LAST VISITED FEBRUARY 2014
Some pretty prissy scenery looking from the E coast bungalow strip of Yao Noi towards the mid-bay islands too the Krabi coast inwards background (image KohYao Travel Guide)
I've visited Yao Noi iii times, March 07, November 08 too February 14. The house has changed with quite a few novel resorts over the years - to a greater extent than oftentimes than non inwards the mid-range too ameliorate category. But it withal rates equally ane of the to a greater extent than set dorsum islands inwards Thailand, too such a contrast to most of nearby Phuket.
Want a nice, off the beaten-track isle less than 30km from Thailand’s 2d busiest ariport?
KOs YAO NOI too YAI are large rugged islands off the eastern coast of Phuket inwards the oral fissure of Phang Nga Bay. When you lot are staring out to sea from pop Railay too Ao Nang at that large mountainous isle you lot maybe mean value is Phuket, you lot are inwards fact gazing at these two.
Yai is the bigger, larger than Lanta too nearly the size of large Ko Chang,. It is the less settled too visited. Noi is smaller, to a greater extent than or less the size of Phangan, has a bigger local population than Yai too nigh 2 dozen tourist operations. It tin go described equally off the beaten rail too genuinely set back, with prissy scenery too a really friendly local population.
Ko Yao Noi too larger Ko Yao Yai - E of Phuket too W of Krabi - map from Yao Yai's Heimat Garden - more detailed maps tin go flora on the links below.
ISLAND MAP
AREA MAP
SOME OF THE PLACES MENTIONED ON THIS PAGE
The E coast resort beach strip runs from simply below the Tha Kao pier symbol mid E coast to the due south cease of the beach arc below Sabai Corner - opposite the R of MANOC PIER (modified Google world image)
Most of the budget travelers’ bungalow operations are inwards a roughly v km strip on the E coast taking inwards HAT PASAI, LONG BEACH too HAT THA KAO equally you lot caput north. These beaches start nigh v km across the isle from the arrival pier from Phuket which is nigh the original hamlet of THA KAI inwards the due south W of the island.
The original accommodation strip - the 2 pocket-size beaches betwixt Long Beach too Hat Tha Khao are associated with the high-end Six Senses resort aka Evason Hideaway (oblique Google world image).
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 adept paved route circles the southern 2 thirds of the isle with several cross routes too offshoots. It’s a prissy house to explore past times hire motorbike or bicycle. Only a brusk subdivision of this route, W of the northern most pier town of Tah Kao was what I considered seriously steep for a bike rider. The residual is easy, which is interesting for a mountainous looking island. The northern tertiary of the isle is a dissimilar proffer - this relatively untouristed too unsettled expanse has serious mountains too hills - the few roads tend to go rough, unpaved too really steep inwards parts.
When I outset visited inwards March 07 I stayed at COCONUT CORNER right at the northern cease of Pasai Beach where the route does indeed take away hold a corner to a greater extent than or less the within of the headland separating it from Long Beach. This is a typical onetime vogue travelers’ house with a handful of bamboo thatched bungalows too a pocket-size eating theatre correct on the corner too across from the beach. I’ll pose a detailed description of the house at the cease of this article for interested punters.
Restaurant on the corner for Coconut. The beach is right away behind camera. The pop Sabai Corner cottages are nigh 150 1000 upwards the route to the right.
The local guy running Coconut Corner was a flake of a character: greeting guests 8am with how are you lot tomorrow? too 8pm with guten morgen!!. Sounds corny, but equally David Lettermam from The Late Show says: it aint the material, it’s the delivery
Well sure, but if you lot figure out which ane Letterman thinks he’s got, allow me know.
Coconut’s possessor had an eclectic gustatory modality inwards music, ranging from electrical flow pop thru dance/boys wid attitooood/techno/blues to 50s-70s stuff. Don Mclean aint likewise rare, but you lot don’t listen Buddy Holly likewise oftentimes these days. I also loved his java cups with the moving painting of the ‘59 Caddy Eldo convertible. Which has got to go the most spectacular production automobile of all time.
The bungalows at Coconut Corner (image kohyaonoi.com)UPDATE NOV 08 - quoted prices 500 too 400 before bargaining.
UPDATE FEB fourteen - Coconut Corner looked pretty much the same, except across the route fronting the beach at that spot was a cool piddling beach bar house which doubled equally a kayak, mortorcycle/bicycle hire, trip booking place.
SABAI CORNER (aka Sabai Cottages inwards some of he guidebooks) is in all likelihood the best known of the Yao Noi bungalow places, with bungalows built upwards the steep pelting forested headland 3 minues walk from Coconut. Looked pretty prissy to me, all the cheaper 500s gone inwards 2007 too booked out on Agoda months before my February 2014 visit. Their beachside eating theatre is okay, a flake to a greater extent than expensive than Coconut Corner, too does non take away hold top payoff of the offshore karst isle views because of trees. Jeez, where’s the local chainsaw dealer?
UPDATE NOV 08 - I called inwards for some other repast at Sabai corner. They seemed to take away hold cleared some vegetation to improve views from the restaurant, too this sitting platform/picnic tabular array expanse to the side was novel from memory. As was the illustration in conclusion trip, the eating theatre had a salubrious unwrap of guests too visitors dining whereas most other places seemed really quiet. Once again, all the lowest priced bungalows were taken, I was told. Pretty adept for early on shoulder season.
UPDATE FEB fourteen - Lady Tezza too I ate most of our meals at Sabai Corner. Would take away hold stayed at that spot but the articulation was booked out on Agoda months before. Good nutrient too beer at budget prices, prissy atmosphere, house seems able to lucifer a bunch of people together to portion a longtail to Ko Hong etc inwards nearby southern Phang Nga Bay.
Maybe 600m farther north, on Long Beach, is the bluish roofed HOLIDAY RESORT whose eating theatre definitely did take away hold inwards those views. So did all but the to the lowest degree expensive bungalows, built on a slight gradient upwards from the route level. In 07 hired my bike from this place, too I gotta tell the large overweight local running the demonstrate was a sweetness guy, giving me a prissy H2O ice mutual depression temperature drinkable gratis on return, too non caring a damn that I plonked my really sweaty self at ane of his slightly upmarket eating theatre tables. Their hire bicycles at 150 per day, were inwards pretty adept condition. They also hire motorcycles, equally make simply nigh every bungalow house addition a guy at the pier.
Update February 14. With such a adept impression from my before see I had no hesitation inwards selecting HOLIDAY RESORT for accommodation latest visit. User reports on Agoda booking site were okay, but simply before leaving I also checked Trip Adviser which was scathing. Apparently the articulation had changed hands too the novel owners had allow things slip.
Well, I tin tell is that it looks similar they take away hold lifted their game - our fan room was comfy too quiet, the inclusive breakfasts reasonable too service really good. Agoda's cost at the fourth dimension of booking was a flake high but I take away hold noticed it has dropped to reverberate the walk-in cost I heard the managing director quote a couple, of 1500 baht including breakfast. Aircon bungalows (above) were a flake scarce (many existence refurbished) but latest Agoda pricing has them at 200 baht to a greater extent than which seems fair value. The argue nosotros ate to a greater extent than oftentimes than non at nearby Sabai Corner was that currently Holidays's eating theatre could exclusively make breakfast. I'll pose to a greater extent than details inwards a TRIP REPORT when I larn time.
After my outset see (07) I wrote: Between Sabai too Holiday are a pair of bars, the ane closer to Holiday tending to attract inwards belatedly arvo an interesting mixture of locals, long rest travelers, blow-ins similar me too isle expats. They pose on a pretty adept buffet dinner here. I spent a fascinating pair of hours talking to a local expat resort possessor nigh the cut-throat isle politics too describe of piece of occupation concern deals.
UPDATE NOV 08 - at that spot was a really large holiday-villa evolution going inwards on the inland side of the route betwixt the bars too Sabai on this latest trip - done past times the same people who developed Boat Harbour inwards Phuket. I mean value the aim is to attract wealthy Phuketees too other Thais, but I'm certain Farang coin is welcome from all you lot bond brokers out at that spot wanting to enshroud ill-gotten gains from the Securities Commission.
UPDATE FEB 14. Villas finished - at that spot are really a unwrap of places hither too they take away hold upmarket accommodation for tourists- google VILLAGUNA, NIRAMAY too VILLA DIVA. Some units are privately owned but I figure I powerfulness go incorrect nigh the fugitive Wall St bond brokers - having been burned on Phuket before I jumped across to Noi, I reckon quite a few would go the weekend escapes for the Phuket taxi mafia. Most of these places had upmarket restaurants too at that spot were some budget eats joints on the following original road. Sabai Corner is exclusively a few minutes away. The cool bars were gone - ane was at nowadays the eating theatre of ane of the villa places too the other had pushed upmarket to attract customers from the flash joints.
Heading along the original route from Holiday Resort inwards the other administration (north) nosotros came after a v infinitesimal walk to this structure site inwards February 2014 where a novel high cease house was going in. Should go finished for high flavor 2015. Adjacent to this is the rather prissy KOYAO ISLAND RESORT. I checked the beach hither inwards 08, was a fair flake nicer than at HOLIDAY RESORT or SABAI CORNER.
2 minutes farther due north the original route heads inland/uphill over the headland. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 side route leads off to the correct 400m to the really flash SIX SENSES. Back hither on the original route is a logical house for an ATM (there are at to the lowest degree 3 others inwards the original hamlet Ban Tai on the other side of the island) addition a pair of budget restaurants too bars to the left. The concrete side route at left leads to SIX SENSES' staff accommodation too workshops.
