The gorgeous Baidee is ready to take up to 40 guests aboard for group and private cruises around Koh Samui and Koh Phangan, or to the Angthong National Marine Park for the whole day. Or there is an opportunity to sail along the north and east coast of Koh Samui, or along the south coast of Koh Phangan for half of the day.

Cruise on a luxurious yacht is the most unforgettable way to celebrate some outstanding event. The Baidee is ideal for wedding ceremonies and other celebrations.

The most striking moments can be captured by professional photographing and video filming.

Historical reference

Bugis Phinisi Schooner is a traditional Indonesian two-masted sailing ship. It is mainly built by the Konjo tribe, a sub-ethnic group of Bugis-Makassar mostly residents at the Bulukumba regency of South Sulawesi, and still is used mostly for inter-insular transportation, cargo and fishing purposes within the Indonesian archipelago.

The Bugis together with the Mandar, both of South Sulawesi, are master shipbuilders and superb mariners. These boats have carried the Bugis far across the archipelago and many have further settled on Java, Kalimantan, Sumatra, Papua, and the Nusatenggara islands. The Bugis were not only respected as master seafarers but were also greatly feared as pirates.

The Bugis of 100 tons to 200 tons today still play a vital role in traditional transport and inter-island trade. In the 19th century, Bugis perahus (boats) were loaded with European and Chinese manufactured goods from Singapore carrying these too far away Dobo in the Aru Islands in East Nusatenggara stopping at remote ports along the route. From the Indonesian islands, they gathered birds-of-paradise feathers, sandalwood, spices, gold, and pepper to sell them at the significant profit in Singapore to Chinese and Indian merchants.

Today, the Bugis carry all sorts of cargo from timber to cement, house tiles, rice, sugar, up to motorcycles and crates of cigarettes to sell these to islanders in the archipelago.

Nowadays also, the Bugis are refitted to serve as unique traditional liveaboards for divers to pristine locations, especially in the eastern Indonesian islands. These sturdy vessels now come complete with cabins, kitchen and toilet facilities to accommodate members of diving expeditions to the Komodo park in Flores and the Raja Ampat national park near Sorong, in West Papua.