# Can You See Glowing Plankton on a Tour from Phuket? **Short answer:** Yes, on our Five Pearls two-day tour: the evening on Phi Phi Don includes an optional night swim in the glowing plankton at 19:30, together with an evening boat ride in the bay. Our Phang Nga Bay trips all run in daylight, so with us the plankton comes with a night on the island rather than an evening in Phang Nga Bay. ## Tours and prices in Thai baht - [Five pearls of the Andaman Sea: two days, three regions](https://phukeo.com/en/tours/five-pearls-2days) · [md](https://phukeo.com/en/tours/five-pearls-2days.md) — Two days, one night · Adult 5,400 THB · Child 4–9 4,900 THB - [James Bond island and Phang Nga Bay](https://phukeo.com/en/tours/james-bond-island-phang-nga) · [md](https://phukeo.com/en/tours/james-bond-island-phang-nga.md) — Eight to nine hours · Adult 2,000 THB · Child 4–9 1,800 THB - [Sunrise on the glass Skywalk and James Bond island](https://phukeo.com/en/tours/skywalk-sunrise) · [md](https://phukeo.com/en/tours/skywalk-sunrise.md) — One morning and early afternoon, 03:45–13:30 · Adult 2,600 THB · Child 4–9 2,300 THB Prices come straight from our booking system. Children under four join free on most trips — each tour page says so. ## Where the plankton swim sits in the programme On the Five Pearls card it's on the evening of day one. You check in at the hotel on Phi Phi Don at 16:10, dinner with wine is at 18:50, and at 19:30 the programme offers the night swim in the glowing plankton and a boat ride in the bay. The fire show on the beach follows at 20:15, then an introduction to Thai boxing at 20:30 (you can try it), and from 21:30 the beach bars and the dance floor, if you want them. Every part of that evening is optional. The card says so plainly: the hotel is on the beach, and you can simply go to sleep. Plenty of people do, because the boat to Phi Phi Leh leaves at 09:30 the next morning. ## Why not an evening trip in Phang Nga Bay? Because none of our Phang Nga Bay days is out on the bay in the evening. The James Bond island day is back at the pier by longtail at 16:30 and spends 16:30 to 18:00 on the road to Phuket. The sunrise skywalk trip is the other way round: glass bridge at dawn, longtail through the bay at 08:00, back at the hotel around 13:00. The plankton swim appears in exactly one of our programmes, and it's the Five Pearls night on Phi Phi Don. The good news is that Five Pearls covers Phang Nga Bay anyway, in daylight on the morning of day one. Panak island comes at 09:10 and the Ice Cream Cave at 09:20 (it's entered at low tide). You land on James Bond island at 10:00, canoe through the mangroves and caves at Talu island at 10:50, and have lunch in Panyi village, the old sea gypsy settlement, at 11:30. So you see the limestone bay by day and the plankton after dark, on the same trip. ## The rest of the Five Pearls trip Day one is long. Hotel pickup is between 06:00 and 06:30, breakfast is at the pier, and the speedboat heads out at 08:30. After Phang Nga Bay you swim at Lao Lading at 13:00 (white sand, green water), then reach Hong island at 14:20 for the beach and the climb to the viewpoint over the archipelago. Only then does the boat turn for Phi Phi Don. Day two opens with an optional climb to the viewpoint at 06:00, then breakfast and check-out between 07:00 and 09:00. At 09:30 the boat leaves for Phi Phi Leh: Maya Bay at 09:45 (seen from the boat when the park has the bay closed), Pileh Lagoon at 10:40 if the tide is high, the Viking Cave, Monkey Beach and a snorkel. Lunch is on Phi Phi Don, Bamboo island follows at 14:00 and Rang Yai at 16:00. You're back at the pier at 17:00. ## What the price covers, and what it doesn't promise A hotel room on Phi Phi Don, hotel transfer both ways and the speedboat with front boarding. Meals are lunch and dinner on day one, breakfast and lunch on day two, and the dinner comes with wine. Canoeing at Talu island, the fire show and access to the beach parties are on the included list, along with masks, snorkels, life