Similan Islands it’s an archipelago situated in Andaman sea, north-west of Phuket, Tachai is one of the nicest islands to visit, it’s called the Virgin Island and it’s open to tourism from 2009.

When I book the day tour to Tachai Island I knew that was a beautiful place but I didn’t expect so well preserved. Hopefully Thai government will take care of this last archipelago, Similan Islands are open only 6 months per year and is probably the last very well preserved place in Thailand, the rest it is already too much exploited by unrespectful tourists from all over the world. The day tour is a bit expensive and quite far from Phuket, the best price you can get during peak season is 2500 THB.

For those like me that like to spend few hours in paradise rather than crowded shopping mall I strongly suggest to try it, especially if you fly from other continents to reach Thailand and you are lazy to discover less beaten places because you already did a long trip, force yourself to go it worths the 4.5 hours trip from your hotel.

Marine life is not that great, if the guides use bread to attract the fishes you can see really so many colourful ones, if you did snorkelling/scuba in other places you may be not so surprised about what you can find in there, anyway 1 hour snorkelling is included with the tour. It’s a good opportunity to see for the first time a coral reef

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