PARADISE ISLAND

Koh Phangan is a beautiful tropical paradise, protected by gentle sloping coral reefs and green clad mountain range towering above the beaches. There are concrete roads to HaadRin, but you have been warned that the roads are not in the greatest state and only if you are a confident motorbike rider then do not try to get to Had Rin, as most accidents involving motorbikes happen in this area. Our advice is to leave your motorcylce at the 7-11 at BaanTai and pay about 40 Baht for a pickup over the mountains to Had Rin. Kohpangan is a place of natural beauty and charm, a place, where visitors can have a holiday away from stress, lazy and relaxed or active and fast paced.

A enormous range of fishes and some beautiful coral reefs offer divers unrivalled adventures. Other accommodation at a quite beach, check out Full Moon started with a few backpackers dancing at Haad Rin in the late 80's. They had a Phangan used to be a backpackers destination, by now a much more mixed range of visitors visits the island. One thing most of guests have in common, want to find a nice and easy going place. One exemption can be the Full moon party when the place changes into a dancefloor.

If you do not like hanging around on the Koh Phangan has many attractions suchlike kite-surfing, Dirt-bike Rentals, Elephant Trekking, Jungle Trekking, Snorkeling, Muay Thai, Yoga,a Chinese Temple and Lessons for Thai-style Cooking. Even Koh Phangan was inhabited already about 2000 years ago by sea gypsies driving with their boats from the area today called malaysia. The area was later settled by chinese refugees most of them originating from Hainan fleeing their country. Specially for resorts like Ananda or the Sanctuary, Haad Rin beach. But Phangan is not so small and Haad Rin is just a tiny part of the island.