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Specially for yoga minded tourists there are some special resorts for example Ananda or the Sanctuary, yoga massages. Like Koh Samui, Koh Pha-ngan has enjoyed substantial year on year increase in visitor numbers and the island is known its own right for its every month held amazing Full Moon Parties at Haad Rin beach. Due to its huge partyscene some people have named Koh Phangan the Ibiza of the east. If enjoing tropical nature, scuba divingis your kind of vacation activity, this island is just the right place. If you want to meeting friends from every part of the globe and enjoing one of the frequent parties, this island is the place to be, as well. Koh Phangan was at the beginning explored by backpacking hippies more than 25 years ago, Phangan was actually inhabited for more than two thousand years ago by sea pirates originating from the area today called malaysia. Koh Phangan was then settled by Chinese most of them coming from the chinese province Hainan fleeing the economic hardship in their country.

Koh Phangan has choice of rooms, starting from bamboo made Haad Rin beach. Due to its big Surat Thani Province and approximately 45 min. from Samuiby boat.

The southeastern part of Koh Phangan is the main partyarea including HaadRin and the fullmoon party beach. Most of the area around HaadRin is mountains making most of the excellent fine white beachesunable to reach by road, the only way to get to them is by long tail boat from HaadRin. Phangan has a choice of top end resorts to choose from, for example Garden Lodge or Sarikantang Resort. Both of them offering high class service and a general high standard. For a nice resortin Had Yao Beach, have a look at Sandy Bay Phangan, all of the rooms are maintained each day and as one of the better places on PhanganIsland they maintain the standards anticipated by visitors.