Where is koa lac in pattaya? Khao Lak: reviews, weather, recreation. Khao Lak is a resort in Thailand. What does a trip to Khao Lak include?
If you leave Phuket island on the mainland and take highway No. 4 north, in an hour you will find yourself in Khao Lak. Many people think that Khao Lak is one beach, which is not entirely true. Khao Lak is the name given to the coastal area around Lak Mountain in Phang Nga Province. There are a couple of villages located here, and the coastline of more than 25 kilometers is divided into several beaches. First, it’s worth telling a little about the Khao Lak area as a whole, so that you get an impression of it. This place is suitable for lovers of a relaxing holiday with the whole family or a romantic couple. There is no hectic scene here, just small bars with live music, where you can have a glass of beer or drink an exotic cocktail to the sounds of a local band. During the November to April season, Khao Lak is busy, but during the monsoon season, when the sea gets rough, the number of tourists decreases and some restaurants and shops close. During the low season, the waves vary in height and sometimes it is impossible to get into the water.
Part of Pakwip Beach - White Sand Beach
How to get to Khao Lak
Map of Khao Lak in Russian
South Beach
South Beach (or South Beach) is called the coast south of the mountain Varnish. There are several hotels located in the north of the quiet beach. Near them there is a tourist village with restaurants, cafes, shops and exchange offices. Among the attractions, it is worth highlighting Tong Pling Waterfall and national park Khao Lak- Lam Ru. If you wish, you can always take a 10-minute taxi ride to the village of La Haun.
Nang Thong Beach
Sunset Beach and Nang Thong Beach - Wikiwand Sunset Beach and Nang Thong Beach
If we talk about Sunset Beach, there are no restaurants or cafes here at all, except in hotels. Hotel guests walk to the village of La Hon. Literally 10-15 minutes - and you are there. You can walk along the beach, Sunset smoothly turns into Nang Thong, or walk along the convenient sidewalk along Highway No. 4. La On Village is located on the main road of Nang Thong Beach. There are many restaurants, cafes, bars, exchange offices, banks, massage parlors, even a couple of 7-Eleven minimarkets, as well as small private supermarkets and even McDonalds fast food.
Bang Niang Beach
Bang Niang Beach - Wikiwand Bang Niang Beach
The next beach is called Bang Niang. This is the most tourist developed place in the Khao Lak area. There are plenty of restaurants, bars, money changers, massage parlors, pharmacies, small private supermarkets and a 7-Eleven convenience store. The center of Bang Niang is considered to be the Tsunami Monument on Highway No. 4. From here towards the beach there is a street with many restaurants, bars, shops and guesthouses. In the Bang Niang area you will find a tsunami museum, drag queen shows, Thai nightclubs and markets - read about them below.
Khuk Khak Beach
The Khuk Khak area with the beach of the same name is suitable for those who are looking for relaxing holiday. Hotels here can be counted on one hand. All of them are located away from Highway 4, so guests visit beach restaurants and massage parlors near the hotels. The infrastructure of the main road is quite scarce, represented by islands local restaurants and private minimarkets. However, the drive to the neighboring beach is no more than 10 minutes. Among the attractions you can visit the butterfly park and the morning market, which you can read about below.
Between Bang Niang and Khuk Khak beaches
Pakarang Beach
North of Khuk Khak is Pakarang Beach, named after the cape. At low tide the sea goes far away, I think that is why there are very few hotels here. The beach is perfect for those who like long walks. There are no shops at all in this area, you will only find a couple of beach restaurants.
Pakweep Beach and White Sand Beach - Wikiwand Pakweep Beach and White Sand Beach
On the northern side of Cape Pakarang is Pak Weep Beach - a gorgeous coastline with white sand. The southernmost part of the coast is also called White Sand because of the color of the sand. On the coast you will find several beach cafes, massages, and from the hotels in the northern part of Pakwip Beach you can walk to the main highway, where there are rare islands of local restaurants and minimarts. Among the attractions, it is worth visiting the Sai Rung Waterfall.
Bang Niang Beach
Bangsak Beach
The northernmost beach of Khao Lak area is called Bang Sak. There are several beach restaurants and massage parlors here, as well as a couple of private minimarkets on the highway. From this area, the closest drive is to the village of Nam Khem, where the Tsunami Memorial is located, and to the old town of Takuapa, where an authentic fair is held, read about it below.
