Ko Kho Khao

Ko Kho Khao reviews

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• 20 km of beach with only a few resorts

  The west coast beach stretches the full 20 km length of the island and has 7 midrange or better resorts - Andaman Princess, Tacola, The Kib, C&N, Ko Kho Khao Resort, Amandara, Paradis and Ocean Breeze.
  
  I couldn't find any information on budget joints on the island so I had a good look around and found 4 budget places:
  Pranee Restaurant and Bungalows is on the beach near town - it would be about a 1km walk to the pier. The boss-lady told me she had some airicon bungalows for around 1500 front-row, 1200 at back - brekkie not included. Concrete construction, looked pretty good. This place is not on the detailed map THE KIB gave me, so must be pretty new.
  Ha Pha Beach Restaurant is about half way up the island. Tent will cost you 300 - the place had 5 rather nice looking fan bungalows under construction in late November 2010 the owner said would be finished for peak season - 1200baht.
  Sunset Restaurant is less than 500m from the northern-most point of the beach. It has 3 traditional thatch fan bungalows with bathroom for 700 and 2 bigger ones with hot water for 900. I reckon this will be the place I head for next trip.
  Immediately south, work was going on on some flasher places looked like they were lower midrange- about 50% finished. Not part of Sunset Restaurant.
  Wang Klong Kayaking Resort - in the far north, not far from Sunset Restaurant on a side road leading inland 1km or so. This place is spread out beside a mangrove tributary and looked budget/flashpacker to me. There was no-one around except an old geezer sleeping so I didn't get prices. There are fish pens, a launch area for kayaks and a short mangrove boardwalk. The tributary goes 1km to the open channel between Ko Kho Khao and Ko Phra Ton, a similar but even less developed island immediately north..
  
  The island is not intensively developed with only about 3 villages - the biggest is the arrivals pier town which has a good range of services but is still pretty small. Main island activities seem to be a fruit and rubber trees, oil palms, fishing and a bit of boat repair. Tourism is low key although there are a couple of mangrove walks, a rainforested track to a small waterfall, a nature circuit with cycleway and bird watching tower, several kayaking piers on inland water ways and the ruins of a C13th sea-farers village. The island is easy to move about on because most of the roads are flat and well paved and very low in traffic.
  Trips to the Surins, Similans, Ko Phratong and Ko Pha (a small islet about 12km offshore - the Surins are 701) are offered.
  There are at least 2 dive outfits on the island. It is not a good one for snorkelling off the beach.

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  By tezza (dabbler)
  Written on 9th January, 2011 after a visit to Ko Kho Khao in November, 2010

  Also reviewed by tezza: Ao Phang Nga National Marine Park, Coral and Raya Islands, Haad Sai Khao, Khao Lak, Ko Lipe, Ko Pha Ngan East Coast, Ko Samet, Ko Samui, Kuala Perlis, Padang Bai,

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