Phuket Mangroves SUP Tour: Unique Experience through Unseen Natural Paths with Paddle Phuket
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117 Ratings
Phuket Town
Embark on a unique Phuket Mangroves SUP Tour with Paddle Phuket. Explore unseen natural paths, learn about local culture, and create special memories on your holiday!
Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights

After being picked up from your accommodation, you will travel to the east coast of Phuket. Your stand up paddle board tour will start from a small local village, away from any other tourists. Tan will give you a briefing and instruction, then you get on the board and off you go! Tan will lead you through the mangroves on a very calm river, then head out into Phang Nga bay and visit a local fishing village. Tan is very flexible and tailors the tours to meet the customers preferences. It is essential all customers can swim, as you may fall off the board in deep water.

Points of Interest

  • Blue Carina Inn Hotel
What's Included
  • Bottled water
  • Stand up paddle board
  • Air-conditioned vehicle for pick-ups
  • Snacks
  • Photos from the tour
  • Professional guide
Additional Information

Paddle Phuket offers a unique opportunity to explore an unseen side of Phuket that many visitors aren’t privy to. Tan, our friendly guide, takes pleasure in sharing aspects of his culture and history with guests. He frequently pauses during tours to illustrate farming methods or highlight interesting places. The tours are highly adaptable with Tan skillfully customizing the journey in line with customers’ preferences instead of adhering to a fixed schedule. Experience the great outdoors, engage in a refreshing activity and carry home distinct memories from your vacation!

  • It is essential all customers can swim as you may fall off the board in deep water.
Location
Blue Carina Inn Hotel
61 m 5 Soi Bangyai Vichitsongkram Road
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Amy
Aug 31, 2023
Amazing tour. Must try - Tan and his team went above and beyond to accomodate for me and my mum. We had a last min booking and Tan found a perfect beach for beginner SUP. This was the best thing we did during our Phuket trip. Nice and relaxing. Also thanks for the plentiful snacks. Real warm Thai hospitality :) highly recommend.
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Lysiusdominico_m
Aug 19, 2023
Awesome!! - Super fun!! Probably our best ever SUP experience. Khun Tan was also very nice, fun and took pictures of us. Definitely worth it!
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529lauranced
Jun 23, 2023
The Best Tour! - An amazing tour. Tan is incredibly friendly, chatty and energetic. He taught me how to paddle and took care of me throughout the journey. He provided amzing snacks and drinks too. It was by far my favourite tour during my Thailand trip. I will definitely do it again in the future. I highly recommend it!
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Geof_f
Apr 14, 2023
SUP Phuket - Exceeded expectations - We had a wonderful experience with Tan & Kate. They picked us up promptly at our hotel, and pointed out things of interest during the drive. They provided delicious fresh mangos, and Thai energy bars, aka, tasty sweet rice in a banana leaf. Once on the SPUs, we were guided through the mangroves which are canals of unique tropical coastal vegetation . The water water was very calm and enjoyable to paddle through. Our hosts provided freshly cut open coconuts to drink after! We loved the whole experience.
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Amy_k
Mar 30, 2023
Awesome Day….. A must do while in Phuket! - Great day on the calm water paddle boarding and saw different islands. If you love the water and exercise, this is a must!
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Annebalaram
Mar 12, 2023
A perfect day on a paddle. - What a lovely day and a great paddling experience with Tan in the mangroves! I was keen on seeing the jungle in Phuket, but with jungle hikes happening only on Mondays, I was happy to discover Paddle Phuket proposal after pages of advertisements for islands excursions. Given the fact that I am a middle aged (54 year old) beginner, I read the reviews carefully and got confident that Tan was the right person for this introduction to paddling. And he was! Tan is a very safe, methodical, competent and amiable instructor. He takes a maximum of 8 clients if they're experienced, less if not. He had planned a beautiful itinerary going through a wide river, narrow channels entangled with mangroves roots and branches and the glorious scenery of the karst islands in the Phang Nga bay. We saw animals too: lots of fish, aquatic birds, even a sea snake wrapped on a branch. Tan tells me that sometimes macaques swim across. These 2 and a half hours on the water passed like an instant. For competent paddlers, Tan has longer, more technical and demanding outings. Absolutely recommended wether you're looking for peace away from the crowds, or the joy of trying a new sport, or a paddle session with a thorough professional, or glorious scenes from the water. Thanks Tan, I hope to come back one day with my children!
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Katyjeanes2019
Jan 17, 2023
Great day out with Tan - I had a great sup tour with Tan, we visited the beautiful Banana beach and had a great chat on the way. Tan is a great guy and very knowledgeable. I Highly recommend his tour! Thank you Tan
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Deanheng
Jan 8, 2023
Amazing experience - Tan was an excellent tour guide! We booked a sunset tour for 2 pax. It was our first time doing SUP and Tan was extremely patient and told us to just relax and enjoy. We stopped at a small island and stayed on the rocks and ended looking for oysters! What an amazing experience. Tan was a tour guide who would go out of his way to ensure our safety and comfort. I would highly recommend anyone looking to do some relaxing paddle to look for Tan.
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Lazareen
Jan 8, 2023
A must do in Phuket - Paddle boarding with Tan was my favorite tour from my Thailand trip. We did the half-day mangroves tour. Started the day with a picked up from our hotel. We stopped along the way to pick up some snacks and amazing chicken, before heading to a small fishing village. I had never paddle boarded before, but Tan had me feeling confident and ready to go in minutes. Tan is a very knowledgeable, passionate, and friendly guide. If you want a fun adventure, in beautiful scenery without other tourists this is the trip for you.
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L4107kdgeoffm
Mar 3, 2023
Untrustworthy - My daughter came to Phuket for only a few days and the one thing she wanted to do was stand up paddleboarding.I rang Tan and he was driving so he asked me to message him, so i did, texting and also emailing. He didn't reply so after a day or so my daughter booked us on Tripadvisor. After that Tan email replied and apologised he got confused when speaking to someone else and thought it was us. Fair enough. So we were booked, Tan emailed and asked to chat on phone, we did, all went well, and all was friendly. he organised to pick my daughter up at 7.25am at the hotel and asked me to ride motorbike to meet at a designated area to make it easier for him, then said he'd email more details about what to bring, etc, this was 8 pm the night before. He never emailed the details, so I emailed him an hour later asking what to bring, no reply. My daughter is out front of hotel by herself at 7.15 am eagerly waiting and i ride to Central Phuket where he asked me to be. At 7.30 am daughter rang and says he was not there yet, I said I'll call him. Call 3 times over 30 minutes and no answer, just a message machine, I ask him to call me. Around 8 am my daughter's phone gets a message from Tripadvisor that the booking is canceled. We don't know if that's a mistake so we wait till 8.30 am. Devastated and confused we give up, no call or email from Tan, no apology or reason, nothing, at all ever. My daughter was devastated, and i was extremely annoyed at the disrespect and inconsideration, and abandonment. Tan has never emailed, texted, or phoned since. It would have taken 30 seconds to call us, and he had the number in his phone and in his email. Clearly Tan has more than one personality.
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