Long Beach, the expanse of places mentioned above. If you lot click-expand you lot tin consider the bluish roofs of HOLIDAY RESORT mid shot. SABAI CORNER is tucked behind the headland far left. The really flash hilltop bungalows of SIX SENSES tin go seen on headand far right. The beach storey places to its left belong to the rather prissy midrange KOYAO ISLAND RESORT.
This shot almost adjoins the left margin of the ane higher upwards it - it shows Pasai Beach. COCONUT CORNER is tucked behind the headland at correct (it is exclusively abt 3 minutes walk due south of SABAI CORNER). My latest 2014 see saw a bunch of novel developments at the far left (south) cease where the original isle route turns inland towards the original hamlet - similar an idiot I took no names but ane long-running budget/flashpacker articulation of adept repute is PASAI COTTAGES.
Each fourth dimension I passed the southern end, a neat looking restaurant/bar beachside correct at the corner with adept shade was doing plenty of business. I mean value it is associated with Pasai Cottages. The beach downwards that cease tends to endure less from the depression tide blues. This was shot equally nosotros were heading for the nigh COCONUT CORNER cease after a KO HONG daytrip (see the TRIP REPORT) too at that spot was 150m of non thence white sand apartment when nosotros landed at depression tide.
I modified this Google world picture to demonstrate the expanse covered past times the higher upwards 2 pix too to endeavor to ease whatever confusion nigh house location. The original route hits the beach from the southern piers too the Tah Kai original hamlet nigh Pasai Cottages bottom left. It leaves towards the northern Tha Khao pier too hamlet top left. You tin loop dorsum to the original hamlet past times a moutainous route from Tha Kao.
FROM THE 07 REPORT: Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 pair of other accom places looked pretty prissy to me.
About a km south-west of Pasai beach towards the original hamlet of Tha Kai is a side route heading due south - await for the KOH YAO LAMSAI RESORT AND SEAFOOD sign. This house nigh 2-3 km downwards the road, correct at the cease - you lot volition take away hold to expire on maybe 50m along a rougher rail when the paving ends. The eating theatre with reasonable prices is perched on the seaside rocks with superb views across to large Ko Yao Yai, too their bungalows starting at a 600 inquire are on a steep gradient higher upwards too await similar they would take away hold similar maybe tree interrupted views.
UPDATE NOV 08 - I could consider Lamsai Seafood's eating theatre from my accommodation on neighbouring isle Yao Yai thence I decided to hop across at that spot for my rest on Noi. Tewson (Thiwson) Resort's longtail guy charged me 200 baht for the 4km trip which was to a greater extent than or less what I figured too saved me a heap of fourth dimension compared to going to ane of Yao Yai's northern piers, waiting for a world longtail to the town pier on Yao Noi too and then going to a greater extent than or less to Lamsai past times the exxy tuk-tuk taxi. 10 minutes v 2-3 hours.
Lamsai Seafood's eating theatre from its pier. Pens inwards foreground are total of fish - your seafood is pretty fresh here. The bungalows are built upwards the steep hillside behind to the right. The eating theatre pylons are inwards H2O at higher tides.
Lamsai Seafood's bungalows - the path is pretty steep too needs a torch inwards sections at night. Trees hateful exclusively a 10% stance of Yao Yai, but larn your prepare at the restaurant.
Traditional vogue bungalow reduced from 500 to 400 inwards early on shoulder flavor 08 - I was the exclusively guest. Enough room for 2 too their gear, fairly adept condition, clean, large bathroom, sink, towels + soap. Good mirror. I had to plough H2O on to a greater extent than or less the dorsum too inquire for mozzie net. Nice large veranda. Very tranquility at night.
The eating theatre attracts visitors from to a greater extent than or less the island. The common multi-plate seafood thing. Which I couldn't afford thence I picked a uncomplicated one-plate sweetness too sour seafood - really tasty, lots of vegs, rice too pineapple, fish-chunks a flake limited. They charged me lx baht + rice, which was nigh one-half the bill of fare price. Cut-price for house-guests? I dunno, had exclusively ane dinner hither on describe of piece of occupation concern human relationship of wanting to recheck other eating places.
UPDATE FEB 14 - I rode a bike downwards from Holiday Resort and ane time again checked the articulation out. The eating theatre has been upgraded with some pretty snazzy upmarket tables too seats. The bungalows looked much the same. I've googled for a website - plenty of places cite the eating theatre but no-one has booking facilities for the bungalows. Looks similar this is a walk inwards house simply similar inwards the adept onetime days.
Sunset over neighbouring Yao Yai from Lamai Seafood's restaurant.
There is no beach, but you lot tin swim whatever tide off the cease of their combined pier/fishpens straight out from the restaurant, too at that spot is a nice, totally secluded beach nigh 200m north-east, a pocket-size subdivision of which looked similar it would take away hold sand fifty-fifty at lowest tide, something non thence mutual on Yao Noi.
In 07 walked downwards to Lamsai Resort via the beach from Coconut Corner inwards a flake nether an hr (would go hard when the tide is getting up) too rode it on a bike following twenty-four hr menstruum inwards nigh 15-20 minutes via the roads.
Small beach nigh Lamsai Resort - Ko Yao Yai inwards background (imageLamsi Village Guest-House too Restaurant).
The other house which appealed to me was dorsum on Long Beach - TABAEK VIEWPOINT BUNGALOWS are situated upwards a steep gradient with bang-up views of the bay too offshore stack islands. This budget house gets adept reviews on travelfish.
UPDATE - trip reporter Boleslav stayed at Tabaek Viewpoint too sent me a study too some pix here.
Latest trip I walked upwards from Holiday Resort for a repast (only vii minutes - in conclusion 3 moderately steep uphill from the coast road). Nice budget priced food, sweetness hosts too the higher upwards killer views. The possessor who is also ane of the local cops (excellent English) proudly told me the house was booked out until mid March.
Modified Google world picture of curved Hat Tha Kao due south of Tha Kao hamlet pier. This expanse would especially appeal to travellers from Krabi because some of the longtail ferries from Krabi province's Ao Thalen larn far at the nearby Tha Koa pier.
BEACHES are non Yao Noi’s strongpoint. They await existent prissy opposite Coconut Corner, Sabai Corner, Tabaek, Holiday Resort too Tha Kao Bungalows at high tide but are really rocky or sand flats depression tide.
The southern cease of LONG BEACH at Sabai corner - this is nigh one-half tide, to a greater extent than rocks exposed at lower tides along stretch inwards background.
The northern cease of PASAI BEACH at Coconut Corner. Looks prissy plenty at this shot nigh total tide but six hours afterward lowest tide exposed nigh 150m of muddied sand too a few rocks. Yao Noi is good into Phang Nga Bay with its many streams too thence the H2O is non equally clear equally farther west.
HAT THA KAO is the following original beach due north of Long Beach (SIX SENSES' piddling beach [see below] too some other undeveloped pocket-size beach are really betwixt them) too is similar to Pasai too Long Beach - looks okay inwards the top one-half of the tide, pretty ordinary other times. See below.
Tha Kao beach flats at depression tide seems less rocky than Long Beach inwards front end of Holiday Resort too Sabai Corner. (image Aksiniya Bg - Panoramio)
There are a few areas of ameliorate beach:
- at the southern cease of Sabai Beach, opposite PASAI COTTAGE is a prissy subdivision of sand with fewer rocks at lowest tide. Pasai Cottage looks a pretty prissy place, with widely spaced attractive bungalows. It takes maybe 10 minutes to walk downwards hither from Coconut Corner, xiii from Sabai Corner too 25 from Holiday Resort.
Although the tide is down, it does non await likewise uninviting hither inwards the southern corner of Sabai Beach - picture Tim Laven - Panoramio
- AFTER MARCH 07 I WROTE:
There is supposed to go a prissy individual beach belonging to a flash resort KOYAO ISLAND RESORT nigh the headland at the due north cease of Holiday Resort’s Long Beach.
UPDATE NOV 08 - I had a await at Koyai Island Resort's beach this trip - looked way ameliorate than at Coconut, Sabai too Holiday Resort, but non quite equally adept equally Temple Beach below.
Major go was going on simply due north of hither inwards 07, putting inwards what seemed to go at to the lowest degree thirty high cease bungalows, artificial ponds, swimming pools etc on a steep piddling knoll on the headland. I believe this is the novel EVASON HIDEAWAY RESORT aka SIX SENSES- at that spot is a link futher downwards this report.
NOV 08 - completed too operating for some fourth dimension - checked it from the outside, looked existent flash.
Note I don't know nigh the beach at SIX SENSES - the safety guys at these high cease places are non likewise keen on letting inwards rif-raff similar me to banking concern check the scene. No doubtfulness Trip Adviser etc reviews volition give some info. Looks okay inwards the picture below - too high cease joints take away hold a reputation for manicuring too improving their beaches.
This is ane of the images of Six Senses' beach embedded inwards Google world - taken past times Traveller666 - Panoramio.
