Virtual Travel & Island Guide about Long Beach on Ko Chang in Thailand.
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Long Beach on Ko Chang
in Thailand
- Beaches &
Bays on Ko Chang - |
(View to the north of Long
Beach on Ko Chang in Thailand)
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Long Beach (Haad Sai Yao) at
the south-easternmost end of Ko Chang, is a beautiful sandy
beach approximately 500 metres long - have a look at the map: just click the Ko Chang logo top left. |
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The southern part of Long Beach (June 2005) |
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The northern part of Long Beach (June 2005) |
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It is flat, recedes at
low tide and during the summer months a few hundred metres, but however always very well suitable
for swimming. Just the northern part is stony, the rest is without stones so getting into the deeper waters is even at low tide no problem.
Since 2005
there is a low budget bungalow resort in the north of Long Beach. In 2008 there was another one built in the southern part of the beach. |
Hotels and more expensive accommodations are (not) there, so Long
Beach is one of the few still quite undeveloped beaches
of the entire island.
At the southernmost end of Ko Chang, just a few hundred
metres from Long Beach, one reaches a small beach, the "Koh
Chang Remembrance" with inscribed
tablets and a naval shrine to the memory of the victims of
the sea-battle 1941 (see "What
to do on Ko Chang?", "Koh
Chang Remembrance - the sunken Warships"). |
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Picture on the right and below: At high water level (January 2002) |
Arrival & Departure:
At the end of 2009 there were no regular taxis driving to Long
Beach, so you either have to go there
by chartered boat from Salak
Phet Bay. |
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Or, if coming by motorbike or
car, turn left at the intersection of the main street, around
14 kilometres south of Dan-Kao-Pier (always follow the signs
to the "Koh Chang Remembrance"
and "Long Beach").
Keep on this road to the next bigger junction. Turn
left there, direction "Koh
Chang Remembrance" and "Long
Beach". After a few hundred metres
the road gets step and winding and you will pass a few places
at the road from where you have an incredible view into Salak
Phet Bay and to the islands south of
Ko Chang
("What
to do on Ko Chang?", "Viewpoints
on Ko Chang").
Shortly after the viewpoint the road turns into a dust road
so the last part should only be made by experienced drivers!
(Specifications: 2009) |
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We point out, that
in rainy-season between May and October, at some beaches strong
currents may occur!
Since people drowned already, we ask you not to ignore the
warning-signs! |
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