Honeymoon yacht charter in Phuket, Thailand: which private yacht rental suits a couple, a sunset charter, a day at sea or a night in a cabin, 2026/27

A honeymoon yacht charter in Phuket with Horizon Cruises Phuket is the whole boat for the two of you, with a professional crew, in one of three formats. A two-hour sunset charter starts at ฿28,900 for the boat on the Limpopo Axopar 28 speedboat from Boat Lagoon. A full day at sea starts at ฿33,900 for seven hours to Racha Yai on the AQVA 37 speedboat from Chalong, or at ฿80,000 for eight hours in Phang Nga Bay on the Azimut 46, a motor yacht with three cabins from Ao Po, in low season. Two days and one night in a cabin start at ฿100,000 on the Pina Colada 40 catamaran, meals included. Every figure is in Thai baht, per boat and not per guest, for the 2026/27 season, from a catalogue of around 80 boats and a yacht charter company in Phuket, Thailand, working since 2013. Send the date and head count on WhatsApp or through the contacts page.

Key highlights

• A couple pays the boat rate, not a share of it: the AQVA rate covers six guests, the Azimut eight and Technema 89 Say Yes twelve, and two guests pay the same figure.
• The sunset format is two hours on any boat in the catalogue, boarding about an hour and a half before a sunset that falls around a quarter past six in December.
• Forty-four boats publish a rate for two days and one night; the cheapest cabins for a couple are on a forty-foot catamaran with three guest cabins from Ao Po.
• Our three yachts, Say Yes and Sofia from Chalong and Beluga 88 from Ao Po, give two guests four cabins and a crew of five.
• Horizon Cruises Phuket holds 5.0 from 33 reviews on Google and has run more than 2,400 private charters since 2013.

Why a private yacht charter in Phuket is priced per boat, and what that means for two

Every rate on this site is for the whole boat with its crew, and each yacht's page says how many guests the rate covers. A couple pays that figure and leaves the other seats empty, so the saving is not in the headcount but in the boat. A four-seat speedboat reaches the same bay as an eighty-eight-foot yacht; the big yachts earn their rate for two only when the yacht itself is the point: a saloon, cabins open all day, a crew of five, a chef.

Sunset charter for two: two hours on a private boat

The sunset cruise in Phuket is the shortest format Horizon Cruises Phuket offers and the one a couple books most, a proposal included. The boat leaves about an hour and a half before sunset, stays in the bays near its berth, anchors for the light and is alongside soon after dark: no islands, no snorkelling, no programme beyond the sunset itself. Water, cold drinks, towels, the crew, fuel and insurance are in the rate on every boat; alcohol, canapés or a dinner are arranged in advance and quoted with the boat, and on most boats the hotel transfer is not included. From Chalong the boat leaves beneath the Big Buddha; from Ao Po the backdrop is the limestone of the bay going dark one by one. The crew turns the boat so you watch the sun set over the Andaman Sea, not behind an island.

Sunset charter from Phuket for a sunset at half past six; on other dates the timetable moves with the sunset

Time	What happens
16:45	You arrive at the marina.
17:00	Boarding; the boat leaves.
17:20	The first bay; the boat slows, drinks come out.
18:00	Anchored for the light, the bow turned to open water.
18:30	Sunset.
19:00	Under way back along the lit-up coast.
19:15	Alongside, in time for dinner ashore.

The table in the next section shows what each boat publishes for its sunset format. Mami Wata is the one boat built for exactly this evening: a 1954 Halvorsen cruiser restored in 2023, teak decks, a wood-panelled saloon and a working gramophone, eight knots out of Royal Phuket Marina. A dinner on the water needs a boat with a galley and an arrangement in advance; on two hours without it, it is drinks and canapés, not a meal.

A private day at sea: speedboat or small motor yacht rental in Phuket for a couple

A day charter is seven to nine hours, and the price follows the boat and the distance, so for two guests the best yacht is the one whose rate covers the fewest seats. The AQVA is a thirty-seven-foot speedboat from Chalong whose seven-hour day trip reaches Racha Yai, Maiton or the Khai islands with six guests in the rate. The Axopar is a twenty-eight-foot T-top speedboat from Boat Lagoon for four guests at most, with a compact toilet and nothing else; its page calls her a boat for two people, or two couples, who want the whole boat to themselves. The Azimut is a forty-six-foot flybridge motor yacht from Ao Po for eight guests, refitted in 2022, cruising at twenty-six knots, with an air-conditioned saloon, three cabins to change in and a crew of three; its rate includes lunch on eight-hour charters, a case of beer, a bottle of wine, an inflatable pool and the minivan transfer. The Axopar's rate includes the transfer and a picnic lunch; the AQVA's includes neither, and you bring your food and drinks.

