The 6 Best Sightseeing Tours in Koh Samui

1.Half Day City Tour with Hotel Pickup

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 288 reviews · 5 hours · from $25Our pick

See Koh Samui’s Big Buddha, temples, waterfall, viewpoints, and famous rocks on a practical five-hour tour with hotel pickup.

“The tour was great. Saw everything Koh Samui had to offer culture and temple wise. It was the right amount of time, just long enough to be informative, and not long enough to be exhausting. Our guide Nickie was the best! So funny, so informative, so nice and helpful. 10/10 would use her specifically again! I said I wanted mango sticky rice and she made an appoint to make sure we stopped and got some at her local spot.”

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2.Top Sights of Samui City Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 186 reviews · from $24Best value

See Koh Samui’s Big Buddha, temples, viewpoints, rocks, shrine, monk, and waterfall in five air-conditioned hours with hotel pickup.

“Very organized tour. The guide and the driver of the van gave clear information on where we were stopping, how long was the stop etc”

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3.Pig Island Snorkeling & Sightseeing Tour By Speedboat From Koh Samui

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 133 reviews · from $47

Review of Koh Samui’s Pig Island speedboat tour, with snorkeling at Koh Tan, Thai lunch, hotel pickup, costs, crowds, and practical booking tips.

“Man wird pünktlich mit einem Minivan vom Hotel abgeholt und zu einem Sammelplatz gefahren. Von dort aus startet man mit dem Speedboat Richtung einer kleinen Nachbarinsel (Fahrzeit 10min). Hier hält man etwas vor der Küste im WasRead more”

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4.Private – 6 Hours Best of Samui City Tour including Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 132 reviews · from $104Top rated

Review of Koh Samui’s private six-hour island tour, with temples, viewpoints, waterfalls, lunch, hotel pickup, and practical booking advice.

“Guide was amazing and really gave us a local insight to all the sites we visited. There were many of the places we visited that we would not have appreciated without his commentary. We were given time guidelines but could have stayed longer in any place we wanted to. The guide was very flexible and so friendly too! We were really glad we chose to take the tour and highly recommend these guys.”

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5.Koh Samui City Tour with Cultural and Scenic Highlights

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 33 reviews · 5 hours · from $28

Review of Koh Samui’s 5-hour temple, waterfall, beach, and viewpoint tour, with practical advice on price, stops, swimming, and group size.

“Not great. We didn’t have a guide as advertised as he had to look after another group so wasn’t present for us most of the time. When we did see him he was trying to look after two groups about 20 people so not a small group tour as advertised. We knew it would only be a snapshot of main sites but to be honest it was pretty mundane, many of temples were not that historic and not much to see. Waterfall was a disappointment…couldn’t really access it for a swim. Also wasted time dropping off just one person in lamai when most of us were in Chaweng. Driver was…”

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6.Private Group Half-Day City Tour Around Koh Samui

★★★★★★★★★★4.1 · 20 reviews · 5 hours · from $56

Review of Koh Samui’s private 5-hour tour, covering temples, viewpoints, rocks, waterfall, hotel pickup, value, and practical drawbacks.

“I was the only one on the tour but the driver made me feel very at ease and was v helpful”

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