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Ko Lanta
Understand
Ko Lanta is popular with tourists seeking a holiday away from the parties: more walking on the beach and watching the sunset than drinking and dancing. It is also popular with families with young children, and of course, with divers. The two largest islands are Ko Lanta Noi and Ko Lanta Yai. Although Ko Lanta Noi is inhabited, Ko Lanta Yai is the primary tourist destination.
Ko Lanta is a little less well-known than nearby Ko Phi Phi but it is hardly undiscovered: the several beaches on the west coast of Ko Lanta Yai are each strung with an unbroken line of resorts and bungalows. Ko Lanta is especially popular with Swedish tourists: although the "tourist language" is English as it is in most places in Thailand, and you will find menus and so on are translated into English, expect the poolside language to be Swedish much of the time.
Ko Lanta sustained limited tsunami damage in December 2004, but virtually all businesses are now operating normally again.
Eat
Ko Lanta has a wide variety of restaurants, the kind that most visitors travel to Thailand for: beach-front locations serving delicious and inexpensive Thai and seafood dishes. Eateries line the beaches in front of the bungalows and no visitor to Lanta will starve from lack of variety or interesting places to dine.
Sunset Restaurant is a very small restaurant on Klong Dao beach close to D.R. Lanta Resort beside Mooks bar. The Thai food is the best on Klong Dao beach and cheap too. Real Thai style eating with the tables directly on the sand and no decorations at all but a nice view and cool breeze from the sea. And the food... mmm.
Abdul's Pancakes is a crêpe stall run from a motorcycle sidecar. You can most often find him in Moo 1, Saladan, opposite Lanta Diver when the boat divers come back (around 15:00). His chocolate and banana crêpe and his chicken crêpe are especially recommended.
Cook Kai is just across the street from Klong Nin Beach. Wholly built of wood and lovely decorated, it offers a spacious open dining area and bar. Run by the cook and his brothers and sisters, their Thai food, which has a bit of an extraordinary note, is probably the best you can get in the area and beyond. Go for the daily specials announced on the board at the entrance! Cook Kai also offers thai cooking classes.
River Restaurant is a friendly family operation located on the beach just south of Narima Resort. They have a delicious menu...lots of Thai dishes and a few western ones as well. The Phad Thai is excellent. It is very popular with families and the owner's children often play with tourist kids
Thai Cuisine is a long-established Koh Lanta favorite. It is located in Phra Ae just south of the Opium night club. The menu features a wide selection of wonderful Thai dishes and Chinese as well. The "special" spring roll is excellent. There is bar service and a small artisan boutique. Say...
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Hotels in Ko Lanta
 | Amari Trang Beach Resort  |
Score 0 from 0 reviews | | Pak Meng-Chang Lang Road, Chalang Beach, Sikao District, |  |
| The resort has a choice of dining options serving both international and Thai cuisine. Guests can choose the Vistas Restaurant, which has several theme nights every week or The Beach House which is a relaxed place to enjoy sundown. Room service operates daily from 06:00 until 23:00 for private dining in your room. ... more | | | | More hotels in Ko Lanta |
| Koh Tao and Koh Nangyuan Snorkeling Trip at Koh Samui |
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On board speedboats you will head out to the island of Koh Nang Yuan, here start your day by swimming, snorkeling or plain old fashioned sunbathing! Actually this island is really made of three smaller ones but they are all connected by a sandbank, which offers an unbroken stretch of clean white sand. Over on the West side the island offers fabulous corals.
Next head out to Koh Tao, which actually means turtle island where lunch will also be served. The island gets this name because it is shaped like one, or so people say! It is also one of the most scenic places for diving and snorkeling in the Gulf of Thailand especially along Aow Leuk or Leam Tien beaches one of which will be visited (subject to weather and water conditions).
For the combination of fantastic scenery above and below the water this tour is simply a must.
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A varried half day tour where you will have the opportunity to see a lot of interesting aspects of Pattaya, including a local market, marine aquarium full of magnificent tropical fish, a cliff full of tame monkeys and an oyster farm. You will also have the opportunity to visit a stone village before reaching a nursery of the famous orchid farm. Here you will see many beautiful varieties of orchids, how they are grown for the local market and for exporting to other countries
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| Elephant Trek, Rafting and Hilltribe |
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Approximately 60 Kms. north of Chiang Mai, situated on the banks of the Ping River, is Chiang Dao Elephant Camp. In an unspoiled setting, marvel at these colossal beasts of burden performing amazing feats of strength and skill, at the command of their ?mahouts?.
Then follows an exhilarating elephant trek through the neighboring jungle, past bamboo trees and hanging creepers, upwards towards a remotes Lisu hilltribe village. The Lisu hilltribe people originated in Tibet and their villages are usually located in the mountains around 1000 metres. Local lunch is provided.
Then comes the time for your relaxing bamboo raft trip along the Ping River. After visit some unspoiled hilltribe villages in Chiang Dao, such as, Karen, and Palaung Hilltribe Villages. If time permits, you may visit some other nearby hilltribe villages like, Akha, Lahu, and Lisu hilltribe Village.
On return to Chiang Mai, the journey continues by road to an Orchid Farm at Mae Sa.
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