When we landed in Koh Samui we had about 8 hours before the rest of our traveling team arrived, so we planned to go 4 wheeling as a family. It was a gamble, but the place had great reviews and we could hire the airport pickup driver for the morning and he could take us directly to the ATV place and then on to our villa.
It turned out to be one of the most fun things we’ve ever done. It was a bit scary (for me) and hard work controlling the the ATV as it bucked and bumped over anything in its path (for me), but the guides did a great job of going at a pace where we could all be successful and increasing speed and difficulty of terrain as we got more comfortable. This video is from the beginning, before things started getting crazy with climbing straight up rocky paths and before I high-centered on a rock in the middle of a creek (no big deal, the guide straightened me out and we were back on track.)
What more can I say? It was muddy, fast fun. We were too busy navigating to take many photos, but our guide stopped a few times to get snapshots of us.
We also cruised right by some huge water buffalo, some grazing and others up to their necks in mud. The best animal sighting of the day was when an old man on a moped passed us and his monkeys leaned out of his sidecar baskets and waved (they train them to gather coconuts).
Stopping for a coconut break
No one needs to watch a 2 minute video of ATVs rolling along, but it’s here anyway. Caleb is in front behind the guide, then Carter in yellow, then Calvin, me in purple, and Josh and Meels in the back. This is all early on, before we started climbing over rocks and through ravines.
I love his enthusiasm for adventure.