Sports and Activities in Bangkok

This Nonthaburi-based organisation organises a range of diving and snorkelling trips around the kingdom and in countries like Eygpt. Their packages in Thailand include ‘liveaboard’ trips, a range of dive courses, ‘Dive & Stay’ packages and ‘Self Drive’ trips.  A very well organised company that delivers results.

A group of experienced and professional divers, Wahoo Diving Centre provides a variety of reasonably priced courses for kids and adults. The shop offers a complete range of courses suitable for very beginners, right through to absolute experts.

Alpine Golf & Sports Club is an excellent 7,007-yard, 18-hole course located past Don Muang International Airport in Bangkok. This is a challenging course that has been the venue for a Johnny Walker Classic. Its facilities include a driving range, a sauna, Jacuzzis, a swimming pool, and restaurants offering Thai, European and Japanese cuisine. This is a private club.

Aqua One offers multi-dive, world class destinations in Southeast Asia from Phuket, Thailand, Mergui Archipelago in Myanmar (Burma), the Andaman Islands of India and Komodo National Park, Flores and Alor in Indonesia.

Only half an hour from the centre of Bangkok, the 18-hole, 6,918-yard Bangkok Golf Club course is one of the most popular with locals and expatriates. The green fee for a weekday visitor is 1,400 Baht and the weekend visitor fee is 2,100 Baht. Club facilities include a driving range, a sauna and restaurants serving Thai, European, Japanese and Chinese cuisine.

The 7140-yard Bangpakong Riverside Country Club is one hour south of Bangkok and features well crafted fairways and a number of water challenges. The green fee for visitors during weekdays is 750 Baht and 1,200 Baht at weekends. The club's facilities include driving range, a sauna, a swimming pool, a tennis course and restaurants serving Thai, European, Japanese and Chinese cuisine.

Located in Pathumthani this 18-hole course was designed by Nick Faldo and is only half an hour north of central Bangkok. The course features trees alongside fairways and scores of bunkers. The weekday green fee for a visitor is 750 Baht while the weekend fee is 1,490 Baht. The club's facilities include a driving range and a restaurant serving Thai cuisine.

Dive Info provides diving information and offers a range of dive trips which include transportation and accommodation. They also sell a range of diving equipment. Their diving trips include 'diving safaris' and Liveaboards in areas such as the Similan Islands, Krabi, Phi Phi Islands and Phuket. Dive Info also provides a complete range of diving courses from 'Open Water' courses to courses for Professional Divers.

Dive Master was launched in 1992 by a group of passionate divers and diving instructors. It is a PADI 5 Star Diving Center that offers a complete range of courses from ‘Open Water Diver’ right through to the highest level of tuition. Dive Master also has a wide range of diving equipment available in all colours and sizes and offers advice on what equipment you may need for the type of diving you would like to do.

This 18-hole, 6,792-yard course has an excellent design that features a number of lakes. The course has water hazards at the majority of holes. The green fee for a weekday visitor is 800 Baht while weekend visitor fees are 1200 Baht. The club's facilities include driving range and restaurants selling Thai and European food.