4 Best Hotels in Koh Yao, Phuket and the Andaman Coast

The open-air bungalows and tented villas at Koyao Island Resort allow you to admire the surroundings from your own luxury accommodations; you can even throw open the doors and watch the sunrise from your bed. An ideal romantic hideaway, Koyao Island Resort even arranges candlelit dinners and private beach barbecues. Although the beach is not great for swimming or sunbathing, there are beach chairs on the grass beside the sea, and kayaks and mountain bikes are available for use around the island. 

Organized by a community of Koh Yao residents, locals invite visitors to stay in their homes, share meals with them (consisting primarily of fish caught by village fishermen), and learn about about local customs like rubber tapping, batik dying, fishing, rice farming, coconut harvesting, and other traditional trades. It's a lot more environmentally friendly and less invasive on the island's Indigenous people than resort development.