Most reviewed3,881 reviews
7 hPhi Phi speedboat tour, Maya and Bamboo
★ 4.4 · 3 881 reviews
- Seven hours, Maya Bay and Bamboo Island
- Speedboat from Krabi
- Most booked
- Free cancellation
Phi Phi Islands Speedboat Tours
A Phi Phi Islands speedboat tour delivers a day across Maya Bay, Pileh Lagoon and Bamboo Island. We compared 18 tours from $35 with free cancellation; the top tour rated 4.9 from 3,492 reviews. Emerald water and a Thai buffet lunch await.
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Your day
Shortest to longest40min–10h
Shortest: One-way Speedboat Transfer
Longest: Phi Phi & Bamboo & Maithon
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Maya Bay and Pileh Lagoon
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Eighteen ways to reach the Phi Phi Islands
Some of these leave from Phuket, some from Krabi and Ao Nang, and some from the pier on Phi Phi Don itself. What separates them is the hull and the hour. A 40-minute transfer simply puts you on the islands; a seven-hour shared day takes in Maya Bay, Pileh Lagoon, a snorkelling stop and a buffet on Phi Phi Don; a Phi Phi Islands tour Krabi operators run before dawn gets you to Maya Bay ahead of the day boats; a private hull gives you the whole deck. Prices from $35.
Our top pickRated 4.9
9 hPhi Phi Early Bird & 4 Islands by Speedboat
★ 4.9 · 3 492 reviews
- Nine hours, Maya Bay before the day boats
- Four islands in one day
- Departs from Phuket
- Free cancellation
Lowest day fare2,142 reviews
1 dayPhi Phi, Maya Bay & Khai Island Tour with Lunch
★ 4.4 · 2 142 reviews
- A full day, Phi Phi, Maya Bay and Khai Island
- Hotel pickup included
- Lunch included
- Free cancellation
From Ao Nang1,848 reviews
7 hPhi Phi Islands One-Day Tour by Speedboat or Catamaran + Lunch
★ 4.7 · 1 848 reviews
- Seven hours, Phi Phi Islands in one day
- Lunch included
- Speedboat or catamaran
- Free cancellation
Longest day1,045 reviews
10 hPhi Phi, Bamboo & Maithon by Premium Speed Catamaran
★ 4.6 · 1 045 reviews
- Ten hours, Phi Phi, Bamboo and Maithon
- Premium speed catamaran
- Longest tour here
- Free cancellation
Early start957 reviews
9 hEarly bird Maya Bay Phi Phi + 4 Islands by Speedboat
★ 4.7 · 957 reviews
- Nine hours, Early bird Maya Bay
- Four islands from Krabi
- Departs from Phuket
- Free cancellation
Buffet lunch977 reviews
7h 30mPhi Phi Islands Speedboat Tour with Buffet Lunch
★ 4.6 · 977 reviews
- Seven and a half hours, Phi Phi Islands by speedboat
- Buffet lunch included
- Departs from Phuket
- Free cancellation
Sunset and night649 reviews
5 hMaya Bay Sunset & Plankton by Speedboat
★ 4.6 · 649 reviews
- Five hours, Maya Bay at sunset
- Plankton after dark
- Departs from Phuket
- Free cancellation
Small groupRated 4.9
8 hPhi Phi Island Sunrise Small Group Speedboat Tour
★ 4.9 · 443 reviews
- Eight hours, Sunrise at the islands
- Small group speedboat
- Departs from Phuket
- Free cancellation
$160
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28 guests max366 reviews
9 hPhi Phi, Maya Bay & Bamboo by Limited-Group Speed Catamaran
★ 4.7 · 366 reviews
- Nine hours, Maya Bay and Bamboo Island
- Limited group speedboat
- Departs from Phuket
- Free cancellation
Sunset finish282 reviews
9 hPhi Phi&4 Islands Sunset Tour Premium Speed Catamaran
★ 4.7 · 282 reviews
- Nine hours, Phi Phi and four islands
- Sunset, premium speedboat
- Departs from Phuket
