Phuket: James Bond Island + Canoe Longtail Small Group Boat Tour

Our tour guide JoJo was amazing! She is so sweet!!! Trip Guru is an awesome place to book a tour, our trip was canceled due to unforeseen circumstances and we were able to book the next day. We had a lot of questions that they were able to answer all of them in a timely fashion. They got us in contact with our guide who let us know when pick up would be the next day. She also texted us the morning of when they were on their way. She is an amazing photographer/videographer and is so full of energy and love. We couldn’t have asked for anyone better! She even put together a little collage at the end of the trip!

The whole excursion was amazing. Our guide, JoJo, was the best we could’ve asked for. So full of energy and personable with everyone in the group, took photos for us, and waited on us hand and foot (plus got people moving when they were holding up the group lol). The trip itself was amazing, the ride was comfortable, even for a bigger guy (6’2” 180), the monkey caves were amazing, highly recommend getting some monkey food for 100 baht, boat ride was spacious and leisurely but still fast enough to not take forever, floating city was great and the meal served was better than expected (plus plenty of food for everyone), plus James Bond island was pretty cool. Highly recommend, especially for the price listed. Maybe bring a snack or two if you get hungry though.

They are a completely scam. They do take you to James Bond island but they do no follow the itinerary as shown in the advertisement. I payed more than $300 usd for this tour for my husband and myself. And they don’t take you swimming as the add says, they do not offer water or fruits as the add says and their lunch is very limited. Also the time they give you at the park and entrances is no the same either. My tour was supposed to last until 5 pm and I got returned to the hotel by 2 pm. I don’t recommend this agency at all. Look for better reviews and there’s better prices out there. The only good thing about it was the tour lady Sofia, she was very sweet and nice.

The trip to Bond Island was great, thank you Simmy for the nice time. Thanks Simmy, I hope to see you next time. Kamil and Justyna.

The Monkey Cave was fascinating and my kids loved seeing the playful monkeys. The floating village on Panyee Island was so unique, it felt like stepping into another world. Canoeing around Talu Cave was both relaxing and adventurous, and of course, James Bond Island was breathtaking. Our guide was knowledgeable and made everything smooth.

I had a great day with my guide Jojo on this excursion. Fully recommend this day out you get to see and experience so much and in such comfort. Jojo was knowledgeable and a great photographer, thank you.

Great day out. Well organised from start to finish. Guide was superb. Lunch was good. The scenery amazing. I loved being at James Bond island. The canoe trip was better than expected but I was uncomfortable going into the cave where you had to lie down - I wasn't expecting that. The longtail boat rides were great. Overall a great day out.

The tour was amazing. Our tour guide Khun Simmy was a very good tour guide. She was good in explaining the features of the rocks and some history of the area. My wife and I really enjoyed the tour!

This was beyond fantastic. Our tour guide was the best.... he was funny and very patient. He made the day that much better!!

Amazing landscape, really nice tour guide and a reasonable price. Compared to other offers we had it was really cheap and our group was only 7 people large.

Great Tour! Well organisized, very friendly Guide, nice spots and a very good Trip. You will Not regret to make it!!!!!!

Great experience! The transfer was very convenient and as short as possible. We had to pay no hidden fees and saw beautiful places like the monkey temple and James Bond island.

-10, I was scammed! They changed my pick-up location and didn’t answer when trying to tell them they had the wrong location. They then charged me a no-show and no refund. Stay Away from this tourist scammers

Very kind and caring tour guide, understood and spoke english very well, able to answer all your questions. The minibus was very comfortable and like new. Its a great day full of lots of stops and i like that we have 30-4mins per place, not too long. I only wish i had known how noisy the longtail boat was going to be beforehand and i would have brought earplugs. Thank you.

We had a wondeful day with Jojo, he is a very friendly and relaxed guide, which was much appreciated (and different from other expériences we had, but that's probably easier with a small group.) The morning road trip to the pier was not long since we were already in the northern part of the district. We had enough time to appreciate all the places we went to. I highly recommend this excursion.

Our family took this tour, picked up in Karon Beach hotel, on time. Great driver, only unfortunate part is driving time.. makes for ling day… Drove to temple cave site first, great stop and visit, neat place to sea.. monkeys to see and feed if one likes.. Longtail boat was great experience.. fun ride and small group was excellent! First stop was to do sea kayaking. Was a great time, we had two canoes, guide does the paddling.. was a real fun, informative paddle with mangroves, caves and awesome scenery! We next sailed to the floating village , great scenery and fun ride! We were taken to really nice little restaurant, our group of 5 had our own table.. They had Thai food in platter service freshly set out. We were more than pleased with meal, quite surprised actually as to how great it was for quality of dishes! Our guide then gave us tour of village, was quite informative and interesting, shopping etc if you wanted it! After here we sailed to James Bond Island, picturesque sail and Island area! Really enjoyed the island, you can swim, wade out. Great photo ops here and lots of fun, small beaches as well.. The sail back to pier was nice, fun ride with wonderful scenery and a beautiful day.. Trip back was shorter with no stops and less traffic. All in all this trek was very good, was nice to have small group and our 5 year old granddaughter loved it, handled the trip just fine! This trip was one we’d recommend!

There’s something about being on the water with such beautiful scenery around you! The boat ride was the highlight of my trip. And of course our very polite and friendly guide Anek. Not really big on canoeing so I was perfectly happy to stay on the boat and admire the cliffs and the water. Thank you to Anek who was very helpful and knowledgeable. He answered all my questions and shared so much trivia about the places we went to.

