Page updated: 2011-05-05
Introduktie
First impression
Slept at Baan Mak Dang Resort
Dined at noodle restaurant
Dined at the beach
A day on Ko Mak
Going back
Ko Mak is a small island, near Ko Chang, in Trat province. The distance to Bangkok is about 315 kilometers. The island is about 16 km² in area and has 27 km coastline with many long sandy beaches. The is a growing number of resorts on the island. Nevertheless, It is still quiet.
To get there from Bangkok you have to go to Laem Ngop and there take a ferry.
The road to Laem Ngop is good, almost everywhere four (or more) lanes.
By car it takes about 3 hours to get to Laem Ngon (motorway to Chonburi, then Klaen -
Chanthaburi - Laem Ngop).
From Ekamai busstation in Bangkok busses leave a few times a day to Laem Ngob.
It takes about 5 hours.
From Ekamai and Mo Chit busstation and from Suvarnbhumi Airport busses leave a few times
a day to Trat.
There you have to take a sontaew to Leam Ngob.
And then 1 hour by speedboat or 3 hours by ordinary boat.
The coordinates are 11° 49' 9" N 102° 28' 48" E
We've been there in february 2010.
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