jackets, soft drinks and fruit on the boat. It's a Comfort+ trip, so towels, Wi-Fi and music on board, and wine and ice cream back at the pier, come with it too. Two honest notes. The card doesn't put a separate price on the plankton swim, and it doesn't say how bright the water will be on your particular night, so if the swim is the reason you're booking, ask about it in the chat for your date. The viewpoint ticket on Phi Phi Don is paid on the spot. ## What to pack for the night One small bag. It stays on the boat during the day's stops and goes to the hotel with you in the evening, so you aren't carrying luggage around the islands. Put in swimwear and a towel, sunscreen, a hat and sunglasses, a change of clothes for two days and some cash for extras. A waterproof phone case earns its place on the night swim, and motion sickness tablets on the speedboat if you need them. ## Booking Five Pearls Send the tour, the date, your hotel on Phuket and everyone's ages in the chat. Our tours leave from different piers, so the pier and the meeting time come in your booking confirmation. If the authorities close the sea, the trip moves to another date or the payment comes back. The crossing home is on day two, so keep a free day before your flight if you can. Five Pearls is weighed against the shorter Four Pearls on [Five Pearls or Four Pearls](https://phukeo.com/en/faq/five-pearls-or-four-pearls), and the whole trip on [is the Five Pearls two-day tour worth it](https://phukeo.com/en/excursions/five-pearls-two-day-tour-worth-it). - Glowing plankton and a night on Phi Phi Don — Five Pearls of the Andaman Sea - Phang Nga Bay and James Bond island in a single day — James Bond island and Phang Nga Bay - The glass bridge at sunrise over Phang Nga Bay — Sunrise on the glass Skywalk and James Bond island ## Worth knowing The plankton swim, the fire show and the beach bars are all optional. Dinner is at 18:50 and the boat to Phi Phi Leh leaves at 09:30, so an early night costs you nothing. ## FAQ ### Can you see glowing plankton near Phuket? Yes, on our Five Pearls two-day tour. The evening on Phi Phi Don includes an optional night swim in the glowing plankton at 19:30 and an evening boat ride in the bay. ### Is there an evening Phang Nga Bay tour with glowing plankton? Not among our trips. Our Phang Nga Bay days run in daylight; the plankton swim is on the Five Pearls evening on Phi Phi Don, after a morning in Phang Nga Bay. ### Is the plankton swim compulsory? No. The card marks the evening programme as optional, the swim and boat ride included. The hotel is on the beach, and plenty of people go to bed after dinner. ### What time is the glowing plankton swim? At 19:30 on day one, after dinner with wine at the hotel at 18:50. The fire show on the beach follows at 20:15. ### Where do you sleep on the Five Pearls tour? In a hotel on Phi Phi Don that's included in the tour. Lunch and dinner on day one, breakfast and lunch on day two are included as well. ### Does Five Pearls also visit James Bond island? Yes. Day one lands on James Bond island at 10:00, after Panak island and the Ice Cream Cave, and then goes canoeing at Talu island. ## Compare with - [Is the Five Pearls Two-Day Tour from Phuket Worth It?](https://phukeo.com/en/excursions/five-pearls-two-day-tour-worth-it) · [md](https://phukeo.com/en/excursions/five-pearls-two-day-tour-worth-it.md) - [Five Pearls or Four Pearls: Which Two-Day Tour from Phuket?](https://phukeo.com/en/faq/five-pearls-or-four-pearls) · [md](https://phukeo.com/en/faq/five-pearls-or-four-pearls.md) - [Two-Day Trips from Phuket with a Night on Phi Phi](https://phukeo.com/en/excursions/two-day-trips) · [md](https://phukeo.com/en/excursions/two-day-trips.md) - [All tours](https://phukeo.com/en/tours) ## How to book [Ask about dates on WhatsApp](https://wa.me/66619490349?text=Hello!%20I%20found%20you%20on%20phukeo.com%20and%20I'd%20like%20to%20book%20%22Glowing%20plankton%22.%20My%20dates%3A%20) --- Canonical: https://phukeo.com/en/faq/glowing-plankton-tour-from-phuket