Koh Yao Yai is a large isle betwixt Phuket together with Krabi inwards Phang Nga Bay. It's close 25km from i halt of the isle to the other. We'd never been at that spot until lastly week, although nosotros receive got taken several trips to Koh Yao Noi, it's smaller neighbor to the northward - our most recent trip was inwards 2012 - view Beautiful Day at Koh Yao Noi. The whole expanse is total of modest islands, together with I've oft wished to receive got a boat of my own. We genuinely should explore more. For a span of days inwards mid 2016 nosotros joined our friends from the Easy Day Thailand tour fellowship for a two solar daytime trip amongst 1 nighttime at Koh Yao Yai. Easy Day Thailand tin live contacted here for trips to whatsoever islands around Phuket. And at that spot are lots of islands!
Our trip started on a grayness Lord's Day morning. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 trip correct at the start of the depression flavor inwards May e'er has a peril of rain! We drove to Bang Rong pier inwards the northeast of Phuket to come across the grouping for our speedboat transfer to Koh Yao Yai together with a morn tour of a span of other islands. Yeh, weather condition did non await also promising, but it seemed that the skies to the due east looked brighter.
(above) At Bang Rong pier, Phuket
We were all ready, speedboat loaded amongst bags together with beers before 8am. I've said it before - an early on start, despite the hurting of waking upward early, is worthwhile. We sped out of Bang Rong to the Northeast, passing Naka isle on the means to Koh Yao Yai. And the weather condition brightened up, every bit it oft does. If you lot come about to see Phuket inwards depression season, don't allow a moisture or grayness morn pose you lot off!
(above) Another speedboat passes us on the means to Koh Yao Yai. Skies looking much nicer. Our kickoff halt was the pier at the northward halt of Yao Yai isle where a selection upward had been arranged amongst the hotel to collect all our bags. Then nosotros carried on to Koh Lao Bi Le, also called Koh Hong. Not to live confused amongst some other isle called Koh Hong, farther northward inwards Phang Nga Bay.
On the due west side of Koh Hong is an almost hidden lagoon reached past times a narrow gap inwards the limestone cliffs of the island. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 longtail boat or speedboat tin teach inwards (slowly) together with receive got a quick await around. There is no beach inside, merely cliffs together with mangroves. So nosotros took a quick await around. And together with hence headed to the to a greater extent than beachy due east coast of the island. We got at that spot before 9:30am together with it was quiet, merely a span of boats already there.
(above) Floating pier at Koh Hong. Walking on this was similar walking when real drunk. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 full general dominion of tourist hotspots .... teach at that spot early on to avoid the crowds. When nosotros arrived, at that spot were close 10 people at the island. An hr later, at to the lowest degree 100.
(above) Our kids together with friends enjoying Koh Hong. We did strap on masks together with snorkels, though the H2O hither is non super clear. Plenty of little, colourful sergeant major damsel fish inwards the shallow waters. So nosotros had a niggling swim together with when the niggling beach started to fill upward up amongst people, nosotros left close an hr later.
(above) The beach together with shallow waters at Koh Hong
The adjacent halt was Koh Lao La Ding, close 3km northward of Koh Hong. This was already fairly total of boats, amongst a modest beach inwards betwixt limestone cliffs. We opened our inexpensive takeaway lunches hither although it was non yet 11am. The isle seems to receive got a nickname "Paradise Island" if you lot mass a tour from Krabi... to live honest I retrieve Koh Hong is nicer, but ...
The adjacent halt was supposed to live Koh Pak Bia, which features a long sandbank which joins a larger together with smaller island. But it was high tide, together with a real high tide at that. So the sand was all covered. With no sand to reason on nosotros detoured towards Koh Yao Yai. The whole expanse is merely total of beautiful scenery. I really wishing I had my ain boat!
The real northeast tip of Koh Yao Yai is a long, sparse quest of reason called "Laem Haad" pregnant "Beach Cape". It's merely sand, palm trees together with admittedly some buffalo poop! If you lot are at the Koh Yao Noi pier merely over the water, this looks similar paradise. At high tide much of the beach was non there, but it was nonetheless pretty! We merely stopped for xx minutes before heading to the Koh Yao Yai jetty.