- Free cancellation
From Phi Phi Don236 reviews
5 hSpeedboat Day Trip with Shark Snorkeling
★ 4.5 · 236 reviews
- Five hours, Snorkelling with reef sharks
- Day trip from Phi Phi Don
- Departs from Phuket
- Free cancellation
Half dayRated 4.7
4 hHalf-Day Speedboat Maya Bay, Pileh Lagoon & Snorkel
★ 4.7 · 188 reviews
- Four hours, Maya Bay and Pileh Lagoon
- Half a day by speedboat
- Departs from Phuket
- Free cancellation
Longtail included972 reviews
8h 30mPhi Phi Islands Day-Trip by Speed Catamaran
★ 4.7 · 972 reviews
- Eight and a half hours, Phi Phi Islands day trip
- Speed catamaran from Phuket
- Departs from Phuket
- Free cancellation
$125
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Lowest fare here1,053 reviews
40 minOne-way Speedboat Transfer to/from Phi Phi & Lanta
★ 4.6 · 1 053 reviews
- 40 minutes, One-way speedboat transfer
- Hotel pickup included
- Cheapest here
- Free cancellation
The whole boatRated 5.0
8 hPhi Phi Island Private Full-Day Speedboat Trip
★ 5.0 · 5 reviews
- Eight hours, Private speedboat, full day
- Your own boat and crew
- Departs from Phuket
- Free cancellation
$1,197
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Yours aloneFrom Kamala
7 hPrivate Phi Phi & Bamboo Islands Tour by Speedboat
- Seven hours, Private Phi Phi and Bamboo
- Speedboat charter
- Departs from Phuket
- Free cancellation
$1,323
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Max 8 guestsRated 5.0
7 hPrivate Luxury Speed boat to Phi Phi Islands
★ 5.0 · 4 reviews
- Seven hours, Private luxury speedboat
- Phi Phi Islands charter
- Departs from Phuket
- Free cancellation
$972
Check availability→ Two questions
Which boat to Phi Phi is yours?
Seen the eighteen above and still torn? Out here there are really only four answers. Leave before dawn and stand on Maya Bay while it is still quiet. Take the day more people have booked than any other. Keep the fare down and still get the whole route with lunch in it. Or take the hull for your own group. Pick what matters and we will point at one.
See it before you pay for it
Three places every boat is built around
Almost every ticket on this page is some combination of the same three places. Maya Bay on Koh Phi Phi Leh, the white crescent under limestone walls that the film made famous, entered through Loh Samah on the official route. Pileh Lagoon, a pool of green water closed in by cliffs, where the snorkelling stops usually happen. And Bamboo Island, the sandbar an hour north with the clearest water of the three. A Phi Phi Islands Thailand speedboat tour is mostly a question of how many of them you get and how early you arrive. Watch them before you decide.
Side by side
Transfer, shared day, early start, or the boat to yourselves
People book these interchangeably and then find out they bought different days. The transfer is the short one: 40 minutes across open water from Phuket to Tonsai or Laemtong, and you are on the islands with the rest of the day to yourself. The shared Phi Phi island tour by speedboat is the standard one: seven to ten hours, Maya Bay, Pileh Lagoon, a snorkelling stop or two and a buffet lunch on Phi Phi Don. The early start is the same route run two hours ahead of the fleet, which is a different beach entirely when you step onto it. And a private hull is the quiet one — your own deck, your own order of stops, seven or eight hours. That is where the money splits.
