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Hippo Divers

Ko Phi Phi Don 81000, Thailand
(66) 075.618.200
Ranked #12 of 17 tours in Ko Phi Phi Don
5.0 of 5 stars 20 Reviews
Type: Water sports
Owner description: Hippo Divers is a PADI 5 Star Resort and Career Development Center.Hippo Divers offers you quality diving courses with the best prices in the world....... more » Owner description: Hippo Divers is a PADI 5 Star Resort and Career Development Center.Hippo Divers offers you quality diving courses with the best prices in the world. With an unmatched friendly and professional staff, Hippo Divers guarantees you the best time both in and out of the water.Hippo Divers is principally a diving school. We are dedicated to teaching scuba diving and our goal is to introduce this amazing, safe, fun, and unique sport to as many curious, enthusiastic and adventurous, young and old people as possible.Every year, Hippo Divers organises a clean-up day with PADI's PROJECT AWARE and supports several others community efforts.For all you sea, nature lovers and diving enthusiasts, please take a moment to browse our web site to discover the beauty of Koh Phi Phi and the services offered by the Hippo Divers. « less
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed May 21, 2012 NEW

Was greeted by hippo divers on the way into the island and were very helpful. After looking around the island (all fun dive prices are EXACTLY the same cost 2500 Bhat) decided to go with hippo as they seemed very genuine and offered a more friendly environment than some of the larger shops on the island Booked and dud a... More

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Manila, Philippines
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed February 21, 2012

had a great time with hippo divers. first encountered their shop when we first arrived in phi phi and were still feeling a bit disoriented. we met daniel of hippo divers outside their shop. daniel is incredibly friendly and he explained the parts of the island to us and showed us some good places to stay. signed up to dive... More

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Gwangju, South Korea
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed February 1, 2012

When arriving at the harbour at Ko Phi Phi, the hustle and bustle of finding accommodation can be feel more like hard labor than a vacation. Goose and his friendly, multi-lingual staff offered to hold our luggage for us while my sister and I sought a place to stay, even offering us a few objective suggestions. We decided to dive... More

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West London
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6 helpful votes 6 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed December 11, 2011
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Was in Phi Phi for 4 nights and had decided this was where i was going to do my 4 open water dives in order to complete my PADI as i'd done the theory in London. We enquired with a few around the area in Phi Phi and decided to go with HippoDivers as the service from Zohar and Co... More

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1 of 5 stars Reviewed November 16, 2011
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You need to know that all dive shops sell their dives via "dive instructors" by commission. so you will hear what they think you want to know to get you to sign up ... not necessarily the truth. Hippo Dive was very disorganized on the day of the dive... they left for a remote location on a boat with no... More

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Paris, France
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed September 22, 2011

... So good that, I soon as I arrived once on the continent at Krabi after having spent 4 days with them, I took the next boat the day after to come back to Phi Phi and passed the advanced level (thanks Sian!) I had not dived before in open spaces, only in confined ones, and Phi Phi experience in... More

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Singapore, Singapore
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed August 18, 2011

Go to Phi Phi and dive with HIPPO! On 16/08/11 I arrived on Phi Phi Island and walked past a very friendly dive shop called Hippo Divers. I enquired about the chance to dive the following day and the manager sat down with me and my friends for at least half an hour talking us through every aspect of the... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed August 6, 2011

Cant recommend Hippo divers highly enough. Really professional instructors, good equipment, safe and easy going. Can't wait to return to dive with them again. More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed July 19, 2011

Open water padi course with hippo divers was brilliant. We say some amazing fish. The staff were very good and some craic, I would recommend to anyone who wants to dive. Peter More

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Melbourne, Australia
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed July 13, 2011

Very friendly from the get go, although the theory part of the course was boring, it had to be done. Rudi was our instructor, who was very good with us and a great bit o craic. Highly recommened them to go diving with, the only downside was the fish we saw. We didnt see alot of the fish that was... More

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