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    Welcome to BackpackersThailand.com

    Haad Rin Beach - Koh Phangan - The travel website that's 'not just for backpackers'!

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


    Backpackers Thailand provides all pricing at the same price (& often discounted) as our partners that we promote - we do NOT add on any commissions onto their prices, so don't waste time web-searching when you can book at the same rates and often better here at backpackersthailand.com as we have some special deals set up with our suppliers! We truelly provide a service for backpackers by backpackers! Do not be afraid to book online - we have a Secure Paypal Credit Card payment facility and in most cases you only have to pay a deposit to secure the booking not payment in full!


    insert here Welcome to BackpackersThailand.com the leading travel, tour, activities, watersports, diving & liveaboard online booking website in the Gulf of Thailand.

    Brandon Presser, Author of Lonely Planet Thailand 2009 recommends this website and has listed it as an 'Internet Source.' He states "Backpackers Thailand (www.backpackersthailand.com) is a handy site managed by Backpackers Information Centre Koh Phangan. It offers information on local news, transport and Full Moon Fun" and goes on to say " A must for travellers looking to book high quality tours, diving, liveaboards & jungle safaris."

    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 about travelling Thailand & Asia, plus some Full Moon Party advice and a link to the best weather site in Thailand.

    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 (worldwide multi-language editions)
    • Lonely Planet Islands & Beaches Guidebook (worldwide multi-language editions)
    • Lonely Planet South East Asia on a shoestring Guidebook (worldwide multi-language editions)
    • Rough Guide to Thailand Guidebook (worldwide multi-language editions)
    • Rough Guide to Thailand's Beaches & Islands (worldwide multi-language editions)
    • Rough Guide to South East Asia Guidebook (worldwide multi-language editions)
    • Footprint Thailand Guidebook (worldwide multi-language editions)
    • Let's Go Thailand Guidebook (USA)
    • WillmaGuide Thailand Guidebook (Sweden)
    • Petit Fute Thailand Guidebook (France)
    • JYSK Travel (Denmark)
    • Joker Group Tours Operator (Netherlands & Belgium)
    • 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 join our Facebook Group Backpackers Information Centre Koh Phangan Thailand and check out our myspace site and become a friend of Backpackers by clicking here www.myspace.com/backpackersthailand.  

    For the most up to date Travel Advice across Thailand or if you experience any problems in Thailand then go direct to the British Embassy website and download the Support for British Nationals leaflet or follow this link for the Help4brits website.

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

    www.backpackersthailand.com supports and respects His Majesty King Bhumibol Rama IX of Thailand and the Royal Family of Thailand.

    About us:

    BackpackersThailand.com is designed 'not just for Backpackers' as we provide travel, tours and diving services for every level of traveller!

    The concept was started by Bambi, a guy originally from the UK, who has extensive travel 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 traveller. 

    Bambi has a degree in Engineering and spent 20 years working in the Telecommunications & IT Industry, where prior to starting 'Backpackers' he was employed as a Management & Technical Consultant designing, budgeting and project managing major multi-million pound projects for blue chip companies and governments worldwide. In between projects he backpacked across many continents and rode his beloved Harley Davidson across Europe where he spent many evenings 'under canvas' camping by a wood fire.   He has had a very colourful life with some amazing stories to tell having been in the Gujurat Indian earthquake in January 2001 which killed 20,000 people when he was working in Ahmedabad and he just missed the first Bali bombing a year later when he was backpacking and socialising each night in the Sari Club but luckily changed his flight ticket!  He was also working in Tehran in Iran when militants were shooting at the British Embassy and he organised an emergency standby flight out of Lagos in Nigeria when one of his team was involved in a carjacking at gunpoint and his sister kidnapped! Finally, when he worked in Islamabad in Pakistan in 2003 he stayed at the Marriott and just after he left there was an attempted terrorist attack, which finally came to pass September 2008 where a car bomb destroyed the Marriott hotel.  Like a cat with nine lives, he realised the numbers were against him, so, when in 2004, he was lucky enough to meet Rashi he decided to use his business and travel experience to set up  www.backpackersthailand.com and Backpackers Information Centre in Thailand and live on a Paradise island where hopefully he could hold onto the last few of those nine lives and pass on all of his backpacking experience to help travellers across Asia.

    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, 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!


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    BackpackersThailand.com is here to pass on valuable travel information and to help you pre-book PADI scuba diving and 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


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    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:

    *Please note, at this time, we do not deal with accommodations or rooms, so please do not email us requesting information regarding this.
     
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    Koh Phangan Weather

    PADI Scuba Diving

    BACKPACKING KHO PAN-GAN
 GUIDE : SIMILAN ISLAND DIVE ASIA FIVE STAR
    INFO TOURIST
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    INFO THAILAND BACKPACKERS : KHAO LAK ASIA SCUBA DIVING WRECK DIVING
    CENTRE KOH PHA-NGAN TRAVELLER : LIVE-A-BOARDS CORALS DIVE TOURS

    Live-a-boards Thailand

    MV Amapon Live-A-Board

    3 Day and 5 Day Trips to Similan and Surin Islands

    BACKPACKING KO PANGAN CENTRE : MV AMAPON LIVE-A-BOARD : ASIA SCUBA DIVING DIVE TRAVEL UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY M/V Amapon will bring you to one of the best dive sites in the World, the breathtaking underwater world of Similan Islands and Richelieu Rock. We offer 3 & 5 day trips for a reasonable price! [More Liveaboards]

    MV Mariner 1 Live-A-Board

    Similan Islands & Koh Bon 3 days/3 nights 9 dives

    BACKPACKING KOHPHANGAN INFO : MV MARINER 1 LIVE-A-BOARD : LIVEABOARDS GREY NURSE SHARK WRECK DIVING If you would like to spend the majority of your time diving the Similan Islands, then we invite you onboard the MV Mariner. Recently renovated, the MV Mariner specialises in comfort and personalised service, featuring air-conditioned twin cabins, an air-conditioned salon, hot water showers, an outside covered dining area. [More Liveaboards]

    Dive Safaris Thailand

    Aphrodite Dive Safari

    CENTRE TOURIST
 KOH PHA-NGAN : UNDERWATER ANDAMAN SEA DIVE CENTERS The ultimate week long dive adventure with 7 days/15 dives at the best dives sites we have to offer in the Gulf and the Andaman Oceans. Dive the Gulf at Koh Phangan (4 dives), Koh Tao (4 dives), plus an extra 2 days/1 night at the Similan Islands (Andaman) on a Live-a-board! (7 dives). more details

    Poseidon Dive Safari

    TOURIST
 CENTRE KHO PAN-GAN
 : DIVE SAFARIS DAN KHAO LAK The Poseidon Dive safari is the premier dive experience – a full-on four destination, 11 day, 23 dive safari for those thrill seekers. You will dive both the Gulf and the Andaman Ocean’s with virtually the equivalent number of dives touring for three days through the Similan islands! Diving Koh Phangan (4 dives), Koh Tao(4 dives), Koh Lanta(4 dives) plus 3 days/2 nights Similan Islands Live-a-board (11 dives). more details