Boats for two from Phuket: sunset format and full day for the whole boat, lowest published season, 2026/27, guests in the rate as each yacht's page states

Boat, marina	In the rate / by day	Sunset format, from	Full day, from
Technema 89 Say Yes, Chalong	12 / 30	half day, sunset departure, ฿100,000 high	Coral Island, 8 h, ฿140,000 high
Ferretti 80 Sofia, Chalong	12 / 25	half day, sunset departure, ฿100,000 high	Coral Island, 8 h, ฿140,000 high
Beluga 88, Ao Po	12 / 22	half day, sunset departure, ฿171,200 low/high	Phang Nga Bay and Naka, 8 h, ฿214,000 low
Leopard 51 Aurora, power catamaran, Chalong	12 / 25	half day with sunset, ฿53,900 low	Coral Island, 8 h, ฿79,900 low
Mami Wata, Royal Phuket Marina	8 / 12	sunset cruise, 3 h, ฿45,900 low/high	Krabi four islands, 8 h, ฿83,000 low
53ft Grand Banks Sambuca, Ao Po	10 / 20	sunset tour, 3 h, ฿40,000 low	Khai and Naka, 8 h, ฿55,000 low
Azimut 46, Ao Po	8 / 8	not published	Phang Nga Bay, 8 h, ฿80,000 low
Limpopo Axopar 28, speedboat, Boat Lagoon	4 / 4	half day, 4 h, ฿28,900 all year	Phang Nga Bay, 8 h, ฿54,900 with fuel fee
Fountaine Pajot 40 Coco, catamaran, Chalong	15 / 20	half day with sunset, ฿28,900 outside peak	Maiton and Banana Beach, 8 h, ฿34,900 outside peak
AQVA 37, speedboat, Chalong	6 / 12	not published	Racha Yai and Banana Beach, 7 h, ฿33,900 outside peak

A day in the bay from Ao Po, hour by hour

The Azimut's eight-hour itinerary into the bay suits a couple who want limestone, flat water and a lagoon rather than a beach. The boat leaves Ao Po at nine and is inside the limestone by half past, James Bond Island first, before the tour boats arrive. The Koh Hong stop is set by the tide: the lagoon inside the island is reached by canoe through one low passage at mid tide, two guests in front and a local paddler behind, forty minutes to an hour. Lunch is on board at anchor around half past twelve; the afternoon goes to the sea caves of Koh Panak and the Naka islands, and the boat is alongside at five. The park fee is paid per person to the rangers on the day.

Overnight for two: a private catamaran or motor yacht with a cabin

Forty-four boats in the catalogue publish a rate for two days and one night, all listed on the overnight yacht charter page. What changes for a couple is the measure of the boat: day capacity is the licensed number for a day trip, overnight capacity is the number of berths, and a boat that takes thirty by day sleeps eight. For two guests a boat with two or three cabins is already generous; a four-cabin yacht is chosen for the saloon and the crew rather than the beds. What the night adds is time: a sunset at anchor, dinner on deck, a swim before breakfast. The captain chooses a sheltered anchorage, and at reefs the boat lies on a mooring buoy, never on coral.

Two days and one night for the whole boat with crew, lowest published season, 2026/27; cabins, berths and meals from each yacht's page

Boat, marina	Cabins, sleeps	2 days / 1 night, from	Meals on the overnight
Technema 89 Say Yes, Chalong	4 cabins, 8	฿360,000, high	private chef, all meals
Ferretti 80 Sofia, Chalong	4 en-suite cabins, 8	฿360,000, high	private chef, all meals, Prosecco
Beluga 88, Ao Po	4 cabins, 8	฿428,000, low	chef ฿10,000 plus ingredients
Leopard 51 Aurora, Chalong	4 double, 8	฿177,900, low	private chef, meals
Fountaine Pajot Astrea 42, Ao Po	4 cabins, 4 bathrooms, 8	฿105,000, low	not included; chef ฿4,000 per day
Pina Colada 40, Ao Po	3 guest cabins, 6	฿100,000, low	three meals, a bottle of wine
Mami Wata, Royal Phuket Marina	2 en-suite cabins, 6	฿170,000, low	full board

