Sunset Starlight Night Tour: Bioluminescent Magic

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Railay Beach

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Discover Krabi’s bioluminescent waters on a guided night paddleboard tour. Experience stunning sunsets, starry skies, and glowing plankton.

Duration: 2 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Freebird Paddle Co. - 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Experience the magic of bioluminescence on our Sunset Starlight Night Tour. Hi-tech LED lights and naturally occurring plankton illuminate the water below while the sunset and stars work their magic above. Our expertly guided tours are a truly unique, once in a lifetime, adventure.
All ability levels are…

What's Included

Paddleboard
Instructions
Life Jacket
Guide

What's Not Included

Gratuities

Additional Information

Discover the enchantment of bioluminescence on the Sunset Starlight Night Tour. Advanced LED lights and naturally glowing plankton light up the waters beneath, as the sunset and stars create a magical scene above. These expertly guided tours offer a truly unique, once-in-a-lifetime adventure.
Participants should possess a good level of fitness and…

Location

Freebird Paddle Co.

We meet at our shop on the Railay Walking Street, halfway between Railay West Beach and Railay East Beach. We are a 2-5 minute walk up from either beach. Arrive 15 minutes before the activity start time to sign in and prepare yourself for the paddle. Railay is only accessible by longtail boat.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

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Robmews

Feb 15, 2026

Worth it !!! - Great short trip at a beautiful spot near Krabi. The islands were beautiful, the lit up paddle boards were cool and the staff were great. Highly recommend the trip as it was a short boat ride from Aonang Beach and was only a couple hours out of the day. Well worth it

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Christianapapas

Dec 29, 2025

Unique and incredible! - Such a unique and incredible experience!! The bioluminescent plankton were definitely the highlight, but we got to see other cool stuff too!! We got to swim through sea caves, explore the limestone cliffs and look at all the cool fish (& a jellyfish). The tour guides (I had Mina, Leem and Birk) were also amazing - super friendly and helpful during the whole tour!

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Delwyn_k

Apr 27, 2025

Truly memorable! - A whole lot of fun! At first I was uneasy about paddling out on my own SUP with lightning in the distance and rocky waves - but joined with 3 experienced guides, they were very helpful. The kayaks struggled just as much, if not more with waves spilling into them - almost sinking one. The guides ensured the group stuck together, helped propel any struggling paddlers and scooped water out the back of the kayaks to prevent them from sinking. Overall, the bioluminescence was magical, fish were jumping all around our LED lit SUPs and kayaks. Made for a truly memorable experience. Thank you to the guides who kept our spirits up and looked after our safety despite a looming thunderstorm that night.

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Yzsmrgj5gv

Apr 1, 2025

10/10 experience!!!! You will not be disappointed 😎 - It was a 10/10 experience!!! Everyone needs to partake in this activity. The guide was wonderful and the gentleman who assisted him were so helpful. I ordered the paddle boards instead of the kayaks but the guides were so helpful while we were on the ocean to make sure that we were able to keep up since it was our first time on the paddle boards. This night was by far my best night in Thailand 😍

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Giulia_m

Jan 8, 2025

Amazing experience! - This experience exceded our expectations. We went on transparent stand-up paddleboards while almost everyone else was in transparent kayaks. The guides were helpful and swimming with the bioluminescent plankton was an amazing experience. Viewing the fish under our kayaks at night was amazing. This was one of the highlights of our vacation.

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Conniep334

Jan 6, 2025

Amazing time - We had two hour night kayaking tour to see bioilluminisence. The guides are professional, cared all the parties specially the unexperienced one. One person accidently lost his cell phone near the cave. One of the guide dived and found it. We are happy he was able to retrieve his phone. The bioilluminsence is not as bright as the one I had seen at puerto Rico, but still amazing.

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Guide731878

Dec 27, 2024

BEST EXPERIENCE EVER - This was a 10/10 experience with Lam and his team. I had the time of my life. This added so much to my trip to Thailand and I highly recommend it to all travelers solo, couples and families. This was the experience of a lifetime! Thank you xoxo

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Chhaya_s

Apr 5, 2026

This was a great tour.... - This was a great tour. Paddle boarding was quite hard in the waves, maybe this should be stated as we had done paddle boarding before and did struggle with it. The tour guides were great and very helpful and made the tour fun. They made sure nobody was left behind and we felt very safe. The plankton and clear paddle boarding was very cool!

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Timowueti

Feb 23, 2025

Recommended! - Great guides, pleasant atmosphere, fast handling, jagged organization. You're pretty alone during the trip with the group, no other tourists on the road, which was great. The luminescent light was only seen minimally, which was a bit of a shame. Otherwise very nice experience, sunset, freedom, etc.

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Outsideagent

Mar 23, 2026

Not what we expected, but still enjoyable - We loved the guides but the bioluminescence was underwhelming. We expected something more spectacular than what we saw. Fortunately, we had a beautiful sunset though.

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From $63

up to 4 guests

1 - Adult