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Thailand lies within the tropical northern hemisphere, stretching more than 1,800km (1,100 miles) from north to south and covering an area of about 517,000 sq km (202,000 sq miles). Its size is more or less like the one of France or Texas.
It shares borders with Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Malaysia boasting 700km (1,700 miles) of coastline.
Phuket is the biggest island of Thailand; it is located on the southern part of the Thai-Malay peninsula on the Andaman Sea which includes that part of the Indian Ocean east of India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
The majority of Phuket's tourists arrive by air via Bangkok's International Airport, Suvarnabhumi, at Nong Ngu Hao (20 km east of Bangkok) which offers direct connections to many of the world's major cities through a variety of airlines.
Phuket has its own international airport located 30km north of Phuket city centre. There are tens of daily flights to Bangkok plus connections to other domestic destinations.
International direct destinations from Phuket include Penang, Langkawi, Kuala Lampur, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taipei, Sydney, Perth, Osaka and Tokyo and are increasing. Moreover there are several charter airlines flying directly from Europe, Russia, China, SE Asia in general and US to Phuket all around the year.
Entry Visas are not required by tourists from most countries for a stay of up to 30 days in Thailand but passports should have a minimum of six months remaining, before the date of expiry.
On request we will attend you at the arrival in Phuket International Airport where a comfortable taxi or minivan will drive you to the accommodation of your choice. Our chauffeur will be easily recognisable as he will be holding a sign with your name.
For the Andaman Islands Fishing Safari you can either depart from Phuket with us and flying back to Thailand or wherever you want (the crossing takes more than 2 days and 2 nights and offers a chance from time to time for very big Black and Blue Marlin) or more easily you can fly directly to Port Blair and join the Blind Strike there for this incredible experience. In this case you can fly to Port Blair through Chennai and Kolkatta in India with Indian Airlines, Jet Airways, JetLite and Kingfisher.
From Europe you can fly directly to Chennai via Paris or Frankfurt with Air France or Lufthansa respectively; from Singapore with Tiger Airways, Jet Airways, Air India and Singapore Airline and from Kuala Lumpur with again Jet Airways, Air India and Malaysia Airlines.
Other airlines serving Chennai from Europe and North-South America include also British Airways, Delta Airline, Emirates, Gulf Air, Kuwait Airways, Qatar Airways, Saudi Arabian Airlines and Srilankan Airline.
Finally there is also the possibility to fly from Bangkok to Port Blair via Calcutta with Jet Airways, Thai Airways or Air India.
Immigration officials require that you have a tourist visa for India to enter the Andaman Islands. You can apply for the visa at your nearest Indian embassy or consulate.
The Big Blues requires a scanned copy, by e-mail, of your visa and details of your passport one month prior to the charter.
So contact us and will be more than happy to help you out with your booking.
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