Bang Niang Beach Market
Shops in Khao Lak
There are no large shopping centers in Khao Lak, only plazas and small private supermarkets. There are a large concentration of such shops on the beaches of Nang Thong and Bang Niang: Nang Thong Supermarket, Nangthong Park Plaza, Khao Lak Center Point. Here you can buy everything you need for your holiday: sunscreens, beachwear and shoes, some souvenirs. The nearest shopping centers are a 40-minute drive from the center of Khao Lak - Big C in the new part of Takua Pa and Tesco Lotus in Khok Kloi.
Markets in Khao Lak
On Bang Niang Beach near 7-Eleven, opposite the turn to Tsunami Memorial Park with the warship, there is a large market three times a week where you can buy snacks, Thai food, fruit, beachwear, shoes and accessories. It is called Food Street or Bang Niang Market. It is open on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays from 10 am to 10 pm.
Bang Niang Market coordinates: 8.666744, 98.252431
Old city Takua-Pa
Another market, Sunday Food Market, on the outskirts of Bang Niang district, is held on Sundays. They sell prepared Thai food, fruits, vegetables and seafood. It's easy to find by the new Build Factory nightclub. The market is open from 16:00 to 22:00.
Food market coordinates in Bang Niang: 8.678094, 98.252521
Near Khuk Khak Beach there is a morning market where they sell fruits, vegetables and other goods. It is easy to find near the bus station, which is marked on all maps. The market is open from dawn until noon.
Coordinates of the morning market in Khuk Khak: 8.686740, 98.253616
One of the most unusual markets is located in the old part of the city of Takua Pa. A little higher I wrote about shopping mall Big C, from there to the Sunday market is another 10 minutes drive. The old town of Takua Pa is known for its history dating back to . It is also called the little brother of Phuket Town for its streets in the Chinese-Portuguese style and the special atmosphere that has been preserved local residents. On Sundays, on the streets of the old town of Takua Pa from 15:00 to 22:00, sellers of sweets and other dishes made according to century-old recipes, antique sellers set up their tables, and residents of nearby areas flock to the evening promenade. This market is very similar to, which is a kind of Arbat in Phuket. The Takuapa Fair is held only in high season from November to April.
Coordinates of the fair in Takua Pa: 8.829556, 98.364643
Transport in Khao Lak
From the village of La On (Nang Thong Beach) during daylight hours, a songthaew - an open bus with two benches - runs north along Highway No. 4. The cost of travel between beaches is only 50 baht per person. In addition, you can always find a local taxi. The cost of travel for a car, see the photos below - these are the official prices from the center of Bang Niang beach (near the tsunami museum and market).
Taxi prices in Khao Lak
Nightlife Khao Lak
There are not as many eating establishments in Khao Lak as in Phuket. If you are going to Thailand to have fun, it is better to choose discos, bars, etc. Night life in Khao Lak is concentrated in the areas of Nang Thong and Bang Niang beaches. There are many bars with live music: Happy Snapper Bar, Monkey Bar, Mr Chay's Bar, WonderlanD Bar and others. In the Bang Niang area, on Highway No. 4, there are two Thai nightclubs Zantika and Build Factory. I would like to say right away that they are far from the European concept of night clubs. They are rather large, cheerful bars with live music and tables around which it is customary to dance. If you come there with a group, it will be interesting in the very center of Bang Niang, where the Moo Moo Cabaret Show is located. colorful performances are held every day at 21:45.
Samet Nangshe observation deck
Attractions Khao Lak
There are quite a lot of attractions in Phang Nga province that are worth visiting. From here it is convenient to get to the island and the Surin Islands, raft down the river on a bamboo raft or go rafting in an inflatable boat, go or to. In Phang Nga you can visit or explore famous cave The Elephant's Stomach or see with numerous islets. I recommend watching the sunrise at the Samet Nangshe observation deck. In the Khao Lak area itself there are several waterfalls, elephant farms, a Thai boxing school, a national park with jungle paths and observation deck. And a little further south along the coast there are hot springs and other natural attractions. More details about everyone interesting places near Khao Lak and in Phang Nga province, read the links and see them on the map.
