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Koh Samui : tours and excursions
Koh Samui offers you a large range of tours and excursions to discovery the island and the nearby islands of Ko Phangan, Ko Tao and Ang Thong Marine Natural Park.
See the Archipelago Map.
You can book your daily excursion directly at Mango Village:
- Jungle trekking riding an elephant;
- Jeep safari around the island;
- Namuang waterfalls and Crocodile Park;
- The Big Buddha's temple;
- The "Grandfather and Grandmother rocks"
- The Overlap Stone;
- The Buddha's secret garden;
- Butterfly garden;
- Snake farm;
- Samui Aquarium and Tiger Zoo;
- Fishing Tour (Koh Taen).
KO PHANGAN
Ko Phangan cover an area of 168 km² and its located 15 km. north of Samui and approx. 35 km. south of Ko Tao. Koh Phangan can be easily reach from Samui by speed-boat in a twenty-minutes trip.
When the party is over Koh Phangan serves as the perfect getaway retreat: relaxing on quiet deserted beaches (Haad Khuat and Haad Sadet), snorkelling (Ko Ma) and exploring the hinterland.
The backpackers, budget tourists and aging hippies are beginning to give way to families and some exclusive resort. Phangan offers a dozen of quiet and secluded resorts and beach huts dotted all over the island for a variety prices.
The island is famous for its monthly Full Moon Party on Haad Rin beach.
KOH TAO & KOH NANG YUAN
Ko Tao or Turtle Island is a small island located about 35 km north of Ko Phangan and about 70 km. to the nearest mainland town, Chumphon. The main centre is Mae Haad and the main beach is Sairee, located on the west coast of the island.
In the 1980s the first backpacker traveller discovered the island: now, Ko Tao is an international diving site. There are also great snorkelling sites: Ko Nang Yuan, located closely to the north coast of Ko Tao, is probably the best place to enjoy snorkeling in the Samui archipelago.
Ko Tao is connected to main land and to the others island by Lomprayah high-speed catamarans and Seatran Express, along the route Chumphon-Ko Tao-Ko Phangan-Ko Samui.
ANG THONG NATIONAL MARINE PARK
Ang Thong - Golden Bowl - is a National Marine Park in the Gulf of Thailand, at the shore of the Surat Thani Province. It covers 42 islands in a total area of 102 km², of which only 18 km² are land. The park was established on November 12, 1980.
Ang Thong National Marine Park represents a real natural paradise: rocky conformations covered by the rain forest raise itself from the crystal clear waters beyond 400 meters s.l.m. The fauna of the park includes cobra, pythons, pigskin, wild cats, otters, squirrels and beyond 40 species of birds.
SCUBA DIVING
Samui's archipelago is a great place to diving and also try get certified. If you never dive before there many options available: Discover Scuba Diving gets you straight in the water with an instructor. If you enjoy it and you like to learn, you can choose to gain full certification by Open Water Diver course: in four days you will get your international PADI diving license (you can diver all around the world).
There are lots of great sites to dive (see Diving Site Map): Sail Rock (probably the best dive site in the Gulf of Thailand), Chumphon Pinnacle and many others offering clear waters, coral reefs and a wonderful underwater world to explore. Easy Divers and Samui International Diving School are probably the best dive centres in Samui.
