Smiling Seahorse Itinerary

Thailand - North and South Andaman (Ranong - Phuket)

8 days / 7 nights

About Smiling Seahorse

  • Comfort and dive adventures onboard a purpose-built liveaboard vessel
  • Exciting safaris exploring the best dive sites in Thailand and Myanmar
  • Outstanding facilities for divers and underwater photographers
  • Incredible encounters with mantas, macro, and everything in between

The Smiling Seahorse is a recently constructed dive safari boat offering liveaboard adventures in Thailand and Myanmar's Andaman Sea. You'll enjoy easy diving and smooth sailing from this spacious and stable vessel, complete with comfortable cabins and common areas, outstanding facilities for scuba divers, and a fun social atmosphere. Plus, impeccable service from the crew, happy to help with whatever you might need. This vessel offers some of Thailand’s best diving itineraries as well as a camera room, making it a top pick among underwater photographers and dedicated scuba divers.

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Itinerary details

8 days / 7 nights
25
Advanced Open Water - Minimum 30 dives
Required

Highlights

  • One-way trip around the north and south Andaman Sea
  • See some of Thailand’s best macro at Surin Island
  • Discover Koh Bon, one of the only wall dives in Thailand
  • Dive the famous Richelieu Rock in search of whale sharks
  • Meet the schools of barracuda at Koh Tachai
  • Log dives in Koh Lanta National Park
  • Land visit to the Sea Gypsies of the Surin Islands
  • Night dives included

Day 1: 
The appointment point is at our dive centre for check in between 12:00-14:00. We will leave from Ranong around 16:00. It’s also possible to get picked up at Koh Phayam around 18:00.

​Days 2-7: 
We will plan 3 to 4 dives per day around Surin, Similan, Koh Lanta and Tarutao National parks.

We will start with the North of the Andaman Sea in Surin and Similan Islands.

Richelieu Rock is always listed in the top 10 dive sites in the world! It can be described as a big aquarium. Here we find more or less everything.

In the Similan Islands we may visit Koh Bon, Koh Tachai, Elephant Head, Donald Duck Bay, Deep Six, West of Eden, Rocky Point and Anita's Reef.

We will then continue south to Koh Lanta and visit sites like Koh Haa, Hin Daeng and Hin Muang. Finally, we will spend some time in Tarutao National Marine Park, of which Koh Lipe is the only inhabited island surrounded by white sand beaches and beautiful dive sites.

Day 8:
On the last day we will do 2 dives before heading back to Phuket’s Tian Sin Pier at around 16:00.

Sample itineraries are for guidance only. Actual itineraries may differ slightly due to factors such as weather, wildlife, logistics and local regulations.

Transfer details

Departure

04:00pm

Bodin Pier, Ranong

Ranong Airport: UNN

Return

04:00pm

Tian Sin Pier, Phuket

Phuket International Airport: HKT

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