- TEMPLE BEACH (Hat Sai Taew) is due north of the piddling hamlet at Tha Kao, the E coast pier hamlet nigh one-half way upwards the isle too approx 3km due north of Holiday Resort. Take the outset paved route to the correct after the original route turns inland past times the pier, too plough correct ane time again downwards a rail which runs to the left of a grouping of huts. This follows a canal a brusk distance too and then goes over a loma to a buddhist enclosure. Walk thru the enclosure to the beach. There was ever a handful of ferangs at this prissy spot, which is a flake shallow depression tide but has sand correct into the water. There are some prissy casuarinas for shaded sand dorsum of the beach.
Total walking fourth dimension past times the pier maybe fifteen minutes.
TEMPLE BEACH
UPDATE NOV 08 - at that spot is at nowadays a novel gate right away after you lot cross the canal on the entry route to Temple beach. This was opened upwards when I came in, closed when I left with a padlock. No problems - a permanently opened upwards walk-way to the side for pedestrians was large plenty to lucifer my rental bicycle* thru. Not large plenty for motorcycles. The walk to the beach over the steep loma is nigh 600m from here. There is was a new, less-steep but longer concrete route almost finished over the hill. The entry gate for the buddhist enclosure at the beach itself seemed permanently open.
* Lamai Seafood got me the bike for 200 a twenty-four hr menstruum - seems a flake steep but it was a adept one, had a long seat-post which aint that mutual inwards SE Asia, too it had to go transported downwards from town.
NORTHERN BEACHES
If you lot plough to the right, AWAY from Tha Khao hamlet when you lot come upwards dorsum off Sai Taew’s access rail amongst those huts (see higher upwards image) the paved side route shortly deteriorates into a dirt rail which continues due north thru the wood for nigh 4km upwards too downwards a few mild hills to terminate at a DESERTED NORTH EASTERN BEACH, quite long but a flake rocky at lower tides. This is simply to the due south of the bay containing the upmarket KO YAO PARADISE resort which is accessed from a separate, patently killer 4WD-only route which comes inwards from the key western island. I didn’t endeavor this ane - I loathe bicycling killer roads where I usually deal to jam a wheel inwards a high temperature too autumn on my head. I did take away hold a peek to a greater extent than or less the corner of deserted beach's headland at Paradise's beach - looked pretty prissy from the distance but reviews propose depression tide has an behaviour on hither equally everywhere else on the island.
Northern Yao Noi from the north-east
The beach at Paradise Ko Yao Boutique Beach too Spa Resort, high tide (image Bamboo Travel)
KO NOK
Even ameliorate than Temple Beach is the LOVELY SAND SPIT on KO NOK, a pocket-size double-karst isle nigh a km out from the due south E corner of the Yao Noi, with sand too deep H2O correct offshore all tides. In 07 I hired a kayak from Coconut Corner for 300 a twenty-four hr menstruum too paddled the 3km or thence from at that spot inwards maybe a one-half hr (I am a novice kayaker). There is reasonable coral/fish off the beach here.
Ko Nok from the south-east corner of Yao Noi.
Oblque Google world picture of south-west Yao Noi - Ko Nok top left. Pavilion beach (my name) is the site of the rather flash Koyao (Bay) Pavilion too Lom'Lae Beach resorts.
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Brit guy nigh 4 pick-axe handles across the shoulders with a racy looking sea kayak was packing upwards his tent when I arrived at Ko Nok - he had hired his gear at Ao Nang nigh Krabi too done a detailed cruise to a greater extent than or less both Yaos, sleeping where he flora a prissy location for his tent. He was off to explore those amazing karst islands inwards Phang Nga bay next. This sounds a bang-up way to banking concern check these types of places - I gotta larn me into a long distance kayaking program! He said the W coast of large Yao Yai was amazing with heaps of pristine unsettled beaches.and some bang-up mangroved estuaries. Who said at that spot were no novel places left inwards Thailand? And within sight of Phuket!
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UPDATE NOV 08 - good I haven't got into the kayaking computer program yet, but I did see Yao Yai on the latest trip. Should take away hold a split page on it past times the fourth dimension you lot read this.
UPMARKET ACCOMMODATION
Yao Noi was regarded equally a budget destination when I outset visited - the exclusively to a greater extent than expensive places at the fourth dimension were the really flash Ko Yao Paradise too Koyao Island Resort too the flashpackers (at the time) Ko Yao Bay Pavilions and Lam Sai Village Hotel. It seems things take away hold changed - the in conclusion 2 take away hold headed upmarket too several other midrange or ameliorate places take away hold been added. These include Six Senses, Villaguna Residences, Chukit Dachanan, Niramayan Villa too Lom Lae Beach Resort addition others which Agoda too similar booking sites volition find. Be careful - some booking sites lump Yao Noi too Yao YAI accommodation together. One fifty-fifty includes the nearest Phuket too Krabi expanse resorts.
Most of these are beyond my budget thence I'll larn out it to your inquiry of the user reviews to alternative the best one. Personally I larn for elevated body of body of water views too from what I've seen the outlook from the pool, eating theatre too a lot of the villas at Six Senses takes a lot of beating. But outset I gotta larn rob that bank.....
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Karst isle stacks of southern Phang Nga Bay too E Krabi coast from eating theatre of Six Senses which I pinched off their website. Got a shot from the hilltop puddle on the WHICH ISLAND OR BEACH page which is fifty-fifty better.
DAY TRIPPING to YAO NOI - Note that this isle is okay for DAY-TRIPPING out of Phuket. In 2007 a middle aged Malaysian pair caught the songthaew upwards from Phuket town too and then the ferry with me - they were pounced on past times a guy hiring motorcycles at the pier. I met them ane time again early on afternoon leaving Temple Beach - they’d had a prissy cruise to a greater extent than or less the isle including a adept tiffin at Holiday Resort. The roads are good, at that spot is really piddling traffic, the diverse villages are prissy to banking concern check out (the original one, Tha Kai, has several restaurants, quite a few shops including a 7-11 which also has an ATM (at to the lowest degree ane other inwards town 2014) internet too a pocket-size make marketplace for some adept fruit bargains) too scenic countryside/coastline which is a mixture of farming, line-fishing too forest. There are FEW DOGS!
Note the in conclusion ferry (actually a speedboat) dorsum to Phuket leaves at 1700.
By 2014 at that spot are several commercial operations running daytrips out of Phuket to Noi. Google is your friend here.
In 2014 I got the impression that quite a few daytrippers were hopping across from nearby Yao Yai on the roughly hourly world longtails. And vice versa.
THE MAIN VILLAGE
- Ban Kai inwards the south-west of the isle has a pretty adept make of services these days. These include a bank, at to the lowest degree 3 ATMs, a bakery, ice-creamery, wellness clinic, post office, a vii Eleven, several touristy restaurants too stores addition heaps of elcheapo local versions, a fresh fruit marketplace etc. The isle infirmary is on the original route approach to town from the E coast beaches.
Local isle carry nigh Tha Kai village (imagekohyaonoi.com/)
WHAT TO DO
Yao Noi is the perfect house to kicking dorsum too relax. Hiring a motorbike or bike too checking out the isle seems the #1 action - I was amazed past times the unwrap of cyclists inwards 2014. There is fifty-fifty ane Phuket outfit which organises mount bike daytrips. No shortage of people walking to a greater extent than or less checking the scene too.
Quite a few places take away hold kayaks for hire.
Longtail trips to distant Phang Nga Bay islands are pop - Yao Noi is a fair flake closer to the southern Ko Hong too its neighbours than Krabi. Some take away hold inwards Ko Hong only, others include other islands inwards the area.
Phang Nga bay daytrip islands from Yao Noi's Tabaek Viewpoint Bungalow's eating theatre - Ko Hong is far right, 7.6km measured on Google Earth.
I'll make a TRIP REPORT on our 2014 daytrip to Ko Hong when I larn a chance. boleslav already has ane inwards the Trip Report section.
I also noticed a poster pushing an to a greater extent than or less Yao Noi longtail trip at Holiday Resort.
Rock climbing is patently available at Noi - I'm non a climber too don't take away hold details but no doubtfulness Google volition discovery something.
ALCOHOL
Noi is a Muslim isle too the many local pocket-size stores don't sell booze. However the 7/11 inwards Tha Kai hamlet does. Most pocket-size local restaurants are dry. However restaurants at/near resorts too most bungalow operations tin sell you lot a beer or similar. I flora 2014 prices at Sabai Corner, Tabeak Viewpoint too Holiday Resort reasonable although the in conclusion could exclusively make pocket-size cans of beer. Am I the exclusively someone inwards the world thinks beer out of cans tastes inferior?
GETTING THERE
Noi has a sizable local population too thence carry has ever been pretty good. In 2014, maybe equally a upshot of the growth inwards tourism, it was fifty-fifty better. You tin larn a ferry or speedboat from Phuket, Krabi too the Phang Nga mainland.
FROM PHUKET - at that spot are xiii speedboats or longtail ferries per twenty-four hr menstruum from BANG RONG pier nigh 30km due north of Phuket town. Cost inwards 2014 was 200baht for the speedboat, which has got to go ane of the ameliorate bargains inwards the Andaman too 100 for the fewer large longtails. The speedboats take away hold abt 35 minutes, the longtails an hour.
There are regular songthaews from the twenty-four hr menstruum marketplace expanse inwards Phuket town (the same expanse on Thanon Ranong the songthaews to the beaches larn out from) to Bang Rong. - this takes nigh 90minutes.
