BEACHES

The first Full Moon took place for the first time with a few people having a beach party on the east side of Haad Rin more than 20 years ago. They enjoyed the party in the shining moon and more backpackers turned up every party. Currently there are a estimated number of 8000-16000 backpackers who are participating and dancing to trance, jungle, and many different other music tunes.international and local DJ's playing the music from the beach bars at the east side of Haad Rin and from the whole bay. You can use the roads to Had Rin, but we have warned you that the concrete roads are not in the greatest condition and only if consider yourself a confident motorbike driver then don't try to get to HaadRin, as nearly all accidents involving motorbikes happen in this area. Our advice is to leave your motorbike at the 7/11 at Ban Tai and pay about 50 Baht for a taxi over the mountains to HadRin.Kohphangan is a amazing island south of Thailand.

If reading a good book, visiting a Spa is your type of holiday activity, Phangan Koh Phangan is perfect. If you are into meeting people from the whole world and having fun exploring the island, this is the place to be, as well. A lot of people have in mind that Phangan is just another island for budget traveler or party freaks mainly visiting the island because of the Full Moon Party at Had Rin beach. But Phangan is a large island and Haad Rin is just a small isolated part of the island. Surrounded by crystal clear waters, Kohpangan evolved in the grown into a divers top destination in Asia. Located near the center of the Samui Archipelago, Kho Phangan is perfectly located in the near of top locations such as Ang Thong National Marine Park and Koh Tao. Nearby Ang Thong is composed of more than 40 small islands, with many pristine beaches and surrounded by crystal clear water.

Ko Phangan's climate is almost always a perfect for a holiday. Blue-sky days and a refreshing sea breeze nearly everyday. For the purists, late December to the end of March is the perfect holiday island weather. No question, Ko Phangan has some of most postcard like beaches anywhere in Thailand. Still, as Phangan has so much more to experience than just being a mad party island, Phangan has a less noisy part, offering the privacy of a secluded resort with great beach scenery, cooking courses and various other things to do. You can book for a wide range of Guesthouses and Bungalows on Koh Phangan for every kind of budget, availible for online reservation here.

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