Ao Phang Nga National Marine Park

Ao Phang Nga National Marine Park reviews

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• Best seascape in Thailand

  Forget about Railay, Phi Phi Leh and the Similans - Phang Nga Bay blows them away for seascape/landscape. I'm talking specifically about the Eastern/Central/Western bay which you do on trips out of the Phang Nga town piers - but I understand the eastern bay best accessed from the Krabi area ain't shabby either.
  I took my full day trip with Mr Kean Tour out of his shop in the Phang Nga town bus station but there are other places in town and all over Phuket/Krabi/Khao Lak can organise similar.
  We cruised the wonderful mangroves into the bay and then glided past towering stack islands, boated thru caves in said stacks, trekked another cave with headband floodlights, lunched and swam on a small beach, visited James Bond island but before the crowds hit, and called in at Ko Panyi, the fishing village on piers anchored to one of the karst islands.
  I decided to spend the night there, the best 250 baht (clean basic room, wonderful dinner, basic breakfast) I've spent in recent years.

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  By tezza (dabbler)
  Written on 11th January, 2011 after a visit to Ao Phang Nga National Marine Park in December, 2010

  Also reviewed by tezza: Coral and Raya Islands, Haad Sai Khao, Khao Lak, Ko Kho Khao, Ko Lipe, Ko Pha Ngan East Coast, Ko Samet, Ko Samui, Kuala Perlis, Padang Bai,

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