Most people volition come upwards from the Phuket beaches too airdrome past times taxi - the Phuket taxi cartel has prices nicely stitched upwards at good over double what you lot would pay inwards Bangkok too they don't trim down it for world champ hagglers similar yers truly. I paid 800baht to come upwards up from Chalong pier ex Ko Raya inwards Phuket's due south west
Taxi cartel sign at Bang Rong pier gives some thought of what you lot volition pay early on 2014 from diverse Phuket starting points too a definite thought of what you lot volition pay to larn to them ex speedboat/longtail ferry.
When the ferry arrives at the isle pier, tuk tuks too songthaews are waiting to take away hold passengers away - cost to Coconut Corner inwards 07 was lxx baht, which annoyed the proprietor no end, maxim it is way likewise high. Cost to Holiday Resort inwards 2014 was a to a greater extent than reasonable 100baht. Note that Holiday Resort gave us a costless transfer dorsum to the pier on departure.
UPDATE 2013 - inwards recent years at that spot has been an afternoon (1500) speedboat service operated by Green Planet joining Phuket's Bang Rong pier with the northern pier on Yao Yai - it too then goes across to Yao Noi after which the Nopparet Thara pier nigh Ao Nang inwards the Krabi district. I caught it inwards the contrary administration inwards March too when nosotros got to Yao Noi at that spot was carry waiting at the pier - some seemed to go from accommodation, some local taxi services. At Phuket at that spot were fare-inclusive minibuses waiting to take away hold passengers to the original beaches too airdrome thence I assume they volition alternative upwards for the outward journey. Green Planet's Phuket tel - mobile 082 42069998 - no doubtfulness simply nigh every locomote desk on the isle volition go able to mass them.
FROM KRABI - the service from AO THALEN (Thalene/Talen) pier nigh 30km due north of Krabi town has greatly improved from 2 large longtail ferries per twenty-four hr menstruum inwards 2007 to ix longtails (90 minutes) or speedboats (45 minutes) hourly from 0900 to 1700 with the in conclusion a flake early on at 1730. All larn to the Tha Kao pier on the mid-east coast but the 1300 speedboat continues to the Manoc pier inwards the south.. Some prissy stack isle too coastal views here, thence sit down upwards top if you lot can.
Ao Thalen longtail ferry goes straight betwixt some pretty nice-looking stack islands.
Songthaews take away hold nigh ninety minutes betwixt Krabi too Ao Thalen. They larn out Krabi from nigh the large Vogue subdivision store, pretty unopen to where the white Ao Nang songthaews terminate.
Going INTO Krabi on the render journey, the songthaew stops at the KRABI BUS STATION nigh 3 km north, adept tidings for people wanting to force on due south or east. An enterprising lady from the locomote way hither comes out too offers normal priced boat tickets to LANTA too PP including costless carry to the pier, which is due south of town. This saves a lot of mucking nigh inwards town, addition precious fourth dimension which is a flake tight for people wanting to select take away hold of the forenoon ferries.
Much quicker but to a greater extent than expensive - Green Planet's speedboat runs at 1100 from Ao Nang's Nopparet Thara pier to Yao Noi, too then Yao Yai too finally Phuket's Bang Rong pier inwards the forenoon (at 1100) taking to a greater extent than or less a one-half hour. Transport was waiting at Yao Noi pier. The Krabi tel # is +66 075 637 488 too locomote desks all to a greater extent than or less the house were advertising this. Green Planet also run an limited boat inwards the afternoon at 1600 - takes approx ane hour.
FROM PHI PHI - a pair of years agone some dudes started a direct speedboat service but this lapsed due to likewise few customers. You tin charter a boat but this would cost a fortune.
Coming FROM Phi Phi, I noticed the Green Planet speedboat at Ao Nang inwards 2013 delayed it's deviation a few minutes thence incoming passengers on the regular ferry from Phi Phi or Lanta /Jum could transfer across. This won't go inwards the opposite administration due to timing - the best bet to larn to PP/Lanta/Jum ex Noi is to select take away hold of the really outset longtail ferry to Ao Thalen too jump on the Krabi town songthaew.
Google throws upwards all sorts of carry information - some seems sadly out of date. The best I could discovery was this one http://www.kohyaotravel.com/transfer.htm - hopefully they volition hold it upwards to date. Maybe this outfit which is to a greater extent than of a full general isle information site has to a greater extent than incentive to hold upwards to appointment - http://www.koyaonoi.com/Koh_Yao_Noi/Ferries.html
One farther matter - some of the high cease resorts take away hold their ain transport. SIX SENSES' 2 white speedboats looked pretty swish. I'd go hoping at the prices they accuse that the transfers are inclusive.
COCONUT CORNER 2007
I got me a traditional thatched bamboo, metallic roofed bungalow with bath for 350, which I thought was correct on the money. It was non likewise squeezy for 2 too their gear, although shelf speace was limited (a fair few hooks). The double bed had theatre but fairly comfy mattress too pillows too the mozzie network was inwards adept condition. Although following to the road, traffic dissonance did non bother me, too I’m a flake sensitive to this. Not much traffic here, especially at night.
There was a reasonable sized portable mirror that you lot could motility from original room to bath hooks.
The can was a squat one, no can newspaper supplied but towels were. Water flow was really adept except ane time at 1800, when it disappeared! Maybe the whole isle was having a pre-dinner shower.
The verandah was a prissy house to pass time, with a hammock too a large common type bench. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 broom was supplied. The grounds were pretty clean, but my sub verandah expanse simply failed the NO CIGGY BUTTS, NO RING-PULLS TEST, equally make most places.
The open-sided eating theatre was correct on the corner where the route turns inwards past times the headland, a adept house to sentinel the leisurely passing parade too to reach out the tree interrupted coastal/sea views. Food lineament was adept too prices were pretty normal for budget bungalow restaurants with ane or 2 exceptions - a pocket-size beer was 60baht (more commonly 40-50), those ubiquitous 950ml translucent waters thirty (10-15) too Cokes thirty (15-20). There are a pair of nearby shops to stock upwards on inexpensive H2O too other provisions. Not booze - this isle is heavily Muslim.
Coconut hires motorcycles too kayaks, the latter a tertiary of the prices of Ao Nang too Railay across the bay. Their bicycles were all broken. What’s novel - what make you lot guys DO to them?
Artistic shot of route simply due north of Coconut Corner - each twenty-four hr menstruum to a greater extent than or less 1700 some girls selling ice-creams off a motorbike would cruise downwards hither - lovely. The ice-creams weren't bad likewise (image kohyaonoi.com/)
OTHER LINKS
Jamie of JAMIE'S PHUKET BLOG has an interesting study on a twenty-four hr menstruum see to Yao Noi,inckuding some prissy photographs here
http://www.kohyaotravel.com/
Lomlai Resort
Ko Yao (lots of information including a prissy satellite photograph of the island)
Sabai Corner Bungalows
Koyao Island Resort
Evason HideAway
The in conclusion v links were provided past times Eric Haeg in 2007.
With thence many novel places, adept onetime Google can these days plough upwards a bunch of other websites.
Eric Haeg also provided this terrific extra data when I was getting facts together for my outset see inwards 2007. Some may go out of appointment past times now, but others withal useful:
"After you lot larn far on Koh Yao Noi--and give cheers yourself for doing so--there are a few people you lot should come across too some bang-up sites to see.
In the pump of town, opposite the pharmacy, you'll discovery Simon's restaurant. His married adult woman serves absolutely authentic, local,Muslim nutrient for a depression price. If you're inwards luck, Simon volition go at that spot too. Strike upwards a conversation with him...he's been living at that spot longer than some of you lot take away hold been alive.
Down from Simon's is the Koh Yao Noi Children’s Center. It was started past times a Californian named Tim, but who is at nowadays referred to on the isle equally Ajarn. He's usually around, too tin go really helpful if you lot desire to discovery out what's happening to a greater extent than or less the island. You never know when someone's celebrating a birthday, there's a hamlet fair, or a gnarly game of beach bocce going on afterward that night.
Head to Had Pasai too halt at Pasai Bungalows. If you've got fourth dimension (and it may take away hold some fourth dimension for things to come upwards to you lot on KYN), halt inwards for some french fries. Yes, I said french fries. I've lived inwards Thailand iii years, too I've never had a ameliorate tasting chip. While you lot wait, you lot tin chat with the owner, An. He's also a local instrumentalist too tin embrace some bang-up Job To Do hits. BTW, Job To Do is a bang-up Thai-reggae band from the due south of Thailand. This is where I usally stay. It's basic, clean, too pretty cheap.
Just past times Pasai are Coconut Corner too Sabai Corner. If you lot don't come across anyone else here, come across Colin at Sabai. To endeavor too amount Colin upwards would make him an injustice. He runs the house with his ain unique style--usually spell wearing fisherman's pants too a lightweight, Thai-style, white, cotton wool shirt with a big, light-green ganja leafage on it. Roll ane upwards with him--strictly DRUM of course--and inquire him to tell you lot the story of how his blood brother too the BBC came looking for him after the tsunami. The ower is an Italian adult woman too if you're craving some Italian, this is the house to larn it.
After Sabai corner, it KYN’s newest restaurant. The hollo escapes me, but you lot can’t miss it. The nutrient inwards delicious, inquire for a fresh catch. The atmosphere is bang-up too it’ll no doubtfulness go a novel gathering spot for those who desire to mingle. Neighboring on the restaurant’s correct is Mot’s Pyramid bar. It’s simple, inexpensive too has bang-up music. Mot is from Had Yai, but has been living on KYN for quite some fourth dimension now. He’s a friendly guy too speaks English linguistic communication well.
