11 Phuket Rafting Tours Worth Flying For

1.Elephant Care Experience with Rafting & Zipline

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 422 reviews · from $77Our pick

Travel from Phuket or Khao Lak to Phang Nga for a cruelty-free elephant-care session, 5-kilometer rafting trip, zipline, rope bridge, and Thai lunch. You prepare food, feed the elephants, and may bathe them in the river. Guides such as Eggy, Eakki, Martin, and Miki are known for adding useful local insight and good humor.

“It was a super fun day! The guides were knowledgeable and fun, lunch was fantastic, the river rapids were a blast!”

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2.White Water Rafting, Zipline, and Elephant Sanctuary

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 189 reviews · 9 hours · from $115

Spend a full day in Phang Nga with white water rafting, a 30-minute ATV ride, a short zipline and Skywalk, Thai lunch, and close elephant contact. Guides such as Martin, Iggy, and Eakki are praised for keeping the busy schedule friendly and well organized.

“Activity was great! Just remember to bring a spare change of clothes for after the water rafting”

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3.Monkey Cave, Water Rafting, Zipline with ATV Option

★★★★★★★★★★3.7 · 161 reviews · from $44

Travel from Phuket to Phang Nga for Suwan Kuha Temple’s Monkey Cave, a 5-kilometer rafting run, a short treetop zipline, lunch, and an optional 30-minute ATV ride. English-speaking guides, hotel pickup, insurance, fruit, and drinks are included. Guides may include Aldi, Zero, or Nyoman.

“We had a great day. Our driver and tour guide Aldi was great! Had great energy just an overall great experience! Thank you so much for going over and beyond for our group!!”

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4.Bamboo Rafting, Monkey Cave, and ATV Option

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 129 reviews · 9 hours · from $56

Spend a full day beyond Phuket on a small-group trip to Monkey Cave, bamboo rafting, a turtle conservation center, Thai lunch, jungle walking, and an optional 30-minute ATV ride. Expect an early start, long road transfers, wet clothes, and a mix of gentle nature stops and light adventure.

“Full day loved the rafting it was the highlight of the day make sure you stop for a swim the water is not too cold and is so clear The turtle sanctuary and tsunami memorial was good to see My daughter had never been on an atv before and loved the experience, it was a little tame for the guys and I was a little disappointed in the view I was expecting to atv through Thailand forest and it didn’t really feel that way. Lunch was very very nice Waterfall was ok only a small one, the swim was better with the rafting Monkey temple was also good to see…”

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5.Phuket Ethical Nature Adventure: Rafting, Turtles & Elephant

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 82 reviews · 8 hours · from $123

Travel from Phuket to Phang Nga and Khao Lak with a small group of up to 10. Meet rescued elephants without riding or touching, visit a sea turtle center, raft through jungle scenery, eat southern Thai food, and make a traditional Ya Dom herbal inhaler.

“Great day out, rafting and elephant visit were the standout. Our guide Meow was very good, we now know alot more about Thailand than we did before!”

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6.Bamboo Rafting and Jungle Tour From Phuket

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 47 reviews · from $52

Leave Phuket early for Phang Nga, where you’ll raft a jungle river on a traditional bamboo platform, visit a sea turtle center, eat Thai food, see Monkey Cave Temple, and walk to a waterfall. The group is capped at 10, but long drives can make this a full 12-hour day.

“I got picked up at 8am and didn't come back till 7pm and all I did was bamboo raft 100m down a river that wasn't that deep in less than 10minutes. If you have the whole day to waste in exchange for 10minutes of "fun" then go ahead and book.”

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7.Rafting 7KM & ATV visit monkey cave and waterfall with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★3.0 · 41 reviews · from $81

Spend about nine hours outside Phuket with a 7km rafting run, a 30-minute rainforest ATV ride, a short zipline, Monkey Cave, and a waterfall stop. Hotel pickup, lunch, insurance, and shared air-conditioned transport are included. Expect a busy day, long transfers, and limited time at some stops.

“Honestly had a terrible experience with this tour. The staff were extremely rude. The day got worse as it went on and we had to make the most of a bad situation, when we were picked up the driver refused to let us on and was about to leave Read more”

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8.Bamboo Rafting, ATV Riding and Jungle Tour From Phuket

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 39 reviews · from $70

Spend a full day beyond Phuket on a small-group trip to Phang Nga, combining bamboo rafting through mangroves, a 30-minute ATV ride, Monkey Cave, a sea turtle center, and Thai lunch. Hotel pickup is included from many Phuket areas, but long transfers can make this a 10-hour day.

“Poor. Unethical treatment of elephants! Driver late. Rafting-we had to stop half way down while our guide helped someone who had broken their raft twice- delayed the remainder of our ride by 1 hour. Got lunch 7 hours after initial pickRead more”

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9.White Water Rafting, ATV, and Zipline Adventure

★★★★★★★★★★3.1 · 35 reviews · 12 hours · from $43Best value

Spend 12 hours traveling from Phuket to Phang-Nga for a 5-kilometer rafting run, Suwan Khuha Temple, a 150-meter zipline, lunch, and a waterfall stop. Choose Package C for a 30-minute ATV ride, or Package E for ATV riding plus Samet Nangshe. An English-speaking guide leads the day.

“zip line was a waste of time. could have gone to a local park to do the same thing. rafting was fun. didn't see a waterfall and no monkeys ar the cave . food very basic and tasteless . don't waste your money on this trip”

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10.Phuket Adventure with White Water Rafting, Monkey cave and Zip Line+Optional ATV

★★★★★★★★★★3.0 · 20 reviews · from $48

Leave Phuket for a full-day inland adventure with a 5-kilometer rafting run, a 150-meter zipline, Monkey Cave at Suwan Kuha Temple, lunch, and a waterfall trek. Hotel pickup is included from many Phuket areas. An optional ATV upgrade adds motorized riding, but the rafting and zipline are the main draws.

“The description is quite misleading. Firstly, it is not a 2 hour trip from Patong, it is 3 hours. We were picked up from Phuket Town, so it over 4 hours total on the bus each way. Second, the atv tour is more like 10-15 minutes, not 30 minutes. The staff don't tell you how to opRead more”

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11.Phuket White Water Rafting 5 km, Flying Fox, and ATV

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 10 reviews · from $69Top rated

Spend a full day in Phang Nga Province with a 5 km river rafting run, a 30-minute jungle ATV ride, a 150-meter flying fox, and a waterfall walk. Guides provide rafting training and safety gear. Lunch, snacks, insurance, lockers, and hotel transfers are included.

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