Travel by luxury air-conditioned minivan with a good appetite as you will be served a nutritious meal later on board a modern twin-engine escort boat. Depart from Ao Po Pier and watch a raptor show on board the boat. Get a detailed briefing about the nature and geological site of Phang Nga Bay, and learn the basics of how to safely enter the caves. Upon arrival, gear up and start your first kayak session. Follow an experienced guide through the limestone caves and lagoons of the dramatic setting of Panak Island. The handmade kayaks are specially designed for the trip and have never capsized, got a puncture or been involved in an accident. Your guide will paddle you and a partner through the karst islands into the hongs (literally, Thai for “room”). Look out for the resident macaques, water monitors, kingfishers, mud-skippers, egrets, sea eagles and brahminy kites along the way. Then, return to the escort boat and journey to the second island to explore 2 more caves and their magnificent hongs. Finish after dark and float your own self-made flower krathong, a stunning light display best-known for the annual full moon festival of Loi Krathong. Feast from a delicious seafood-vegan buffet meal on the return trip back. Arrive at the pier 2 hours after sunset and journey back to your hotel. 10:30-12:00 Hotel pick-up in Phuket 12:00-13:00 Meet the crew at Ao Po Pier and get instructions 13:00-13:10 Departure by escort boat to Phang Nga Bay 13:10-14:10 Enjoy lunch on board the tour boat 14:15-16:15 Kayak into the cave at Koh Phanak 16:15-16:30 Continue to Hong Island 16:30-17:30 Sightseeing and kayaking at Koh Hong 17:30-18:15 Free time for relaxing at the beach or kayaking 18:15-18:45 Make your own Krathong and have dinner on the boat 18:45-19:15 Float the self-made Krathong in the cave of Koh Phanak 19:15-19:30 See phosphorescent plankton 19:30-20:30 Head back to Phuket 20:30-21:00 Transfer to your hotel