Insight Guides Thailands Beaches and Islands by Insight Guides

Author:Insight Guides
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Travel, Thailand
Publisher: Apa Publications
Published: 2018-01-03T05:00:00+00:00

In 1868, King Mongkut, an astute astronomer, visited Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park to view a total eclipse of the sun, which he had foretold. The king’s prediction, to the astonishment of local astrologers, was only four minutes off the mark. Sadly, Mongkut contracted malaria from this trip and died a week after his return to Bangkok.

South of Pranburi

The coastline south of Khao Sam Roi Yot is still miles and miles of sandy beaches, yet most foreign tourists make the jump directly to Chumphon for ferry connections to Ko Tao (for more information, click here), or to Surat Thani and then by boat to either Ko Samui (for more information, click here) or Ko Phangan (for more information, click here).

While this stretch of the Gulf of Thailand coast may not be geared towards pampering foreign visitors, you will be rewarded with the less commercial face of Thai tourism.

Prachuap Khiri Khan 7 [map], about 85km (53 miles) from Hua Hin, is an interesting town to explore, as are the beaches of Ao Manao, 4km (3 miles) south of Prachuap town, and Ban Krut, 70km (43 miles) south. Both beaches have limited facilities in the way of accommodation and restaurants. Offshore from the town of Bang Saphan Yai, further south, is Ko Thalu, one of the first islands south of Bangkok that is good enough for snorkelling and diving.

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