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| Phi Phi, Maya Bay & Khai Island Tour with Lunch | TOP PICKPhi Phi Early Bird & 4 Islands by Speedboat | Private Phi Phi & Bamboo Islands Tour by Speedboat | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price per person | $35 | $79 | $1,323 |
| What it is | A shared speedboat day out of Phuket with lunch included | An early start out of Krabi, Maya Bay ahead of the fleet | A private speedboat, your group and nobody else |
| Time it takes | A full day | 9 hours | 7 hours |
| Where you start | Phuket | Krabi | Kamala |
| Who is on board | A shared boat with other travellers | A shared boat, out before the day boats | Your own group, start to finish |
| Maya Bay | Yes — through the Loh Samah access route | Yes — early, while it is still quiet | Yes, at the hour you choose |
| Bamboo Island | Khai Island instead on this route | The 4 Islands of Krabi instead on this route | Yes — the sandbar north of Phi Phi Don |
| Lunch | A buffet lunch is included | A Thai buffet on the beach | Lunch on Phi Phi Don |
| Snorkelling | Yes, at a Phi Phi site when conditions suit | Yes, in Pileh Lagoon and on the reefs | Yes, gear on board and the stops are yours to pick |
| Cancellation | Free cancellation up to 24 hours | Free cancellation up to 24 hours | Free cancellation up to 24 hours |
Verdict
Take the early bird day from Krabi
It is the one day here built around reaching Maya Bay before the day boats do: nine hours out of Krabi, the emerald water of Pileh Lagoon, snorkelling among the coral, the four islands on the way back and a Thai buffet lunch on the beach — rated 4.9 across 3,492 reviews. Keep the half days, the sunset runs and the private charters for the rest of your time here.
Check dates and availability→Before you book
The boat decides what kind of day you get
Several different things get sold as “a Phi Phi speedboat tour”, and the fare tells you which one you are buying. A shared speedboat from Phuket, Krabi or Ao Nang — everyone in the open air, a guide on board, a set route through Maya Bay, Pileh Lagoon and the snorkel stops — is seven to ten hours and where the fares sit lowest. A speed catamaran trades some of that speed for a steadier, roomier hull, and one of the listings here caps its passenger list at 28 for exactly that reason. And a private charter is a third kind of day again: the hull and the crew are yours, nobody else is aboard, and the route is arranged around your party. Decide which of the three you actually want before you compare numbers, because otherwise you are comparing days that are not the same day.
Two-minute check
Which boat fits your day?
Three things decide it: how many of you there are, whether you want the beaches empty or simply want to see them, and how much of the day you have. A Phi Phi Islands family tour and a sunrise small-group run can visit the very same bay and feel like two different places, because one lands at nine and the other at seven. Answer the three and find out before you pay rather than at the pier.
How many of you are going?Most speedboats are shared and seat a few dozen; a private hull is yours for the day
How much does the hour matter?The early boats reach Maya Bay before the fleet; the later ones share it
How much of the day do you have?A half day covers Maya Bay and the lagoon; a full day adds Bamboo Island and lunch
Answer the three questions above
You’ll get the one that fits your answers, and the thing about it that catches people out.
Six ways to spend the day
18,540 reviews across eighteen boats
Ratings are the operators’ own numbers on GetYourGuide, shown as published. We do not write reviews and we do not average other people’s into a score of our own.
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Phi Phi Early Bird & 4 Islands by Speedboat
From $79 · 3,492 reviews
★★★★★
Maya Bay before the day boats arrive
Nine hours out of Krabi that begin early enough to matter: Maya Bay while the sand is still empty, the emerald water of Pileh Lagoon to swim and snorkel in, a Thai buffet lunch on the beach, and the 4 Islands of Krabi on the way home. Rated 4.9 across 3,492 reviews, which is why it is the one we point at first.
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Phi Phi speedboat tour, Maya and Bamboo
From $37 · 3,881 reviews
★★★★★
The day more people here have booked than any other
A full day out of Krabi that takes in the three names everyone comes for: Maya Bay, the snorkelling at Loh Sama and Pileh Lagoon, and the white sand of Bamboo Island, past the cliffs of Viking Cave and the macaques of Monkey Bay. It carries 3,881 reviews at 4.4, more than any other listing on this page, which makes it the default answer rather than the interesting one.
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Phi Phi, Maya Bay & Khai Island Tour with Lunch
From $35 · 2,142 reviews
★★★★★
The lowest full-day fare on this page
A whole day out of Phuket for the price of a short transfer: Maya Bay through the official Loh Samah access route, a swim in Pileh Lagoon, a snorkelling stop when conditions suit, Khai Island, a buffet lunch and the national park fee already in the booking. Rated 4.4 across 2,142 reviews.