Koh Yao Yai has several piers. The i inwards the northward of the isle is 25km from the primary pier inwards the southward which tin grip a auto ferry from Phuket Town. If you lot start from Bang Rong pier, you lot volition teach to the northern pier, together with the same boats volition also halt at Koh Yao Noi - the pier for the smaller isle is merely over the H2O less than 2km away. With our primary baggage having already been picked upward past times the hotel before inwards the day, nosotros loaded ourselves into several songthaews for the brusque trip to the hotel.
I knew that Koh Yao Yai is non quite every bit developed for tourism every bit Koh Yao Noi, together with having been to "Noi" several times, together with knowing it to live quiet, I did wonder close the lineament of our hotel. Koh Yao Noi has several fancy hotels together with quite a lot of smaller bungalow resorts. Yao Yai has less hotels, although when I looked at Agoda, I was surprised to view hence many (see Koh Yao Yai Hotels on Agoda). Easy Day Thailand had booked the Thiwson Resort, non at all expensive amongst rooms from close 1300 Baht (actually a few fan rooms are cheaper than that). I was interested to view what we'd teach ....
(above) We arrived at Thiwson resort at close 12:30, but couldn't depository fiscal establishment gibe inwards until 2pm. So I wandered to the front end of the resort for a look. That'll do. And you lot tin view below, our kids shortly institute some kayaks! And some of us institute some mutual depression temperature beers :)
I was into total relax fashion (beer, sun, beach) fifty-fifty before nosotros checked inwards to the rooms. The beach at the front end of the hotel .. I retrieve it's "fake". There's a wall facing the body of body of water together with betwixt the wall together with the resort is filled amongst sand. At high tide the body of body of water marking was close the top of the wall. But it looks great! Rooms were piece of cake made available for the group. Some rooms are correct close the body of body of water together with at that spot are several rows of rooms amongst the fan rooms at the back. My married adult woman together with I were sent over the route together with upward a slight loma to our room. What? U Kidding? Ah, but nosotros had some other puddle there, merely for one-half a dozen rooms. And a split upward of sentiment too.
(above) Pool exterior our room. Once nosotros had the room, it was air con on, prevarication down, cool downward together with receive got a nap time. By close 4:30pm nosotros were dorsum past times the body of body of water together with the tide had gone means out. The kids took a walk on the depression tide sands to where a large longtail boat was left high together with dry.
Dad together with friends started emptying the several H2O ice chests total of beer :) Late afternoon turned to eve together with at that spot were black clouds over inwards Krabi (about 20km east) summation some rumbles of thunder. We figured it would non come upward our way. But later, merely every bit I finished a shower, me together with some of the kids had to run downward from the hillside rooms every bit the pelting started. No worries, the eating theatre at the hotel is good sheltered together with has roll-down plastic shutters. And the pelting did non lastly long. We enjoyed a fairly long nighttime of nutrient together with drink. The room nosotros had was comfortable, large bath amongst opened upward air shower, the bed was comfy, aircon perhaps non quite adept enough, I similar mutual depression temperature aircon together with this i struggled. I retrieve if nosotros went dorsum I'd endeavor for i of the beachfront rooms.
Next morning. Here's a lesson for you. I woke upward pretty early, close 7:30am. But means also belatedly for a sunrise photo. Should receive got idea close that, laid an alert together with had a span less beers! But no worries, because my friend Ingo was awake early! Thanks, Ingo! And here's what I missed. These photos taken at close 6:15am. If you lot are on the due east coast of anywhere, teach upward early!
(above) Sunrise from Yao Yai isle (at Thiwson Resort). Looking across to the Krabi coast together with all the islands inwards between. I had a morn dip inwards the pool, dragged the residuum of the household unit of measurement out of bed together with nosotros enjoyed breakfast amongst that slap-up sentiment to the east. The Thiwson resort looked slap-up inwards the early on morn light. Not a fancy place, but a bargain at depression flavor prices!
(above) The sort of puddle you lot could sit down inwards all day. Let me say in i trial to a greater extent than : What a view!
Breakfast was followed past times yet to a greater extent than kayaking. I am non certain if the kayaks were complimentary to use, but the kids (and some adults) used them anyway!
Before luncheon a few of us to a greater extent than intrepid explorers took off inwards a songthaew for a quick drive around Koh Yao Yai isle to teach a sense of savor of what the house looks similar every bit we'd spent all our fourth dimension at the resort. I would similar to come upward in i trial to a greater extent than together with produce the same every bit we've done at Koh Yao Noi - teach the boat over together with rent mopeds together with explore at our ain pace. This niggling tour nosotros did hither was solely merely over an hour. First halt was merely a kilometer along the route to the southward of the resort.
