Lanta Ecotour ลันตาอีโคทัวร์

We booked the full day tour - puzzled that we could find any reviews on the internet but the tour looked like what we wanted. Promptly picked up at hotel and a short drive to the river port. There's a 20 baht fee for using it. Wasn't long before we were shepherded to our long tail boat and cruising through the mangroves with our guide Pat. Across open water to the tiny island of Koh Aun (?) - not much to report except it's tiny. The main group were then dropped at Talabeng for kayaking while just the two of us went on to Koh Phee or skull or ghost island. The dock is very rickety and wobbly but we got for ashore ok. The climb is only for the active and nimble. Ok if you're used to rock climbing or steep scrambling but it requires hauling yourself up with ropes almost all the time and squeezing through a pretty small hole in the cave wall. Scarey but fun. Good footwear vital. In a way it's quite dangerous and is a disaster waiting to happen. Nice view from the outlook but the greater reward is successfully climbing and getting down. Our helpful and smiley guide had not done it before.he was a standin as the usual guide was sick. Back to Talabeng for an hour's pleasant kayaking. And watching the jellyfish catchers! Plentiful pineapple and watermelon provided for the boat trip to koh Bubu (with a guide change) which has a nice beach. A good lunch was ready for us on arrival. Nearly 2 restful hours there before the boat back to port. On the way we stopped to look at the monkeys (long tail macaques) who were thrown scraps of fruit. Before long they had swum to the boat and were all over it and us, literally. It was chaos but hilarious. We were assured they were harmless and so it proved. Even more hilarious was when they "jumped ship" to a passing tour group who initially screamed in panic as monkeys rained down on them but that turned to more laughter as their fruit and drinks were then raided. One can question the rightness of all this for sure but it was very comical.

We chose this tour for the variety it offered and the lack of crowds. It met these expectations very well and proved a memorable day.

I went by long tail boat to Talaweng, there we make the tour of the island, after we and had lunch at bu bu island, and had relax at the beach, tha have shades if don't want to be at the sun after we went to feed the monkeys, and return to the pier of Eco Tour.
Our guide and the driver and the guide where very nice, but i don't remember their names.
Tanks

THE MOST Stressed. Scared. Unsafe. Desperate tour EVER.

From the very beginning, we’re given no information on schedules, and no briefing on any activities at all! We’re brought to random islands where there’s pretty much nothing to see, thrown on and off the boat without knowing what’ s next.

When we get to the kayaking part - we found ourselves in the MOST CHAOTIC situation ever, with HUGE waves in the open sea, with no safety precautions or briefing given at all. Not only were we pushed to “move faster”, we were given DELIBERATELY WRONG DIRECTIONS just because the staff may find it funny, and it drove us to the MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN, COMPLETELY ON OUR OWN!

When we struggled out of the situation eventually, and was REALLY ready to go back because the extra distances we had to kayak due to the wrong direction given by the staff on purpose (we asked him 3 times before we go), we’re shocked by how massively unorganized they are:
1 HOUR from end of kayak to boat departure, only to find out the boat is BROKEN
90 MINUTES we waited on the boat, COLD, WET & STARVING, for a new boat to pick us up.

There’s very little apologies given, nor updates or info during the wait, and the staff joked “DOES ANYONE WANT TO SLEEP ON THE ISLAND? ” when we were waiting hopelessly for the new boat to come….

PLEASE AVOID THIS TOUR AT ALL COSTS. THE DISORGANIZATION AND LACK OF SAFETY SENSE WILL REALLY RUIN YOU TRIP.