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Half-Day Speedboat Maya Bay, Pileh Lagoon & Snorkel
From $44 · 188 reviews
★★★★★
Four hours, and the rest of the day is yours
The shortest guided run here, in a morning or an afternoon version: an hour on the sand at Maya Bay, the emerald water of Pileh Lagoon, snorkelling over coral and tropical fish, and the macaques at Monkey Bay. Rated 4.7 across 188 reviews. Take this one if you are staying on the islands and want the afternoon back.
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Maya Bay Sunset & Plankton by Speedboat
From $40 · 649 reviews
★★★★★
The same bays after the fleet has gone home
Five hours in the other half of the day: Maya Bay and Pileh Lagoon in the late light, the sun going down over the water, and then night snorkelling with bioluminescent plankton, with blacktip reef sharks and coral on the earlier stops. Rated 4.6 across 649 reviews.
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Phi Phi Island Private Full-Day Speedboat Trip
From $1,197 · 8 hours
★★★★★
The whole boat, for the whole day
A private speedboat out of mainland Phuket with nobody aboard but your own group: eight hours around the Phi Phi Islands in the order you want them, snorkelling gear supplied, time to swim in clear water and to sit on a white sand beach for as long as you feel like sitting.
What it really costs
Phi Phi island tour by speedboat price, line by line
Prices are per person and cover the boat, the crew, the guide and the national park fee where the listing says so. Three things move the number: how long you are out, whether you share the hull or take it, and what hour you leave the pier. If you are comparing against a Phi Phi Islands day tour price 2025 listing, the shape is the same and the figures have moved a little. A Phi Phi Islands luxury tour on a private boat sits at the far end of the same table — the same bays, a deck of your own.
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| What you do | Price | What that buys | Cancellation |
|---|---|---|---|
| One-way transfer to the islands | $22 | 40 minutes from Phuket to Tonsai Pier or Laemtong Beach, rated 4.6 across 1,053 reviews | Free cancellation |
| A shared day out of Phuket | $35 | A full day to Phi Phi, Maya Bay, Pileh Lagoon and Khai Island, buffet lunch and park fee included | Free cancellation |
| The early start out of Krabi | $79 | 9 hours, Maya Bay before the day boats, the 4 Islands, Thai buffet on the beach, rated 4.9 across 3,492 reviews | Free cancellation |
| A small group at sunrise | $160 | 8 hours from Phuket on a spacious boat, Maya Bay in the quiet hour, Viking Cave and Monkey Beach | Free cancellation |
| The boat to yourselves | $1,197 | 8 hours, a private speedboat from Phuket, your own order of stops, snorkelling gear on board | Free cancellation |
Costs the listing doesn't show you
- The day is longer than the time on the water. Seven to ten hours are counted from the pier meeting point or the hotel pickup, and the crossing from Phuket or Krabi is part of that.
- The National Park fee is inside some fares and outside others. The Phuket day with Khai Island states that it is already included; where a listing says nothing, expect to settle it at the park.
- Private is the whole boat. The private charters cover the hull and the crew rather than a seat, so read them against the size of your party, not per person.
- Drinks and the beach are your own. Lunch is inside most fares, but what you buy on Phi Phi Don afterwards is not, and small notes go further on the islands than a card.
What is genuinely included
- The boat and the crew from the pier you meet at, and the return to the same pier
- A guide on the day tours here — the limited-group catamaran names English-speaking guides
- Snorkelling equipment at the stops where the listing says the operator hands it out
- Life jackets and safety gear on the listings that name them, as the limited-group catamaran does
- A buffet lunch on Phi Phi Don on most of the full-day tours, inside the fare
- The National Park fee where the listing states it, as the Phuket day with Khai Island does
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before, with a full refund
The honest answer
Is a speedboat to Phi Phi worth it?
Thirty-five dollars buys a whole Phi Phi Islands day tour out of Phuket with lunch and the park fee in it, and the real question is about the forty-four after that. Maya Bay and Pileh Lagoon sit on an island with no road and no pier of its own, so a boat is the only way to stand on either. What the money buys beyond that is the hour you arrive and the number of people who arrive with you. The early start out of Krabi at $79, rated 4.9 across 3,492 reviews, is the ticket most people here settle on once they have read both columns.