If you've got coin to burn, endeavor Koh Yao Island Resort. During the depression season, the fancy bungalows are nearly one-half price. The nutrient is way likewise expensive, but the rooms are the best. It's a perfect house to convey a special lady friend. Gavin, the Singaporean GM, really knows how to vino too dine his guests. It's expensive, but worth it.
Farther north, is Buddhist meditation center. It’s hard to find, but if you lot tin make it, you’ll go proud of yourself. It has the island’s best beach too a hilltop observation deck. From there, all of Phang-Nga bay tin go taken in; the sunsets are glorious too watching the approaching thunderstorms coil over the bay too its limestone cliffs tin go quite a site too.
In add-on to the meditation center, KYN has a gigantic onetime tree at its northern tip. The tree is thence large it would take away hold 25 people to concur hands to a greater extent than or less its base. If you’re looking for an adventurous trek, inquire ane of the locals to aid guide you lot there. Once you’ve drenched yourself inwards elbow grease getting to the tree, you lot tin take away hold a dip inwards the nearby bay. No ane volition on that beach for sure.
KYN’s western side is a gigantic rice patty too holds some bang-up photograph ops during sunset. Buffalo, birds, winding dirt roads, swaying blades of rice, it doesn’t larn much to a greater extent than peaceful than that.
Koh Yao is ane of the in conclusion bang-up islands along Thailand's W coast. If you lot discovery yourself there, enjoy."
Thank's Eric.
STOP PRESS - Frequent contributor to the TRIP REPORTS subdivision boleslav has simply sent me a study on a December 2010 trip to Ko Yao Noi. It has some adept updated info, first-class pix, some really adept links too details of kayaking trips to a greater extent than or less the EASTERN PHANG NGA BAY - Pak Bhia, Ko Lading etc.
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Some pretty prissy scenery looking from the E coast bungalow strip of Yao Noi towards the mid-bay islands too the Krabi coast inwards background (image KohYao Travel Guide)I've visited Yao Noi iii times, March 07, November 08 too February 14. The house has changed with quite a few novel resorts over the years - to a greater extent than oftentimes than non inwards the mid-range too ameliorate category. But it withal rates equally ane of the to a greater extent than set dorsum islands inwards Thailand, too such a contrast to most of nearby Phuket.
Want a nice, off the beaten-track isle less than 30km from Thailand’s 2d busiest ariport?
KOs YAO NOI too YAI are large rugged islands off the eastern coast of Phuket inwards the oral fissure of Phang Nga Bay. When you lot are staring out to sea from pop Railay too Ao Nang at that large mountainous isle you lot maybe mean value is Phuket, you lot are inwards fact gazing at these two.
Yai is the bigger, larger than Lanta too nearly the size of large Ko Chang,. It is the less settled too visited. Noi is smaller, to a greater extent than or less the size of Phangan, has a bigger local population than Yai too nigh 2 dozen tourist operations. It tin go described equally off the beaten rail too genuinely set back, with prissy scenery too a really friendly local population.
Ko Yao Noi too larger Ko Yao Yai - E of Phuket too W of Krabi - map from Yao Yai's Heimat Garden - more detailed maps tin go flora on the links below.ISLAND MAP
AREA MAP
SOME OF THE PLACES MENTIONED ON THIS PAGE
The E coast resort beach strip runs from simply below the Tha Kao pier symbol mid E coast to the due south cease of the beach arc below Sabai Corner - opposite the R of MANOC PIER (modified Google world image)Most of the budget travelers’ bungalow operations are inwards a roughly v km strip on the E coast taking inwards HAT PASAI, LONG BEACH too HAT THA KAO equally you lot caput north. These beaches start nigh v km across the isle from the arrival pier from Phuket which is nigh the original hamlet of THA KAI inwards the due south W of the island.
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 adept paved route circles the southern 2 thirds of the isle with several cross routes too offshoots. It’s a prissy house to explore past times hire motorbike or bicycle. Only a brusk subdivision of this route, W of the northern most pier town of Tah Kao was what I considered seriously steep for a bike rider. The residual is easy, which is interesting for a mountainous looking island. The northern tertiary of the isle is a dissimilar proffer - this relatively untouristed too unsettled expanse has serious mountains too hills - the few roads tend to go rough, unpaved too really steep inwards parts.
When I outset visited inwards March 07 I stayed at COCONUT CORNER right at the northern cease of Pasai Beach where the route does indeed take away hold a corner to a greater extent than or less the within of the headland separating it from Long Beach. This is a typical onetime vogue travelers’ house with a handful of bamboo thatched bungalows too a pocket-size eating theatre correct on the corner too across from the beach. I’ll pose a detailed description of the house at the cease of this article for interested punters.
Restaurant on the corner for Coconut. The beach is right away behind camera. The pop Sabai Corner cottages are nigh 150 1000 upwards the route to the right.The local guy running Coconut Corner was a flake of a character: greeting guests 8am with how are you lot tomorrow? too 8pm with guten morgen!!. Sounds corny, but equally David Lettermam from The Late Show says: it aint the material, it’s the delivery
Well sure, but if you lot figure out which ane Letterman thinks he’s got, allow me know.
Coconut’s possessor had an eclectic gustatory modality inwards music, ranging from electrical flow pop thru dance/boys wid attitooood/techno/blues to 50s-70s stuff. Don Mclean aint likewise rare, but you lot don’t listen Buddy Holly likewise oftentimes these days. I also loved his java cups with the moving painting of the ‘59 Caddy Eldo convertible. Which has got to go the most spectacular production automobile of all time.
The bungalows at Coconut Corner (image kohyaonoi.com)UPDATE NOV 08 - quoted prices 500 too 400 before bargaining.UPDATE FEB fourteen - Coconut Corner looked pretty much the same, except across the route fronting the beach at that spot was a cool piddling beach bar house which doubled equally a kayak, mortorcycle/bicycle hire, trip booking place.
SABAI CORNER (aka Sabai Cottages inwards some of he guidebooks) is in all likelihood the best known of the Yao Noi bungalow places, with bungalows built upwards the steep pelting forested headland 3 minues walk from Coconut. Looked pretty prissy to me, all the cheaper 500s gone inwards 2007 too booked out on Agoda months before my February 2014 visit. Their beachside eating theatre is okay, a flake to a greater extent than expensive than Coconut Corner, too does non take away hold top payoff of the offshore karst isle views because of trees. Jeez, where’s the local chainsaw dealer?
UPDATE NOV 08 - I called inwards for some other repast at Sabai corner. They seemed to take away hold cleared some vegetation to improve views from the restaurant, too this sitting platform/picnic tabular array expanse to the side was novel from memory. As was the illustration in conclusion trip, the eating theatre had a salubrious unwrap of guests too visitors dining whereas most other places seemed really quiet. Once again, all the lowest priced bungalows were taken, I was told. Pretty adept for early on shoulder season.UPDATE FEB fourteen - Lady Tezza too I ate most of our meals at Sabai Corner. Would take away hold stayed at that spot but the articulation was booked out on Agoda months before. Good nutrient too beer at budget prices, prissy atmosphere, house seems able to lucifer a bunch of people together to portion a longtail to Ko Hong etc inwards nearby southern Phang Nga Bay.
Maybe 600m farther north, on Long Beach, is the bluish roofed HOLIDAY RESORT whose eating theatre definitely did take away hold inwards those views. So did all but the to the lowest degree expensive bungalows, built on a slight gradient upwards from the route level. In 07 hired my bike from this place, too I gotta tell the large overweight local running the demonstrate was a sweetness guy, giving me a prissy H2O ice mutual depression temperature drinkable gratis on return, too non caring a damn that I plonked my really sweaty self at ane of his slightly upmarket eating theatre tables. Their hire bicycles at 150 per day, were inwards pretty adept condition. They also hire motorcycles, equally make simply nigh every bungalow house addition a guy at the pier.
Well, I tin tell is that it looks similar they take away hold lifted their game - our fan room was comfy too quiet, the inclusive breakfasts reasonable too service really good. Agoda's cost at the fourth dimension of booking was a flake high but I take away hold noticed it has dropped to reverberate the walk-in cost I heard the managing director quote a couple, of 1500 baht including breakfast. Aircon bungalows (above) were a flake scarce (many existence refurbished) but latest Agoda pricing has them at 200 baht to a greater extent than which seems fair value. The argue nosotros ate to a greater extent than oftentimes than non at nearby Sabai Corner was that currently Holidays's eating theatre could exclusively make breakfast. I'll pose to a greater extent than details inwards a TRIP REPORT when I larn time.
After my outset see (07) I wrote: Between Sabai too Holiday are a pair of bars, the ane closer to Holiday tending to attract inwards belatedly arvo an interesting mixture of locals, long rest travelers, blow-ins similar me too isle expats. They pose on a pretty adept buffet dinner here. I spent a fascinating pair of hours talking to a local expat resort possessor nigh the cut-throat isle politics too describe of piece of occupation concern deals.
UPDATE NOV 08 - at that spot was a really large holiday-villa evolution going inwards on the inland side of the route betwixt the bars too Sabai on this latest trip - done past times the same people who developed Boat Harbour inwards Phuket. I mean value the aim is to attract wealthy Phuketees too other Thais, but I'm certain Farang coin is welcome from all you lot bond brokers out at that spot wanting to enshroud ill-gotten gains from the Securities Commission.
