Beach Mae Nam (Mae Nam), our compatriots write in different ways: Maenam, Maenam, Mae-Nam, Mae Nam, but most people pronounce this word is equally wrong – “menenam”, but we should say “menam”. The toponym of the beach was assigned to him by the name of the same name. Ban Mae Nam village, which is located along the ring road on this stretch of Koh Samui.
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
If you do not much to find fault with the differences in sand grain and the presence of vegetation on the beach – the beach is equally good throughout its length. Only in the east it becomes almost twice as wide as everywhere. On Maenam, like on Lamai – the sand is very loose and surprising. similar to sugar, only golden yellow. The sand is soft, lies little dunes, and you just won’t run barefoot over it, because his legs are buried in his ankle.
Clean on the beach is maintained almost everywhere, except for three wild sites:
- on the eastern end of the beach near an abandoned resort;
- in the middle, next to Buddha Beach, where there is also a suspended building;
- on the westernmost edge of the beach, near the Black Rose Bar.
In the days when the sea is stormy, you can meet on the beach marine trash in small quantities, but the morning after Thai holiday Loi Kratong on the sand is better not to go without shoes.
The fact is that one of the actions of the holiday is a massive launching self-made boats with candles, incense and food into the water. And the boats are made from palm leaves, bamboo and pins, which very quickly falling apart, once on the open sea. All morning Bang Rak, Bo Put and Mae Nam are mined with leaves, sticking needles in them.
Maenam is a popular beach. From May to December, he is the same deserted, like all the beaches of Samui during the low season, but with December to May people are really a lot. People, of course, not sit at each other on their heads, but it will be comfortable to be alone only on wild sites.
Maenam has three mouths of smelly rivers, so when choosing housing, be sure to take a walk to the sea and make sure that you don’t lucky enough to get a neighborhood with one of them.
In case anyone is interested in reading about other places, I have There is a brief overview of all the beaches of Samui, will help you decide in choosing a beach.
Entry, depth and waves
Maenam is one of the few beaches whose quality does not change with the onset of low tide. This is one of the reasons for its popularity. Sea leaves on five – seven meters, leaving the people leveled sand under palm trees. The slope of the coast here is quite steep, the depth of the chest will be five meters from the water’s edge.
There are no stones and coral fragments on Mae-Nama, the entrance to the water is clean. and comfortable, smooth, no surprises. Waves happen in the rainy season, strong enough, serious. With good wind, the sea gets straight to the roots of the first row of palm trees, gradually undermining them.
It is better for children to purchase inflatable sleeves in advance and should not let them go far away from you. Especially in the evening when marine life begins to swim on the shore.
Sun beds and shade
From the east, Maenama, right up to the Lompraia pier, the shore represents a palm grove, under which a lot of natural shade. It is still One reason for the high popularity of Maenam with holidaymakers with children. It’s a big deal when kids have a lot of space for activity, and not a sad penny under an umbrella.
Sun beds are in front of hotels, but they are only for their own, but on Buddha Beach is a bar, which is located near a dozen bamboo arbors. In this place you can sunbathe and cocktail to order. Generally recommend this place because the atmosphere is old Islands there are impressive and there are almost no compatriots.
Beach photo
Infrastructure
Unlike the foreverly sleepless Chaweng, the main life on Maenam subsides with the onset of darkness. Most institutions and Shops are closed, only cafes, restaurants and makashnits work. Just take it, and go out for a walk at night on Mae Nam will not work. Dark and boring.
But there are all the amenities and services of Koh Samui. Banks, ATMs, laundries, equipment rental, auto and moto services, gas stations, markets, night markets, cafes, restaurants, water mats, water pumping stations, tai-shops and large households, furniture and leather workshops – there is everything on Maenam. And this also makes it attractive to many.
On the beach there are free-standing bars, but mostly they are located on the territory of hotels. There are kayak rentals and watercraft, but not in the quantities as on Chaweng and Lamai, probably affects the family character of the beach.
From nearby attractions:
- Chinese temple at Ban Mae Nam;
- Secret Falls Falls;
- pagoda on the rock, the most western edge of the beach, overlooking Mae Us;
- the Maenam-Lamai road that starts at Soi Maenam1 and crosses the island in the middle up to Lamai;
- golf Club.
Houses and hotels on the beach
The first line is occupied by large hotels and expensive resorts.
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со своим огороженным пляжем и пляжнойinfrastructure. - In the vicinity of the sea you can also find simple домики и бунгало: Shangrilah bungalow с чистой зеленой территорией
- небольшие хижины Palm point village .
Thiptara Resort will suit those who love big hotels: pleasant clean hotel with a green landscaped area. Along the whole beach there is a mass of houses for rent, both inside the Ring and for its beyond. For every taste, from concrete rooms to 3,000 baht per month to luxury villas on the mountainside.
Hotels in Maenam →
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For the lazy, here are the direct links to the hotels listed above:
- W-Retreat Koh SamuiBo Putom
- Shangrilah Bungalow
- Palm Point Village
- Thiptara Resort
If you want to book a hotel here in advance or search for accommodation on other beaches, I have a selection of hotels on Samui with good rating and reviews. Also hotels on Mae Nam beach can be viewed. on Roomguru, this is a convenient service for finding hotels in different reservation systems.
How to find the beach
Passage to the beach of Mae Nam is not limited, you can turn off to any street leading to the sea. The boundaries of the Maenam area are considered to be Buddhist gate, which begins the road to the pier Lomprayya and Family Mart convenience store (on the left side of the village). And Family Mart on the main road, near which hangs a banner with the name of the school Theeparatpittaya School, under it the road to W-Retreat begins Samui.
Beach map
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