Wear a t-shirt, shorts or light trousers, and closed shoes. Trainers are perfect, flip-flops are not allowed on the quads. Pick clothes you genuinely do not mind ruining, because the trails are dusty in the dry season and muddy after rain. Every park provides a helmet, and raincoats come out when the weather turns.
The one theme across all of it: assume everything you wear gets dirty. Dust works its way into everything in the dry months, and in the wet months mud splashes up from every puddle.
You need less gear than you might think, because the essentials are included at every park compared on this site:
Basic insurance and hotel transfer are included as standard too, so the only things left for you to sort out are on your body and in your bag.
The parks' own advice lines up on a short list:
Leave valuables at your hotel, or use the park's lockers where available.
The season changes what getting dirty means, so adjust slightly:
Either way, tours run rain or shine, and every tour booked through this site can be cancelled free up to 24 hours before the start, so a bad forecast costs you nothing. More on seasons in the best time guide.
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No. Closed shoes are required at every park on Koh Samui, and trainers are the usual choice. Flip-flops, sandals and slides are not allowed on the quads.
Yes. Every park provides a helmet, and wearing it is required. Raincoats are handed out when it rains, and a safety briefing with practice laps comes before every tour.
Either works. Most riders wear shorts, while light trousers add protection from sun, dust and branches and are the better pick on the longer 3 and 4 hour tours. Avoid heavy jeans, which soak up mud and stay wet.
Yes, and that is part of the fun. Expect dust in the dry season and mud from September to November. Wear clothes you do not mind ruining and bring a change of clothes for the ride home.
If your route includes a waterfall stop, and most 2 hour and longer tours do, bring swimwear and a towel. Wearing swimwear under your riding clothes is the easiest way to do it.