Long Beach (from the English “long” – long) has the original Thai name is Phra Ae Beach and is considered the most the longest beach on Koh Lanta, as well as the best. Based what I personally saw on Lanta, riding along the beaches, then yes – Klong Dao and Long Beach are really the best on the island.
Although for a sophisticated person – just ordinary beaches, familiar to us understanding. Beach Phra Ae Beach stretches for almost 3 km, and he will meet you second in a row if you drive from the bridge between Lanta Yay and Lanta Noah. During my ride to Koh Lanta, I lived on this пляже в отеле Lanta manda 
, так что Лонг Бич — это был мой основнойbeach.
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
For you to understand, I will clarify: most of the beaches and areas on Lanta is a road along the coast and small villages opposite beaches. All the space between the road and the sea is occupied by buildings: hotels, shops, resorts, and everything else. In short, to to get to the beach, you need to go either along the lanes or through the territory of the hotel that allows it.
I put myself in many places and in principle did not see such the number of prohibitions and private labels as, for example, on Samui. Here you can go almost everywhere. Specifically, on Long Beach, I’m more just like the passage around the middle, there goes a good asphalt road, which ends with a large parking lot.
Around the parking lot is a park with casuarinas, bacon and lavatories – somewhat reminiscent of the territory of the national park, and all looks very luxurious. I think this is the best place to the entrance to the sea, the most convenient on Long Beach. I saw here Thais come with their families, and under the huge casuarinas they arrange picnics.
And it seemed to me that the central part of the beach is less to all the people, although on the whole on all the beaches of Lanta for the time being, glory God, not as many people as on the beaches of Phuket. After that, as I drove all the beaches of Koh Lanta, oh long beach I got This opinion: the best beach on the island of Lanta.
Entry, depth and waves
If you are facing the sea, the leftmost piece of the beach is very a lot of stones, and this place seems to be suitable for swimming, but I personally It seems that it is more suitable for snorkeling. Here I met a lot of people who do it – swim with masks.
The depth here, to put it mildly, is not very – small, 10-15 meters from the coast and still will not be on the neck. On the same Klong Tao shore is a flat surface with a slight slope, and on the Long The scourge is pretty tangible, and when the water goes to low tide by 10 meters, then the beach is still suitable for swimming. In short on My opinion is that it is better than neighboring Klong Dao.
Somewhere in the middle of Long Beach, and towards the right side of it getting deeper. After about 10 meters comes the depth of neck, and it grows relatively smoothly. In general, at Long Beach it turns out that the right side is slightly deeper than the left.
It is important to note that on the left side of the Long Beach on the Lanta flows decent size river. It looks clean, of course, but knowing that there Thais like to pour into the rivers – I definitely wouldn’t swim nearby, and would move strongly to the left of the river, or closer to the central parts.
At low tide, the beach remains more or less cupable. From the shore it is clearly visible that it is deeper than Klong Dao; the bottom on long beach leaves down is much cooler.
Sun beds and shade
All over Long Beach there are trees: casuarinas and palm trees. Tall, old, strong, give a lot of shade and you have with it there will be no problems at least until dinner, while the sun rises with east side to zenith.
Then begins the usual hell for all the beaches located on the west coast – the sun shines in your face and hide from it You can either in the forest, or, as an option – in a cafe that stand around shore, private or owned resorts. There for a couple of drinks from local bar you are given the right to use private territory and lounge chairs.
Beach photo
Left side of the beach
Left side of Long Beach on Lanta
Central part of the beach
The central part of the beach of Long Beach on Lanta
Long Beach on Koh Lanta at low tide
Right side of the beach
Right side of Long Beach on Lanta
Infrastructure
The infrastructure is mainly developed along the main road. Here full of cafes, massages, laundries, hotels, bars, and so on. On that parts of Long Beach, which is closer to Klong Dao – everything is there denser, and the farther from Klong Dao, the buildings are more free.
If you decide to live during your holiday on Long Beach, and for full of happiness you only need a beach and a beach holiday, you can not fooling around renting a bike – just enough on foot.
The hotels have everything you need, snacking in cafes, ride on knock-tuk. By the way, local tuk-tuki is a motorbike with strollers. Well, if you decide to go for a drive, then of course you need to take rent a scooter. But to be honest, the roads here are so-so.
Houses and hotels on the beach
The territory and geographical features of the area behind Long Beach Beach open space for developers, so that on Long Beach is all types of accommodation. From bad guesthouses to high-rated hotels. A lot of hotels on the first line, where you can stay as in an expensive bungalow overlooking the sea, and in a thatched hut, with the same view.
Hotels are built and across the road, there they are a bit cheaper in price, but considering that the distance between the road and the shore is ridiculous, then where whatever you settle on Long Beach, the sea will always be on foot availability. Below I propose to see a selection of hotels that I wrote out for myself, preparing for the trip:
Right edge of the beach
- Sayang Beach Resort Koh Lanta
- Lanta Sand Resort & Spa
- Rasa Sayang Resort
- Lanta Manda — мой итоговый выбор, отчет о котором можноread in a separate post.
Central part of the beach
- Pana Long Beach Resort
- Eco Lanta Hideaway Beach Resort
Left edge of the beach
- Thai House Beach Resort
- Mook Lanta Eco Resort
Hotels in Lanta →
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For the lazy, here are the direct links to the hotels listed above:
- Sayang Beach Resort Koh Lanta
- Lanta Sand Resort & Spa
- Rasa Sayang Resort
- Lanta Manda
- Pana Long Beach Resort
- Eco Lanta Hideaway Beach Resort
- Nautilus Right on the Beach
- Thai House Beach Resort
- Mook Lanta Eco Resort
How to find the beach
Long Beach Beach is located immediately after Klong Dao, if you go by same road from the bridge. A reference point to the beginning of Long Beach can be considered the beautiful gate of the Lanta Resort, which you will see approximately three kilometers after the T-shaped intersection.
Beach map
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