Trang Thailand Islands & Trang City

about 20 km from the city has the Amari Hotel which is very popular by Thai guys to for a weekend with their second wife or rather girl friends, but this place is very isolated, there is nothing around. Most hotels and resorts offer day trips to other places with the speed boat such as Ko Lanta, Phi Phi Islands, Morakot Cave or Emerald caves or maybe just a ride between the islands with a longtail boat.

This islands are spots in the ocean off the southern west coast of Thailand. The archipelago is about 300 km north of the the Thailand Malaysian border and about 300 km south of Phuket. The archipelago offers a perfect blend of southern Thailand island and beach beauty with its nature, history and cultural traditions.

One pier is at Pak Meng Beach and a bigger one at Kantang west of the city. All islands of the archipelago can easily be reached by longtail boats, private boats and other bigger boats which are often sightseeing ships moving between the coast and the islands.

Trang islands and beaches

are a hidden treasure in the Andaman Sea,  almost no one knows this great archipelago. But one is for sure the islands are second to none in terms of beaches, beach resorts, attraction, tropical waters and there is another very important factor all is relatively low priced.

Since everything in the modern world of tourism, beaches, fun, nightlife, scuba etc. today is high priced, the this southern Thailand province is a real pleasant exception. You still can get accommodation at the beach for about $ 30,- and have a real dinner for $ 10,- you can count the paces on planet earth on one hand where this is still possible.

The islands of the Trang Thailand Archipelago are some of the pearls of the Andaman Sea with not only luxury beach resorts to give a opportunity to the people who’s pocket is not filled to the brim to enjoy a unique island world. There are gushing waterfalls, beach cottages and more for the best beach vacations beyond your imagination.

Koh Mook

is one of the top destination for a great vacation whether you are a individual traveler or traveling with family in tow, the great beach resorts offers you accommodation and facilities you will like. Just travel to the province by bus, flight or train and let your legs hang down. If you are a individual traveler visit the Trang tourist office just around the corner of the Trang Hotel and get the information you need, you can also book tours at the Trang Hotel, it works very good with en excellent organization, which is rather not so common in Thailand. About 300 km south of Phuket and about 120 km south of Krabi city is Trang city with Pak Meng Beach to the west plus countless other beaches and islands in the archipelago. All islands of the archipelago are exotic limestone island with a history dating back hundreds of years when the Sultans of today Indonesia still ruled this area in today southern Thailand.

The islands of the Trang Thailand Archipelago are full of exotic sights, lush vegetation, good hotels and beach resorts and a great underwater environment, just right for snorkeling and scuba diving. The archipelago is a truly enjoyable vacation destination to enjoy your time and maybe your honeymoon, every year they have underwater weddings in the Andaman Sea of Trang province. The sheer beauty of the archipelago includes some adventure features such as the incredible limestone cave called Morakot cave. This cave is on a island in the archipelago where the top eroded, fell down and opened a small lagoon with a beautiful beach, only accessible via a totally dark channel you have to dive or swim through, depending on the tide, see the pictures and the Trang video.

This exotic beaches

in the archipelago are blessed with a stunning marine life, there are only very few interesting sea mammals such as the dugong and other. You can enjoy tasty seafood every day and there is no frozen seafood, its all fresh catch of the day, usually for less than 6 dollars for a whole dinner.

The archipelago boasts such a great number of attractions that it is quite difficult to list them all. Perhaps the best way to see some of them is to book a tour at the Trang Hotel in the city and let yourself drift away into a exotic island world. Its difficult to point out any particular beach around since they are simply to many, the archipelago is a island and beach world with coral reefs blessed with tropical fishes, shallow lagoons, try snorkeling, kayaking and scuba diving. There are a couple of old Buddhist shrines, pagodas, temples, monasteries and some beautiful mosques around. The island of Lanta is not far and a little bit further up in the north is the famous Phi Phi Island Archipelago. The movie “The Beach” with Leonardo di Caprio was shot there.

Many Trang hotels

and beach resorts are around offering superb packages to make your vacation truly exotic as well as memorable. Accommodation choices suit every taste and pocket, play Robinson castaway if you like.

The archipelago is the ideal place for a tropical island vacation, golden sunset, sandy beaches beach, emerald waters, palms swaying in the breeze and more. There are caves to be explored, such as the Morakot or Emerald Cave and stunning scenery with dozens of limestone islands and cliffs poping out from the water.