What makes it worth it
- Maya Bay and Pileh Lagoon sit on an island with no road — a boat is the only way there
- Most full days put Maya Bay, Pileh Lagoon, a snorkelling stop and lunch on one ticket
- The early departures reach the bay hours ahead of the fleet, which changes the place entirely
- Short runs of four or five hours fit around a day you have already planned
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours, so holding a date early costs you nothing
Keep in mind
- The quoted time is the whole outing from the pier, boarding and briefing included
- A speedboat crosses open sea: sun, salt and the swell of the day come with it
- Shared tours run $22 to $160; a private hull starts at $972
- Full days out of Phuket and Krabi take 7 to 10 hours, a good part of it on the water
- Stops are weather-dependent, so read the option you select before you pick a date
The day, hour by hour
Out of the pier, around Phi Phi Leh, back by dark
Hold the date before the week fills up
Free cancellation runs to 24 hours on every tour here, so a booked date costs you nothing until the day before. In the dry season the early boats go first.
At the pier
Check-in is at the pier in Phuket, Krabi, Ao Nang or Tonsai, depending on the ticket. You sign in, collect your snorkelling gear and hear the briefing before anyone casts off.
Out across the Andaman Sea
The boat idles out past the moored hulls and the throttle goes down once the harbour is behind you. On a clear morning the limestone islands come up out of the water ahead.
Maya Bay on Koh Phi Phi Leh
The boats come in through Loh Samah on the official access route, and you walk over to the white crescent under the cliffs. The hour you arrive decides how many people are on it.
Pileh Lagoon and the snorkelling
A pool of green water closed in by rock walls, deep enough to swim in and calm enough to float. The snorkelling stops sit around here, over coral and reef fish.
Lunch on Phi Phi Don
The boats pull in at Phi Phi Don for a buffet on the beach, past Viking Cave and the macaques of Monkey Beach on the way.
Bamboo Island, and home
The full days carry on north to the sandbar at Bamboo Island for the clearest water of the lot, then run home. The evening tickets stay out for the sunset instead.
Best time of day
Take an early slot, and keep the late one for the light
Two things pull against each other around the Phi Phi Islands, and the departures at either end of the day settle both. The sea is at its flattest in the first hours after sunrise, which is the difference between a comfortable crossing and a lively one, and it is also when Maya Bay and Pileh Lagoon are at their quietest — several tours on this page exist for that reason and say so in their own listings. Later on, the light turns gold on the limestone and the last boats of the day run out for the sunset, with a stop after dark where the plankton glows in the water. From November to April the dry season gives you both ends of the day; from June to September the monsoon decides which departures run at all.
On the water
What the day actually looks like
The crossing
Open sea between the mainland piers and the islands, and the fastest way over it.
The snorkelling
Coral and reef fish at the stops between Maya Bay and Phi Phi Don.
Monkey Beach
The macaques on the shore of Phi Phi Don that almost every route passes.
Phi Phi Don
The main island, where the buffet lunches and the afternoon hours happen.
What it's like
One group of islands, several quite different days on it
Almost everyone books this day with the same picture in their head: a white beach inside a ring of limestone cliffs, green water you can see the bottom of, and a speedboat somewhere in the frame. What nobody tells you before you book is that several quite different days are sold under the same heading, they cost very different amounts, and they are not interchangeable.
The first is the early start. Boats that leave before the day traffic and reach Maya Bay while it is still quiet, then spend the rest of the day on Pileh Lagoon, the snorkel stops and lunch on Phi Phi Don. Our top pick is one of these: nine hours from Krabi, taking in the four islands as well, rated 4.9 across 3,492 reviews.
The second is the standard island day. Seven to ten hours from Phuket, Krabi or Ao Nang, with Maya Bay, Pileh Lagoon, Monkey Beach, the Viking Cave and a buffet lunch on Phi Phi Don, on a shared speedboat or a speed catamaran. This is most of the page, and it is where the fares sit lowest.
The third is the short outing from the islands themselves. Four or five hours if you are already staying on Phi Phi Don: a half day to Maya Bay and Pileh Lagoon, a snorkel trip with reef sharks and turtles, or the late departure that goes out for the sunset and the glowing plankton afterwards.
