay entry fee where separately charged
Towels

Where this trip goes

Maya Bay The cliff-ringed bay on Phi Phi Leh, reopened with limits after years of reef recovery.

Monkey Beach A short strip of sand on Phi Phi Don where a troop of long-tailed macaques lives.

Pileh Lagoon A flooded canyon on Phi Phi Leh, walled in on all sides by vertical limestone.

Bamboo Island A low sand island north of Phi Phi with a shallow reef running off the beach.

Before you book

Fitness: Easy–Moderate. Life jackets and float rings are on board and a guide stays with anyone who is not a confident swimmer.
Bring: a towel, a rash vest, reef-safe mineral sunscreen, a dry bag, and cash in baht for any national park fee.
Weather: if we cancel for sea conditions you get a full refund or a free move to another day.
Reef rules: no standing on coral, no touching wildlife, no feeding monkeys, and no sunscreen containing filters banned in Thai marine parks.