Nicole Kieninger
Wir hatten als Familie eine 2-stündige Quadtour, gebucht und wurden sehr positiv überrascht. Die Söhne sind 16 und 19 und daher selbst gefahren. Wir hatten als Familie zwei Guides und waren für uns, es gab also keine große Gruppe, bei der immer auf jemanden gewartet werden musste, sondern nur auf mich ;-) und hier hatten sich die Guides dann abgesprochen. Der Spaß war entsprechend groß. Bei der 2-stündigen Tour konnten wir vom höchsten Punkt Koh Samuis die Landschaft bewundern und den großen Buddha. Der Fahrspaß war so groß, dass meine Männer nochmals eine 1-Stündige Tour gebucht haben nur um nochmals fahren zu können und auch hier waren sie allein als Gruppe unterwegs. Man sollte dabei jedoch nicht empfindlich sein, was Dreck angeht, denn der Sand wird ordentlich aufgewirbelt. Da wir schon in vielen Urlauben ähnliche Ausflüge gebucht hatten, können wir sagen, dass diese Quadtouren die bisher Besten waren und kaum zu toppen sind.
Ed Lees
Great half day tour, from booking the night before for a next morning trip everything was well communicated and very promptly. The tour itself was made so much better by our guide and driver who took great care of us for the whole trip. Our guide was knowledgeable, courteous and interacted with us for the majority of the trip. Would recommend 👍🏻
Nicole Haas
Wir haben heute die Tour zum Angthong NationalPark gemacht. Die Tour ist sehr gut organisiert. Sehr nettes zuvorkommendes Personal, gutes Essen. Ich habe meine Schuhe im Bus vergessen. Eine Stunde später konnte ich sie schon an der Rezeption abholen. Einfach klasse. Vielen Dank für diesen tollen Tag.
אופיר סויסה
רוצה להודות ולהמליץ על שליו מסיאם טורס על תכנון טיול מושלם, בהקשבה מדויקת למה שאנחנו צריכים, טסנו עם תינוקת והיה ראש שקט!!!!!!!! כל המעברים היו מושלמים! ללא המתנה בכלל, תמיד בזמן ובדיוק! סבלני קשוב פשוט כיף כיף כיף! אין ספק שאת הטיול הבא הוא יתכנן!
sandie's journeys
I highly recommend picking this company for the tours they do. We went looking for pink dolphins, which we saw, snorkeling and then pig island. Lunch was included. It was a fantastic day
Every photograph that made you want to visit Ang Thong, the one with the green islands scattered across turquoise water, was taken from the top of Koh Wua Talap. The island below it is the park's main landing: headquarters, a proper beach, the park bungalows, and the trailhead. The view is real and it is spectacular. The climb to it is also real, and tour marketing tends to skate over that part.
This is not a staircase with a handrail, it is a steep natural trail over limestone that climbs hard from close to sea level, with ropes fixed on the sharpest stretches and rock that turns slick where feet have polished it. The viewpoint at the top is called Pha Jun Jaras and sits about 250 metres above the sea, which the path covers in roughly 400 metres of ground distance, and that ratio is the whole story of why it feels like a scramble rather than a walk. In tropical heat, going up takes most people somewhere between twenty and forty sweaty minutes, and coming down demands more care than going up because tired legs and smooth rock are a bad pairing. Five numbered resting points are marked along the way. Plenty of visitors stop at one of those, take a fine photograph and call it a day, which is a legitimate way to do it.
Anyone with decent general fitness, both hands free and closed or strapped footwear can make it, and children who are steady climbers manage it with an adult right behind them. Skip it after knee trouble, with a baby carrier on your front, in flip-flops, or when the guide's time window is too tight to descend calmly, because the viewpoint rewards nobody who has to rush it. The beach, the shade and a swim are not a consolation prize.
Koh Wua Talap is the one island in the park with real facilities, so sitting the climb out costs you very little: the landing area has the park headquarters and its information point, a restaurant, toilets and drinking water, a campsite and the simple bungalows the park service rents to the few people who stay the night. The beach is right there. Anyone who would rather swim, eat lunch in the shade or stay with a small child can do all of it within a few minutes of where the boat ties up, which is worth knowing before a group talks itself into climbing as a set.
Go early in your time ashore rather than after lunch, carry water and nothing else in your hands, and let faster climbers pass at the wide spots. Photograph on the pauses, not mid-scramble. Guides know the current trail condition and the day's timing, so their advice on whether to start outranks anything written here, including this page.
Most full-day tours land on Koh Wua Talap, but itineraries flex with sea conditions, so check the tour's current stops in the comparison before booking around the climb. The wider island is covered in our park guide.