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Phang Nga Bay and James Bond Island
The limestone karsts north-east of Phuket, with sea canoeing into the caves and the rock from The Man with the Golden Gun at the end of it.
What we checked, 18 September 2026
Twelve Phang Nga trips were listed on Klook on 18 September 2026 and every figure here was re-read on the trip's own page. One listing that appeared separately in search, activity 3089 with 2,185 reviews, redirects to the first operator above, so it is the same product and is not listed twice. One trip that fails our bar is named below. We have not done this trip.
Verified via. Phang Nga Bay lies within Ao Phang Nga National Park, whose entrance fee, 300 baht for a foreign adult, is published by the Department of National Parks in its own fee table. Ko Tapu sits off Khao Phing Kan. The three operators below were read off their own Klook listing pages on 18 September 2026.
Who runs it
Separate companies, listed separately. We do not average scores across operators, because the average would describe a trip you cannot book.
| Operator | Score | Reviews | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Bond, Phang Nga Bay and Hong Island Tour from Phuketklook | 4.6/5 (9.2/10) | 8,083 | varies by package |
| Phuket: Phang Nga Bay, James Bond, Sea Canoe Day Tripklook | 4.8/5 (9.6/10) | 320 | varies by package |
| Phuket Phang Nga Bay Full-Day Guided Island Hoppingklook | 4.7/5 (9.4/10) | 329 | varies by package |
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Phang Nga Bay is the shallow sea north-east of Phuket, full of limestone towers that rise straight out of the water with caves and hollow interiors, some of which you enter by canoe at the right state of the tide. The day almost always ends at Khao Phing Kan, where Ko Tapu, the thin rock from The Man with the Golden Gun, stands offshore.
How the three trips differ. The first is the volume operation, 8,083 reviews, usually a big boat with a longtail or speedboat transfer and Hong Island added. The second is the sea canoe trip, smaller and rated higher at 4.8, where the paddling is the point rather than a stop. The third sits in between, with island hopping around Panak and Lawa. All three clear our bar of 9.0 out of 10 and 50 reviews.
The one that does not:
| Operator | Score | Reviews | Clears our bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phuket James Bond Island Full-Day Tour with Kayaking | 4.4 / 5 | 667 | No, 8.8 out of 10 |
A listing trap worth knowing about. A separate search result, carrying 2,185 reviews, now redirects to the first operator’s page. If we had taken the search card at face value we would have published the same trip twice under two names and two review counts. Anything we publish is read off the activity’s own page for exactly this reason.
What to ask before booking. Whether the national park fee is included. Ao Phang Nga National Park charges 300 baht for a foreign adult and 150 for a child in the Department of National Parks’ own fee table, collected on arrival, and operators differ on whether it is in the price. Ask too whether the canoeing is included or sold on the boat. Tide state decides which caves are passable on the day, and no operator can promise a particular one.
No prices here. Klook quotes these in US dollars across several packages, so a single figure on this page would be wrong more often than right.
Best for
Flat water, caves you paddle into, and the most photographed rock in Thailand
Skip if
You want the karst scenery without the queue at Ko Tapu, which is a fixed part of the itinerary
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