Those differences are what the fares are really measuring. An island day with lunch starts at $35, the early bird most people come here for is $79 for nine hours, a small-group sunrise speedboat from Phuket runs $160, and a private boat with only your own party on it goes to $1,323 for the whole hull.
Eight of the eighteen tours here leave from Phuket, four from Krabi and Ao Nang, and the rest start at the islands themselves, which matters more than it sounds: from the mainland the crossing is part of your day, and from Phi Phi Don you are already there when the boat pulls out.
The month decides how the sea behaves rather than which tour is best. From November to April the Andaman Sea is in its dry season, the water is flat most mornings and every tour on this page is running. May and October are the turning months, with fine days and wet ones in the same week. Between June and September the monsoon sets the timetable, and some departures are called off on the day when the weather is against them.
The plan that works is the plain one. Put the island day in the first half of your stay so the weather gets a second chance at it, take an early departure if Maya Bay is the reason you are going, and hold a date as soon as your dates in Phuket or Krabi are firm. Free cancellation runs to 24 hours, so booking early costs you nothing.
If you are staying in Phuket
The three full days that take you across and back
Several tours on this page start at the islands themselves. These three leave from Phuket and hand you the whole day in one booking: the crossing by speedboat or speed catamaran, Maya Bay and Pileh Lagoon, a snorkel stop and a buffet lunch on Phi Phi Don. They run eight to ten hours from pickup to drop-off, and between them they carry more reviews than anything else leaving Phuket.
Practical
Plan the day
Five things decide how it goes: which of the eighteen you take, whether you leave from Phuket, Krabi, Ao Nang or take a Phi Phi Islands tour from Phi Phi itself, what hour the boat clears the pier, what you bring for a day of sun and salt water, and which month you come.
The early bird day
Our top pick: nine hours from Krabi, Maya Bay before the day boats, Pileh Lagoon, snorkelling and a Thai buffet lunch on the beach. Rated 4.9 across 3,492 reviews.
The lowest fare
A full island day from Phuket from $35: Maya Bay by the official Loh Samah route, Pileh Lagoon, Khai Island, a snorkel stop and a buffet lunch.
The most booked
Seven hours to Maya Bay and Bamboo Island, snorkelling at Pileh Lagoon, the cliffs of the Viking Cave and Monkey Bay — 3,881 travellers have taken it.
Half a day from Phi Phi
Four hours if you are already on the islands: an hour at Maya Bay, the emerald water of Pileh Lagoon and a snorkel stop, with an afternoon option that adds the plankton.
Speed catamarans
Bigger, steadier hulls from Phuket and Krabi, eight to ten hours, with Bamboo Island, Maithon and a buffet lunch on Phi Phi Don. One caps the passenger list at 28.
Your own boat
Private speedboat charters for seven or eight hours with nobody else aboard, the route arranged around your party, from Phuket, Kamala or Phi Phi itself.
Sun cover you can swim in
A rash vest or a light long-sleeved top beats reapplying cream all day, because the boat is open and the snorkel stops put you face down in the sun.
A dry bag for the phone
Speedboats throw spray, and the tenders that run you ashore at Maya Bay and Monkey Beach get your feet and your bag wet.
Sandals you can lose
Every landing here is a wet one onto sand or a shallow shelf, and shoes spend the day in a bag either way.
A towel and a change of shirt
Lunch on Phi Phi Don comes after a snorkel stop on most of these tours, and the ride back is an hour of moving air.
Cash for the pier
The buffet lunch is inside most fares, but drinks and anything on the beach are your own, and small notes are easier on the islands.
Something for a long day
The early departures run nine hours and the catamarans from Phuket up to ten, counted from pickup to drop-off rather than from the water.
The early departures go first
They are the ones that reach Maya Bay before the crowd, and there are fewer of them than there are standard day tours.
Free cancellation to 24 hours
Booking early costs nothing, so hold a slot as soon as your dates in Phuket or Krabi are firm.
Check where the boat starts
Eight of the eighteen leave from Phuket, four from Krabi and Ao Nang, and the rest from the islands. It changes the length of your day more than the route does.
