Dolphin Divers Koh Chang

38/7 Moo 4, Klong Prao - Koh Chang, Trat, Thailand.
Mobile: English, French : 0 870 281 627 - Russian : 0 813 011 896 - Fax/Tel: 039 55 70 30

Welcome to Dolphin Divers : Scuba diving In Koh Chang Thailand
Dolphin Divers is a 5 years old Swiss owned and professionally run dive centre offering a personalized service with numerous multilingual PADI qualified instructors on hand. All equipment are controled and changed every year for a better safety.

we pride ourselves in providing personal attention to all our Guests. Our diving groups are kept small to ensure attention to detail and individual service. We are proud of our safety record too which is so vital when diving.

We are a PADI dive centre offering Diving courses ranging from Beginner to Instructor level as well as providing a variety of fun dives. All fun dives are guided by a qualified PADI Divemaster.

Our retail shop stocks brands such as Rip Curl, Aqua Sphere, Sunnto, Dacor and Coltri Sub to name a few. We have dealership for MARES.

Koh Chang national park : Koh Chang Information
Koh Chang is a national park and the largest of a group of 47 islands. It is one of the last of remaining lush virgin rain forests in Thailand. It is the second biggest island in the group but not yet as built up and commercial as other islands in Thailand.

The high season (dry season) runs from 1st October to mid June. The rainy season runs from mid June to mid Sept. There are 3 hospitals on the island.

Apart from water activities there is plenty to see and do on the island such as elephant trekking, hiking, jungle trekking, bird watching and island-hopping.

Koh Chang Diving
There are abundant dive sites off Koh Chang, around 20, suitable for the novice to the advanced diver ranging in depths from 5m to 43m. The weather conditions in Thailand, especially Koh Chang are ideal for learning to dive. The sea can be almost aquarium-like.

Koh Chang is slowly developing into becoming one of Thailands top 5 dive destinations where the reefs and corals are abundant and untouched abundant with Cnidarians, Leather Corals, Tree Soft Corals, Spiny Gorgonians, Gorgonian Fan Corals and Whip Corals.

A variety of species visit the reefs at different times during the high season, for instance, Reef Sharks, Leatherback Turtles, Triggerfish, Great Barracudas, Clown Fish, Porpoise, a subspecies of the dolphin, Batfish, Angelfish, Fusiliers, Cardinal Fish, Groupers, Lionfish and Surgeonfish. If we are lucky enough, we have sightings of the Whale Shark around April / May.

Price List : http://www.scubadivingkohchang.com/pricelist/index.html

Dolphin Divers Getting Here - Location

Getting to Koh Chang is really easy from Bangkok. Please contact us if you need any help. You'll find below some detailed directions which we hope you will find helpful.

By Air
Trat Airport, owned and operated by Bangkok Airways, is located on the mainland near to Laem Ngop. At the moment flights operate to and from Bangkok taking about 40 minutes.

There are two daily flights to Trat from Bangkok.

The Trat office of Bangkok Airways can be reached on 039 525 299 and the number of the airport is 039 525 767-8.

By Car
Eastern Thailand and its islands can be easily reached by road and three regular car ferries operate to Koh Chang.

There are two main driving routes from Bangkok, both around 310km long.

The first route is to take Highway 3, the Bangna - Trat road. There is a quicker elevated tollway running above Highway 3. Continue until the Chonburi Bypass and here turn off onto Highway 344. Follow this road past Ban Bung and when you reach the Klaeng Crossroads turn back onto highway 3 and continue on towards Trat.

Alternatively you can leave Bangkok on the Motorway that is a continuation of the Rama IX, Srinikarin road. This road goes onwards and meets highway 344 where you can continue to Trat as detailed above.

To avoid Trat and go directly to the ferry departure points turn right onto the well-signposted Laem Ngop road about 20km outside Trat.

Driving from Pattaya take Highway 36 which joins Highway 3 heading towards Trat shortly after Rayong.

Buses From Bangkok
Minibus and full sized bus services pick up from guesthouses around Khao San Road and other Bangkok locations on request and travel directly to ferry departure points at Laem Ngop. Bookings can be made from any of the scores of travel agents in this area. The buses leave at 7-8am taking 5-6 hours and cost around 180-250B for a single trip including ferry crossing.

Frequent buses also leave for Trat from the Eastern Bus Terminal (Ekamai) and the Northern Bus Terminal (Mor Chit). Ekamai is located on the route of the Bangkok Skytrain whilst Morchit is slightly closer to Khao San road. The journey takes 4-6 hours & costs 190-220 Baht.

Return buses leave from the bus companies located on both sides of Sukhumvit Road in Trat.

Buses From Pattaya/Koh Samet
Daily minibus services operate from Pattaya via Ban Pae (ferry port for Koh Samet) to the ferry departure point at Laem Ngop. The cost is around 400B from Pattaya or 300B from Ban Pae and the journey takes 4 or 2.5 hours respectively.

Going to Laem Ngop the service leaves Pattaya at 8am. It picks up in Ban Pae at 11am.

A return service leaves Laem Ngop at 1pm daily.

Public buses leave for Pattaya from Sukhumvit road in Trat at 05.00, 09.30, 12.00 and 15.00 daily. The trip costs 160B and takes 5 hours.

Boats To The Islands
Koh Chang, Koh Wai, Koh Maak and Koh Kham can be reached by ferry from the nearby port of Laem Ngop. To get there from Trat take a share Taxi for 20B or, if you don't want to wait until it fills up, hire a full taxi for 120B.

A regular ferry service goes to Koh Chang year round. However, services to the other islands can be less frequent or stop altogether during the June to October wet season. Many resorts on these islands close during the rains anyway so enquire before you travel there at this time of year.

Getting Around
On Koh Chang hourly share taxis run between all the beaches as far as Lonely Beach and the ferry terminals from 6am to 8pm. They can be flagged down anywhere and used to travel around the island.

Alternatively cars, motorcycles and bicycles can be hired from many hire firms and resorts.

Welcome to Dolphin Bar Koh Chang
Dolphin Divers have recently open a bar close to the dive center. A real lounge spot where you can enjoy a drink and relax after a full day of diving.

We have free internet for you, sofa area, terace or the counter where you can play game with our nice bar tendees.

FREE BBQ PARTY EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT AT 8 PM AND FIRE SHOW !!!

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