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How to get to Khao Lak from Russia
How to get to Khao Lak from Phuket Airport and back
1. The easiest way to get to Khao Lak from Phuket Airport is to use a taxi or transfer. A taxi from Phuket Airport to Khao Lak will cost 1,500 – 2,000 baht per car, depending on your bargaining ability and the location of the chosen hotel. Or you can pre-order a transfer from the hotel using this link or on the Russian-language website kiwitaxi.ru
2. By rented transport.
3. By public transport. Take a bus for 100 baht from Phuket airport to the Phuket bus station, and then buy a bus ticket to Khao Lak (100 baht per person, travel time about 2 hours). Or take a tuk-tuk from the airport to the highway (approximate coordinates: 8.111941, 98.335145) and catch a bus there to Khao Lak. We need buses going to Surat Thani, Ranong, Chumphon, Takua Pa.
Khao Lak - Phuket
In the opposite direction, getting from Khao Lak to Phuket is also not difficult: you need to get on the highway and catch a bus towards Phuket. If you need to get to Phuket airport from Khao Lak, then ask the driver to stop on the highway at the turn to the airport. There are usually tuk-tukers on duty there, which will take you to the airport entrance for 50-100 baht per person.
If you need to get to one of the beaches of Phuket, then get off at the bus station and look for a tuk-tuk (songthaew) to the desired beach.
A taxi or transfer from Khao Lak, for example, to Patong Beach, will cost 1800 – 2200 baht. By public transport ~ 150 baht per person.
Buses run every 20-30 minutes during daylight hours (~ 7:00 to 18:00).
This is what buses look like passing by Khao Lak. This is the Ranong - Phuket bus How to get to Khao Lak from Bangkok
By plane
The best way to get to Khao Lak from Bangkok is by plane. The flight time is just over an hour; if you buy tickets in advance, you can find tickets for 800 - 1200 baht per person. Then from Phuket airport get to Khao Lak using one of the methods described above. Buy air tickets Bangkok – Phuket >>
In the return direction from Khao Lak to Bangkok, bus tickets can be purchased at any tour office in Khao Lak or at the hotel. VIP bus at 17:30 and 18:00, regular buses at 12:00, 15:30 and 16:30. Stop on the highway.
How to get to Khao Lak from Phi Phi
1. Buy an organized transfer Phi Phi – Khao Lak (boat + minivan). Departure at 9 am, arrival in Khao Lak at 14:00 – 15:00. Cost 750 baht per person. Can be purchased online.
2. Travel independently from Phi Phi to Phuket by ferry to Rassada Pier. Departure from Phi Phi at 9:00, 11:00, 14:00, 15:30. Travel time is one and a half to two hours, cost is 250-300 baht. From the pier, get to the nearest bus station in Phuket (it’s close, it’s literally a 5-10 minute drive) for 80-100 baht per tuk-tuk, and then take a bus to Khao Lak for 100 baht per person. In total, the journey from Phi Phi to Khao Lak will cost 400-450 baht.
From Khao Lak to Phi Phi
After Khao Lak we went to Phi Phi. At first we wanted to buy an organized transfer from our hotel (minivan + boat) to Phi Phi for 790 baht, but then we found out that this journey would take too much time, right from 7:45 to 15:00, because... tourists are taken through Krabi, and not through Phuket, and decided to get there on their own by public bus.
At 7:50 we left our hotel in Khao Lak (an excellent inexpensive hotel, I recommend it to everyone! Read more about the hotel in Khao Lak), in a couple of minutes we reached the highway, where at 8 in the morning we already boarded a passing bus to Phuket. We drove for quite a long time, more than two hours. I was already starting to worry that we would miss the eleven o'clock ferry from Phuket to Phi Phi. At 10:40 we arrived at the old Phuket bus station, very quickly jumped into a tuk-tuk (80 baht for two) and within 10 minutes we were at Rassada Pier. We made it to the ferry, but we had to buy tickets “expensively” - 600 baht per person 🙁 Moreover, if you buy tickets not at the pier, but at a tour office, they will cost 300-350 baht. But we didn’t have any time to look for a travel agency... The ferry left 20 minutes later, we were on Phi Phi at 13:20.
In total, the journey from Khao Lak hotel to Phi Phi took 5.5 hours and cost 740 baht per person.
Ferry schedule Phuket - Phi Phi from Rassada Pier: 8:30, 11:00, 13:30, 15:00.
