Smiling Seahorse Itinerary

Thailand - North Andaman (Khao Lak) 3N

4 days / 3 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.

Learn more about Smiling Seahorse

Itinerary details

4 days / 3 nights
10
Advanced Open Water - Minimum 30 dives
Required

Highlights

  • Circular itinerary focusing on the best of north Thailand
  • Find some of Thailand’s best macro around the Surin Islands
  • Dive Koh Bon, one of the only true wall dives in Thailand
  • Meet the schools of barracuda at Koh Tachai
  • Dive the famous Richelieu Rock in search of whale sharks and more
  • Night dives included

Day 1: 
Check in between 14:00 and 16:00. ​We will leave from Khao Lak around 17:00.

Day 2: 
Wake up on Surin Island! This national park is usually quiet as it is far for the boats coming from the south but it is a very good spot for macro life such as nudibranchs as well as rays!
We will do 4 dives in Surin National park on this day! There is an opportunity to see Jenkins stingray, Napoleon fish, a lot of sweetlips, barracudas, plenty of big groupers, humphead parrotfish, manta ray, eagle ray, reef sharks, zebra sharks, etc. It is also possible to visit the sea gypsy village from time to time. After dinner on board, we will leave for the Similan National Park.

Day 3: 
At Koh Bon we will make 2 dives, one at the ridge and one at Koh Bon Pinnacle. The main attraction here are manta rays but when they are not around, there are plenty of tropical fish to look at. There is also a very good chance for whale sharks and zebra sharks. Then we will go dive Koh Tachai Pinnacle, a very fishy dive site with schooling barracudas, trevallies, sweetlips and batfish. This is also a good spot to see whale sharks and mantas so keep your eyelids peeled! On Koh Tachai you will have the choice between a sunset dive or Black Water dive, followed by a barbecue.

Day 4:
Richelieu Rock is always listed in the top 10 dive sites in the world! And you will quickly understand why! Not only is it a great place to see whale sharks but it can also be described as a big aquarium with more or less everything – ​​​from seahorses to jack fish and plenty of kinky cuttlefish action. ​We will make 2 dives here, starting very early, before we head back to Khao Lak.

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

05:00pm

Thap Lamu Pier, Khao Lak

Phuket International Airport: HKT

Return

04:00pm

Thap Lamu Pier, Khao Lak

Phuket International Airport: HKT

Choose your trip