Koh Phangan/ Things to do
Things to do
in Koh Phangan.
3 trips worth booking and 5 places you can simply turn up to. Different things, checked differently.
Worth booking
Tours and experiences.
Each operator is judged on its own score, never averaged with the others running the same trip. Our bar for a tour is 9.0 out of 10 and at least 50 reviews. Anything below it is left off rather than quietly rounded up.
01waterResearched PickAng Thong marine park, from PhanganThe forty-two island archipelago by speedboat from Phangan rather than Samui, with the lagoon, snorkelling and kayaks. Closed 1 November to 15 December.9.0136 reviews02natureResearched PickThe Koh Phangan road tripA shared day around the island by road: viewpoints, waterfalls and the beaches at the far end, without hiring a scooter on roads that catch people out.9.0101 reviews03natureResearched PickThe Phangan jungle ATV safariNinety minutes on a quad bike through the interior with a guide in front, which is the sane way to see the inland tracks.9.078 reviews
Just turn up
Places you visit.
A temple and a waterfall have no guest score, and no honest way to get one. These pages tell you where the place is, what we confirmed and when, and what we could not confirm. We will not borrow a tour operator's rating and let it look like the waterfall's.
01waterResearched PickBottle BeachHat Khuat, a secluded beach on the north coast with no easy road, reached by longtail boat from Chaloklum or by a long hike.No guest score exists02nightlifeResearched PickHaad Rin and the Full Moon PartyHaad Rin Nok, the beach where the monthly Full Moon Party is held, organised by the bars on the beach rather than by any official body.No guest score exists03natureResearched PickPhaeng Waterfall and Domsila ViewpointA forest waterfall in the middle of the island, with a rock viewpoint above it looking out over the south-west coast.No guest score exists04natureResearched PickThan Sadet WaterfallThe stream and falls in the east of the island that give Than Sadet-Ko Pha-ngan National Park its name, on an island King Rama V visited many times.No guest score exists05cultureResearched PickWat Phu Khao NoiA hilltop temple about 3km inland from the Thong Sala pier, a registered historic site with an old main chedi and smaller chedis around it.No guest score exists