A huge thank you to Pai, our amour guide and our driver and long tail boat captain for a fantastic day out to see James Bond Island. Highly recommended, we loved it. A long day, we had a 7.30am pick up from Karon beach - getting back at 6pm, but it was worth it. The first stop at a lovely Temple in a cave was very unique. "Monkey Temple" as it's known is beautiful. The monkeys were very friendly and well behaved - in exchange for 100 baht bag of food. They love the sweetcorn! We then drove to catch our first long tail boat trip to our next stop - which was a 30 min kayak trip through the beautiful mangroves and around the stunning islands - near to James Bond. Our guide (who did the kayaking for us!) was "Bob". He was brilliant, very friendly and very funny! We had a great time. Lunch was amazing. Very delicious. Too much food! lol Then James Bond island itself was our final stop before the long tail boat trip back to our minivan. What an absolutely stunning place. Very beautiful. Our guide Pai was very friendly, knowledgeable and professional. Our driver also (sorry don't know your name). Highly recommended. A long day but worth it. Take snacks and drinks. But plenty of places for a drink and toilet stop. We were recommended by "Get Your Guide" to take swimming stuff but it's not the place to swim. Also "Get your guide" didn't send our tour guide Pai our details until 10pm the night before, which was a bit late in the day to confirm the pick up time and complete the online waiver and insurance form. Especially when getting up at 6.30am. All in all a very great day out. Thank you.

I booked a last minute James Bond Island tour for my friend’s birthday with Trip Guru. Jojo was our tour guide, and we had a small group: a couple, a solo male and my friend and I. Jojo went out of her way making a stop at 7-11 to grab some treats and a small cake for my friend. She really made her day special with a surprise birthday song with the canoe crew. It was such a nice treat and a sweet touch to celebrate my friend’s special day. I would rebook this tour again and recommend asking for Jojo to be your guide.

They don't confirm pick up time until 7-9pm the previous evening. Pickup was set for 8am, they were promptly on time. It we then stopped at 4 other hotels and took a 3 hour journey NOT 2 hours as specified and this wasn't because of traffic. The Google form waiver has issues and to do the tour it needs to be signed by all which took 30 minutes for them to resolve so we spent that time sitting parked and not driving to the location. In turn this meant the day was rushed we had less time at each location than specified including lunch where we got an hour to eat and explore which really isn't long enough. Overall I wouldn't book this experience with this company again. Supe tried but failed to deliver a warm experience on this occasion.

It was so magical to see Phuket with Trip Guru Specially our tour guide Dao She was lovely and funny The canoeing was so wonderful

Loved all the places we visited today! First we visited the Monkey Cave (which is actually a temple so bring cover ups like a sarong or shawl) which I found very unique and interesting. Then we went to Panyee Island aka the Floating Village where I made a couple of new friends. The buffet lunch here was delish!! Had so much fun canoeing around Talu Cave and James Bond Island is an absolute gem!! Be prepared for a long road trip but if you do get a guide like Dao, you won’t even notice it. Dao was hilarious and entertaining, he had us all playing games and laughing non-stop. 100% recommend!

We had an amazing day with our tour guide Maria, she kept us informed of areas of interest, we stopped at monkey caves first which was just beautiful we loved feeding them,we had a lovely lunch, guys on the canoes we’re brilliant and my husband got to drive the long tail boat, we had around 40mins to enjoy a swim at James Bond island and explore the caves, Maria was a lovely guide there to help anyway she could

Didn’t enjoy it- the bay is beautiful but it’s very touristy, everyone does the same route on this tour. My group was only couples other than me, and it seems to be very targeted to people who centre their lives on instagram , with them trying to get everyone to take romantic pictures with a heart cut out they carry around etc. anek made a lot of comments I didn’t appreciate, eg saying that women had to bum shuffle onto the boat and only men could just walk in. The canoe is essentially a queue of canoes round a small area, although going inside the cliffs was nice. I wasn’t allowed to canoe for more than 90s, apparently because it was too shallow for safety. The canoe driver also asked a lot of intrusive personal questions and was a bit creepy as well as patronising. They also encourage you to put your arms and legs over the side, for photos as well as I think for stability, but apparently you’re not allowed to swim due to jellyfish. The food also wasn’t great other than the fried prawns. I think I could’ve used the money a lot better. Also note- the monkey cave is a temple, so you do need to take coverings with you. It seemed like they may get a commission on a shop nearby, so that may be why they don’t put it in the trip notes. They also encouraged one particular shop in panyee. anek also took a lot of photos/videos without permission, and I think refused to delete the ones with me on them. And he told us to sit with our bare feet pointing towards a Buddha statue, and then took photos of this, which I don’t think is considered respectful here

We booked this tour from Phuket, where we were picked up in our hotel in Patong. Since the very beginning our guide Anek was great, full of interesting facts and advice which made the trip super entertaining! Once we got to the boat, we visited the different islands, enjoyed a kayak ride and delicious meal, and visited the temple as described in the activity. And also very important, managed to avoid the rain by reshuffling the schedule according to the guide and locals advice. 100% recommend this tour with Anek, it was a great day out.

Simmy was sensational. I loved too much. I recommend. It was a walk I would indicate for my family to do. I was happy with our guide.