In December 2012 we stayed 3 days overnight in the Chomview bungalows (aircon) at Island no. 4 (Koh Miang) from the Similan Islands. Although you can book it through the National Parks website, it is quite difficult to book and pay it. Therefore I used the services of Khao Lak Life. ( http://www.khaolaklife.com/ ). There will be probably more companies... More

For the money and effort involved in getting there, I can't recommend going to the Similans. I went on a one-day tour. All of the stops were crowded with other boats. The focus seemed to be more on "relaxing" on the islands rather than snorkelling. So ended up with hundreds of other bored travellers waiting to see what lay in... More

Everything was great this was the last trip to similan islands this season. Our guide panda was very funny yet informative the only problem with the trip is the long way from patong beach by the car to the marina where we took the speed noat from around 1:30 hour (100 km)

I've just come back from Thailand. We've been on a tour to the Similan islands from Phuket: it's a long way, but these islands deserve the effort. The tour was ok, much much better than the Phi Phi Island tour, because the speed boat was small and we were only 20/25 passengers, which was ok. The trip to the islands... More

It's wonderful place specially if you come for one day only - you can enjoy snorkeling, swimming in pure and blue seas and climbing to the top of the mountains!! Bungalows are not so comfortable ...well.. It,s just like the camp- simple and chip! At times the rats can visit your room so do not take expensive clothes and lag... More

on my personal I will rate Similan is the second beautiful from Lipe but yet they are extremly beautiful.

Lots of dead coral, lack of a large diversity of marine fish species, and no large fish at all. Have the Similan Islands been overfished, or has the tsunami destroyed all the coral? All I can say is that I came a very long way for a pretty disappointing 2 dives.

We booked this trip from a beach hut near our hotel, and it was definitely a highlight of our trip. Although the islands are busy with other boats full of Farangs, the fish and coral are lovely, and my boyfriend even swam with a turtle for a while during the day. I can't remember the company we went with, but... More

We booked this tour at a Patong Beach hotel tour desk. Package included 1/1/2 hr. van transport to harbor then 1/1/2 hr. high speed boat trip. Overnight stay on a large sailing vessel that doubles as a dive boat, all meals and return transfers. The van transfers and the boat transport may both cause motion sickness, so take your meds... More