Dinner on board, and the third day

Pina Colada is the cheapest night afloat in the catalogue: a Nautitech sailing catamaran from 2016 with three guest cabins, two bathrooms, a crew of three and seven knots under sail between the quiet bays of Koh Hong and Koh Yao. The Astrea is the newer catamaran at the same marina, built in 2024 with four cabins; her two-day routes reach Racha Yai, Phi Phi with Maya Bay, or Krabi with Railay. Dinner is where the boats differ most. Say Yes and Sofia include a private chef and every meal. Beluga lists the chef at ฿10,000 for a multi-day charter plus the menu ingredients, agreed in writing before you pay. The Astrea does not include meals: her on-board menu at ฿500 per guest per meal applies from six guests, so a couple takes the personal chef at ฿4,000 per day plus ฿5,000 per day for groceries. A third day costs less than the first two: Pina Colada publishes ฿150,000 for three days and two nights in low season and the Astrea ฿160,000, on the loop of the bay, Krabi and the Phi Phi Islands set out on the three-day yacht charter page. Sofia returns from her refit in mid-November 2026 and takes bookings from then.

Destinations around Phuket for honeymoon couples: Maiton, Koh Hong, Lao Lading, Racha and Phi Phi

A honeymoon day needs an anchorage with few boats; five destinations fit, each with a destination page on the site. Maiton, about 15 km from Chalong, is a private island often marketed as Honeymoon Island; landing is not possible, so the stop is in the water around it, with no park fee; the Coco's morning half day there is from ฿25,900. Koh Hong in Phang Nga Bay, 18 km from Ao Po, has no beach and nothing built: a walled lagoon by canoe at mid tide, James Bond Island the same morning, lunch on board. Koh Lao Lading in Krabi, 28 km from Ao Po, is a small islet with a sheltered cove and a short beach between the cliffs, usually with one or two boats at anchor, the second or third stop of a Krabi day, which the Azimut publishes from ฿90,000 in low season. The Racha islands, 26 km south of Chalong, are the choice for clear water: the near island has the white sand of Siam Bay, the far one is uninhabited, and the two-island boat trip leaves at eight. The Phi Phi Islands with Bamboo Island, 48 km from Chalong, are the famous day and a full day only: an eight o'clock departure puts you under the cliffs by a quarter to ten while the bay is empty, and Bamboo is low and sandy with shallow, calm water. Island hopping on this scale is the captain's call on the morning: in low season the bay is sheltered when the southern islands are not, so a day is rarely cancelled; it changes shape.

Yacht or catamaran for a honeymoon: motor yacht, speedboat, sailing catamaran or luxury yacht

A sailing catamaran is the quiet option and the cheap overnight: Pina Colada and the Astrea sail at about seven knots, pick one island and stay, and are not the boat for Phi Phi, five hours each way. The Coco has no air conditioning and is a day boat; Pina Colada and the Astrea have cabins and air conditioning. A motor yacht buys speed and shade: the Azimut brings Maiton, Racha and Phi Phi into a day from Ao Po; Mami Wata buys atmosphere instead, at eight knots. A speedboat is the cheapest yacht hire in Phuket for two and the most exposed: the Axopar has a T-top, no saloon and no lunch beyond the picnic, the boat for a couple who would rather have more days out than a saloon. A luxury yacht is the choice when the yacht is the honeymoon: on Say Yes and Sofia the four cabins and all the bathrooms stay open with the air conditioning on, a crew of five works the day, and a Thai lunch and a case of beer are in the full-day rate; Beluga runs on solar power, quiet at anchor, and carries a heated spa tub set into the bow. The thirteen yachts of the luxury yacht charter class, 60 to 90 feet, have a separate article, and every type is side by side on the yacht charter Phuket prices page.

What a Phuket yacht charter includes, and what a couple adds

Every private yacht hire in the catalogue includes the captain and crew, insurance, water, soft drinks, snorkelling gear, towels, and fuel for the agreed itinerary except where a yacht's page lists a fuel fee; VAT at 7 % is inside every rate. Three items matter for a couple. Drinks: a bottle of wine comes with Pina Colada, the Azimut, the Sambuca and Mami Wata, a bottle of Prosecco with Say Yes, Sofia and Beluga, and on Say Yes, Sofia and Beluga you may bring spirits aboard with no corkage, red wine excepted. Transfer: it depends on the boat and is stated on its page; Beluga includes a vehicle on every charter and Say Yes and Sofia on a full day, the Astrea, the Coco, the AQVA and the Sambuca do not, and Mami Wata lists it at ฿3,000 round trip. The occasion: flowers, a cake, decoration and a photographer are arranged through the event partners of Horizon Cruises Phuket and quoted per brief in advance, with no celebration surcharge on the boat rate. A wedding with guests is a different brief: the weddings and celebrations page covers it. National park fees are paid separately, per person, where the route enters a park, and the general list is on the what is included page.