And together with hence close xx minutes of modest concrete roads, occasional houses, modest settlements, no large town. Trying to snap photos from the dorsum of the songthaew. One matter was clear - it's real tranquillity here! I'd similar to furnish together with drive around at my ain speed along these reason roads.
(above) Quiet route inwards Yao Yai. We carried on to the primary pier inwards the southwest of the isle close xx km from our resort. Boats come upward inwards hither from Phuket Town together with it is possible to convey a auto over, non that you lot demand to. We watched boats coming together with going for a while. If you lot similar "people watching" this is a adept place!
(above) Getting off a boat at Koh Yao Yai
(above) Koh Yao Yai traffic. Not much, but nosotros nearly hitting this i when it slowed of a precipitous together with our driver was non just out for a Lord's Day drive, he wanted to teach dorsum for luncheon I think!
From the pier it was a brusque drive to Loh Paret beach on the due west coast of Koh Yao Yai. Looked busy compared to other areas. The five star Santhiya Resort is here. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 flake out of my cost range. And nosotros institute that the real nice, novel looking Blue Bay Resort seemed to live 100% Chinese. And busy. The beach betwixt those two resorts was a flake dirty. Just where our taxi parked at that spot were several modest restaurants together with snack stalls. And there's some other overnice looking resort hither called Yao Yai Resort.
(above) Loh Paret Beach on the due west coast of Yao Yai Island. From here, some other quick drive dorsum to Thiwson Resort on the due east coast for lunch, a cheeky lunchtime beer together with and hence transfer dorsum to the northern pier together with dorsum domicile to Phuket. We receive got to see in i trial to a greater extent than together with explore some of the side roads. There's a line-fishing hamlet correct inwards the southward of the isle together with we'd perhaps endeavor a unlike resort such every bit Yao Yai Village or Elixir Resort. But nosotros had a real overnice two days visiting islands, relaxing, having a potable or two together with I was glad that nosotros finally got to Koh Yao Yai!
Koh Yao Yai links together with related Phuket Blog posts
Tours - Ask my friends at Easy Day Thailand
Hotels at Yao Yai (Agoda.com)
Thiwson Resort
Koh Yao Noi Island Trip
Koh Yao Yai together with Koh Yao Noi Islands - Map
Sumber http://jamie-monk.blogspot.com
Our trip started on a grayness Lord's Day morning. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 trip correct at the start of the depression flavor inwards May e'er has a peril of rain! We drove to Bang Rong pier inwards the northeast of Phuket to come across the grouping for our speedboat transfer to Koh Yao Yai together with a morn tour of a span of other islands. Yeh, weather condition did non await also promising, but it seemed that the skies to the due east looked brighter.
(above) At Bang Rong pier, Phuket
We were all ready, speedboat loaded amongst bags together with beers before 8am. I've said it before - an early on start, despite the hurting of waking upward early, is worthwhile. We sped out of Bang Rong to the Northeast, passing Naka isle on the means to Koh Yao Yai. And the weather condition brightened up, every bit it oft does. If you lot come about to see Phuket inwards depression season, don't allow a moisture or grayness morn pose you lot off!
(above) Another speedboat passes us on the means to Koh Yao Yai. Skies looking much nicer. Our kickoff halt was the pier at the northward halt of Yao Yai isle where a selection upward had been arranged amongst the hotel to collect all our bags. Then nosotros carried on to Koh Lao Bi Le, also called Koh Hong. Not to live confused amongst some other isle called Koh Hong, farther northward inwards Phang Nga Bay.
On the due west side of Koh Hong is an almost hidden lagoon reached past times a narrow gap inwards the limestone cliffs of the island. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 longtail boat or speedboat tin teach inwards (slowly) together with receive got a quick await around. There is no beach inside, merely cliffs together with mangroves. So nosotros took a quick await around. And together with hence headed to the to a greater extent than beachy due east coast of the island. We got at that spot before 9:30am together with it was quiet, merely a span of boats already there.
