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We just finished two tours with Oli this week. The first was a Kaolak full day tour and the second was the early bird Hong Island tour. Both tours were superbly well organised - all the people involved were very caring and looked after us at all times. Our highlight was the early bird tour to Hong island. Setting off at 4:30am meant that we could meet the exact tide times allowing us to canoe into some amazing hidden lagoons. We also visited islands where we were the first visitors and as such had a very private viewing of the islands. Was a fantastic experience being out there on a traditional long boat watching the sunrise. Lunches were great and the team always had bottles of water on hand for us whenever we needed refreshments. Thanks very much to Oli and the whole team involved in making our experience so memorable.

We booked this trip through our hotel as it was highly recommended and we were told a maximum of 30 people plus crew. We arrived at the port and spent about 1 hour waiting (breakfast was offered) while they sorted hundreds of people to allocate them into all of their boats. Eventually, we were loaded, and all given one size fits all very bulky full life jackets. And then 33 of us were instructed to sit on the bench seats, which would have been great if we had all fitted, The weather unfortunately wasn't great so it made for a very uncomfortable 1.5 hour boat trip. Obviously, the weather is out of the operators control, but if they had reduced the number of people on the baot, it would have made a world of difference to the experience. We arrived at Surin Island to the first of 2 snorkling swims, not the 3 advertised. At this point, for me, it all went wrong. No life jacket, no snorkling. I have been lucky enough to have dived and snorkeld some of the best spots around the world, and snorkling with a life jacket is not snorkling it's floating. For inexperienced swimmers, I appreciate this could still be enjoyable . We were floating in an exposed site, so with life jackets on a lot of people were getting blown away from the boat, which has no form of tender on board in case they had to perform a rescue. Visibility was good, but unfortunately, a very average float around not a lot of coral or fish varieties. Island visit with lunch was good, second island stop for tourists shopping was interesting then our second float around different spot but unfortunately more of the same. Interestingly, now that the life jackets were wet, we didn't have to wear them on the ride home, which actually created a lot more space.

We did the 3-day trip as a family with our 5-year-old son. We found out in advance what to expect on this tour. Unfortunately, the description on the homepage is not clear and the information from the office does not reflect everything. It was only when we were picked up by our guide Aris (I hope the name is spelled correctly) that it really became clear what we were in for. I thought this was absolutely the right thing to do so that you could decide whether you trust your child with this tour. Our son is very experienced in traveling and Aris took excellent care of him. We are very happy to have done this tour with her, which was the highlight of our stay in terms of experience.Nina, Tim & Marlo