Best time of year for a yacht charter in Thailand, and what the season does to the price

High season on the Andaman Sea runs from November to April: flat water and the full choice of routes. Low season, May to October, carries the lowest published rates on most boats and brings cloud, the occasional evening shower and the most dramatic sunset skies of the year. The peak from 20 December to 20 January carries a surcharge on most boats, and the exact dates differ by boat: the Azimut's day in the bay rises to ฿90,000 in high season and ฿105,000 in the peak, and Pina Colada's two days and one night go to ฿120,000 and ฿140,000. Two formats disappear in the peak weeks: the two-hour sunset charter, because the boats then run full days only, and the half days on Say Yes, Sofia and Beluga. Phuket’s sunset falls around a quarter past six in December and half an hour later in June. The evening slots and the holiday dates fill early.

How to book a honeymoon yacht trip: contact us with the date

Send the date, the head count, and whether it is a proposal or an anniversary, on WhatsApp or through the contacts page; the reply comes within ten minutes, and the same yacht charter services cover a sunset, a day or a week of yachting. You get the boats that are free on that date with one final figure in Thai baht, in writing, before anything is paid. The deposit follows the boat's page: most boats take a 50 % deposit with the balance before departure, the Coco, the AQVA and the Axopar are paid in full at booking, and peak dates on Say Yes, Sofia and Beluga are non-refundable. Payment is by card, bank transfer, cash or USDT, in baht, dollars or roubles. Charters run between 09:00 and 19:00, and the boarding point comes with a map pin.

Frequently asked questions

How much does a honeymoon yacht charter in Phuket cost?

From ฿28,900 for the whole boat for a two-hour sunset charter, from ฿33,900 for a seven-hour day on a speedboat with six guests in the rate, and from ฿100,000 for two days and one night on a catamaran with three guest cabins in low season.

Is the price per boat or per person?

Per boat, with the number of guests the rate covers stated on each yacht's page: six on the AQVA 37, eight on the Azimut, twelve on Say Yes, Sofia and Beluga 88. Two guests pay the same figure.

Yacht or catamaran for a honeymoon?

A catamaran for the night: Pina Colada 40 and Fountaine Pajot Astrea 42 sail at about seven knots, pick one island and stay, and give the cheapest cabins in the catalogue. A motor yacht for the day: the Azimut reaches Maiton, Racha or Phi Phi from Ao Po and has a saloon and cabins. A luxury yacht when the boat is the point: four cabins, five bathrooms and a crew of five on Say Yes, Sofia and Beluga.

Can we sleep on the yacht, and where does it anchor?

Yes: forty-four boats publish a two-day, one-night rate, with the night at anchor in a sheltered bay chosen by the captain. Pina Colada sleeps six in three guest cabins, and Say Yes, Sofia and Beluga eight in four.

Is dinner on board possible on a sunset cruise?

On two hours without prior arrangement it is drinks and canapés, not a meal. A dinner is arranged in advance on a boat with a galley and quoted separately: Mami Wata and the Sambuca publish three-hour sunset formats, and Say Yes, Sofia and Beluga run a half day as a sunset departure.

Which destination is best for a couple?

For a half day, Maiton: 15 km from Chalong, a water stop with no landing, no park fee and often marketed as Honeymoon Island. For a full day with flat water, Koh Hong, 18 km from Ao Po, with the lagoon by canoe at mid tide. For clear water, the Racha islands, 26 km south of Chalong.

What is the best time of year for a yacht charter in Thailand?

November to April for flat water and the full choice of routes; May to October for the lowest published rates and the sheltered water north of Phuket. The peak weeks around the New Year carry a surcharge and drop the sunset and half-day formats on most boats.

Can you arrange a proposal, flowers or a cake on board?

Yes. A proposal is the two-hour sunset format on a small boat, and the crew knows how to be invisible. Flowers, a cake, decoration and a photographer are arranged through the company's event partners and quoted per brief in advance, with no celebration surcharge on the boat rate.

Do we need any experience on the water?

No. Every charter is skippered: a captain and crew are on every boat, from the four-seat Axopar to Say Yes, and on the catamarans the crew handles the rig. You choose the pace and the stops; the captain has the final say on weather and anchorages.