Each fourth dimension I passed the southern end, a neat looking restaurant/bar beachside correct at the corner with adept shade was doing plenty of business. I mean value it is associated with Pasai Cottages. The beach downwards that cease tends to endure less from the depression tide blues. This was shot equally nosotros were heading for the nigh COCONUT CORNER cease after a KO HONG daytrip (see the TRIP REPORT) too at that spot was 150m of non thence white sand apartment when nosotros landed at depression tide.
FROM THE 07 REPORT: Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 pair of other accom places looked pretty prissy to me.
About a km south-west of Pasai beach towards the original hamlet of Tha Kai is a side route heading due south - await for the KOH YAO LAMSAI RESORT AND SEAFOOD sign. This house nigh 2-3 km downwards the road, correct at the cease - you lot volition take away hold to expire on maybe 50m along a rougher rail when the paving ends. The eating theatre with reasonable prices is perched on the seaside rocks with superb views across to large Ko Yao Yai, too their bungalows starting at a 600 inquire are on a steep gradient higher upwards too await similar they would take away hold similar maybe tree interrupted views.
UPDATE NOV 08 - I could consider Lamsai Seafood's eating theatre from my accommodation on neighbouring isle Yao Yai thence I decided to hop across at that spot for my rest on Noi. Tewson (Thiwson) Resort's longtail guy charged me 200 baht for the 4km trip which was to a greater extent than or less what I figured too saved me a heap of fourth dimension compared to going to ane of Yao Yai's northern piers, waiting for a world longtail to the town pier on Yao Noi too and then going to a greater extent than or less to Lamsai past times the exxy tuk-tuk taxi. 10 minutes v 2-3 hours.
Lamsai Seafood's eating theatre from its pier. Pens inwards foreground are total of fish - your seafood is pretty fresh here. The bungalows are built upwards the steep hillside behind to the right. The eating theatre pylons are inwards H2O at higher tides.Lamsai Seafood's bungalows - the path is pretty steep too needs a torch inwards sections at night. Trees hateful exclusively a 10% stance of Yao Yai, but larn your prepare at the restaurant.
Traditional vogue bungalow reduced from 500 to 400 inwards early on shoulder flavor 08 - I was the exclusively guest. Enough room for 2 too their gear, fairly adept condition, clean, large bathroom, sink, towels + soap. Good mirror. I had to plough H2O on to a greater extent than or less the dorsum too inquire for mozzie net. Nice large veranda. Very tranquility at night.
The eating theatre attracts visitors from to a greater extent than or less the island. The common multi-plate seafood thing. Which I couldn't afford thence I picked a uncomplicated one-plate sweetness too sour seafood - really tasty, lots of vegs, rice too pineapple, fish-chunks a flake limited. They charged me lx baht + rice, which was nigh one-half the bill of fare price. Cut-price for house-guests? I dunno, had exclusively ane dinner hither on describe of piece of occupation concern human relationship of wanting to recheck other eating places.UPDATE FEB 14 - I rode a bike downwards from Holiday Resort and ane time again checked the articulation out. The eating theatre has been upgraded with some pretty snazzy upmarket tables too seats. The bungalows looked much the same. I've googled for a website - plenty of places cite the eating theatre but no-one has booking facilities for the bungalows. Looks similar this is a walk inwards house simply similar inwards the adept onetime days.
Sunset over neighbouring Yao Yai from Lamai Seafood's restaurant.There is no beach, but you lot tin swim whatever tide off the cease of their combined pier/fishpens straight out from the restaurant, too at that spot is a nice, totally secluded beach nigh 200m north-east, a pocket-size subdivision of which looked similar it would take away hold sand fifty-fifty at lowest tide, something non thence mutual on Yao Noi.
In 07 walked downwards to Lamsai Resort via the beach from Coconut Corner inwards a flake nether an hr (would go hard when the tide is getting up) too rode it on a bike following twenty-four hr menstruum inwards nigh 15-20 minutes via the roads.
Small beach nigh Lamsai Resort - Ko Yao Yai inwards background (imageLamsi Village Guest-House too Restaurant).The other house which appealed to me was dorsum on Long Beach - TABAEK VIEWPOINT BUNGALOWS are situated upwards a steep gradient with bang-up views of the bay too offshore stack islands. This budget house gets adept reviews on travelfish.
Latest trip I walked upwards from Holiday Resort for a repast (only vii minutes - in conclusion 3 moderately steep uphill from the coast road). Nice budget priced food, sweetness hosts too the higher upwards killer views. The possessor who is also ane of the local cops (excellent English) proudly told me the house was booked out until mid March.
NORTH OF LONG BEACH
The original route due north of Long beach does a flake of a hike over the headland too takes a fair distance to larn dorsum to the beach , but where you lot outset striking Hat Tha Kao (Ta Khao) take away hold the side route to the correct several hundred meters where THA KAO BUNGALOWS take away hold a handful of prissy cheapies too an atmospheric eating theatre which seems pop with onetime fourth dimension travellers, tucked into the corner of the beach. This house tin also make you lot hire bicycles.
There are several other newer places inwards this expanse - ane is the flashpacker NAMTOK BUNGALOWS towards the due north cease of Tha Koa beach. I believe this house tin also make camping.
Note the ameliorate sands too H2O of Temple Beach (see below) top correct of image.
BEACHES are non Yao Noi’s strongpoint. They await existent prissy opposite Coconut Corner, Sabai Corner, Tabaek, Holiday Resort too Tha Kao Bungalows at high tide but are really rocky or sand flats depression tide.
The southern cease of LONG BEACH at Sabai corner - this is nigh one-half tide, to a greater extent than rocks exposed at lower tides along stretch inwards background.HAT THA KAO is the following original beach due north of Long Beach (SIX SENSES' piddling beach [see below] too some other undeveloped pocket-size beach are really betwixt them) too is similar to Pasai too Long Beach - looks okay inwards the top one-half of the tide, pretty ordinary other times. See below.
There are a few areas of ameliorate beach:
- at the southern cease of Sabai Beach, opposite PASAI COTTAGE is a prissy subdivision of sand with fewer rocks at lowest tide. Pasai Cottage looks a pretty prissy place, with widely spaced attractive bungalows. It takes maybe 10 minutes to walk downwards hither from Coconut Corner, xiii from Sabai Corner too 25 from Holiday Resort.
- AFTER MARCH 07 I WROTE:
There is supposed to go a prissy individual beach belonging to a flash resort KOYAO ISLAND RESORT nigh the headland at the due north cease of Holiday Resort’s Long Beach.
UPDATE NOV 08 - I had a await at Koyai Island Resort's beach this trip - looked way ameliorate than at Coconut, Sabai too Holiday Resort, but non quite equally adept equally Temple Beach below.
Major go was going on simply due north of hither inwards 07, putting inwards what seemed to go at to the lowest degree thirty high cease bungalows, artificial ponds, swimming pools etc on a steep piddling knoll on the headland. I believe this is the novel EVASON HIDEAWAY RESORT aka SIX SENSES- at that spot is a link futher downwards this report.
NOV 08 - completed too operating for some fourth dimension - checked it from the outside, looked existent flash.
Note I don't know nigh the beach at SIX SENSES - the safety guys at these high cease places are non likewise keen on letting inwards rif-raff similar me to banking concern check the scene. No doubtfulness Trip Adviser etc reviews volition give some info. Looks okay inwards the picture below - too high cease joints take away hold a reputation for manicuring too improving their beaches.
- TEMPLE BEACH (Hat Sai Taew) is due north of the piddling hamlet at Tha Kao, the E coast pier hamlet nigh one-half way upwards the isle too approx 3km due north of Holiday Resort. Take the outset paved route to the correct after the original route turns inland past times the pier, too plough correct ane time again downwards a rail which runs to the left of a grouping of huts. This follows a canal a brusk distance too and then goes over a loma to a buddhist enclosure. Walk thru the enclosure to the beach. There was ever a handful of ferangs at this prissy spot, which is a flake shallow depression tide but has sand correct into the water. There are some prissy casuarinas for shaded sand dorsum of the beach.
Total walking fourth dimension past times the pier maybe fifteen minutes.
TEMPLE BEACH
UPDATE NOV 08 - at that spot is at nowadays a novel gate right away after you lot cross the canal on the entry route to Temple beach. This was opened upwards when I came in, closed when I left with a padlock. No problems - a permanently opened upwards walk-way to the side for pedestrians was large plenty to lucifer my rental bicycle* thru. Not large plenty for motorcycles. The walk to the beach over the steep loma is nigh 600m from here. There is was a new, less-steep but longer concrete route almost finished over the hill. The entry gate for the buddhist enclosure at the beach itself seemed permanently open.
* Lamai Seafood got me the bike for 200 a twenty-four hr menstruum - seems a flake steep but it was a adept one, had a long seat-post which aint that mutual inwards SE Asia, too it had to go transported downwards from town.
NORTHERN BEACHES
If you lot plough to the right, AWAY from Tha Khao hamlet when you lot come upwards dorsum off Sai Taew’s access rail amongst those huts (see higher upwards image) the paved side route shortly deteriorates into a dirt rail which continues due north thru the wood for nigh 4km upwards too downwards a few mild hills to terminate at a DESERTED NORTH EASTERN BEACH, quite long but a flake rocky at lower tides. This is simply to the due south of the bay containing the upmarket KO YAO PARADISE resort which is accessed from a separate, patently killer 4WD-only route which comes inwards from the key western island. I didn’t endeavor this ane - I loathe bicycling killer roads where I usually deal to jam a wheel inwards a high temperature too autumn on my head. I did take away hold a peek to a greater extent than or less the corner of deserted beach's headland at Paradise's beach - looked pretty prissy from the distance but reviews propose depression tide has an behaviour on hither equally everywhere else on the island.
