The Junk - June Hong Chian Lee Liveaboard was part of a small merchant fleet that traded up and down the coastline from Burma to Malaysia from the 1960’s - 80’s. In 1997 The Junk underwent a complete renovation and this 33m authentic sailing vessel was turned in to an amazing dive liveaboard adventure. The Junk has her own claim to fame and has been used in several films, including James Bond’s ‘The Man With The Golden Gun’ and the ‘Swiss Family Robinson’. Now fitted with 6 air-conditioned cabins all with en-suite bathrooms.
Aboard the Junk meal times are taken very seriously, and the Junk have madw it their mission for you to experience as many different dishes as possible within the week. The chefs of The Junk - June Hong Chian Lee aim to never let you go hungry whilst aboard their vessel, and even do breakfast twice! The air-conditioned salon has a fully kitted out entertainment system, and is a great place to relax, or alternatively there is the shaded sun-deck which offers amazing views.
The Junk Liveaboard offers dive trips between November and May each year and is a fantastic choice for scuba diving the Andaman Sea Thailand, or the un-explored waters of Myanmar (Burma). The experienced dive guides will give extenstive briefings and de-briefings, to give you amazng local insights to the marine life. Diving from the Junk is done via dhingy, to ensure you easilly get to the best dive sites.
Excluded: Rental gear, National Marine Parks fee (from 1800 baht per trip).
Book now, pay later: You can easily place your booking online. We will then hold the spaces for you and you can confirm with a payment later.
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If you have specific diet requests you can add this to your special requests on step 2 of the booking form. We advise limiting these requests to religious beliefs or food allergies. The liveaboard serves great food and you will be hungry after a full day of diving!
There is diving gear available to rent on this boat. Please provide your rental needs on the booking form. You will need to pay for the rental gear on board of the boat.
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Henrik R
Denmark
9.6
Exceptional
Great experience
The Similan & Surin Islands (Phuket-Khao Lak), Thailand in January
Perfect
Recommended for
Mantas, great crew & excellent diving
Ursula C
Germany
8.0
Very good
The boat could offer more comfort on deck, choose of the diving sites could be better
The Similan & Surin Islands (Khao Lak-Phuket), Thailand in March
weather conditions, big barracuda school never sawn before, atmosphere on the boat
Recommended for
Crew service, Food & atmosphere
Gabor M
Germany
9.6
Exceptional
Awesome Experimente!
The Similan & Surin Islands (Phuket-Khao Lak), Thailand in April
Sailing the Andaman Sea, meeting so many nice People, diving at Richelieu Rock, getting stuffed with delicious Food, being offline for a whole Week, Relax to the Max.....
Recommended for
The Ship, the Crew, the other Guys
Thomas R
United States
9.6
Exceptional
This was a great experience and a wonderful value for the money
The Similan & Surin Islands (Phuket-Khao Lak), Thailand in April
Diving was spectacular, and raising the sails was pretty cool too.
Recommended for
The Diving, The Crew, The Food
Pascal F
France
8.8
Fabulous
Dive in similan
The Similan & Surin Islands (Khao Lak-Khao Lak), Thailand in May
Nice trip great dive no manta no shark whale
Horse fish very cute nudibranches small is beautiful
4 dives a day may be to much but come before is exist.
Recommended for
Diving resting food
Monica M
United States
9.6
Exceptional
A great way to experience one of the top dive spots
The Similan & Surin Islands (Khao Lak-Khao Lak), Thailand in December
- spending a whole day on Richelieu Rock
- My dive buddy group was very well organized by the dive staff
- safety was a great concern and well executed by the Dive Team
- thoroughly enjoyed the experience and I would go again!
Recommended for
1) Dive Instructors and the way they broke up our groups. 2) Food and drinks on board - the chef is spectacular! 3) The schedule - enough time in between dives
Manfred K
Germany
8.8
Fabulous
Incredible happy trip
The Similan & Surin Islands (Khao Lak-Khao Lak), Thailand in December
Every day is wonderful
Recommended for
Very friendly crew, wonderful food! Very well Organised activities
minjung K
South Korea
9.2
Superb
Great holiday
The Similan & Surin Islands (Phuket-Khao Lak), Thailand in December
It's really classic boat.
Good friends good food
Sunny days
I'm very relaxed holidays in junk.
Recommended for
System food classic
CHANGKYU C
South Korea
8.8
Fabulous
Great crew and food and good diving
The Similan & Surin Islands (Khao Lak-Phuket), Thailand in December
Sand bottom diving
Recommended for
Crew, food,
Bruno V
Switzerland
8.4
Very good
good despite the bad weather
The Similan & Surin Islands (Phuket-Khao Lak), Thailand in January
See barracuda schools and sharks.
