Koh Panak Cave
Koh Panak Cave
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Tas G
Athens, Greece1,435 contributions
Jan 2020
On our tour to James bond island this was our first stop. A hidden cave on a limestone island.
Amazing scenery especially the interior which is full of stalagmites and stalactites.
They gave us special miners helmets for safety reason.
The cave is big with many interesting things to see although half of it is in total darkness.
At the end of the cave there is a natural open to a lagoon.
Everything was great apart from a rude Indian family that made noise and they didnt let you enjoy or taking pictures. Somebody must talk to them to learn to behave.
Amazing scenery especially the interior which is full of stalagmites and stalactites.
They gave us special miners helmets for safety reason.
The cave is big with many interesting things to see although half of it is in total darkness.
At the end of the cave there is a natural open to a lagoon.
Everything was great apart from a rude Indian family that made noise and they didnt let you enjoy or taking pictures. Somebody must talk to them to learn to behave.
Written 14 January 2020
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mynewlifeistravel
Nerang, Australia2,831 contributions
Nov 2016 • Couples
This was another attraction that was included in the day tour and I had never been before. There are many rock formations in the cave that look like ice cream, there is only a small entrance to the cave and only 2 boats can enter during high tide, great spot for pictures and definitely recommend this to anyone who visits Phuket.
Written 7 February 2017
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Danny S
Baku, Azerbaijan1,875 contributions
Jul 2019 • Couples
Absolutely great experience - was interesting to explore the cave by ourselves!!! We visited the cave during our James Bond island trip , definitely suggest you to do it !!
Written 1 August 2019
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Nandhaa
Chennai (Madras), India149 contributions
Jul 2019 • Friends
If you have already seen some caves before this is no different, and personally I didn't feel so exciting. Not a difficult one though, given that I would skip this, being visited more thrilling caves before.
Written 17 July 2019
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Monika P
Jakarta, Indonesia55 contributions
Jun 2019 • Family
You only can enjoy the scenery from outside the cave. But when the canoe got you inside, it was a little bit disappointing. It was very dark as the canoer had to turn on his flashlight. But still you couldn't see anything. In the middle of the cave, you would smell the bad poo which made me uncomfortable and bat sounds. Then you would just wish the canoe to turn around faster and get you out of there.
Written 24 June 2019
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riazandsumayia
Durban, South Africa55 contributions
Dec 2016 • Family
well if you were disappointed with the james bond island tour then this is 100 times better going in a canoe through the caves - very much well worth it
Written 20 January 2017
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sinha_rga
Jhansi, India80 contributions
Dec 2016 • Couples
A must see for the geographically interesting attractive stalactites and the leaning rock face.Travel early if you want to beat the crowds which becomes a problem on this small island.
Written 23 December 2016
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Brown_Samantha
Kennewick, WA1,783 contributions
Dec 2016 • Couples
This stop was part of the Andaman Leisure Phuket organized Phang Nga Bay day tour. We were taken to the caves by guided canoe guides. During low tide, you can go inside the caves. Some spots you have to lay down completely flat to get under.
Our guide reminded us not to touch anything. He worked really hard getting us to many interesting spots. Someone brought in a banana, and there was one monkey jumping from one canoe over to the other. It was quite an awesome sight! We were one of the "lucky" one that got the monkey to visit. Not sure if it would have been different if the monkey went crazy. After all, they are wild animals.
Loved the experience. The caves were cool to visit on a very humid and hot sunny day.
Our guide reminded us not to touch anything. He worked really hard getting us to many interesting spots. Someone brought in a banana, and there was one monkey jumping from one canoe over to the other. It was quite an awesome sight! We were one of the "lucky" one that got the monkey to visit. Not sure if it would have been different if the monkey went crazy. After all, they are wild animals.
Loved the experience. The caves were cool to visit on a very humid and hot sunny day.
Written 14 December 2016
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Craig M
Porto, Portugal3,047 contributions
Nov 2016 • Solo
There is a ‘drive-up beach’ on Koh Panak island that provides access to a cave. A tour boat had just pulled up on the beach as I arrived and was unloading its passengers. As the tour group was handing out protective helmets, I scooted past them and into the cave ahead of them, so that I had the cave to myself. My boat driver had given me a flashlight so that I could see inside the otherwise dark cave.
The tour group had followed me into the cave but they didn’t make it to the end to enjoy the view. It seems that the tour guides stopped them at the wall of stalagtites and turned them back to the entrance.
Beyond the wall of stalagmites, the floor is wet with a couple of inches of water. But you can skirt around the edges of the water to get to the end of the cave, where you'll be rewarded with a view of the island's lagoon.
The tour group had followed me into the cave but they didn’t make it to the end to enjoy the view. It seems that the tour guides stopped them at the wall of stalagtites and turned them back to the entrance.
Beyond the wall of stalagmites, the floor is wet with a couple of inches of water. But you can skirt around the edges of the water to get to the end of the cave, where you'll be rewarded with a view of the island's lagoon.
Written 12 December 2016
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Jozef S
Bratislava, Slovakia685 contributions
Feb 2015 • Friends
We stopped here going back from James Bond Island. Entrance to this relatively spacious cave is located in a small bay at the very north of Koh Panak island (GPS 8°12'03.0"N 98°29'28.0"E). Bay is accessible to long tail boats only (too shallow for the speed-boats).
Climbing 5ft ladder gets you inside. Cave was dry - as it was outside the monsoon season, but it had all features you would expect a cave to have plus one extra - the other end of the cave opened to a lagoon accessible through this only (like a real pirate cave :-)
Climbing 5ft ladder gets you inside. Cave was dry - as it was outside the monsoon season, but it had all features you would expect a cave to have plus one extra - the other end of the cave opened to a lagoon accessible through this only (like a real pirate cave :-)
Written 12 February 2015
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Hola Sandra,
queria consultarte si ademas de las cuevas, visitaron la isla de James Bond y la del pueblo musulman. En caso afirmativo, te pediria me pasaras (si es que lo tenes) el nombre de la agencia con quien hiciste el tour
Desde ya muchas gracias
Written 12 July 2017
con quien hicistes la excursion?
Written 14 March 2017
Hola!. No hablo espanol myu bien. Can we speak english, please? We make the Tour with an man from island. He has a shop with boat trips and scooter next the hotel we stay.Glow elixier.There is a restaurant and his wife cook there. Ask and you get a fair price for trip. We payed for the boat . It doesn´t matter how many People we were. He is very nice. Name of the restaurant: Sareefah Seafood.
Written 16 March 2017
Hola! Me gustaría saber con qué empresa contratar la excursión?
Gracias!
Written 5 August 2016
Which is the best tour company to use to visit this island
Written 11 March 2016
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