Kao Lak was the discovery of the year for me, despite the fact that I was In Thailand, there are already many. It sounds a little loud, but I’m not at all I expected him to like it so much. I usually do not drive to rest, but if I had a question, where would I go for a week for a relaxing holiday, I would go there, although there is no “bounty” beaches and some special architecture—
But there it is mentally and uncrowded in comparison with Phuket and even Samui, which is more like a city than lost tropical resorts. I have the balance I need in Khao Lak the tourist infrastructure of the resort and at the same time a small number of people.
The content of the article
- 1 About Khao Lak
- 2 Areas and beaches of Khao Laka
- 2.1 About the beaches of Khao Laka
- 2.2 Khao Lak Beach
- 2.3 Nang Thong Beach
- 2.4 Bang Niang Beach
- 2.5 Khuk Khak Beach
- 3 Interactive map of the beaches of Khao Lak
Contents
About Khao Lak
Long been going to visit Khao Lak, it was interesting why he did not so popular, although it is not far from the international airport. It was necessary to fill the gap on the blog and write your review and mini-guide. And since I also wanted to go on excursion to the Similan Islands and Khao Sok National Park with Lake Cheo Lan, it turned out to combine business with pleasure.
Now about Khao Lak there is already information in the network, including sites on Russian language, not that 5 years ago, but its bloggers are still not especially favored. It is understandable, Khao Lak is more like a resort where it’s good spend a vacation, not a place to winter. No hospitals, no supermarkets, and housing for long-term delivery on your fingers recount.
On the other hand, not wintering camps, but ordinary tourists, too, usually go on vacation to the nearest Phuket, not to Khao Lak, although from Phuket Airport to get not much longer than the same Nay Kharna. Why? Apparently too quiet and peaceful, the place is not for those who likes fun and nightlife.
As an option, visit Khao Lak on excursions from Phuket, it’s quite inexpensive. True, in excursions the goal is not to look at the beaches and the city, but temples and jungles in the area. Plus traditional elephant riding and rafting on a raft. Just keep in mind if you want something. such
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And I will list theses that attracted me to the resort itself.
- Quiet and relaxing holiday
- Minimum parties, as the contingent is basically Euro pensioner
- Few people are on the beaches, as the town is small, and the beaches extended
- The resort looks pretty nice, many cafes are nice decorated, and the buildings have a cheerful coloring availability: the mainland, so do not need a ferry and not far from Phuket (how to get to kao lak)
Fun colors in some buildings in Khao Lak
See what a nice square
Pretty sweet alley – exit Bang Niang Road to the sea
Well, how can you not like this sunset?
Around a lot of greenery and the streets are almost deserted.
The main highway passing through Khao Lak
Lighthouse on Nang Tong Beach
I really liked the beaches in Khao Lak
Just beach nang thong
Chinese temple in Khao Lak
Mostly green, Nang Tong Street
Now I know what concrete is hiding on the slopes.
Like the octopus on the roof
Cute interior at the cafe
Ruined tsunami hotel on the beach of Khuk Khak
For me it’s generally very important that there are few people on the beach not to feel like a herring in a jar, but I don’t I want to relax very much on a desert island.
I know, not everyone will understand me, and perhaps such a desire for solitude generally inherent only to residents of cities. Although it may be pure my own understanding of rest in which it is impossible enjoying the natural beauty of the crowd.
And I stress once again. Perhaps it only seemed so to me, but Kao Lacquer in places (mostly Bang Niang) really looks a little different, somehow more civilized or something more European than many other resorts. And this despite the fact that it is not very popular. For example, the Kata and Kata Noi beaches in Phuket also look European-style, but there are many more people there.
Areas and beaches of Khao Laka
About the beaches of Khao Laka
We must understand that there is no separate city called Khao Lak, so called several villages / beaches, united in one resort. Moreover, most of the resort is a field with palm trees, and the main attraction is Khao National Park Luck, that is, nature, waterfalls and the beaches themselves. Civilization focused literally in several places.
In total, Khao Lak has 7 districts / beaches, of which, in my opinion most will only be interested in 3, just where enough necessary infrastructure And another beach (Khuk Khak) interesting from the point of view sometimes come to buy, as he not far from the main areas, but not live there. Therefore we will talk only about 4 beaches and areas:
– Khao Lak Beach – Nang Thong Beach – Bang Niang Beach – Khuk Beach Khak
The remaining 3 beaches (Pakarang Beach, Pak Weep Beach, Bang Sak Beach) is quite an amateur, there is little civilization, and the beaches are worse, the dominance of the Thais at the weekend (come to pikning). Also I was still on Sandy Beach, which is located on the territory of the national park between Khao Lak Beach and Bang Niang Beach, but he is not is interesting.
I liked the Bang Nian and Nang Tong districts the most. BUT Considering that they flow into one another without a clear boundary, you can live there and there. Looking ahead, I will say that directly The two beaches themselves are very similar, but I would personally choose Bang Niang. Moreover, many consider that Nang Tong is the first in development resort, but it seemed to me that such is Bang Niang.