Recommended for
very professional follow up after registration, good and friendly diving instructors,
Nicolas B
France
9.6
Exceptional
Une jolie croisière
The Similan & Surin Islands (Khao Lak-Khao Lak), Thailand in January
Un joli bateau dans un cadre magnifique
Recommended for
Équipage Nourriture bateau
THIERRY L
France
10
Exceptional
Excellent!
The Similan & Surin Islands (Khao Lak-Khao Lak), Thailand in February
Very well managed all the way from pick-up at aiport to drop-off after the cruise. Very friendly staff and dive guides. Excellent mix of Thai and western food (4 meals per day between each dives). 4 dives/day including 1 night dive and 2 dives on last day.
Recommended for
Boat & Crew - Food - Dive sites
PEDRO T
Spain
8.8
Fabulous
Una estupenda semana, buen buceo y excelente comida.
The Similan & Surin Islands (Phuket-Khao Lak), Thailand in February
Excelente semana, la relación calidad-precio es muy buena.
Dos cosas que no nos gustaron: el colchón era duro...muy duro :-) :-) , y la limitación a 60 min las inmersiones diurnas y a 45 min las nocturnas.
Recommended for
Comida, organización/puntualidad y las inmersiones en Richelieu Rock
Robert O
Canada
8.0
Very good
Great Dive, and great tram.
The Similan & Surin Islands (Khao Lak-Khao Lak), Thailand in February
Richelieu site, and other divers justice Nice...
Recommended for
Confortable, Dive orienter, and great fois.
JAYEON C
South Korea
9.6
Exceptional
fantastic and heart-warming experience with beautiful ship
The Similan & Surin Islands (Khao Lak-Khao Lak), Thailand in February
see stars on the top of the ship at night
vessel's masts look so great with the stars and dark sky.
all staffs are nice and dive-guiding also nice and gentle.
Recommended for
delicious food, nice staffs, old and historic vessel
Yann B
France
9.6
Exceptional
A very friendly first liveaboard experience on a characterful boat + great dives
The Similan & Surin Islands (Khao Lak-Khao Lak), Thailand in February
- Great boat crew, from Jonathan's briefings (detailed and funny), to attentive instructors (Brian and Jerome), to the boat captain + dinghy drivers + boat hands + Nitrox engineer + cook & cleaning crew
- Great dive team and divers on board
- Good balance of organisation pre & post dive + guiding us during dives (if wanted) and letting us enjoy the scenery / schools etc
- Dives: Best were the 4 dives on Richelieu Rock - all with a different blend of ingredients
- New things: watching gobies and shrimps working together; being "absorbed" by a school of yellow baracudas / fusiliers / etc; being a spectator to various amorous behaviours among fish, especially the large baracudas.
- Nice hike up to rocks on Similan 9
Recommended for
1) great people 2) great dives 3) Professionally run with humour
Kali K
United States
9.6
Exceptional
Incredible week aboard The Junk
The Similan & Surin Islands (Khao Lak-Khao Lak), Thailand in April
Giant Manta Rays, Night Dives, and Richelieu Rock
Recommended for
Dive guides, boat, food
Matina P
Greece
9.6
Exceptional
I would definitely do it again!
The Similan & Surin Islands (Khao Lak-Khao Lak), Thailand in January
The great food onboard
Recommended for
The boat, the dive spots, the crew
Moises D
Spain
7.6
Good
Boat with personality and excellent crew, but much less marine life than said.
Similan & Surin Islands (Khao Lak to Khao Lak), Thailand in December
Huge Trevallies in the swim throughs at "Screaming Rocks".
The turtles at turtle rock and Anita's Reef.
Water 29°C most dives.
We could not get to Richelieus Rock due to the wind. Pity. Missed the best diving spot in Thailand.
Recommended for
The instructor Jerome stayed with me till I finished my air when the rest of the divers had finished theirs. These extra 10/12' as buddy divemasters were always he best. Thai crew. Warm water.
Sandra F
Austria
9.6
Exceptional
A trip you don't wanna miss in your entire life
The Similan & Surin Islands (Phuket-Khao Lak), Thailand in January
Diving at these amazing spots, especially Richelieu Rock and having loads of lovely people around for sharing this epic moments!
Recommended for
The whole crew, delicious food and the junk for itself
Kerstin D
Germany
10
Exceptional
Excellent
The Similan & Surin Islands (Khao Lak-Khao Lak), Thailand in March
The Junk with all activities ans the crew
Recommended for
Diving, Crew, Food
Malgorzata N
Poland
10
Exceptional
amazing
The Similan & Surin Islands (Khao Lak-Phuket), Thailand in March
Perfectly organized, amazing Staff, delicious food and DIVING, DIVING, DIVING
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