Maithon Island (Honeymoon Island)
Maithon Island (Honeymoon Island)
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madre&padre
Montenegro2,814 contributions
Jan 2020 • Couples
Cristal clear tirquose water with long white sandy beach! You can hire complet two sunbeds and umbrella for 300 baht (+2 bottle water). Around is pool and whos like, can swim in pool. Restaurant and beach bar is also on the beach.
Written January 14, 2020
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pattjx2222
Bangkok, Thailand49 contributions
Mar 2020 • Friends
We went as a group of friends (4 ppl) for a one day trip by sailing catamaran. The whole trip was worth the money. Although not much activity to do on the island, but if you like a very private beach with nice blue sea and white sand. You'd love this island as much as we do!
Written March 16, 2020
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RM303
Hong Kong, China744 contributions
Oct 2019 • Couples
If you are after pristine beaches away from the crowds, then this is the place to be. We should have done more planning before the trip but turned out to be very fortunate with the hotel concierge’s recommendation about the tour company and the destination. There’s so much choice in Phuket about island hopping that you have to be very clear about what you want to see and what you don’t want to see. (The more famous sites are, I gather, victims of their own success and you are jammed together with hundreds of other tourists). For me I wanted a bit of snorkelling (not scuba) and somewhere reasonably close to the hotel. Some of the Phuket based tours start at 6 am which was not for us :-)
The full day package we chose began with an 8 am collection from the hotel, picking up other tourists on the way before meeting at the pier in Phuket Town. You can grab a complimentary light breakfast, buy some beachwear and then the island is a 15 minute fast boat ride together with about 25 other tourists (locals and international). The tour group has exclusive rights with I think only one other company and so you pretty much have the whole island (or the northern part at least) to yourself. If you want exclusivity and picture perfect views, you can’t ask for more.
I’m a beginner snorkeler and short sighted so can’t comment on what the reefs were like but even I could squint and see fish swimming around me. As for the sand on the beach, it was powdery white :-)
As other reviewers have mentioned, the hotel on the island is pretty tired looking. It has seen far better days. But there’s more enough to do on the island - wander on the beach, go to the viewpoint, have lunch (fried chicken, noodles, seafood etc) - such that you can enjoy the island in all its natural beauty.
Lastly, would recommend Love Andaman as a tour group. The minibus and boats were in good condition, tour guide and crew most helpful and friendly, food decent and prices reasonable for what’s a really good day out.
The full day package we chose began with an 8 am collection from the hotel, picking up other tourists on the way before meeting at the pier in Phuket Town. You can grab a complimentary light breakfast, buy some beachwear and then the island is a 15 minute fast boat ride together with about 25 other tourists (locals and international). The tour group has exclusive rights with I think only one other company and so you pretty much have the whole island (or the northern part at least) to yourself. If you want exclusivity and picture perfect views, you can’t ask for more.
I’m a beginner snorkeler and short sighted so can’t comment on what the reefs were like but even I could squint and see fish swimming around me. As for the sand on the beach, it was powdery white :-)
As other reviewers have mentioned, the hotel on the island is pretty tired looking. It has seen far better days. But there’s more enough to do on the island - wander on the beach, go to the viewpoint, have lunch (fried chicken, noodles, seafood etc) - such that you can enjoy the island in all its natural beauty.
Lastly, would recommend Love Andaman as a tour group. The minibus and boats were in good condition, tour guide and crew most helpful and friendly, food decent and prices reasonable for what’s a really good day out.
Written October 27, 2019
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MauritianChick22
Perth WA25 contributions
Dec 2015 • Couples
We took a catamaran with a group of Chinese tourists on a rough trip across the Andaman. We stopped for snorkelling though didn't see much, then stopped for some fishing. Meanwhile people were getting seasick because of the rough waters. Finally we arrived a Maithon Island around and were sent to get our included lunch. The island was full of Chinese tourists, and the lunch was Chinese food, rice, noodles and steamed vegetables.
The beach itself was terrible, covered with rubbish and broken coral and even glass. It was windy and the water wasn't very inviting.
It was a complete wasted day of our holiday, not relaxing at all.
