Welcome to BackpackersThailand.com

Haad Rin Beach - Koh Phangan - The one stop shop for backpackers by backpackers!

Thailand & Asia's premier specialist Travel, Tour and Dive operator!

Welcome to BackpackersThailand.com the leading backpacker information & online booking website in the Gulf of Thailand.

Our main office is located on the paradise island of Koh Phangan, but our website is constantly expanding to offer services for other regions of Thailand so keep an eye on our website for regular updates as we expand our business and partnerships throughout Asia!

We provide travel, activities, tours and scuba diving in Southern Thailand plus trekking, mountain biking, organised tours & trips around Bangkok, Central Thailand and Northern Thailand taking in Chiang Mai, Golden Triangle, Umpang, Ayutthaya, Kanchanaburi and Thailand's National Parks! These can all be booked online at the Activities section or contact us for details.

If you are touring around Thailand & Asia then click here to access our vast array of photos of places across Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia and Singapore or visit our links section for valuable recommendations and advice across the whole of Asia.

Also don't forget to browse the pages of our website, as we have included some valuable travel information and warnings about travelling Thailand and Asia so click the Backpackers Web Board to gain important information when you travel! 

BackpackersThailand.com has been established for many years and this website and its associated travel buisness Backpackers Information Centre located on Koh Phangan is the only travel company recommended on our Island by the following companies and latest edition publications:  

• Lonely Planet Thailand Guidebook
• Lonely Planet Islands & Beaches Guidebook
• The Rough Guide to Thailand Guidebook
• The Rough Guide to Thailand's Beaches & Islands Guidebook
• The Rough Guide to South East Asia Guidebook
• Footprint Thailand Guidebook
• Let's Go Thailand Guidebook (USA)
• WillmaGuide Thailand Guidebook (Sweden)
• Petit Fute Thailand Guidebook (France)
• JYSK Travel (Denmark)
• Peterpan Travel (Australia)
• Fisher's Travel SOS Guidebook

Simply click on the 'Recommended by' banner on our website to get links to any of the companies listed above and to see what they have said about us in their guidebooks!

You can also check out our myspace site and become a friend of Backpackers by clicking here www.myspace.com/backpackersthailand or at www.facebook.com SEARCH Backpackers Information Centre and don't forget to join our Facebook Group Backpackers Thailand.

Scandanavian visitors to our website, please note that we work with the largest Scandinavian (Danish) travel company jysk-rejsebureau to whom we provide diving in the Gulf of Thailand and travel and tours for their customers across Southern Thailand.

BackpackersThailand.com is designed 'By Backpackers For Backpackers'! The concept was started by Bambi, a guy originally from the UK, who has extensive backpacking knowledge of Asia and in particular Thailand (where he now resides). Having travelled extensively through Asia, Scandanavia, Europe, Africa, Middle East, South America, Australasia, North America & Canada he is a very experienced backpacker. 

Local knowledge of Thailand is provided by Bambi's wife Rashi, who has an honours degree majored in Tourism and was previously co-owner a succesful travel business on the neighbouring island of Koh Samui for a number of years!  Rashi has a vast knowledge of Thailand having travelled substantially throughout Thailand and Asia, along with a number trips to Europe. Rashi speaks fluent English and can converse in Japanese and is co-owner of Backpackers Information Centre, Haadrin.

To complete the business is a team of young, enthusiastic and experienced personnel both western and Thai who have a vast amount of experience in both the travel and dive industries. The team speak a number of languages  including English, Swedish, Norweigan, Danish, French, Japanese & Thai! 

Since we own our own PADI dive centre and being a certified PADI Divemaster Bambi has gained a lot of experience diving in Thailand (Koh Tao, Koh Phangan & Andamen Sea) as well as Malaysia (Perithian & Tioman islands), Indonesia (Bali), Australia (Barrier Reef)and South Africa (Sodwana Bay), With a vast knowledge of diving in the Gulf of Thailand, choosing the right dive shop has been made easy as bookings for some of the most professional PADI dive centres in Southern Thailand can be made here at BackpackersThailand.com.

You can book online here for scuba diving in Southern Thailand for diving at Koh Phangan Koh Tao, Koh Lanta, Koh Phi Phi and we provide specialst liveaboards to the Similan & Surin Islands.

BackpackersThailand.com is also pleased to announce it’s partnership with two leading professional western tour companies and we have now expanded our services to include trekking, tours and trips through Central and Northern Thailand which can be booked online here.  

With a great team of people from our partner business Backpackers Information Centre and our PADI Dive Centre in Haad-Rin, on Koh Phangan supporting the website we can assure you the best in customer service in backpacking and diving knowledge!

BackpackersThailand.com is here to pass on valuable travel information and to help you pre-book accommodations, PADI scuba diving, tours. We hope our website is of benefit to you and that our information about traveling Thailand & Asia helps you have a safe, fun and enjoyable time!

Please feel free to email us at info AT backpackersthailand DOT com

Backpackers Information Centre, one of the only TAT registered travel agents on Koh Phangan, provide a backpacker information and booking service for Koh Phangan & many other parts of Thailand, including:

• Accommodation advice
• Boat
• Airlines - international & domestic
• PADI Scuba Diving
• Island Tours - island tours, snorkeling trips, fishing trips, sightseeing trips
• Adventure sports wakeboarding, windsurfing, yachting, kayaking
• Yoga, meditation & wellness courses
• Thai, oil, foot & Swedish Massage Courses