Private means the whole boat
On the private charters the fare covers the hull and the crew, not a seat, so it divides across everyone you bring.
One price everywhere
Operator desk, hotel lobby or this page — the fare is the same. Booking ahead buys the slot, not a discount.
Read what the day includes
Lunch, snorkelling gear and the National Park fee sit inside some fares and outside others. The listing states it in each case.
From Phuket
Eight of the tours here leave from Phuket, with a pier meeting point or shared hotel pickup from selected areas, and the crossing takes under an hour by speedboat.
From Krabi and Ao Nang
Four leave from the Krabi side, and several of them add the four islands — Koh Poda, Chicken Island and the Separated Sea — to the Phi Phi run.
Already on Phi Phi
If you are staying on Phi Phi Don the short tours start at Tonsai, and a half day or a sunset run fits around the rest of your plans.
Staying the night
A one-way speedboat transfer between Phuket and Tonsai Pier or Laemtong Beach takes about forty minutes and starts at $22.
Where the day ends
Most tours return you to the pier you left from, and the listings with hotel pickup bring you back to the same address.
Maya Bay itself
Boats reach the bay through the Loh Samah access route on the far side, which is why the walk-through to the beach is part of the stop.
Best time
When to come
The Andaman coast runs on two seasons, and the calendar matters here more than the forecast. What changes month to month is how flat the water is, how many of the eighteen are running on any given morning, and how many boats you share Maya Bay with. A Phi Phi Islands sunrise tour is worth more in the busy months than in the quiet ones, for exactly that reason.
Nov – Apr
Dry season, calm water, the whole list running
This is the stretch the islands are built around: dry weather, a flat Andaman Sea and every tour on this page on sale, from the 40-minute transfer to the private hulls. It is also the busy half of the year, so Maya Bay has company by nine in the morning and the early-start boats sell out a week or two ahead. Book the hour rather than the day.
May & Oct
Shoulder months, and the sea has a say
The two turning months keep most of the sunshine and lose most of the crowd: emptier beaches, easier tables on Phi Phi Don, and lower fares on the same boats. The trade is a swell that comes and goes — some mornings are glass, some are choppy, and an operator may move a stop around the weather. Book with free cancellation and check the forecast the day before.
Jun – Sep
Monsoon months, a shorter list
The southwest monsoon brings rain and a bigger sea, and some departures are called off on the morning when conditions do not suit — which is the plain reason to hold your date with free cancellation rather than pay for it outright. Between the squalls these are fine days: green islands, warm water, low fares and beaches with almost nobody on them.
Any month
Check the listing, not the season
Some boats here run year-round and some do not, and the honest answer is that the listing says which. Every tour on this page shows its own calendar on GetYourGuide, so the dates you can actually pick are the ones the operator has published.
Worth knowing
Six things that aren't in the listing
01
There are several different days here, not one. An early start that reaches Maya Bay before the day boats, a standard island day of seven to ten hours from the mainland, and a four or five-hour outing if you are already on Phi Phi. They cost different amounts and they end at different times, and that decides more than the price does.
02
Where the boat starts changes the whole day. Eight of the eighteen leave from Phuket and four from Krabi and Ao Nang, so the crossing is part of your day. The ones that start on the islands put you at Maya Bay within the hour.
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Maya Bay is quietest early. Several listings here are built around beating the day traffic, and the operators say so in as many words: an early start time is the reason those departures exist.
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Private is the whole boat, not a seat. On the private charters the fare covers the hull and the crew, so it splits across your party instead of multiplying by it, and the route is arranged around you.
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The month sets what is running. November to April is the dry season on the Andaman Sea, with flat mornings and the full timetable. May and October are the turning months, and from June to September the monsoon calls some departures off on the day.
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Book the early departures ahead. They are the ones most travellers want, and free cancellation runs to 24 hours, so holding a date early costs you nothing.
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Phi Phi speedboat tours, answered
How long is a Phi Phi speedboat tour?
The full day tours from Phuket, Krabi and Ao Nang run seven to ten hours, counted from the pier meeting point or the hotel pickup rather than from the time on the water. Our top pick, the early bird day from Krabi, is nine hours. If you are already staying on Phi Phi Don the short outings are four or five hours, and a one-way speedboat transfer between Phuket and the islands takes about forty minutes.
