By
Nicke, January 26, 2004 |
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Phuket is one of the best diving destinations in the world and people
from around the world come here for diving.
Phuket Submarine Co., Ltd launced their submarine tours in December
2003, it's the first tourist submarine tour operating in Thailand
and sponsored by Board of Investment (BOI). It may be a good option
for those who don't want or can't learn scuba diving to see tropical
fishes and coral reefs without getting wet.
The submarine is a modern tourist submarine with big windows and
LCD displays located between all of the view ports for the customers
to have views from the external camera. The tour takes aproximately
2 hours with 45 minutes underwater. The submarine can take up to
48 passengers at one time. The passenger transfer vessel departs
from Rassada Port / Harbour at the east side of Phuket Town, it's
the same harbour as the Phi Phi boats departs from. The transfer
takes aprox. 30 minutes and is operated by the Seatran fleet of
vessels.
Their broschure says it will departs every second hour during daytime
but when I went for this tour, they had only one tour that day,
so make sure you are booking first and know the departure schedule
when you want to take the tour. I tried to use the expat deal to
get a reduced ticket price but I were informed that promotion ended
January 15.
They charges 2500 Baht for adults and 1800 Baht for children, Thai
people get a discounted price of 1250 Baht.
I liked it and it's worth to do it once, but if you are a scuba
diver you may not be impressed, scuba diving is still the best way
to explore the fantastic underwater world Phuket has to offer.
It's a nice and different tour,
highly recommended trip if you have done most other things to do
in Phuket already.
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Arriving to the submarine by vessel |
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Entering
the submarine |
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The LCD
display view external camera |
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The
submarine was only half full so only one side was used |
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A
photo from the port view |
Ead
look at the fishes |
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The
Seatran passenger transfer vessel |
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