The Southern Beaches Features

The Southern Beaches Features

• Top Reasons to Go to The Southern Beaches
  

  Sunsets at Railay Beach: The sunsets here are unbeatable, however you choose to view them: floating in a kayak, strolling along the sand, or lounging... read more

• Diving & Snorkeling Responsibly
  

  Decades of visitors scuba-diving in Thailand's islands and reefs has had far greater negative effects on marine life than the 2004 tsunami. Considering... read more

• The Gibbon Rehabilitation Project
  

  Just inside Khao Pra Taew National Park, between a jungled hillside and a gurgling stream, dozens of gibbons swing from branch to branch, filling... read more

• A Festival for Health and Purity
  

  Phuket's most important festival is its annual Vegetarian Festival, held in late September or early October. Though no one knows the precise... read more

• The Tsunami
  

  The waves from the 2004 tsunami were cataclysmic, but to a far greater extent on land than underwater. Shallow reefs were upturned and countless... read more

• Tsunami Memorials
  

  On the eastern end of Loh Dalam Beach is the Phi Phi Tsunami Memorial Park, a tiny garden with a small plaque listing some of the names of those... read more