(above) Floating pier at Koh Hong. Walking on this was similar walking when real drunk. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 full general dominion of tourist hotspots .... teach at that spot early on to avoid the crowds. When nosotros arrived, at that spot were close 10 people at the island. An hr later, at to the lowest degree 100.
(above) Our kids together with friends enjoying Koh Hong. We did strap on masks together with snorkels, though the H2O hither is non super clear. Plenty of little, colourful sergeant major damsel fish inwards the shallow waters. So nosotros had a niggling swim together with when the niggling beach started to fill upward up amongst people, nosotros left close an hr later.
(above) The beach together with shallow waters at Koh Hong
The adjacent halt was Koh Lao La Ding, close 3km northward of Koh Hong. This was already fairly total of boats, amongst a modest beach inwards betwixt limestone cliffs. We opened our inexpensive takeaway lunches hither although it was non yet 11am. The isle seems to receive got a nickname "Paradise Island" if you lot mass a tour from Krabi... to live honest I retrieve Koh Hong is nicer, but ...
The adjacent halt was supposed to live Koh Pak Bia, which features a long sandbank which joins a larger together with smaller island. But it was high tide, together with a real high tide at that. So the sand was all covered. With no sand to reason on nosotros detoured towards Koh Yao Yai. The whole expanse is merely total of beautiful scenery. I really wishing I had my ain boat!
The real northeast tip of Koh Yao Yai is a long, sparse quest of reason called "Laem Haad" pregnant "Beach Cape". It's merely sand, palm trees together with admittedly some buffalo poop! If you lot are at the Koh Yao Noi pier merely over the water, this looks similar paradise. At high tide much of the beach was non there, but it was nonetheless pretty! We merely stopped for xx minutes before heading to the Koh Yao Yai jetty.
Koh Yao Yai has several piers. The i inwards the northward of the isle is 25km from the primary pier inwards the southward which tin grip a auto ferry from Phuket Town. If you lot start from Bang Rong pier, you lot volition teach to the northern pier, together with the same boats volition also halt at Koh Yao Noi - the pier for the smaller isle is merely over the H2O less than 2km away. With our primary baggage having already been picked upward past times the hotel before inwards the day, nosotros loaded ourselves into several songthaews for the brusque trip to the hotel.
I knew that Koh Yao Yai is non quite every bit developed for tourism every bit Koh Yao Noi, together with having been to "Noi" several times, together with knowing it to live quiet, I did wonder close the lineament of our hotel. Koh Yao Noi has several fancy hotels together with quite a lot of smaller bungalow resorts. Yao Yai has less hotels, although when I looked at Agoda, I was surprised to view hence many (see Koh Yao Yai Hotels on Agoda). Easy Day Thailand had booked the Thiwson Resort, non at all expensive amongst rooms from close 1300 Baht (actually a few fan rooms are cheaper than that). I was interested to view what we'd teach ....
(above) We arrived at Thiwson resort at close 12:30, but couldn't depository fiscal establishment gibe inwards until 2pm. So I wandered to the front end of the resort for a look. That'll do. And you lot tin view below, our kids shortly institute some kayaks! And some of us institute some mutual depression temperature beers :)
I was into total relax fashion (beer, sun, beach) fifty-fifty before nosotros checked inwards to the rooms. The beach at the front end of the hotel .. I retrieve it's "fake". There's a wall facing the body of body of water together with betwixt the wall together with the resort is filled amongst sand. At high tide the body of body of water marking was close the top of the wall. But it looks great! Rooms were piece of cake made available for the group. Some rooms are correct close the body of body of water together with at that spot are several rows of rooms amongst the fan rooms at the back. My married adult woman together with I were sent over the route together with upward a slight loma to our room. What? U Kidding? Ah, but nosotros had some other puddle there, merely for one-half a dozen rooms. And a split upward of sentiment too.
(above) Pool exterior our room. Once nosotros had the room, it was air con on, prevarication down, cool downward together with receive got a nap time. By close 4:30pm nosotros were dorsum past times the body of body of water together with the tide had gone means out. The kids took a walk on the depression tide sands to where a large longtail boat was left high together with dry.