The beach at Paradise Ko Yao Boutique Beach too Spa Resort, high tide (image Bamboo Travel)KO NOK
Even ameliorate than Temple Beach is the LOVELY SAND SPIT on KO NOK, a pocket-size double-karst isle nigh a km out from the due south E corner of the Yao Noi, with sand too deep H2O correct offshore all tides. In 07 I hired a kayak from Coconut Corner for 300 a twenty-four hr menstruum too paddled the 3km or thence from at that spot inwards maybe a one-half hr (I am a novice kayaker). There is reasonable coral/fish off the beach here.
Ko Nok from the south-east corner of Yao Noi.
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Brit guy nigh 4 pick-axe handles across the shoulders with a racy looking sea kayak was packing upwards his tent when I arrived at Ko Nok - he had hired his gear at Ao Nang nigh Krabi too done a detailed cruise to a greater extent than or less both Yaos, sleeping where he flora a prissy location for his tent. He was off to explore those amazing karst islands inwards Phang Nga bay next. This sounds a bang-up way to banking concern check these types of places - I gotta larn me into a long distance kayaking program! He said the W coast of large Yao Yai was amazing with heaps of pristine unsettled beaches.and some bang-up mangroved estuaries. Who said at that spot were no novel places left inwards Thailand? And within sight of Phuket!
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UPDATE NOV 08 - good I haven't got into the kayaking computer program yet, but I did see Yao Yai on the latest trip. Should take away hold a split page on it past times the fourth dimension you lot read this.
UPMARKET ACCOMMODATION
Yao Noi was regarded equally a budget destination when I outset visited - the exclusively to a greater extent than expensive places at the fourth dimension were the really flash Ko Yao Paradise too Koyao Island Resort too the flashpackers (at the time) Ko Yao Bay Pavilions and Lam Sai Village Hotel. It seems things take away hold changed - the in conclusion 2 take away hold headed upmarket too several other midrange or ameliorate places take away hold been added. These include Six Senses, Villaguna Residences, Chukit Dachanan, Niramayan Villa too Lom Lae Beach Resort addition others which Agoda too similar booking sites volition find. Be careful - some booking sites lump Yao Noi too Yao YAI accommodation together. One fifty-fifty includes the nearest Phuket too Krabi expanse resorts.
Most of these are beyond my budget thence I'll larn out it to your inquiry of the user reviews to alternative the best one. Personally I larn for elevated body of body of water views too from what I've seen the outlook from the pool, eating theatre too a lot of the villas at Six Senses takes a lot of beating. But outset I gotta larn rob that bank.....
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DAY TRIPPING to YAO NOI - Note that this isle is okay for DAY-TRIPPING out of Phuket. In 2007 a middle aged Malaysian pair caught the songthaew upwards from Phuket town too and then the ferry with me - they were pounced on past times a guy hiring motorcycles at the pier. I met them ane time again early on afternoon leaving Temple Beach - they’d had a prissy cruise to a greater extent than or less the isle including a adept tiffin at Holiday Resort. The roads are good, at that spot is really piddling traffic, the diverse villages are prissy to banking concern check out (the original one, Tha Kai, has several restaurants, quite a few shops including a 7-11 which also has an ATM (at to the lowest degree ane other inwards town 2014) internet too a pocket-size make marketplace for some adept fruit bargains) too scenic countryside/coastline which is a mixture of farming, line-fishing too forest. There are FEW DOGS!
Note the in conclusion ferry (actually a speedboat) dorsum to Phuket leaves at 1700.
By 2014 at that spot are several commercial operations running daytrips out of Phuket to Noi. Google is your friend here.
In 2014 I got the impression that quite a few daytrippers were hopping across from nearby Yao Yai on the roughly hourly world longtails. And vice versa.
THE MAIN VILLAGE
- Ban Kai inwards the south-west of the isle has a pretty adept make of services these days. These include a bank, at to the lowest degree 3 ATMs, a bakery, ice-creamery, wellness clinic, post office, a vii Eleven, several touristy restaurants too stores addition heaps of elcheapo local versions, a fresh fruit marketplace etc. The isle infirmary is on the original route approach to town from the E coast beaches.
Local isle carry nigh Tha Kai village (imagekohyaonoi.com/)WHAT TO DO
Yao Noi is the perfect house to kicking dorsum too relax. Hiring a motorbike or bike too checking out the isle seems the #1 action - I was amazed past times the unwrap of cyclists inwards 2014. There is fifty-fifty ane Phuket outfit which organises mount bike daytrips. No shortage of people walking to a greater extent than or less checking the scene too.
Quite a few places take away hold kayaks for hire.
Longtail trips to distant Phang Nga Bay islands are pop - Yao Noi is a fair flake closer to the southern Ko Hong too its neighbours than Krabi. Some take away hold inwards Ko Hong only, others include other islands inwards the area.
I'll make a TRIP REPORT on our 2014 daytrip to Ko Hong when I larn a chance. boleslav already has ane inwards the Trip Report section.
I also noticed a poster pushing an to a greater extent than or less Yao Noi longtail trip at Holiday Resort.
Rock climbing is patently available at Noi - I'm non a climber too don't take away hold details but no doubtfulness Google volition discovery something.
ALCOHOL
Noi is a Muslim isle too the many local pocket-size stores don't sell booze. However the 7/11 inwards Tha Kai hamlet does. Most pocket-size local restaurants are dry. However restaurants at/near resorts too most bungalow operations tin sell you lot a beer or similar. I flora 2014 prices at Sabai Corner, Tabeak Viewpoint too Holiday Resort reasonable although the in conclusion could exclusively make pocket-size cans of beer. Am I the exclusively someone inwards the world thinks beer out of cans tastes inferior?
GETTING THERE
Noi has a sizable local population too thence carry has ever been pretty good. In 2014, maybe equally a upshot of the growth inwards tourism, it was fifty-fifty better. You tin larn a ferry or speedboat from Phuket, Krabi too the Phang Nga mainland.
FROM PHUKET - at that spot are xiii speedboats or longtail ferries per twenty-four hr menstruum from BANG RONG pier nigh 30km due north of Phuket town. Cost inwards 2014 was 200baht for the speedboat, which has got to go ane of the ameliorate bargains inwards the Andaman too 100 for the fewer large longtails. The speedboats take away hold abt 35 minutes, the longtails an hour.
There are regular songthaews from the twenty-four hr menstruum marketplace expanse inwards Phuket town (the same expanse on Thanon Ranong the songthaews to the beaches larn out from) to Bang Rong. - this takes nigh 90minutes.
Most people volition come upwards from the Phuket beaches too airdrome past times taxi - the Phuket taxi cartel has prices nicely stitched upwards at good over double what you lot would pay inwards Bangkok too they don't trim down it for world champ hagglers similar yers truly. I paid 800baht to come upwards up from Chalong pier ex Ko Raya inwards Phuket's due south west
When the ferry arrives at the isle pier, tuk tuks too songthaews are waiting to take away hold passengers away - cost to Coconut Corner inwards 07 was lxx baht, which annoyed the proprietor no end, maxim it is way likewise high. Cost to Holiday Resort inwards 2014 was a to a greater extent than reasonable 100baht. Note that Holiday Resort gave us a costless transfer dorsum to the pier on departure.
UPDATE 2013 - inwards recent years at that spot has been an afternoon (1500) speedboat service operated by Green Planet joining Phuket's Bang Rong pier with the northern pier on Yao Yai - it too then goes across to Yao Noi after which the Nopparet Thara pier nigh Ao Nang inwards the Krabi district. I caught it inwards the contrary administration inwards March too when nosotros got to Yao Noi at that spot was carry waiting at the pier - some seemed to go from accommodation, some local taxi services. At Phuket at that spot were fare-inclusive minibuses waiting to take away hold passengers to the original beaches too airdrome thence I assume they volition alternative upwards for the outward journey. Green Planet's Phuket tel - mobile 082 42069998 - no doubtfulness simply nigh every locomote desk on the isle volition go able to mass them.
FROM KRABI - the service from AO THALEN (Thalene/Talen) pier nigh 30km due north of Krabi town has greatly improved from 2 large longtail ferries per twenty-four hr menstruum inwards 2007 to ix longtails (90 minutes) or speedboats (45 minutes) hourly from 0900 to 1700 with the in conclusion a flake early on at 1730. All larn to the Tha Kao pier on the mid-east coast but the 1300 speedboat continues to the Manoc pier inwards the south.. Some prissy stack isle too coastal views here, thence sit down upwards top if you lot can.
Ao Thalen longtail ferry goes straight betwixt some pretty nice-looking stack islands.Songthaews take away hold nigh ninety minutes betwixt Krabi too Ao Thalen. They larn out Krabi from nigh the large Vogue subdivision store, pretty unopen to where the white Ao Nang songthaews terminate.
Going INTO Krabi on the render journey, the songthaew stops at the KRABI BUS STATION nigh 3 km north, adept tidings for people wanting to force on due south or east. An enterprising lady from the locomote way hither comes out too offers normal priced boat tickets to LANTA too PP including costless carry to the pier, which is due south of town. This saves a lot of mucking nigh inwards town, addition precious fourth dimension which is a flake tight for people wanting to select take away hold of the forenoon ferries.
