Yacht charter in Thailand

Your boat, your crew, your music

Four coasts and the Bangkok river, one way to do it: your own boat, your own crew, your own music, and nobody else aboard.

The route, the stops and the playlist are yours to set.

Fully crewed, every time: a captain who knows the water and a crew who runs the day.

What we add is the party: the DJ, the bar, lunch on deck and the cars at both ends.

Which coast, which day? The boat is held the moment you pick.

What does a yacht charter cost?

Prices are for the whole boat and the party, never per person.

The DJ and the bar go on top of every boat. Phuket boats and superyachts, Tanner prices for your date.

Ask Tanner for three boats on your coast.

Twelve of you in Phang Nga Bay

Twelve of you on a catamaran out of Phuket: Phang Nga Bay in the morning, lunch at anchor, the DJ on deck all afternoon. Tanner prices the boat for your date, and the DJ (฿8,000 a day) and the open bar (฿1,500 a guest) cost the same on every coast.

• A photographer is ฿10,000 for the day.
• Lunch on deck is a seafood or Thai spread, priced to your menu.
• Thai party models and performers join the DJ on deck.
• On the Phi Phi route, each foreign adult pays a ฿400 park fee on landing, the Bangkok Post reports.

Cars to the marina are matched to your plan. Hold the catamaran for your date.

Where is the best yacht day?

Phuket for the best island days. Pattaya for the shortest trip from Bangkok, 2 hours by road. Koh Samui for the Gulf, with the boat to Haad Rin on Koh Phangan for the Full Moon.

In Phuket, Phang Nga Bay is the sheltered bay for the monsoon months, mid-May to mid-October on the calendar of the Thai Meteorological Department, so its boat trips are the least likely to be called off.

Ang Thong Marine Park, 42 limestone islands off Koh Samui's north-west coast, is closed from 1 November to 15 December 2026, so in that window Tanner plans a different Samui boat day. Maya Bay, on the Phi Phi route, closes from 1 August to 30 September every year, under the national park notice in the Royal Gazette (9 January 2026).

See Phuket yacht charter, Pattaya yachts, Koh Samui yachts and your own boat on the Bangkok river.

Give Tanner your dates, and he picks the coast.

Which boat suits your group?

Top end first, and every one comes fully crewed.

• A party catamaran carries a crowd, with a DJ and a deck to dance on.
• A motor yacht is sleek and fast, with a cool saloon inside and a sun deck up top.
• A sailing catamaran gives the steadiest ride, with a big deck and nets to lie on.
• On the Chao Phraya, a river boat takes up to 16 for the evening.

Just need to get to Phi Phi fast? A speedboat does it. For a day on the water, take a yacht.

Every boat has its own licensed guest limit, and a bigger group takes the party catamaran or two boats side by side. Ask Tanner which boat fits your number.

Two days or more

Want to sleep on the water? A catamaran or yacht with cabins, anchored in a quiet bay.

• Two or three days takes you to the Similan Islands from Phuket, or to Krabi and Koh Hong.
• A week makes one loop: Phuket, Phang Nga Bay, Krabi and Phi Phi.

Longer charters are priced for the boat and the route. Most party groups take one big day on the water and a villa ashore.

Pick your route, and Tanner prices the loop.

When is the best season to sail?

December to March on the Andaman side, and February to April on the Gulf.

In Phuket and Krabi, December to March is the dry season, and February the driest month, on the Thai Meteorological Department's normals for Phuket. May to October brings red-flag swell to the west coast, but Phang Nga Bay stays sheltered.

Koh Samui is driest February to April and good through August; it's wettest October to December, worst in November.

In Pattaya the rainy season runs from mid-May to mid-October, the Thai Meteorological Department says, so we keep the boat day flexible. The Bangkok river runs all year.

Licensed captains, and the captain has the last word. If the forecast turns, we move the boat to another day of your trip.

Ask Tanner which month suits your coast.

Four hours or a full day?

Four or five hours is plenty in Pattaya: Koh Larn is a short speedboat ride out, and you're back in time for the clubs.

From Phuket, Phang Nga Bay and Phi Phi want the full day. The best bays are worth the time at anchor.

Tanner's pick: first time in Phuket, take the full day and go to Phang Nga Bay.

Pick half or full, and the hours are set to your group.

Yacht charter in Thailand in short

• Your own crewed boat in Phuket, Pattaya, Koh Samui, Krabi or on the Bangkok river.

• For groups who want the boat to themselves, with the DJ, the bar and lunch on deck.
• In Pattaya, from ฿49,000 for 8 hours for up to 16; for other boats, Tanner quotes it for your date.
• Tell Tanner the city, your number and the day, and three boats come back priced.
• Ang Thong, off Samui, is closed 1 November to 15 December 2026, so Tanner plans another Samui boat day.
• Checked: November 2026

Sunset, the villa or the clubs

Three ways to keep it going: a beach club for sunset, the villa for a pool party, or the clubs.

For the party version, see yacht parties in Thailand. For the villa, see pool villas in Phuket or Pattaya. For the bachelor weekend, see the bachelor party weekend in Thailand. For the big evening, take your own VIP section at a club, with the car waiting outside.

The next stop is lined up before the boat docks. Plan it with Tanner.