Ban Kai Beach is located on the southwest coast of Phangan, between Ban Tai and Haad Rin Nai beaches. Approximately from the marina to your center, Ban Kai just keeps repeating Ban Tai as a relief bottom and infrastructure on the coast: plain, shallow water, and all life is concentrated near the water.
And starting from the center, and further south, Ban Kai runs already along the foot of the mountain, so the strip of sand becomes much narrower, and the bottom – more stony. The beach, in my opinion, is so-so, like Ban Tai. AT sunny weather looks attractive, overcast – not very, and swimming here is not at all interesting.
The content of the article
- 1 Description of the beach
- 2 Entry into the water, depth and waves
- 3 Sun beds and shade
- 4 Beach Photos
- 5 Infrastructure
- 6 Houses and hotels on the beach
- 7 How to find a beach
- 8 beach map
Contents
Beach description
It is very conditionally possible to say that Ban Kai begins after the marina on the left edge of Ban Tai, and ends in the area of Silvermoon Beach & Jungle Resort 
. After which the bank begins to wag along steep slope and often interrupted by stone heaps, impassable at high tide. In essence, Ban Kai is a continuation. Ban Tai.
Due to its geography, Ao Ban Kai is a kind of champion by the number of stinky rivers. Their mouths are about Pinks Bungalow , Papillon Bungalows , и ещё в сезон дождей прорывает переполненноеreservoir in the area of the Black Moon Party, eroding the beach is not worse small river.
In the dry season, these streams can be easily navigated along the coast. Despite in shallow water and the lack of strong excitement yellow sand is subject to blurring and in some places reinforced with concrete rings, reliable, but not aesthetically pleasing.
Entry, depth and waves
As I wrote above, the right half of the beach and the center are shallow water that goes 200 meters towards the horizon. In low tide time the bottom is exposed to such an extent that it can ride a bike or play football. Respectively, swimming here only happens during the highest point of the tide, twice a day and standing knee-deep in the sea.
The beach can be considered a children’s paddling pool, with a fairly clean entry into the water and flat bottom. After the middle of the beach, left soon a broken coastline begins, repeating the base of a mountain. There the depth remains the same, but you have every chance of finding through 30-50 meters sharp break down and depth. Seabed in this part the beach is more rocky.
Sun beds and shade
Specialized rental offices of sun beds and umbrellas at Ban Kai I not found. The coastal zone is built up with resorts not very thick and deck chairs mainly belong to them. And on the left side is the width beach tends to zero, leaving the rest two to five meters of sand and often the beach rests on concrete rings or hotel fences, adjacent to water.
But in principle, on those areas that are wider, sun beds too are found. And what else is good about Ban Kai is so big number of trees and natural shade. True, because of the small fry in central and right parts, you will sit in a luxurious shade trees on the edge of the wet seabed, not the sea. Pleasure like you understand, very doubtful.
Beach photo
View toward Ban Tai. Low tide has begun
At high water, the beach disappears in some places.
View to the right, towards Ban Tai
Shooting Point – Near Macs Bay Resort
Coarse sand mixed with coral debris
Ao Ban Kai Beach
Where the sea has washed away the shore to the buildings, it is reinforced with concrete. rings
In the rainy season, garbage is more than dofig throughout Ban Kai.
Infrastructure
The infrastructure of Ban Kai smoothly adopts all the same Btaya wasteland interspersed with built-up areas. Main road to the middle of the beach is far enough from the coast and forms a kind of delta, which is already divided into sections, but built up only thirty percent.
More or less practical type facilities are found along the road. shops, rentals, hospital, pharmacies, everything that can attract people from the road. Driving past Ban Kai you do not even make out the sea through all these buildings and thickets.
Closer to the sea, the infrastructure takes on a more poppy look, aimed mainly at short-term tourist arrivals: agencies, diving, souvenirs, bars, massages and other pleasures tropical resort. From the middle of the beach where the mountain begins, the whole the infrastructure moves to the resorts, and the rest space – just a jungle of varying degrees of obstruction.
From network stores there is only a mini-market 7-Eleven, and for serious shopping you have to go to Ban Tai.
Houses and hotels on the beach
In all booking services, the Ban Kai beach is listed as Ban Tai, so do not even look for it separately. It is understandable, clear there is no separation, and passing by on a bike you will not notice any drastic changes.
On Ban Kaa a good choice of diverse housing, from cheap hostels to separately rented houses and villas. But if we consider the beach area as a whole, the residential buildings are located mainly on the first line of the beach, while on the shore there are still many free space. So do not rush to check in at the main roads, there may be cheaper, but certainly not so comfortable.
And to the sea in the heat to walk a little interesting. Essentially, Ao Baan Kai – this is an option for lowly people who are looking for an inexpensive a place to drop things and leave to explore the island. Although I would personally better settle on Ban Tai, that is, that part of the coast which is closer to tong sala.
For several nights, Ban Kai is more than suitable, especially if remember that in the evening you get a pleasant opportunity to sit in silence on the beach is not the most crowded beach and watch the sunset. Below I have made a selection of housing on the front line with good reviews and rated:
- See Sea Backpackers House
- Le Divine Comedie Beach Resort
- Echo beach backpackers
- Na-tub Hostel
- Infinity beach club
- Blue Lotus Resort
- Golden Beach Resort Koh Phangan
Plywood bungalows, cheap and cheerful
Pool by the sea – an indispensable thing in the heat and in bad weather
Shooting location – near the resort Sarana Bungalows
Hotels in Ban Kai →
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For the lazy, here are the direct links to the hotels listed above:
- See Sea Backpackers House
- Le Divine Comedie Beach Resort
- Echo beach backpackers
- Na-tub Hostel
- Infinity beach club
- Blue Lotus Resort
- Golden Beach Resort Koh Phangan
How to find the beach
The beach is located on the main road in the direction of Thong Saly and the main guideline of the beginning of Ban Kai is the division of the main two-way roads. You will understand what you mean when you see it is with my own eyes, but just in case I put a mark on the map. Immediately after the confluence of one-way roads you can turn right to the sea anywhere – it will be Ban Kai.
Я выезжал около резортов Sarana Bungalows и Macs Bay Resort .
Beach map
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