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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!


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 and tour 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 about travelling Thailand & Asia, plus some Full Moon Party advice.

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)
  • 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!

If you are British and experience any problems in Thailand then go direct to the British Embassy website to download the Support for British Nationals leaflet or follow this link for the Help4brits website.

 www.backpackersthailand.com supports and respects His Majesty King Bhumibol Rama IX of Thailand and the Royal Family of Thailand. Thai visitors to our website can add their support to His Majesty the King here at the Protect The King website.  

You can also check out our myspace site and become a friend of Backpackers by clicking here www.myspace.com/backpackersthailand 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.

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, 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!


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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:


 
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PADI Scuba Diving

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Live-a-boards Thailand

MV Andamen Live-A-Board

Similan Islands & Koh Bon 4 days/4 nights: 13 dives

TRAVELLER THAILAND CENTRE : MV ANDAMEN LIVE-A-BOARD : DIVE TRIPS WRECK PADI TRAVEL NETWORK There is a wide variety of dive sites on this trip, from the beautiful reefs of the Surin Islands to the impressive rock formations of the Similan Islands. You will also dive Koh Bon and Koh Tachai, with their submerged plateaux and ridges, and visit the world famous Richelieu Rock, the isolated pinnacle that attracts large schools of fish and pelagics, plus the occasional whale shark. [More Liveaboards]

MVD Queen Live-A-Board

Similan & Surin islands 4 days/4 nights: 14 dives

KOH PHANGAN INFO BACKPACKING : MVD QUEEN LIVE-A-BOARD : PADI COURSE KOH TAO LIVE-A-BOARDS We welcome you aboard, M/V D. Queen. We do a 4 days & 4 nights Dive Safari (11 day dives, 3 night dives, each group 4 divers to 1 dive guide), this means a nice relaxed dive in a small group and you will do all the major dive sites the Similan & Surin Marine National Park Islands have to offer and more. [More Liveaboards]

Dive Safaris Thailand

Trident Dive Safari

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 KO PANGAN : DIVE RESORTS DIVE TRIPS NITROX A week long dive expedition consisting 7 days / 12 dives in both the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Ocean experiencing the amazing diversity in marine life at Koh Phangan, Koh Tao and Koh Lanta. more details

Andromeda Dive Safari

KOHPHANGAN CENTRE TRAVELLER : MANTA RAYS ASIA SCUBA DIVING CORALS A perfect safari for those on a two week dive vacation! This is an awesome four destination, 10 day, 19 dive safari for those who want real adventure and are looking for the best dive experience. Dive Koh Phangan (4 dives), Koh Tao (4 dives),Koh Phi Phi (4 dives) plus an extra 2 days/1 night at the Similan Islands on a Live-a-board! (7 dives). more details