From Krabi (Ao Nang) to Khao Lak
A direct tourist minibus departs from Ao Nang (Krabi province) to Khao Lak once a day at 11:30. Travel time is 2-3 hours, ticket prices vary from 350 to 500 baht. Buy tickets online >>
From Aon Nang to Khao Lak one direct flight per day 
Bus schedules and prices from Krabi As far as I know direct public bus to Khao Lak from the bus station in Krabi town no. You will have to travel with transfers. The journey is long, travel time is unpredictable, so it’s easier to buy a ticket for a tourist minibus.
How to get to Khao Lak from Khao Sok
1. Buy tickets for the Khao Sok – Khao Lak tourist minibus for 200 baht per person, which will pick you up directly from your hotel in Khao Sok. Schedule Khao Sok - Khao Lak: 6:30, 8:30, 10:00, 12:00, 14:00, 16:00. We bought tickets the day before departure. 750 baht
From Surat Thani to Khao Lak you can take a bus going to Phuket. Or with a transfer: take a bus to Takua Pa, and then take a bus towards Phuket.
Koh Samui - Khao Lak from Lompraya 
Koh Samui - Khao Lak from Pantip That's all I wanted to tell you about how to get to Khao Lak. I would also like to note that in Khao Lak itself (at least on Bang Niang beach) group transfers (tourist minibuses) are not very common. There are few tour companies selling transfers, prices are high, there are few flights, it’s not like in Phi Phi that transfers to anywhere in Thailand (and not even Thailand 🙂) can be bought at every step, and due to high competition prices not tall. It seems that most everyone leaves Khao Lak by taxi or passing bus :) Here is the schedule of transfers from Khao Lak:
Transfer schedule from Khao Lak 
Transfer schedule from Khao Lak You can get from Phuket Airport to Khao Lak by taxi, rented car, or order a transfer from the hotel. Despite the fact that the distance from Phuket Airport to Khao Lak is only 80 km, a transfer on this route, like everything in Phuket, is expensive, starting from 1,200 baht (for the entire car). Drive public transport from Phuket airport to Khao Lak is also possible, it will cost significantly less, about 150 baht per person, but such a trip will take at least 3 hours, which is quite a lot compared to an hour-long taxi ride.
A taxi can be ordered directly at the airport building, at the appropriate counter. The cost of a trip along the route has recently increased, and at the beginning of 2015 it reached 1,800 baht, which is downright expensive.
It should be noted that it is not necessary to follow the lead of overly greedy taxi drivers, because... There is an alternative, namely the possibility of ordering a transfer from the hotel. Khao Lak hotels, as a rule, do not break prices and offer their future guests a transfer from the airport to Khao Lak for more modest money, usually 1,200 baht.
Return trip, from Khao Lak to the airport
A return trip from Khao Lak to Phuket airport costs 1,200 baht. Listed price, 1200 baht, has not changed for 10 years, and you can expect that it will not change in the near future.
Note. The main hangout for taxi drivers in Khao Lak is a tourist town located opposite the beach (Nang Thong), on both sides of highway No. 4 (Bangkok - Phuket). There are also more than enough taxi drivers in the area of the neighboring beach (Bang Niang).
From Phuket Airport to Khao Lak by rental car
Renting a car for a trip to Khao Lak would be a very reasonable decision. The surrounding area of Khao Lak is quite beautiful and easy to drive around, and by renting a car, you will not only solve the problem of airport transfers, but also have a lot of fun exploring Khao Lak and its impressive surroundings.
Renting a car at Phuket airport is cheap, from 800 baht per day when renting for a period of 1 - 2 weeks, and it should be especially noted that Phuket airport is the most best place for renting a car within a radius of 100 km. from Khao Lak.
Note. It is advisable to take care of renting a car in advance by ordering it online. More details about renting a car in Thailand are written in the section, it is also written there about what constitutes traffic, both in Thailand in general and in the vicinity of Phuket in particular.
By public transport from Phuket Airport to Khao Lak. Cheap, but not fast.
Contrary to popular belief, there is public transport in Phuket, and you can use it to get, among other things, to Khao Lak. There are regular buses from Phuket airport to the cities, which are quite suitable for getting out of the airport and onto the highway leading to Khao Lak. All you need to do next is get off at one of the first stops (Muang Mai or Thalang) and wait there for buses going through Khao Lak (desired directions: Takua Pa, Ranong, Suratthani and Chumphon).
