Located some 788 km from Bangkok, Phang-nga Province is situated on the Andaman Sea, covers an area of 4,170 square kilometers and famed for the natural beauty of its water, islands, beaches, mountains and forests.
Phang-nga is packed with national parks that guard magnificent scenery with immensely different attractions. The most famous National Park is Ao Phang-nga, a geological wonder filled with sunken caverns, islets, and startling rock formations rising sheer out of the sea.
The bay is extremely sheltered ideal for expeditions of sea canoes to explore the many fascinating caverns with their own Eco-systems. Phang-nga’s coast offers parks of a different kind.
The island groups of Similan and Surin are renowned for their beautiful unspoilt beaches and beautiful diving destinations, attracting divers from around the world. A coastal park in Khao Lak is full of birds, mammals and scenic waterfalls, with a number of hotel developments after Tsunami disaster in December 2004.
Similan is a Yawi or Malay word which means nine or a group of nine islands …
Address: Lam Kaen, Thai Mueang District, Phang-nga 82210
Located in Tambon Ko Phra Thong and covering an area of 84,375 rais (33,750 acres) …
Address: Khura Buri District, Phang-nga
The area around Phangnga Bay is geologically referred to as a drowned karstiand, which refers to an irregular …
Address: 80 หมู่ที่ 1 ถนน บ้านท่าด่าน Ko Panyi, Mueang Phang-nga District, Phang-nga 82000
Khao Lampi – Had Thaimuang National Park is located in Thaimuang district, Phang Nga province …
Address: Thai Mueang, Thai Mueang District, Phang-nga 82120
Established in 1991, Khao Lak-Lam Ru national park covers an area of 125 square km …
Address: หมู่ที่ 7 Petchkasem Rd, Khuekkhak, Takua Pa District, Phang-nga 82210
Covering the areas of Amphoe Khura Buri and Amphoe Takua Pa andsituated …
Address: หมู่ที่ 2 65/16 Bang Wan, Khura Buri District, Phang-nga 82150
Is located in Tambon Nop Pring. The park contains shady cascades and small basins as well as a 2 kilometer nature trail.
Laem Pakarang beach, in Phang Nga province consists of an undeveloped sandy beach with dead coral …
This single-level waterfall falls from a high and huge cliff. In the rainy season, a lot of water cascade …
Address: Khuekkhak, Takua Pa District, Phang-nga 82190
(James Bond Island)
(Koh Panyi, Floating Muslim Village)
Situated about 20 minutes by a boat trip from Surakul pier in Phang Nga province, Koh Panyee is a small island …
The effect of Tsunami on Thailand On December 26,2004, the wrath …
There are two caves to this temple with a large reclining Buddha image in the first and the second with stairs carved out …
Address: 36/1 Petchkasem Rd, Krasom, Takua Thung District, Phang-nga 82130
Elephant Belly Cave (Tham Phung Chang)
The cave houses beautiful stalagmites and stalactites of various shapes, as well as contains sparkling calcite crystals …
Address: Thai Chang, อำเภอ เมืองพังงา Phang-nga 82000