The beach itself was terrible, covered with rubbish and broken coral and even glass. It was windy and the water wasn't very inviting.
It was a complete wasted day of our holiday, not relaxing at all.
Written February 17, 2016
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Stefania D
Milan, Italy114 contributions
Mar 2018 • Business
Maithon is a nice small island that can be reached in 45 minutes by catamaran. It could be a nice option to enjoy a day trip while in Phuket. Beaches are nice (but also in Phuket you can find places that are not so overcrowded) and also the sailing trip is very pleasant.
Written March 11, 2018
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drewmangels
Melbourne, Australia29 contributions
Jul 2017 • Couples
Booked speed boat day trip thru agent across the road from BeyondKaron resort. As it was low season, received a great discount.
Bus picked us up at 7:45am.
When we arrived at Pier, we waited an hour before boarding our boat, which gave us time to chat to others going on our trip.
The weather was perfect and our multilingual guide on boat was friendly and fun, offering suggestions for photos and assisting.
We were actually upgraded to catamaran, so the day was slightly different to what we expected, but absolutely no complaints.
Approx 1 hour leisurely cruise, which ended with snorkelling from the boat, some dolphin watching and fishing.
We then arrived on the island in time for buffet lunch which was better than average.
We had about 3 hours to do whatever we wanted on the beautiful island.
We decided on this tour as it meant we could relax, rather than rushing from one island to another.
The rain arrived just as we were boarding for return trip, but the crew did their best to ensure everyone was safely on board and comfortable.
Excellent stalk on board and would highly recommend paying the extra for more exclusive trip.
Bus picked us up at 7:45am.
When we arrived at Pier, we waited an hour before boarding our boat, which gave us time to chat to others going on our trip.
The weather was perfect and our multilingual guide on boat was friendly and fun, offering suggestions for photos and assisting.
We were actually upgraded to catamaran, so the day was slightly different to what we expected, but absolutely no complaints.
Approx 1 hour leisurely cruise, which ended with snorkelling from the boat, some dolphin watching and fishing.
We then arrived on the island in time for buffet lunch which was better than average.
We had about 3 hours to do whatever we wanted on the beautiful island.
We decided on this tour as it meant we could relax, rather than rushing from one island to another.
The rain arrived just as we were boarding for return trip, but the crew did their best to ensure everyone was safely on board and comfortable.
Excellent stalk on board and would highly recommend paying the extra for more exclusive trip.
Written July 2, 2017
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wellred99
552 contributions
Jan 2017 • Solo
Unfortunately I got caught in unseasonal downpours in January, but on one of the few sunny rainless days we had I decided to take a trip out to Maiton Island. There are only a handful of tour companies that go here. I went with Love Andaman and would recommend them.
The island itself is only 15-20 mins away from Phuket by speedboat. As soon as you get close to the pier the water becomes clear - like a bottle. There are 2 beaches, a smaller one to the left of the pier and a longer one to the right. Both are but the one on the left can be rocky in places.
There is a trail up to the viewpoint, but tbh it's not all that so if you don't go you're not missing out on much.
Highly recommend Koh Maiton.
The island itself is only 15-20 mins away from Phuket by speedboat. As soon as you get close to the pier the water becomes clear - like a bottle. There are 2 beaches, a smaller one to the left of the pier and a longer one to the right. Both are but the one on the left can be rocky in places.
There is a trail up to the viewpoint, but tbh it's not all that so if you don't go you're not missing out on much.
Highly recommend Koh Maiton.
Written May 1, 2017
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ROBERT
15 contributions
Aug 2019
Mai Thon Island, also known as Honeymoon Island, is a private island. After it became a tourist attraction, the Thai government gave it the beautiful name, “Honeymoon Island”. This aptly named romantic island has azure blue water and white sandy beaches. Apart from large coconut groves, the island also has dense virgin forests. An even more important thing is that there are very few tourists on the island, so the environment is very quiet and peaceful.
Written September 8, 2019
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carsonsky
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia3 contributions
Nov 2018 • Couples
We wanted a relaxing and more private island experience so we went there with on a sunset tour 30-35 person yacht under Blue Phoenix Travels, for the package price we paid I think it’s a little overpriced. If I recall correctly we paid around 3200-3300THB per person.
