Koh Samui Custom Sightseeing Tour: Explore Top Sights with a Private, Licensed Guide

Embark on a personalized sightseeing tour of Koh Samui with a private, licensed guide. Explore top sights, learn about Thai culture, and enjoy the island’s beautiful scenery and beaches.

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Big Buddha Temple (Wat Phra Yai) - One of Samui highlights the famous Big Buddha is not to be missed on your itinerary (We only take you where you want to visit, it is your holidays and you are in control. Want to stop here, no problems, just let us know.)
What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • On-board WiFi
  • Bottled water
  • Professional licensed English speaking tour guide
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Starting from your hotel and return (if desired)
What's Not Included
  • Entrance fees to attractions
  • Lunch
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Our friendly & licensed guide will pick you up from your hotel or villa in an Air-Conditioned minivan (or other vehicles SUV on request or 4x4 truck Select 4x4.) When you step into the vehicle you can share your ideas and interests so we customize the plan for the day.
Gain local insight into Thai culture as you visit the island’s top sights like the Big Buddha, Wat Plai Laem, Hin Tai & Hin Yai, see amazing scenery and more & beaches. Get recommendations on the best spots to eat for local cuisine or street food, learn about the island’s history, and swim on white sandy beaches or in hidden jungle waterfalls. Please note that the tour can be personalized to your own interests and desires.

If desired we can have a lunch stop at a local restaurant on the beach or at any restaurant type that you prefer. The cost of lunch is not included in the tour. We provide Coldwater, Onboard Wifi and refreshment towels along the way to ensure that you have a comfortable day of sightseeing.

Location
Big Buddha Temple (Wat Phra Yai)
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Paulbi7669zi
Aug 1, 2024
Day trip around Samui - Thanks Mr Samui Had a great day travelling around the island in a nice air conditioned vehicle Our guide Noom was knowledgeable, funny , great for a conversation and was a pretty good photographer too, took us to some amazing locations and picked out a great spot for lunch Thanks Paul and Sarah
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Mbaudry
Jul 23, 2024
Kind and very professional - I highly recommend Mr Samui! He is kind, talkative, and full of good and informative stories. He and his staff are very punctual, professional, and respectful on the road. I wish I had know his business beforehand, and try his tour boat offer, as I'm certain it is handled with same quality and friendliness as on the road. For our next trip we will pre-book everything with him !
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Mark_s
Jul 16, 2024
Awesome private tour of Samui - If you want to control the itinerary, spend more time at spots you're interested in while skipping entirely or just quickly checking out those you're not, I highly recommend this custom guided tour. Noom was my excellent guide for the day and took me to all the best spots on the island and had lots to share about local culture and history as well as some restaurant recommendations and other useful insights along the way. Great private tour, totally worth it, thanks Noom!
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T6690eqgaryg
Jul 16, 2024
Fun, informative and luxurious. A brilliant day! - What a fascinating, fun and fabulous day. Our host and guide, Nikie, was bursting with energy and information. She made the day for all of us (myself, my wife and two teen kids). The transport was timely, spotless and lovely and cool in an ultra humid environment. What we really enjoyed was the opportunity to tailor the day to what most appealed to us. We ended us seeing both the huge buddha and the Hindu/ Buddhist complex, the viewpoint at Lamei, the Grandmother and Grandfather rocks (which tbh were a little vulgar for our repressed British sensibilities !), had a wonderful lunch in a beautiful picturesque restaurant on the beach, then saw the Mummified Monk before heading for home. The time flew past as it was delightfully filled with insights from Nikie about all sorts of things - from the basics around the tourist areas, to much more insightful information about growing up in Thailand, the difference between local villages and towns. The local diets (lots of 'yew' moments which she clearly delighted in telling us about!). She also talked about the nature of Buddhism - didn't force it on us, but I was curious so asked a lot of questions to which she was happy to respond in a personal and informed way. We had a lot of laughed and learned a lot, whilst seeing all of the things we wanted to see. It made a wonderful change from sitting by the pool, and felt like we got to know and love the island of Koh Samui that little bit better. I would wholeheartedly recommend this excursion to everyone on Koh Samui. And I would most certainly ask for Nikie!
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Souriv
Jul 8, 2024
Personal tour guides your way - If you want to personally see the island your way this is the place to book! Nikki & our driver took special care of us and made sure we got to see and do everything we wanted.
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Steve_g
Jul 4, 2024
Highly recommend this tour! - Fantastic tour, customized exactly as we wanted along the way. Our guide Mr Thai was very informative and helpful at every stop. We are a family of 5. Highly recommend!
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Utsav_a
Jul 2, 2024
Fantastic Experience - We booked this trip as a last minute thing the night before and we had an amazing time. Our guide was fantastic and showed us all the local spots on the island while even suggesting some fun spots and activities along the way as well. We spent the day having the most amazing time and would definitely recommend to everyone
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919jingh
Jun 20, 2024
Highly recommend - Our driver was punctual and spoke very good English. We covered all the places planned in our itinerary. Our driver shared interesting stories about the places we went. All in all a good experience.
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Elizabeth_s
Jun 13, 2024
Brilliant day - My tour guide was Yankee, make sure you ask for him. He was English speaking which made the day so much easier. We viewed all of the attractions and Yankee explained the history behind the building of the monuments and stories associated with them. He is a wealth of information of Koh Samui both past and present and helped me understand the Thai culture that i would otherwise not know. He loves Koh Samui where he lives and is willing to tailor your experience to your needs. Thank you Yankee for a memorable day with lot’s of laughs.
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Ryanjosephs95
Apr 29, 2024
Best Tour in Koh Samui - Yankee - As a group of two couples wanting to explore koh samui in a day we thought a guided tour would be our best option. After reading mixed reviews about other tours we opted for a private experience with mr samui and it was the best choice we made. The entire process from booking to being returned home was effortless. Our driver and guide Yankee was absolutely fantastic - you will not find a guide with better English, I am from England and Yankee speaks better English than me ha! Outside of his English, he allowed us to bespoke our tour after explaining what we were looking for and he simply took us to the greatest spots. He is a very experienced driver and guide and made sure to stop frequently and give us information about the local history. I would 100% recommend this tour and specially recommend resting yankee and the 4x4 if possible. Sitting on the roof driving through the peaks of Samui was a breathtaking experience.
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