The Junk Liveaboard

The June Hong Chian Lee is one of several junks built in Penang, Malaysia, and is a 30 meters, 140-ton three mast junk with 330 square meters of sails, Build in 1962 for charcoal transportation the June Hong Chian Lee was part of a small merchant fleet that traded up and down the coastline from Burma to Malaysia.

She was mainly used to transport mango wood charcoal till 1985 then she was restored and redesigned for the first time to serve as a classic yacht.

In 1997 she changed owners and she was completely restored and set up as a liveaboard vessel. The June Hong is constructed mainly from a hard teak wood called Takien Tong.

During 1985 she was restored and redesigned for the first time to serve as a classic yacht. The new owner was a young man who had just finished his studies in the USA. His father set him up with a hotel in Phi-Phi. He acquired The Junk  in 1984. He then put for the first time in its history a deck on it. On top were two master cabins and below deck a kitchen, one toilet and many bunk beds all in one open space. Life was still very communal on the Junk.

Every now and then there would be parties from the owner and private charters by guests from his hotel. During that time she was chartered a couple of times for diving liveaboard to the Similan islands. An ordinary long tail boat was chartered to transfer divers to and from the dive sites. A portable compressor on deck and that was it.

During one of those cruises the current owners saw the Junk and had an opportunity to get on board and have a look around. Little did they know that in 1998 would have a chance to change this boats history again.

All liveaboard/charter price doesn't include*:
Similan islands national park fee: 1,800 THB. Park fee has to paid directly on boat before departure.

Equipment Rental:
Fins 100 THB, Mask 100 THB, Regulator 250 THB, BCD 250 THB, Wetsuit 200 THB. Full Set 800 THB

*Dates, Prices, Nationalpark-, Entry-, Visa- and other Fees, and Itineraries are subject to change without prior notice. Above prices are for one diver/trip.

All prices are applicable till end of 2011-2012 season only. Kon-Tiki Thailand Diving Center, retain the right to alter prices without prior notice and/or to introduce new charges as deemed necessary by the company. National Park and Port fees are subject to increase and/or amendment by government policy and are out of the control of Kon-Tiki Thailand Diving.

Booking:
Please inform us about the following when doing your booking:

• Full name of all divers & non-divers
• Departure date of Liveaboard an number of days
• Type of cabin
• Certification level
• Numbers of dives
• Date of last dive
• Date of arrival and departure
• Name of hotel
• Special requirements regarding food (Allergies)

Schedule & Prices 2011/12