A trip by regular bus from Phuket Airport to Khao Lak will cost about 150 baht (~50 baht for travel from the airport to the highway leading to Khao Lak, and ~100 baht for travel to Khao Lak itself). Although local buses run quickly, the intervals between services are quite long, and given the waiting time, the trip by regular buses It will take at least 2.5 hours. More details are written separately, and by clicking on the link provided, you can find all the necessary information, including schedules, routes with a list of stops, fares and links to official websites of carriers.
Khao Lak- a resort in Thailand on the shores of the Andaman Sea. This resort is not yet very popular among our tourists; mostly Europeans choose Khao Lak for their holidays (for some reason there are a lot of Scandinavians in Khao Lak). In this article I will tell you everything I know about Khao Lak: description of the resort, features, beaches, Khao Lak hotels, transport, weather. Perhaps after reading this article you will choose not the neighboring noisy Phuket, but the quiet, calm, Europeanized Khao Lak :)
Quiet, uncrowded resort of Khao Lak in Thailand
Khao Lak: general information
The resort of Khao Lak stretches for many kilometers along the coast and highway No. 4, which connects with the south of Thailand and goes to. Figuratively speaking, Khao Lak starts from the pier from which speed boats depart for Similan and stretches to the town of Takua Pa, and this is not much, but more than 30 km along the highway! But: when talking about Khao Lak most often they mean the area from national park Khao Lak to Cape Pakarang and a little further north.
Khao Lak is marked schematically on the map with a red square. Blue square - central beaches Khao Laka The first village you encounter on the way from Phuket is called Ban Khao Lak, but the center of the Khao Lak resort is further north, behind the mountain. There is the village of Bang La On with Nang Thong beach, and further away the villages of Bang Niang and Khuk Khak with beaches of the same name. The most developed tourist infrastructure is on the first two beaches.
Map of Khao Lak beaches As I already said, a highway passes through Khao Lak, on the sides of which there is all the infrastructure: hotels, restaurants, shops. On Nang Thong beach, all the infrastructure is stretched along the road and the beach, and from the highway to the sea it is literally 500 meters. Inexpensive hotels are located either directly on the highway or across the road from the sea, closer to the mountains. But on the neighboring Bang Niang beach, basically all the hotels and restaurants are located on the streets that lead from the road to the sea. The distance from the highway to the sea in this place is about 1 km.
Route along the coast. Next to the highway is the entire infrastructure of the Khao Lak resort 
The main street of Bang Niang, which leads from the highway to the beach 
Bang Niang. On the way to the sea 
The central street leads to the sea In 2004, Khao Lak was very badly damaged by a tsunami; now there are signs everywhere around the resort telling where to run and what to do in the event of a tsunami; they say that the disaster warning system is working well.
In case of evacuation, run to the mountains By the way, just a few days before our arrival in Khao Lak, an earthquake occurred somewhere in the sea near Indonesia, panic began in Thai groups on social networks, everyone predicted a tsunami. Luckily nothing happened. During our trip, we met a couple who were vacationing in Khao Lak at the time of the tsunami talk. They said that one evening they were having dinner in a cafe and the tsunami warning system went off, everyone sat on their bikes and went to the mountains. We waited there for a while, realized that nothing was happening, and returned to the hotel.
On Bang Niang beach, near the highway, almost opposite the 7 Eleven store, there is now a monument to the victims of the tsunami and a police boat, which was washed ashore during the tsunami. Nearby there is a stand with information about the 2004 tsunami and a museum where they play documentaries on English language about this terrible event.
A police ship that was washed ashore during the tsunami. All the people in it died 
Next to the boat there is a small museum where they talk about terrible tsunami 2004 NOT budget resort , prices here are on average higher than, for example, or, but comparable to prices in Krabi: and. More details here:
Khao Lak is quite well maintained and clean resort. European-style restaurants, cute bars, beautiful evening lighting, trimmed trees, flowers - it seems that you are somewhere in Europe. They say that it is also Thai Hua Hin a sort of Europe in Thailand, but we haven’t been there, so I can’t say anything.
There are sidewalks in Khao Lak! This is such a joy, especially after Samui, where there are no sidewalks at all, well, maybe a little on and off.
Important! NOT youth resort, don’t look for discos and bars here with dancing until the morning, mostly elderly foreign couples or families with small children relax here. Of course there are bars, but not like these and they close quite early.