Map of Khao Lak Beaches
Khao Lak Beach
If we talk about the main areas of Khao Laka (where there is civilization), then I liked the Khao Lak beach least of all, despite on its eponymous name with the entire resort.
Firstly, it somehow looks less neat because of asphalt-gravel roads. Secondly, visually there less beautiful than on the same Bang Niang. Third, there is not even 7-11 and in fact, only one small street and a couple of lanes, the area is very little. That is, the choice of cafes, hotels, shops – the minimum go nowhere.
In fact, there is no choice, just one normal minimarket, and even then it’s not 7-11 after all. That is, for me neither there nor here, and not straight completely wilderness, to be alone and civilization a little, just not one. But maybe someone will like this combination.
But the beaches are great. That part of the beach opposite civilization, fenced off from this line of casuarina, creating a shadow in in the morning. First-line hotels overlook their swimming pools. lounge chairs are right on the beach, for example, chic The Anda Mani Khao Lak By Epikurean Hotels & lifestyle 
с очень высоким рейтингом.
But if you go to the south (left, if you face the sea), where in fact, many and go for a walk, then there will be almost wild the beach, where there are only 3 cafes, 1 hotel bungalow type (on some away from the beach) and all. And there such kamenyuki large lie on the beach and in the water, looks great, but snorkeling should be. Read more about Khao Lak beach.
Khao Lak Beach
Khao Lak Beach
Khao Lak beach map
Nang Thong Beach
If you go from the direction of Phuket, then, quickly passing the beach Khao Luck and drive pass, you descend from the mountains to the village of Bang La On. Honestly, I don’t know if you need to know this name, because the beach is called Nang Tong. And the bus driver or the taxi driver, if they tell you what you need in Khao Lak, bring you exactly here. This the place is considered the center of the resort of Khao Lak and the most developed, there is even Mcdonalds
The main civilization is located right on the highway, here and hotels it is full, and there are 7-11, and a bank, and in general when you go in the dark in the evening, then everything around shines, it seems that the whole city is around. All this the area is strongly extended along the highway, and, respectively, along coast. The distance from the road to the beach is less than, for example, Bang Niang. Along the entire coast are located the hotels of the first line, очень хвалят La Flora Resort & Spa Khao Lak 
, хотя данный резорт удален от эпицентраinfrastructure and almost borders Bang Niang.
The southernmost part of the area is sometimes called Sunset Beach, or because it’s good to see the sunsets, or because there Khaolak Sunset Resort расположен. But on the maps of this beach you are not meet, and there is no border between the beaches at all.
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Nang Tong beach is good all over, I liked it. Highly many walking retirees, two lighthouses, one on the shore, the second in the sea, quite often there are big stones in the water. More about Nang Tong.
Nang Thong Beach
Sunset Beach
Map of Nang Thong and Bang Niang Beaches
Bang Niang Beach
Many people consider that the most infrastructurally developed beach is Nang Tong. But it seems to me that this information is outdated, Bang Niang him nothing inferior, except that there is no McDonald’s. But there is a whole Tsunami Museum, even 2.
At the same time, Bang Niang is more compact, since much less stretched along the coast compared to Nang Tong. That is approximately the same number of cafes and hotels is located on a smaller square, and do not need to wind kilometers to get somewhere. In the same way, Bang Niang is not crowded even in the peak season. All photos were taken by me at the end of January, and on the beaches fastingly
In general, if I chose where to stay in Khao Lak, the hotel would book exactly on this beach. Actually, I am did when he came to Khao Lak. Anyway, until Nang Tonga The problem is to get there, the beach line is not interrupted at all, you can go and go than many retirees here and are engaged in the morning and closer to in the evening.
All civilization is centered on the highway and near the Bang road Niang Road. She goes to the beach and conditionally divides it into the north and southern parts. The southern part near the Ramada Khao Lak Resort beautiful and smoothly flows into Nang Tong. The north is partially covered with concrete, but there are strips of beach there you can swim. Further north is completely wilderness and desolation. Read more about Bang Niang Beach.
Bang Niang Beach
Bang Niang Beach
Khuk Khak Beach
Khuk Khak – this is the same beach, where it would make sense sometimes come living in Bang Niang or Nang Tong, for the sake of almost complete solitude and relaxation. Lack of civilization you start to notice immediately when you turn from the main road into the field. Go-go, and around only palm trees, jungles and rare houses of local residents. Nothing else.
And only, having gone to the coastline, you come across a few hotels and at least to some kind of infrastructure, which, in fact, represented by these hotels themselves. And for a few kilometers the beach is literally a few hotels, count on fingers.
I liked the beach myself. Still would. It is not enough people, only opposite hotels, along the coast a slender line of casuarines, creating shadow and open spaces, open spaces. True, I would not live here, too few things. Read more about Khuk Khak Beach.
Khuk Khak Beach
Khuk Khak Beach
Map of Khuk Khak Beach
Interactive map of the beaches of Khao Lak
On the map, I marked all the beaches of Khao Laka.
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