What is the ride across like?
A speedboat crosses the open Andaman Sea, so you feel the swell and there is spray when the hull meets a wake. Mornings in the dry season are usually the flattest water of the day, which is one reason the early departures exist. If you would rather have a steadier hull, the speed catamarans on this page are the bigger boats, and one of them caps the passenger list at 28 for the extra room.
What is included in the price?
On most of the day tours here the boat, the guide and a buffet lunch on Phi Phi Don are one booking, and snorkelling equipment is handed out at the stops. Some listings name more than that: the limited-group catamaran lists snorkelling equipment and safety gear and English-speaking guides, and the Phuket day with Khai Island states that the National Park fees are already inside the fare. Each listing spells out its own inclusions.
Are the National Park fees extra?
It depends on the listing, which is why it is worth reading that line before you compare two fares. The Phuket tour to Maya Bay and Khai Island says the National Park fees are already included in the booking. Where a listing says nothing about them, expect to settle them at the park itself, and keep small notes for that.
When is Maya Bay at its quietest?
Early. Several tours on this page are built around an early start for exactly that reason, and the operators say so in their own words — beating the day traffic is the point of those departures. Our top pick leaves Krabi early and reaches the bay ahead of the day boats; the sunset and plankton tours come at the other end of the day, when the day boats have gone.
Where do the boats leave from?
Eight of the eighteen tours here leave from Phuket, with a pier meeting point or shared hotel pickup from selected areas. Four start on the Krabi side, from Krabi town or Ao Nang, and several of those take in the four islands — Koh Poda, Chicken Island and the Separated Sea — as well. The rest begin on Phi Phi Don itself, at Tonsai.
How much does a Phi Phi speedboat tour cost?
A full island day with lunch starts at $35 from Phuket. The early bird day from Krabi that we pick first is $79, a small-group sunrise speedboat is $160, and a private charter with nobody else aboard goes to $1,323 for the whole boat. A one-way transfer to the islands is $22.
Shared boat or private charter — which should you book?
They buy different days on the same water. A shared speedboat is the reason the fares start at $35, and it follows a set route through Maya Bay, Pileh Lagoon and the snorkel stops with a guide on board. A private charter covers the hull and the crew rather than a seat, carries only your own party and arranges the route around you, which is what makes it worth the fare for a group travelling together.
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A day at the Phi Phi Islands — the plan we'd follow
Which of the eighteen tours matches the hours you actually have in Phuket, Krabi or on Phi Phi itself, whether an early start is worth it for Maya Bay, and what is running in the month you are coming. Built from the operators’ own listings and the same live prices as this page.
- All eighteen tours, with times and what each fare covers, from the listings
- Which days carry a buffet lunch and the National Park fee, and which are the boat alone
- The private charters and what the whole-boat fare works out at for a group
- What to take on an open speedboat, and which departure to pick in each month
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How we put this together
Checked, not guessed
Durations, inclusions and operator names come from the live GetYourGuide listings for each tour. Prices and ratings are read off the same listings and updated with the page.
How we pick
Every Phi Phi speedboat tour bookable from Phuket, Krabi, Ao Nang and the islands themselves is on this page. Nobody pays to be featured.
We say where the boat starts
Eight of the eighteen leave from Phuket and four from the Krabi side, so the crossing is part of your day. The rest start on Phi Phi Don. We mark that on the card, because it is the thing travellers most often get wrong.
Three kinds of day, stated plainly
An early start that reaches Maya Bay ahead of the day boats, a standard island day of seven to ten hours, and a four or five-hour outing from the islands are different purchases at different prices. We lead with that, because it decides more of your day than the fare does.
The answer
Take the early departure, and hold the date before the week fills.
Maya Bay and Pileh Lagoon come with every boat on this page. What you are choosing is how early you get there and how much of your day it takes: four hours from the islands themselves, a standard day of seven to ten hours from Phuket or Krabi, or a private boat with nobody else aboard. Tours start at $35. Pick an early departure and book ahead.
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