The beach until recently is wild and hippie, Ton Sai is now considered an expensive haven climbers, yogis, syroyedov and rastamanov There are still areas untouched by developers, but March 2015, behind the central part of the beach was deployed Grand construction of a large hotel.
They brought down trees with heavy machinery, piled mountains of garbage, plastic and building materials. Ton Sai Beach itself is very good for sunbathing, but swimming will succeed only if you do not cause inconvenience stones and algae.
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
In general, Ton Sai is known for his rock climbing get-togethers, not bathing. Raleigh is the real Mecca for the Climbers. In different parts peninsulas have rocks with surfaces of varying complexity, routes, that are suitable for both beginners and experienced craftsmen. They come here precisely in order to hang out and climb on the rocks. Instructors and equipment is taken on the spot, you do not need to carry anything with you.
In every nook and cranny in Riley you can watch the climbers hang out on their ropes, or carry them to the rocks, or rest, eat and sleep right on the rocks. In general, Tonsai Beach is a ten-meter-wide strip of sand that stretches for three hundred s small meters between impassable rocks on the right, and collapsed rock left (where the transition to West Riley).
Entry, depth and waves
Starting from the surf and ten meters under the water all the bottom peppered with pebbles, shells and fragments of coral. Bottom slope insignificant, almost shallow, so the sea goes to 5-7 meters at low tide, leaving behind a trash of different origin. In general, the whole beach corresponds to the atmosphere of this area – wild.
No one keeps the cleanliness, there are no resorts and hotels adjoining to the water, so Ton Sai looks like nature intended it. Plus boatmen, their ropes and anchors) Waves are only in stormy weather or strong wind.
Sun beds and shade
Natural sources of shadow on Ton Sae grow along the coast in large quantities, no need for personal umbrellas. Somewhere after an hour of the day, there are problems with the shadow, because the sun is up to sunset itself now does not interfere. There are a couple of sections around the edges. beach, near the rocks, where the shadow is at any time of the day.
Beach photo
Infrastructure
In addition to renting kayaks and boat taxis, they do not offer ashore. no services. Neither massages nor sellers of corn. Tong Sae has one climbing training point, one dry grocery store and by beer. All other cafes, bungalows and yoga centers are located in the depths of the peninsula. In the evenings, the whole fraternity gathers in beach cafes. Youth parties here, in addition to alcohol, twist poi, walk on the ropes. Fun. Expensive.
Taking advantage of the distance from the main part of the resort, local businessmen pulled up the price of everything – and housing, and services and products. For a bottle water, which stands on Ao Nang 7 baht, on Reilly is asked within 30 baht, so take the water with you. The only watermat with adequate price for a liter of drinking water, located on the track between East and West Rails (there is a map at the end of the post).
Tonsai has an autonomous diesel power supply that hidden in a brick building, somewhere in the middle of the district. Better next to They do not settle down – it works too loudly.
Houses and hotels on the beach
Although most of the bungalows on Ton Sae are built as real island huts, the price tag for housing is far from humane. Accommodation on Ton Sai is a bit, from hotels with a good rating and reviews Visitors can be distinguished good hotel Tonsai Bay Resort 
It is perfectly located right on the beach.
A little deeper from the beach are very simple straw. домики Chill Out Bar & Bungalow , самые пожалуй, демократичные по цене из всехhotels around. A great option for backpackers.
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For the lazy, here are the direct links to the hotels listed above:
- Tonsai Bay Resort
- Chill Out Bar & Bungalow
How to find the beach
On Ton Sai you can sail by boat from Aonang or Noparat Tara, but if suddenly you sailed to West Railay, then from there it’s easy To get to Ton Sai in two ways.
The first passes through the long-collapsed cliffs located between Ton Sai and West Rails. The steps are quite steep, in difficult the places are stretched ropes, go about 10 minutes, not more. You can still by water pass, near these rocks, but there are deep in places and you can wet their belongings, and not very much to walk over the stones at the bottom nicely.
The second path takes place in the depths of the peninsula. This route is longer for half an hour, easier and more interesting. Need to get away from West Railay by footpath that starts under the sign of Walking Street, but not turn on East Rails and move on. By the way, the same the path is more convenient for those who landed on Phra Nang or East Rails – you don’t have to turn on West Railay (left), turn right.
There is a nice cave ahead, the entrance to which costs 40 baht, but better to go there at high tide, get more fun and good shots. After the cave there will be a resort, pass it along the right side. After it will be a fork in the path (there is a marker on the map), you need to go on the left.
It leads through the jungle and a small pass to the coast. If you turn to the right, then you will come to an abandoned resort. By the road to the beach you, at the same time, consider the infrastructure of Ton Sai and his dwellers.
Beach map
Riley beaches map
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