Hong By Starlight - By John Gray Seacanoe

“A spiritual experience”
The Guardian (UK), Jan. 2003

“Making and then offering our own Kratong by kayak was totally spiritual. After the candles went out, nobody said a word as we just relaxed and floated into another Hong. The feeling was so special nobody wanted to finish the trip.
” Jerry and Arlette Jones, Nov. 19, 2002

“I’m somewhere between Narita and Honolulu in the middle of the night. When I try to sleep, all I can see is Hong by Starlight - the high point of my lifetime of travels.
” Steve Rowe, July 2002

“…it seemed we were paddling through a sea of fireflies, a truly magical and out of this world experience. We linger, and wonder with awe.”
The Nation, May 4, 2002

”It was a thrilling moment... I came to realize there is beauty all around us and it unfolds itself at the right time. What we cannot see does not necessarily mean it does not exist.”
Bangkok Post, Horizons, May 2, 2002
 

The Malaysian couple,Ammar and Bibi
This Caveman creation finishes the movie others call the Sunset trip. Depart your hotel at mid-day for a quiet afternoon of nature, sea cave/Hong exploration and a superb Thai Seafood Sunset dinner. In the late afternoon, you experience the tranquility of real Nature and enjoy the “Time Machine” ambiance that made the hongs famous in the first place. The “Wonderful Time of Day” accentuates the ambiance even more than our decade-old original day trips.


Then after dark, things get mystical - beyond description and imagination. Even before we started “Every Night Is Loi Kratong”, the clippings say it all – so does everybody who lives the feeling. Hong by Starlight is the latest Don’t Miss spiritual experience in a string of Caveman Creations beginning on Moloka’i in 1983. This mind-bender is so off-the-Hong-Wall that Caveman thinks it is better in Monsoon season. The darker the better the bio-lumiscence, and lightening and thunder amplify the mysticism.
High Season clear nights include stars so bright they carpet the sky. That’s when we enjoy Loi Kratong, a Thai water festival celebration with floats laden with flowers, candles and incense.
Motoring to the Bay takes about an hour. With trip briefing, Nature Game instructions and light lunch we make the first cave before you know it. In transit, we pass a couple of dozen day trip boats on their way back to Phuket. The Bay is almost empty when you arrive at the sea caves.
Spend an uncrowded afternoon exploring several cave/hong systems. You learn what made these unique sites, the wildlife within them, and the Eco-system bringing it all together. In the late afternoon, you experience the tranquility of real Nature, and enjoy the “Time Machine” ambiance that made the hongs famous in the first place. We are slaves to the tides, but you usually get at least four different caves and hongs, swimming time and a free paddle before Sunset.
The Benjarong writer gave up dinner for more Hong time, so we now motor to our special viewing spot for our famous Thai Seafood buffet dinner during a spectacular Phang Nga Bay Sunset. After dinner, you make your own Kratong with assistance from our all-Thai staff. Once daylight totally disappears, we return to a Lost in Space
Hong you visited earlier in the afternoon to launch your Kratong.
No torches and no talking - three natural light sources and one special feeling create a lifetime memorable moment. Everybody always wants to stay forever.
For dessert, we retreat to the moon deck where you and your guide compare Thai and Western constellations and their legends until you arrive at the dock.

NATURE GAME - Caveman wrote and copyrighted “The Nature Game” in 2000, turning your entire day into a fun Unforgettable Honeymoon Moment game where you get much more from your day than you ever expected. You get a full color Phang Nga nature guidebook for the game. Get more value from your trip by asking non-stop questions of your English-speaking guide. Along the way, we hope you learn a few things about our Nature…and your role in the Movie of the Universe.

• Safari Nature Tour
• Elephant trekking in Phuket
• Whitewater Rafting
• Phuket Orientation
• Phuket Fantasea Show
• Phuket Simon Cabaret Show
• Phuket ATV Park
• Srivichai Classical Dance with Dinner
• Khao Lak Bamboo Rafting
• Khao Sok Jungle Safari
• Phi Phi Island by Cruise
• Phi Phi By Speed Boat
• Half day Phi Phi Island by speedboat

• Phang Nga Bay and James Bond Island by local boat
• James Bond Canoe 2IN 1
• James Bond Discovery
• Phang Nga Bay + Khai Island by speedboat
• Sea Cave Canoe
• Andaman Sea Kayak
• HONG BY STARLIGHT
• Khai Island by speedboat
• Similan Island
• Racha Island
• Krabi by speedboat
• Thai Boxing
• Deep Sea Fishing