Ao Thong Nai Pan Noi Beach is a neighbor of the same handsome man Ao Tong Nai Pan Yai on the northwest coast of Phangan. Small, beautiful beach, deep sea and far from the main hiking trails. Nai Pan Noi instantly sinks into the soul and leaves no chance for negativity - you will love him.
It has a light but decent tourist infrastructure and is located at the end of a new, cool track that runs through the mountainous middle of the island. There are tons of options for placement and everything you need at hand, albeit on a miniature scale. And also, from here go the cheapest boats to the paradise of introverts - Bottle Beach (200 baht per person).
The content of the article
- one Beach description
- 2 Entering the water, depth and waves
- 3 Sun beds and shade
- 4 Beach photo
- five Infrastructure
- 6 Houses and hotels on the beach
- 7 How to find the beach
- eight Beach Map
Beach description
Ao Thong Nai Pan Noi beach stretches for 600 meters along the coast of the bay, bounded at the edges by steep rocks and heaps of boulders. It is not possible to get to Nai Pan Noi along the sea from another beach, only from the coast, only along a rather difficult road.
Therefore, the beach should be considered, either as a permanent place of residence and rest, or for one-time swimming. It will be difficult and dangerous to drive here every day..
To the left near Cape Pak Chong is the Santhiya Koh Phangan Resort & Spa .
And on the right, at the top of Cape Klang, which separates the twin beaches, is the Panviman Resort. The cliffs on which Panviman stands are separated from the rest of the beach by a small river that does not dry up even during the heat season.
The beach itself is quite wide, at high tide - about 15 meters on average, and at low tide it reaches 30-40 meters of clean, coarse and loose sand with a yellowish tint.
Entering the water, depth and waves
The slope of the coast on Thong Nai Pan Noi is quite steep, but not extreme. In general, after all these shallow, flat-bottomed beaches, which are a continuous line on the west coast, on Pan Noi you want to run and shout: «Here it is, here it is, the fish of my dreams!».
Taking into account the fact that the beach is very small, and the coast is divided between a dozen resorts that lick it in the morning, Pan Nai can be called a classic beach holiday. Clean shore, uniform width along the entire beach, entry into the water without stones and irregularities, shoulder depth ten meters from the shore - what more could you ask for on vacation?
Sun beds and shade
For a complete experience, you need a sun lounger in the shade. There are sun loungers on Ao Nai Pan Noi. A lot of. Everywhere. True, they belong to resorts, but no one canceled the order of a cocktail in exchange for the privilege of lying around like a white man. The shade on the beach is mainly from trees, there are many of them, they are everywhere.
Plus, Nai Pan Noi is located on the east coast, which means a relatively hot start to the day will be offset by increased shade in the afternoon. This is very important if you remember that at low tide the water leaves, which means that the shadow remains close to the sea all the time..
Beach photo
On the left, the beach also rests against the cape. Behind, on the sand - an impromptu fence of a neighboring resort.
In the hot season, the coast is much cleaner and smoother, but now from under the sand you can see protruding bags, which strengthen the coast from erosion
If you look at the sea - the view is perfect, the sand illuminates the water.
On the right are the rocks on which the Panviman Resort stands
Each resort has its own sun loungers. The coast is a little washed by the waves, but I was here during the rainy season, so it's ok.
Under the water I can feel with my feet a small drop, washed up by the waves, but the bottom is clean. Soft 🙂
On the left side of the beach, behind the cape, another beach is hidden, 100 meters long
Infrastructure
Infrastructure of a small beach for tourists. Roughly speaking, all amenities are located within 200 meters from the sea, behind the first line occupied by resorts.
In addition to two mini-markets, the streets of Tong Nai Pan Noi have tourist and rental offices, laundries, cafes, bars, restaurants and massage parlors. There are also several ATMs from different banks installed here, there are even city telephones. Basically everything you need for two weeks of rest.
Houses and hotels on the beach
Along the coast along Ao Nai Pan Noi, you can count about a dozen hotels, resorts and guesthouses.
The most trump cards, in addition to those already mentioned, are:
- Buri rasa koh phangan
- Sandee bungalow
- Anantara Rasananda Koh Phangan Villas
- Thongtapan Resort
Panviman Resort and Santhiya Koh Phangan Resort & Spa are located on a hill and on the rocks, which, on the one hand, creates inconvenience when walking to the beach..
But on the other hand, only there a magnificent view of the bay and the horizon in the east opens from the windows. By the way, all the hotels on the first line on Nai Pan Noi have a high rating in the reviews of vacationers, and when thousands of people massively like and praise the location and the hotel, this is something, yes it says.
Personally, I really liked the visually Panviman, despite the river nearby. At first I walked around its territory, and then I also read the reviews and looked at the pictures at the booking offices. Perhaps in the next I will go to it. Everything is so close there that you don't care about the river.
Hotels in Koh Phangan>
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For the lazy, here are the direct links to the hotels listed above:
- Buri rasa koh phangan
- Sandee bungalow
- Anantara Rasananda Koh Phangan Villas
- Thongtapan Resort
- Panviman Resort
- Santhiya Koh Phangan Resort & Spa
How to find the beach
This is where you need a taxi driver or a navigator. From Tong Sala you have to go to the right, along the southern coast, to the exit to a new highway, which you can find with your eyes, by the signs, but it is easy to get lost in the Pangan tangle of turns. I marked the desired exit on the map, then you have to go along a new and good track.
However, you should know that the track is replete with turns and drops, so careless driving is fraught with falls - before my eyes, the guys decomposed because of the sand in the turn.
You will have to drive for a long time, past the deer statue, past the circular traffic and the stele with balls, before turning onto the concrete road to Tong Nai Pan Noi (also on the map). Drive to the Panviman hotel barrier, then to the left and to the end. At the end there will be a large parking lot under the shade of trees.
Parking at the end of the road, access to the sea to the right of this fence
Ao Tong Nai Pan Noi shines through ahead. The most convenient passage to the sea in this place.
Beach Map
Ao Thong Nai Pai Noi beach map
Ao Thong Nai Pai Noi beach map:
