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Koh Phangan has to offer a lot of popular activitiesone being snorkeling at many of
Koh Panghan beaches, one
beachin particular is in the northeastern tip near Koh Maa.
A large range of fishes and amazing coral reefs offering
diversall they need. Other day time activitiesnow include kayaking, Elephant Riding and Jungle Treks.
The southeastern part of
Koh Phangan is the main
party area including
Had Rin and the fullmoon
party beach. Most of the area around
Haad Rin is mountains making most of the fantastic white
beachesunable to reach by road, the only way to get to them is by boat from HadRin.
If you a looking for a private place to stay, check out Haadtien bay a secluded and small beach, just 1
bungalowresort.
The
Full Moon Party started with a handful hippies having a
beachparty on the east side of
Haad Rin in the late 80's. They raved in the shining
moonand more a more people turned up every month. Nowadays there are about 7000-15000 people who are participating and enjoying a party to drum n' bass, disco, and other sound tunes.Skilled Disc Jockeys playing the music from the bars at the east side of Haad
Rinand from the the town.
Koh
Phangan is a place of exotic beauty and charm, an island, where visitors can have a holiday far anyway, lazy and relaxed or active and fast paced.
In the last 18 years, Koh Phan Gan has attracted an enormous amount of guests. More of them somehow find their way back each holiday to the island. What brings back those Phangan lovers? Well, there is lot of reasons you could find to visit Phangan. Even though it is tiny in geographical terms many kinds of tourists can find their own favorite place on the island. In my opinion, you should definitely consider visiting Ko Phangan.
Surrounded by clear waters,
Koh Panghanis about to become in the grown into a scuba
diverstop destination in Asia.
Koh Phangan's
weatheris almost always a perfect for a holiday. Blue-sky days and a steady ocean breeze are the norm. For the purists, end of December to late of March is the best holiday
island experience.
The
island has also a choice of upper class
accommodation , for example Mandalai Hotel or Sunset Cove. All of them have a high class service and accommodation.
As a tropical
paradise in the Southern Gulf of Thailand, the island is real getaway place, here most can go white sand
beachesand enjoy the under water world of Phangan and go for a dive not far from the island of Ko Ma.
If enjoing tropical nature, fishing with a local fisherman is your kind of holiday activity, this island is the perfect location. If you want to meeting travelers from the whole world and having a really good time, Phangan is just perfect, as well.
Specially for yoga freaks you have alternative places like the Sanctuary and Ananda, offering and massages.
As a natural eden-like island in the South-central Gulf of Siam, Phangan serves as the ideal getaway retreat.
Pha-ngan was first explored by backpacking hippies a mere 25 years ago, Phangan was before inhabited as long as two thousand years ago by sea gypsies originating from the Malayan Peninsula. The island was a few years later settled by Chinese people many of them coming from the chinese province Hainan .