Facts About Koh Chang

         Koh Chang is very popular among visitors. Situated in the nearest distance from Laem Ngob, it takes 1 hour to reach the desired destinations on Koh Chang. The best season to visit the islands is between October and May. During the rainy season from May to October, visitors are not allowed to the islands south of Koh Chang; for example, Koh Kut, Koh Mak, Koh Wai and Koh Kham. The boat trip to Koh Chang can be made all year round. In the rainy season, a boat will sail along the inner coast of Koh Chang because the island's long and large shape provides shelter from sea winds and waves. Visitors will trips on land to individual destinations.

White Sand Beach

White Sand Beach (Haad Sai Kao) is a beautiful sandy beach at the northern end of Koh Changs west coast. It is about 2.5 kilometres long and lined by rocks, over-hanging palms and broad-leaved trees. The southern 1.5 kilometre long area, located at the road, is during the season the busiest part of the entire island.

In addition, the northern part, probably the most well-known and longest visited beach on Koh Chang, is today, after over 15 years of tourism, still quite quiet. The mountains covered with close rain forest, almost reach the beach in the northern part, where the road winds itself steeply up the mountain.

Although the entire beach is flat like almost everywhere on the west coast it is still suitable for swimming at either high or low tide.

Climate

Koh Chang is the ideal location for the real rest as the weather there is very comfortable with the average temperature not too cold or too hot. Ko Chang is influenced by the northeastern and southwestern storms. That triggers limitations to the water transportation to the group of islands. Between May and October, which is the period of southwestern monsoons, the west coast is always visited by storms and thus, not safe for ferryboats. Between November to April is very safe since there are quite a few storms. Most of Trat areas lie in the Gulf of Thailand. This makes the province abundant with tourism resources. Trat has as many as 52 islands, especially Ko Chang include sea, waterfalls, and forest. The province is also the source of red sapphire, fine shrimp paste and sweet Ra-Kum, a kind of palm of genus Malacca with sweet and acid taste

Koh Chang is great if you love the outdoors.

There are many activities to attempt you. The sports are wide range from scuba diving to trekking. Koh chang has one of the most beautiful scenery. The basic watersports are also available e.g. snorkeling, banana boat, kayaking, etc.

On the island you can also rent a motorbike to travel around Koh Chang if you like sight seeing or you can bring you own car on the island. There are ferries which run from the mainland to the island every 3 hours and the prices are reasonable too.

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