Khao Lak is a very clean and well maintained resort 
Khao Lak even has sidewalks! This shady road leads to the beach 
Cozy European restaurants 
Restaurants near the sea with a gorgeous view Khao Lak: weather and seasons
There are two seasons in Khao Lak:
- rainy season from April-May to October
- dry season from November to April
In principle, the rainy season in Khao Lak is unpleasant not so much because of the rain (it mostly falls at night), but because the sea is stormy and becomes dirty, ugly and dangerous for swimming :) The last time we vacationed in Khao Lak was in September and we never swam at sea due to big waves and rip currents. And excursions to the islands are canceled for the summer. Since Khao Lak is not a very crowded resort anyway, and in the summer there are few people here at all, some hotels, bars, restaurants and shops simply close for the summer.
Should you go on holiday to Khao Lak in May-June-July? If you choose a hotel on the seashore with good infrastructure, then you can safely go! If the sea is very stormy, then you can swim in the pool and take pleasant walks along the seashore. Fortunately, the long beaches of Khao Lak allow you to walk for many kilometers in one direction or the other.
But at the beginning of March the weather in Khao Lak was very hot. I really love the heat, but even I didn’t want to leave the air-conditioned room of our hotel during the day :) But the sea in March in Khao Lak was perfectly smooth (completely calm!) and very warm. How I love it :)
Calm and warm sea in March 
Sea in September. It seems that the waves are not very big, but you approach the sea and the force of the elements simply knocks you off your feet! Swimming is dangerous! Khao Lak where it is and how to get there
Khao Lak is located approximately 60 km from the entrance to the popular island of Phuket. From Phuket Airport to Khao Lak it is about 80 km or an hour and a half by car. Another airport is located in Krabi, and in Surat Thani railroad station. The most convenient way to get from Russia to Khao Lak is through Phuket, where there are direct flights during the season. More information about how to get to Khao Lak:
Transport in Khao Lak
Transport in Khao Lak is represented by songthaews, taxis and buses passing along the highway. You can take a songthaew for 100-150 baht between neighboring beaches, and a taxi, for example, will cost from 1000 baht. It's easy to go by bus to Phuket town (100 baht) or to the neighboring town of Takua Pa.
For freedom and ease of movement, it is best to rent a bike (from 200 baht) or a car ().
Taxi prices in Khao Lak from Bang Niang beach (where the tsunami monument is) 
Prices in Khao Lak for renting bicycles and motorbikes Khao Lak Hotels
Khao Lak is the territory of expensive, comfortable hotels for a pleasant stay on the very seashore. There is no cheap housing (up to 1000 baht) on the first line! If you, like me, prefer to spend your beach holiday in a hotel first coastline , then be prepared to pay an average of +/- 3000 baht per day.
Inexpensive hotels (up to 1,500 baht) are concentrated along the highway and on the street running perpendicular to the sea in Bang Niang. When we stopped in Khao Lak for just a few days and not for beach holiday, and for the sake of an excursion to the Similan Islands, I settled not near the sea, but in the center of the entire infrastructure of Bang Niang beach, in a cool inexpensive hotel Nautical Home, 850 m from the sea and 150 m from the highway. Later, we chose Khao Lak for a holiday with a child good hotels on the first line with its own beach: Manathai Khao Lak and.
One of the hotels on the beach 
Our cool and inexpensive hotel Nautical Home ten minutes walk from the beach 
The Sands Khao Lak by Katathani Resort is a great choice for families with children! Special offers on Khao Lak hotels
Khao Lak hotels on the map
Beaches of Khao Lak
We were delighted with the beaches of Khao Lak: long, wide, almost deserted. The sand is yellow, coarse, clean. The entrance to the sea is smooth. True, there are strong low tides and sometimes storms. I won’t tell you much, I already wrote in great detail with photos and videos about the beaches of Khao Lak here:
Deserted beaches Khao Laka. Khuk Khak beach in Khao Lak. People, ah! 
The central part of Bang Niang beach 
Khao Lak beach before sunset 
Pak VIP beach in the north of Khao Lak 
Swing for a photo shoot in the background turquoise sea on White Sand Beach Khao Lak infrastructure: cafes, shops, markets, etc.
The main infrastructure of Khao Lak is concentrated on two beaches, Nang Thong and Bang Niang. There are numerous cafes, bars, shops, massage parlors, and excursion bureaus. Beach restaurants along the coastline also attract tourists. You can have lunch there, watch the sunset over a bottle of beer, or simply rent a sun lounger and umbrella.
