Beaches and coves of Koh Chang & Trat

Ao Karang is a small bay on the south-east of Koh Chang, facing Salak Phet Bay beyond the hamlet of Ban Jek Bae, where the road from Salak Kok ends.

Ao Tan Khu is a small crescent-shaped bay between rocky headlands on the mainland coast of Laem Ngop district, a few kilometres northwest of the Ao Thammachat ferry pier to Koh Chang.

Ban Chuen Beach, formerly known as Hat Maro, is a long, straight strand on the narrow mainland strip of Khlong Yai district in Trat, north-west of Khlong Yai town.

Black Sand Beach is an unusual stretch of dark sand on the mainland coast just east of Laem Ngop town, fronting the Laem Makham mangrove forest.

Chai Chet Beach is the roughly 1.5 km northern section of the Klong Prao shore on Koh Chang’s west coast, running from the rocky Chai Chet cape south to the Klong Prao river mouth.

Hat Lan Sai is a quiet beach at the tip of a small sandy point on the Laem Klat coast of Mueang Trat district, looking across the bay towards Laem Sok.

Kai Bae is a coconut-fringed sandy beach on Koh Chang’s west coast, backed by resorts, restaurants and shops and popular with families.

Klong Kloi, also called Bang Bao Beach, is a sandy bay on Koh Chang’s south coast just east of Bang Bao village, with views of the islands to the south.

Klong Prao is a long, curving beach of coconut-lined sand on Koh Chang’s west coast, stretching south from the mouth of the Klong Prao river towards Kai Bae.

Koh Ngam Beach is the sandbar, about 100 metres long and 40 metres wide, that joins the two forested ridges of Koh Ngam, a small island some 200 metres off the south-eastern tip of Koh Chang.

Koh Prao Nok, also known as Koh Sai Khao, is a small island at the mouth of Salak Phet Bay in southeast Koh Chang.

Koh Wai Beach is the main sandy beach on the north coast of Koh Wai, a small island south of Koh Chang within Mu Ko Chang National Park.

Lonely Beach, known in Thai as Hat Tha Nam, is a long sandy bay on the southern part of Koh Chang’s west coast, backed by forested hills and facing the sunset.

Long Beach (Hat Sai Yao) is a remote, palm-fringed crescent of sand about 400 metres long in the far south-east of Koh Chang, backed by jungle-covered hills and looking out to nearby islands.

Mai Rut Beach lies by Ban Mai Rut, a large fishing village on Trat’s mainland coast close to the Cambodian border.

Ratchakarun Beach lies behind the Thai Red Cross Khao Lan Center, on the site of a former Cambodian refugee camp north of Khlong Yai.

Wai Chaek is a remote crescent of sand in a sheltered bay on Koh Chang’s south coast, framed by rocky points and backed by coconut palms, with a mangrove-lined lagoon at its eastern end.

White Sand Beach, or Hat Sai Khao, is a long beach on Koh Chang’s west coast, a short drive from the ferry piers.