The area is very diverse, snorkeling is great, do scuba diving if you like and can. If seclusion is what you are after, there are dozens of islands where nobody is around, only you the water, the beach and the sun. To move there either just walk a couple of minutes away from the beach resort or hire a longtail boat and go on island safari.

several every day out of Bangkok airport. Flights to are not coming in from international destinations since this is not an international airport, only domestic. The closest international Airports are Phuket Airport and Krabi Airport,  there are several flights from Bangkok every day. Travel from Phuket to via Krabi its a smooth 300 km ride in a very comfortable bus, there are also other buses from Bangkok to Trang from the north and from Hat Yai to Trang when coming from the southern Thailand border from the Malaysia, Penang, Langkawi or Kuala Lumpur. Buses from Phuket leave every hour and the bus travel takes about 4-5 hours. Traveling to Ko Tarutao and the archipelago is via Satun, there is a coastal road from to Satun. The city has a laid back ambience and the Pak Meng Beach

bordering to Malaysia. There is a bus service several times a day from Kuala Lumpur to Trang, Krabi and Phuket and vice versa via Hat Yai. The Malaysian border is about 250 km to the south. Trang beaches are excellent, so are the roads and no political problems such as in the very south of Thailand and is ready for discovering and exploring.

Trang history shows that the city is a trade center since about 2000 years. Between the 6 th. and 12 th. century the city was an important seaport for trade towards the Malay Peninsular and the Islands of today's Indonesia. From 600 AD to 1400 AD the city was under the the Srivijaya empire centered in Jambi and Palembang on Sumatra. At that time Surat Thani in southern Thailand was a major center in this empire and the harbor at Kantang functioned as a transshipping point between Sumatra and the east coast of southern Thailand, more.

Today the importance as a seaport in the Andaman Sea is rather small, the port at Kantang serves mostly a small fishing fleet and some tourist sightseeing ships.

the best start is go to the tourist office beside the hotel in and book a tour. This is the best for your first orientation on your dream vacation tour. It makes sure you see the interesting places in the archipelago within a day and you have a good idea after where to go.

On top of it keeps problems away on your trip not only because of language problems. After this first sightseeing tour you are ready to travel the archipelago on your own.

On a few islands small beach resorts, bungalows or beach huts make sure there is something for everyone. You should also know that between Trang City and the beach side at Pak Meng Beach it's a 40 minute drive over a excellent road.

At the north end of  Pak Meng Beach is a pier where longtail boats are available in the morning to go anywhere requested.

The seaside is inhabited by fishing communities, many Muslim, who migrated from the Malay peninsular in the last few hundred years. Their villages are around the mouths of the rivers flowing into the Andaman Sea.  Flora consists of evergreen forest, beach forest, limestone forest mangrove forest.

From Pak Meng Pier speedboats and longtail boats could be hired, theoretically. If you go there everyone shakes the shoulder and tells, me lou, which means nobody know, they charge 1800 Baht per day if you can find somebody. That is the main reason why its the best to book a tour at the beginning, it will safe you time and you wont get upset. The trip to Kantang is also quite far and there it's the same situation, everyone just shake the shoulder. Its totally different to Phuket for example where everyone is running after the tourists.

Along the coast extends a 20 - 30 m wide light-yellow sandy beach for approximately 20 km. This starts in the north with the Pak Meng beach - at the horizon some bizarre rock formations -Further south Chang beach joins the stretch, the Bae - Na hill nearby has some ancient rock paintings to show. Pine trees line the sand, actually one wishes for palms, but well, we cannot have everything.

In general, Trang is quiet and has a low profile

but its a great holiday destination for the traveler who want to get rid of the normal stuff, feel good, and have a good life. Trang Archipelago &  Islands  Video

You can wade far into the water it’s only sand with few stones or corals always very flat, wear shoes or diving boots to protect your feet. A whole lot of Islands invites a Robinson play, one of the more interesting and bigger is Ko Muk, (Ko or Koh for island).

Libong island is interesting for birdwatcher, specifically during the “colder” season (December - April) waders can be spotted, like Crab Plover, Joo Hoy Cape and Toog Beach are a good watching site. On the Islands you may see otters, water monitor, pacific reef-egret, white-bellied sea eagle, monitor lizards, longtail macaques, dusky langurs, wild boar, pangolin, little heron etc. The sea grass beds are the spawning and feeding area for diverse species like fish, prawns, turtle, and the dugong. An appreciable canoe tour is offered to the Chao May Cave. All this are one of the best hidden secrets in the Thailand tourism world. This area of southern Thailand is probably together with Phang Nga and Krabi one of the best vacation spots for beach vacation in southern Thailand.