The island facilities are pretty much ‘aging’. It doesn’t feel like an exciting resort but rather a rundown resort if it makes any sense.
There are two choices of beach chairs and umbrellas for rent, 300THB and 700THB. The 300THB will get you a pair of chairs with 2 bottles of water while the 700THB will get you a further 2 extra cans of coke and a pair of beach towels. We got the snorkeling gears and vests for free as part of the yacht package.
The beach itself is spread with broken corals here and there making it hard to just sit and enjoy the wavy waters. The snorkeling was quite disheartening as the corals were mostly dying or dull. Sea cucumbers are in abundance, with the usual sea urchins poking about here and there. You will find the usual sea fishes swimming about but nothing too spectacular that we’d want to revisit this private island.
We don’t dive so perhaps this island is better explored through diving?
All in all for what we did, it’s an overrated island from our experience. We definitely won’t be heading back there.
We had more fun at Karon beach relaxing in the wavy waters while watching the sun set, despite the crowd. That beach is free of broken coral pieces so we could just sit and run against the waves without worries.
I think the ‘private island’ label for Maiton can be a dual edge sword, on one hand it’s truly quiet, but that also means it’s a lot less lively and you’d run out of things to do quickly. their paragliding was 1500THB! Given the low number of visiting tourists, the resort is run rather sparsely, resulting in a rather rundown experience.
Most of the people that went with us ended up running out of things to do early and waiting to board the yacht back.
Alas, please go there on normal speedboats which costs less or spend your time and money on other islands!
The island facilities are pretty much ‘aging’. It doesn’t feel like an exciting resort but rather a rundown resort if it makes any sense.
There are two choices of beach chairs and umbrellas for rent, 300THB and 700THB. The 300THB will get you a pair of chairs with 2 bottles of water while the 700THB will get you a further 2 extra cans of coke and a pair of beach towels. We got the snorkeling gears and vests for free as part of the yacht package.
The beach itself is spread with broken corals here and there making it hard to just sit and enjoy the wavy waters. The snorkeling was quite disheartening as the corals were mostly dying or dull. Sea cucumbers are in abundance, with the usual sea urchins poking about here and there. You will find the usual sea fishes swimming about but nothing too spectacular that we’d want to revisit this private island.
We don’t dive so perhaps this island is better explored through diving?
All in all for what we did, it’s an overrated island from our experience. We definitely won’t be heading back there.
We had more fun at Karon beach relaxing in the wavy waters while watching the sun set, despite the crowd. That beach is free of broken coral pieces so we could just sit and run against the waves without worries.
I think the ‘private island’ label for Maiton can be a dual edge sword, on one hand it’s truly quiet, but that also means it’s a lot less lively and you’d run out of things to do quickly. their paragliding was 1500THB! Given the low number of visiting tourists, the resort is run rather sparsely, resulting in a rather rundown experience.
Most of the people that went with us ended up running out of things to do early and waiting to board the yacht back.
Alas, please go there on normal speedboats which costs less or spend your time and money on other islands!
Written November 8, 2018
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TheNayzer
Phuket, Thailand1,169 contributions
Nov 2017 • Friends
I have been to many islands day trip from Phuket. I have to say that Maithon Island is the best one. The island is privately own so there was a swimming pool and Nice lunch with seafood. The water is crystal clear and corals are pretty good compare to other island around Phuket area. Great place to relax!!
Written November 30, 2017
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Bonjour, je voulais savoir, je vois que sur la page tripadvisor il y a un prix consernant cette ile entre 190 euro et 500euro, je voulais savoir si cela est bien les prix ou il y a la possibilité de payer seulement le bateau pour y aller ? peut on rester plusieur jour sur l'ile ? y a t'il des hotels sur l'ile ? avez vous eu la chance de voir des mammifere marin ? merci bonne continuation.
Written March 12, 2018
Скажите пожалуйств, кто знает как добраться от Раваи, где купить тур туда???!
Written September 10, 2017
Возьмите частную лодку, чтобы пойти maithon., Или свяжитесь с агентом тура, чтобы пойти.
Written October 25, 2017
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