Dad together with friends started emptying the several H2O ice chests total of beer :) Late afternoon turned to eve together with at that spot were black clouds over inwards Krabi (about 20km east) summation some rumbles of thunder. We figured it would non come upward our way. But later, merely every bit I finished a shower, me together with some of the kids had to run downward from the hillside rooms every bit the pelting started. No worries, the eating theatre at the hotel is good sheltered together with has roll-down plastic shutters. And the pelting did non lastly long. We enjoyed a fairly long nighttime of nutrient together with drink. The room nosotros had was comfortable, large bath amongst opened upward air shower, the bed was comfy, aircon perhaps non quite adept enough, I similar mutual depression temperature aircon together with this i struggled. I retrieve if nosotros went dorsum I'd endeavor for i of the beachfront rooms.
Next morning. Here's a lesson for you. I woke upward pretty early, close 7:30am. But means also belatedly for a sunrise photo. Should receive got idea close that, laid an alert together with had a span less beers! But no worries, because my friend Ingo was awake early! Thanks, Ingo! And here's what I missed. These photos taken at close 6:15am. If you lot are on the due east coast of anywhere, teach upward early!
(above) Sunrise from Yao Yai isle (at Thiwson Resort). Looking across to the Krabi coast together with all the islands inwards between. I had a morn dip inwards the pool, dragged the residuum of the household unit of measurement out of bed together with nosotros enjoyed breakfast amongst that slap-up sentiment to the east. The Thiwson resort looked slap-up inwards the early on morn light. Not a fancy place, but a bargain at depression flavor prices!
(above) The sort of puddle you lot could sit down inwards all day. Let me say in i trial to a greater extent than : What a view!
Breakfast was followed past times yet to a greater extent than kayaking. I am non certain if the kayaks were complimentary to use, but the kids (and some adults) used them anyway!
Before luncheon a few of us to a greater extent than intrepid explorers took off inwards a songthaew for a quick drive around Koh Yao Yai isle to teach a sense of savor of what the house looks similar every bit we'd spent all our fourth dimension at the resort. I would similar to come upward in i trial to a greater extent than together with produce the same every bit we've done at Koh Yao Noi - teach the boat over together with rent mopeds together with explore at our ain pace. This niggling tour nosotros did hither was solely merely over an hour. First halt was merely a kilometer along the route to the southward of the resort.
And together with hence close xx minutes of modest concrete roads, occasional houses, modest settlements, no large town. Trying to snap photos from the dorsum of the songthaew. One matter was clear - it's real tranquillity here! I'd similar to furnish together with drive around at my ain speed along these reason roads.
(above) Quiet route inwards Yao Yai. We carried on to the primary pier inwards the southwest of the isle close xx km from our resort. Boats come upward inwards hither from Phuket Town together with it is possible to convey a auto over, non that you lot demand to. We watched boats coming together with going for a while. If you lot similar "people watching" this is a adept place!
(above) Getting off a boat at Koh Yao Yai
(above) Koh Yao Yai traffic. Not much, but nosotros nearly hitting this i when it slowed of a precipitous together with our driver was non just out for a Lord's Day drive, he wanted to teach dorsum for luncheon I think!
From the pier it was a brusque drive to Loh Paret beach on the due west coast of Koh Yao Yai. Looked busy compared to other areas. The five star Santhiya Resort is here. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 flake out of my cost range. And nosotros institute that the real nice, novel looking Blue Bay Resort seemed to live 100% Chinese. And busy. The beach betwixt those two resorts was a flake dirty. Just where our taxi parked at that spot were several modest restaurants together with snack stalls. And there's some other overnice looking resort hither called Yao Yai Resort.
(above) Loh Paret Beach on the due west coast of Yao Yai Island. From here, some other quick drive dorsum to Thiwson Resort on the due east coast for lunch, a cheeky lunchtime beer together with and hence transfer dorsum to the northern pier together with dorsum domicile to Phuket. We receive got to see in i trial to a greater extent than together with explore some of the side roads. There's a line-fishing hamlet correct inwards the southward of the isle together with we'd perhaps endeavor a unlike resort such every bit Yao Yai Village or Elixir Resort. But nosotros had a real overnice two days visiting islands, relaxing, having a potable or two together with I was glad that nosotros finally got to Koh Yao Yai!
Koh Yao Yai links together with related Phuket Blog posts
Tours - Ask my friends at Easy Day Thailand
Hotels at Yao Yai (Agoda.com)
Thiwson Resort
Koh Yao Noi Island Trip
Koh Yao Yai together with Koh Yao Noi Islands - Map
Sumber http://jamie-monk.blogspot.com