Beaches and coves of Chumphon

Ao Bo Mao is a long sandy beach on the Pathio coast, close to Chumphon Airport.

About 13 km by road north-east of Chumphon town, Ao Phanang Tak sweeps in a long curve of sand.

Ao Thung Makham Yai is the larger of the two Thung Makham bays south of Chumphon town: a long, gently curving strip of pale sand, roughly three to four kilometres, lined with coconut palms.

Ao Thung Sang is a crescent-shaped bay on the Pathio coast, with about 1.3 km of fine white sand framed by hills.

This small crescent-shaped cove on the Pathio coast lies about 3 km south of Ao Thung Sang.

Bang Boet Beach is a small, curving cove of fine sand at the northern end of the long Tham Thong shore, close to the Chumphon–Prachuap Khiri Khan border.

Hat Arunothai is a quiet, east-facing beach at Pak Tako in Chumphon’s Thung Tako district, where traditional fishing life is still part of the scene.

Hat Kho Khao is a quiet sandy beach on the Lang Suan coast of Chumphon, south of Pak Nam Lang Suan.

Hat Laem Son runs north from the Lang Suan river mouth at Pak Nam Lang Suan, a fishing community in Chumphon; its southern end is also called Hat Pak Nam Lang Suan.

Hat Lok Kam, also called Ao Lok Kam, is a small crescent of clean white sand in Sawi district, south of Chumphon town, set between two rocky outcrops with dense woodland behind.

Hat Lok Phae is a small, sheltered sandy cove near Ban Ao Khram in Sawi district, backed by wooded hills and set among attractive rock formations; small local fishing boats sometimes moor in the bay.

Hat Na Thap is a gently curving strand that runs for about 2.5 km along Ao Bang Son bay on the Pathio coast, directly in front of the village of Ban Na Thap.

Hat Sai Ri is a long, tree-lined sandy beach about 20 km south-east of Chumphon town.

This small sandy cove lies on the north-western side of Koh Mattra, a large, elongated island in Mu Ko Chumphon National Park, about 45 minutes by boat from the Chumphon coast.

Koh Phithak is a small island about 1 km off the Lang Suan coast, home to a traditional fishing community that runs homestays.

Ko Khai is a small wooded island off the Pathio coast, reached by longtail boat in under 20 minutes from the mainland.

Ko Thong Lang is a medium-sized island in Mu Ko Chumphon National Park, off the Chumphon coast about 2 km west of Ko Rang Ka Chiu.

Pak Hat, about 8 km by road east of Chumphon town, is the beach closest to it.

Pha Daeng is a small shore below red earth cliffs about 10 m high, reached on foot from a fishing village about 2 km from Pharadonphap Beach.

Pharadonphap is a long, curving sandy beach running about 3 km south-east from the fishing town of Pak Nam Chumphon, backed by a coconut-lined shore road with restaurants, hotels and a fishing village.

Saphli Beach fills the next bay north of Thung Wua Laen, a long curve of wide, fine sand backed by coconut palms, with Khao Din So rising to the north.

Tawan Chai is a long, wide stretch of pale sand on the Lamae coast of southern Chumphon, lined by rows of coconut palms with a coastal road behind.

Tham Thong Beach is an open strand of about 8 km running north from Ban Tham Thong towards Bang Boet on the Pathio coast.

Thung Sai Beach is a wide bay of fine, creamy-white sand on the Pathio coast, just south of the long Tham Thong shore and north of Thung Yang.

Thung Wua Laen, also known as Running Bull Beach, is a long curved bay north-east of Chumphon town with fine, soft pale sand and shallow water that deepens gradually.

Thung Yang Beach is a short, east-facing stretch of shore on the quiet Pathio coast north of Chumphon town, at the foot of the hill Khao Thung Yang.