The Four Islands Tour

This morning at 8am I was picked up at my hostel for the snorkeling tour I had booked. We drove to a beach, where a speed-boat was picking us up.

The first stop was an island, that was basically a big rock in the ocean, so you couldn’t go onto the island. Snorkeling around it on the other hand was possible and enjoyable, since the island was surrounded by a reef inhibited by all kinds of fish.

The second stop was actually not about snorkeling. It was an island, where we swam through a dark cave, I’d guess about 100m. It’s called the emerald cave. When you leave the cave on the other side, you find yourself inside a deep canyon inside of the island.

It is said that pirated used this place to hide their stuff. I think you can only do this during low tide, otherwise the cave is probably flooded, not sure though.

Credit: amazinglanta.com

After leaving the cave, we drove to our third destination. On this island we went on land and there was a little buffet with rice, three different kind of Thai dishes and fruit.

We stay on this island for two hours. First I snorkeled at the reef close to the beach and then I took a nap on the beach (in the shadow, of course).

The last island we visited was like the first one. Apparently some people saw a pretty big baloonfish, sadly I missed it though.

Never the less I saw some beautiful fishes and oceanic flora. Some were so colorful you almost thought they were fluorescent.

I don’t really know what I’ll do with my remaining time on Koh Lanta (two nights). I think I will visit the animal shelter tomorrow, which is actually rated the top sight on tripadvisor.

Tonight I will just see what the other people from my dorm room are doing. I’m living in a 12 bed room by the way.

Wow, seems like we got lucky, it just started raining HEAVILY.