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• A great time!

  Harrison H,,Feb 20, 2026

  - Review from Viator

  5.00

  My wife and I really enjoyed this kayak tour! We were staying on Railay Beach and took a longtail boat to meet our guide at Ao Nam Mao pier. Our guide was on time and easy to find. The drive to the kayak point (including picking up other guests) was a bit long, but I found it to be a nice scenic drive. The kayak location is absolutely beautiful and we were lucky to be there at high tide so we could explore more of the area. Our guide, Lek, was friendly and helpful and made sure everyone was having a good time no matter their kayak level. He also took some great photos of us and the other people in our group and pointed out things of interest as we paddled. As a beginner who has only kayaked a few times, I didn't find the kayaking too difficult, though you will have to paddle around some vines, rocks, and other obstacles. We were given life jackets and felt very safe the whole time. The 2 hours of kayaking was a perfect amount. This tour company is extremely professional and well run and I was impressed with how fast they would answer questions on WhatsApp. I requested some photos from the day and they were able to get them from my guide. I would highly recommend this tour to anyone interested in a scenic kayak experience!

• Great experience kayaking with Lek

  conniemm,,Feb 19, 2026

  - Review from Viator

  5.00

  We had a great kayak experience with this kayak outfit, especially with Lek. There were some things I didn't understand so hopefully this will help other tourists. We were staying at the J Holiday Inn in Krabi town. We were picked up around 8:00 am. I mistakenly thought the kayak tour began at 8:30 but there was a fairly long drive to get to the mangroves. I had also mistakenly thought that the person picking us up was just the taxi driver but it turned out it was Lek who was also the person who took us out on the kayak. When we arrived at the water we had coffee/tea and waited a while for the tides to increase (I think that is what was happening). After a while we got into the water and then did a beautiful kayak through the mangroves. The scenery was stunning and we even saw a few monkeys in the nearby mangroves. Lek was fantastic - friendly, informative, he offered to take photos of us. I think our kayak tour was around two hours. When we returned to shore we were given watermelon and hung out around before getting back into taxis for our return trip. We paid an extra 100 Thai baht for the transport which included round-trip transport. I was glad I chose this kayak trip because we only had a total of 10 people in our group vs what seemed like very large groups on other tours. Lek was great.

• Overpriced and sexist guide

  125margief,,Feb 14, 2026

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  3.00

  The actual kayaking for 2 hrs was nice but this tour seemed disorganized and the guide made a sexist remark at the beginning about how strong men need to sit in the back of the kayak so the ladies can just sit and take photos. I am a solo female traveler. The guide wouldn't let me kayak alone and tried to charge me an extra 300 baht for a "helper," which is not listed in the tour description. He also barely said anything interesting about the sights from the water. I would skip this one. Seems overpriced.

• Probably equally good experience to book cheaper elsewhere

  Tempo S,,Feb 4, 2026

  - Review from Viator

  4.00

  We booked the 8:30am half day tour and chose to drive to the meetup location ourselves. The tour operator told us to meet there at 9:30am. We checked in with our guide at 9:28am, who said we’d start in 15-20 minutes. But he just disappeared until 10:20am. There were lots of other tour groups, all with the same company “For Friends Kayak.” It seemed like they were trying to stagger the start times of all the different groups to avoid crowding on the route, but we wished there’d been more communication about this. The names I saw in the previous reviews were other guides working at the same pier, so it’s all the same. Once in the mangroves, there’s a fair bit of intermixing of participants between groups (+and independent kayakers). We were on the water for a total of 2 hours, then had some watermelon at the pier afterward. Our guide was friendly and did a good job of taking us slightly different routes than the bigger clusters of other kayakers!

• A breath of fresh air...

  Sadie G,,Jan 23, 2026

  - Review from Viator

  5.00

  A breath of fresh air away from manic Krabi. Picked up on time from Ao Nang, a total of 7 of us for this 2 hour kayak trip. It was great having a small group. The scenery is awesome, it was a really relaxing paddle through the national park. The facilities at the pier are basic, but water & fruit were provided. I would have hated to have missed this trip.

• A perfect way to start the day.

  Maureen R,,Jan 23, 2026

  - Review from Viator

  5.00

  Take the early bird option to beat the crowds. We departed at 8:30 am, had the water and waterway to ourselves. Our guide, Chin, was pleasant. Saw families of monkeys, monitors and sea life. Five stars for sure.

• The sunset view was amazing

  Pia A,,Jan 12, 2026

  - Review from Viator

  4.00

  The kayaking experience was amazing. The only down side was the long drive to location (via pickup of other guests). A little unorganised to get started (one guide did it all for a group of 8), but once we got started, it was wonderful. 8km of paddling through very calm waters. Followed by a local meal.

  

  

• Lek was our tour guide...

  shawn f,,Nov 30, 2025

  - Review from Viator

  5.00

  Lek was our tour guide and was amazing! Took lots of great pics and gave us lots of information. One person was alone on there kayak and was no longer able to paddle, Lek joined him to help him ashore. Obviously the mangroves were amazing as well!

• Absolutely gorgeous, peaceful, underrated experience

  Krithika V,,Oct 14, 2025

  - Review from Viator

  5.00

  Cannot recommend this enough. The company let me know my original morning booking was during low tide and offered to switch me to a sunset booking during high tide. The guide was great - kind and helpful. Absolutely gorgeous and peaceful like little else inside the mangroves and canyons. Only three of us on the tour and I was a solo traveller - worked out very well.

• Experience in forest of mangroves

  QValdis,,Oct 14, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Very nice experience kayaking with friendly and caring guide - Din. During the road we also made new friends from USA, Australia and France. It was an early morning activity although the tide was low we still had nice 2 h experience and paddled ~6 km in total. We suggest this activity for couples, group of friends or even for solo travellers to make new friends.

  
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