Beach restaurants with sun loungers on the seashore 
Cafes, restaurants, bars
There are many cozy restaurants serving European food in Khao Lak. We didn’t have time to go into them, but two evenings we had dinner in one of the Thai cafes. For dinner (one dish + one beer) we paid 280-320 baht. We didn’t see any Makashnits. For dinners on the seashore they paid ~700 baht.
This is what our dinner looks like (+ a bottle of beer didn’t fit into the frame) in a Thai cafe in Khao Lak for 280 baht It is believed that Bang Niang is a more expensive, but at the same time more developed beach, all the main bars with live music on Khao Lak are located here. Beach bars sometimes host parties with music and dancing on the sand. But you still need to understand that you won’t find much fun in Khao Lak; it’s not even on Samui, not to mention Patong. But there is somewhere to sit in the evening in Khao Lak :)
Bars and restaurants on the road near Bang Niang Beach 
Restaurants in the village center 
Beach bar party announcement Shops and markets
Of the chain stores in Khao Lak, there are quite a few 7 elven with normal prices. They are located on the highway at Bang Niang and Nang Thong beaches. As well as small shops with food, water, souvenirs, beachwear, etc. and so on. Prices for souvenirs and beach items are NOT low. There are many stores where they can sew you a suit or other clothes in a couple of days :)
Shop 7 Eleven and next to there is another supermarket with everything you need 
In small shops in Khao Lak you can buy beach items and some souvenirs 
A bunch of shops and workshops for sewing suits and other clothes On Bang Niang beach behind 7 elven opposite the turn to Tsunami Memorial every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday from lunch until 10 pm there is a market where tourists come from all over Khao Lak. Here you can find some souvenirs, some beachwear, food, fruit, etc. at normal prices.
The market in Khao Lak on Bang Niang Beach is open three days a week. In the evenings there are many tourists here who want to try Thai food 
Market in Khao Lak There is a morning fruit market in Khuk Khak next to the small bus station, which is indicated on all maps of Khao Lak. This market is open every day from early morning until 11-12 noon.
But still, it’s better to go to Phuket for shopping. This will not be difficult to do: you need to take a bus to Phuket on the highway, 2-3 hours of travel and 100 baht and you are in the center of Phuket town. Then you can take a tuk-tuk or songthaew and get, for example, to the Festival Center (you can see what the Festival Center is using Samui as an example).
The closest Big C supermarket to Khao Lak is in Takua Pa, and Tesco is on the way to Phuket in Khok Kloi.
Attractions Khao Lak
Khao Lak is a convenient starting point for excursions around neighboring islands. Some tourists come to Khao Lak only to visit:
- Surin
- Tachai - on this moment, unfortunately, closed indefinitely
Important: in summer, during the rainy and stormy season (usually from mid-May to late October) these islands are closed to visitors!
- Deserted beaches
- Kao Lak National Park - Lam Ru
- Sai Rung Waterfall
- Ton Chong Fa Waterfall
- Ton Pling Waterfall
- Lampi Waterfall
You can also ride elephants or go diving in Khao Lak - any travel agency, of which there are a great many, will tell you more about all the tours and excursions in Khao Lak.
Khao Lak review and conclusions
Khao Lak left a pleasant impression. We liked the fact that there are few tourists in Khao Lak, wide deserted beaches, good sea, clean streets, cozy cafes, excellent 5-star hotels on the very seashore, where you can relax quite inexpensively in the low season and off-season. And the village of Bang Niang itself is so cute. From Khao Lak it is convenient to go on excursions around the islands. Khao Lak has magnificent sunsets: the sun sets directly into the sea. Khao Lak is a place where I want to return again and again, unlike, for example, Ao Nang.
Preparing for a romantic dinner on the beach at sunset 
Evening street lighting 
Sunset in Khao Lak If I were going on vacation to Thailand for 2 weeks and wanted to visit the south of the country, I would do this:
- 1 day. Arrival in Bangkok, overnight in Bangkok
- Day 2. By train or plane to Surat Thani
- Day 3. Transfer Surat Thani - Khao Sok
- 4 – 6 days. Khao Sok and Cheow Lan Lake
- Day 7 – transfer to Khao Lak
- 7 – 12 days. Holidays in Khao Lak + swimming for 2-3 people day excursion to Similan and/or Surin
- 12-14 days. Departure from Phuket Airport to Bangkok, Bangkok