Much quicker but to a greater extent than expensive - Green Planet's speedboat runs at 1100 from Ao Nang's Nopparet Thara pier to Yao Noi, too then Yao Yai too finally Phuket's Bang Rong pier inwards the forenoon (at 1100) taking to a greater extent than or less a one-half hour. Transport was waiting at Yao Noi pier. The Krabi tel # is +66 075 637 488 too locomote desks all to a greater extent than or less the house were advertising this. Green Planet also run an limited boat inwards the afternoon at 1600 - takes approx ane hour.
FROM YAO YAI - Longtail taxi boats shuttle from Chong Lad pier to Noi's Manoc (Manoh) pier roughly on the hr - cost 50 baht per rider too took 10 minutes inwards 2014.
In 2008 I went straight from Tiewson’s beach to Laem Seafood Bungalow’s pier on the south-east corner of Noi on Tiewson’s longtail for 200baht.
In 2008 I went straight from Tiewson’s beach to Laem Seafood Bungalow’s pier on the south-east corner of Noi on Tiewson’s longtail for 200baht.
FROM PHANG NGA - at that spot is ane boat each way - the Phang Nag coast pier is Tha Dan. Timing is tricky - some websites demonstrate 1200 out, 1430 back, others take away hold an hr later. No problems - Phang Nga too isle booking desks willl know the electrical flow situation. Apparently this is a really spectacular trip passing thru some of the best karst isle areas of this fabulous bay.
FROM PHI PHI - a pair of years agone some dudes started a direct speedboat service but this lapsed due to likewise few customers. You tin charter a boat but this would cost a fortune.
Coming FROM Phi Phi, I noticed the Green Planet speedboat at Ao Nang inwards 2013 delayed it's deviation a few minutes thence incoming passengers on the regular ferry from Phi Phi or Lanta /Jum could transfer across. This won't go inwards the opposite administration due to timing - the best bet to larn to PP/Lanta/Jum ex Noi is to select take away hold of the really outset longtail ferry to Ao Thalen too jump on the Krabi town songthaew.
Google throws upwards all sorts of carry information - some seems sadly out of date. The best I could discovery was this one http://www.kohyaotravel.com/transfer.htm - hopefully they volition hold it upwards to date. Maybe this outfit which is to a greater extent than of a full general isle information site has to a greater extent than incentive to hold upwards to appointment - http://www.koyaonoi.com/Koh_Yao_Noi/Ferries.html
One farther matter - some of the high cease resorts take away hold their ain transport. SIX SENSES' 2 white speedboats looked pretty swish. I'd go hoping at the prices they accuse that the transfers are inclusive.
COCONUT CORNER 2007
I got me a traditional thatched bamboo, metallic roofed bungalow with bath for 350, which I thought was correct on the money. It was non likewise squeezy for 2 too their gear, although shelf speace was limited (a fair few hooks). The double bed had theatre but fairly comfy mattress too pillows too the mozzie network was inwards adept condition. Although following to the road, traffic dissonance did non bother me, too I’m a flake sensitive to this. Not much traffic here, especially at night.
There was a reasonable sized portable mirror that you lot could motility from original room to bath hooks.
The can was a squat one, no can newspaper supplied but towels were. Water flow was really adept except ane time at 1800, when it disappeared! Maybe the whole isle was having a pre-dinner shower.
The verandah was a prissy house to pass time, with a hammock too a large common type bench. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 broom was supplied. The grounds were pretty clean, but my sub verandah expanse simply failed the NO CIGGY BUTTS, NO RING-PULLS TEST, equally make most places.
The open-sided eating theatre was correct on the corner where the route turns inwards past times the headland, a adept house to sentinel the leisurely passing parade too to reach out the tree interrupted coastal/sea views. Food lineament was adept too prices were pretty normal for budget bungalow restaurants with ane or 2 exceptions - a pocket-size beer was 60baht (more commonly 40-50), those ubiquitous 950ml translucent waters thirty (10-15) too Cokes thirty (15-20). There are a pair of nearby shops to stock upwards on inexpensive H2O too other provisions. Not booze - this isle is heavily Muslim.
Coconut hires motorcycles too kayaks, the latter a tertiary of the prices of Ao Nang too Railay across the bay. Their bicycles were all broken. What’s novel - what make you lot guys DO to them?
Artistic shot of route simply due north of Coconut Corner - each twenty-four hr menstruum to a greater extent than or less 1700 some girls selling ice-creams off a motorbike would cruise downwards hither - lovely. The ice-creams weren't bad likewise (image kohyaonoi.com/)OTHER LINKS
Jamie of JAMIE'S PHUKET BLOG has an interesting study on a twenty-four hr menstruum see to Yao Noi,inckuding some prissy photographs here
http://www.kohyaotravel.com/
Lomlai Resort
Ko Yao (lots of information including a prissy satellite photograph of the island)
Sabai Corner Bungalows
Koyao Island Resort
Evason HideAway
The in conclusion v links were provided past times Eric Haeg in 2007.
With thence many novel places, adept onetime Google can these days plough upwards a bunch of other websites.
Eric Haeg also provided this terrific extra data when I was getting facts together for my outset see inwards 2007. Some may go out of appointment past times now, but others withal useful:
"After you lot larn far on Koh Yao Noi--and give cheers yourself for doing so--there are a few people you lot should come across too some bang-up sites to see.
In the pump of town, opposite the pharmacy, you'll discovery Simon's restaurant. His married adult woman serves absolutely authentic, local,Muslim nutrient for a depression price. If you're inwards luck, Simon volition go at that spot too. Strike upwards a conversation with him...he's been living at that spot longer than some of you lot take away hold been alive.
Down from Simon's is the Koh Yao Noi Children’s Center. It was started past times a Californian named Tim, but who is at nowadays referred to on the isle equally Ajarn. He's usually around, too tin go really helpful if you lot desire to discovery out what's happening to a greater extent than or less the island. You never know when someone's celebrating a birthday, there's a hamlet fair, or a gnarly game of beach bocce going on afterward that night.
Head to Had Pasai too halt at Pasai Bungalows. If you've got fourth dimension (and it may take away hold some fourth dimension for things to come upwards to you lot on KYN), halt inwards for some french fries. Yes, I said french fries. I've lived inwards Thailand iii years, too I've never had a ameliorate tasting chip. While you lot wait, you lot tin chat with the owner, An. He's also a local instrumentalist too tin embrace some bang-up Job To Do hits. BTW, Job To Do is a bang-up Thai-reggae band from the due south of Thailand. This is where I usally stay. It's basic, clean, too pretty cheap.
Just past times Pasai are Coconut Corner too Sabai Corner. If you lot don't come across anyone else here, come across Colin at Sabai. To endeavor too amount Colin upwards would make him an injustice. He runs the house with his ain unique style--usually spell wearing fisherman's pants too a lightweight, Thai-style, white, cotton wool shirt with a big, light-green ganja leafage on it. Roll ane upwards with him--strictly DRUM of course--and inquire him to tell you lot the story of how his blood brother too the BBC came looking for him after the tsunami. The ower is an Italian adult woman too if you're craving some Italian, this is the house to larn it.
After Sabai corner, it KYN’s newest restaurant. The hollo escapes me, but you lot can’t miss it. The nutrient inwards delicious, inquire for a fresh catch. The atmosphere is bang-up too it’ll no doubtfulness go a novel gathering spot for those who desire to mingle. Neighboring on the restaurant’s correct is Mot’s Pyramid bar. It’s simple, inexpensive too has bang-up music. Mot is from Had Yai, but has been living on KYN for quite some fourth dimension now. He’s a friendly guy too speaks English linguistic communication well.
If you've got coin to burn, endeavor Koh Yao Island Resort. During the depression season, the fancy bungalows are nearly one-half price. The nutrient is way likewise expensive, but the rooms are the best. It's a perfect house to convey a special lady friend. Gavin, the Singaporean GM, really knows how to vino too dine his guests. It's expensive, but worth it.
Farther north, is Buddhist meditation center. It’s hard to find, but if you lot tin make it, you’ll go proud of yourself. It has the island’s best beach too a hilltop observation deck. From there, all of Phang-Nga bay tin go taken in; the sunsets are glorious too watching the approaching thunderstorms coil over the bay too its limestone cliffs tin go quite a site too.
In add-on to the meditation center, KYN has a gigantic onetime tree at its northern tip. The tree is thence large it would take away hold 25 people to concur hands to a greater extent than or less its base. If you’re looking for an adventurous trek, inquire ane of the locals to aid guide you lot there. Once you’ve drenched yourself inwards elbow grease getting to the tree, you lot tin take away hold a dip inwards the nearby bay. No ane volition on that beach for sure.
KYN’s western side is a gigantic rice patty too holds some bang-up photograph ops during sunset. Buffalo, birds, winding dirt roads, swaying blades of rice, it doesn’t larn much to a greater extent than peaceful than that.
Koh Yao is ane of the in conclusion bang-up islands along Thailand's W coast. If you lot discovery yourself there, enjoy."
Thank's Eric.
STOP PRESS - Frequent contributor to the TRIP REPORTS subdivision boleslav has simply sent me a study on a December 2010 trip to Ko Yao Noi. It has some adept updated info, first-class pix, some really adept links too details of kayaking trips to a greater extent than or less the EASTERN PHANG NGA BAY - Pak Bhia, Ko Lading etc.
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