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● Best season East coast220 km from Bangkok
Koh Samet
The closest 'real island' to Bangkok — white sand, Sai Kaew / Ao Prao / Ao Wai, fire shows
BeachIslandNightlife Ideal: 2 days220 km · 4 hrs incl. ferry
How to go
Van/bus Ekkamai → Ban Phe ≈ 200–250 ฿ + ferry 70–100 ฿ (combo ≈ 350–450 ฿)
Entry
National park 200 ฿ foreigner (pay once)
Stay
Bungalow / hotel 1,000–2,500 ฿
Season in Nov ● Best season
Samet is a dry island, so you can go even in the rainy season. Sep–Oct has the most rain.
Day-by-day plan
3 days
1Day 1
- Van Ekkamai → Ban Phe (3 hrs)
- Ferry → Na Dan pier (40 min), park fee 200 ฿
- Songthaew to your hotel (20–60 ฿), check-in
- Sai Kaew beach — swim, kayak 200 ฿/hr
- Walk south: Ao Phai → Ao Phutsa → Ao Nuan
- Ao Prao sunset (west side)
- Beach dinner + fire show
2Day 2
- Sunrise swim, breakfast
- Boat trip + snorkel (≈500–800 ฿, 4 hrs) or scooter 300 ฿
- Lunch, rest
- Ao Wai / Ao Kiu (quiet south)
- Ferry 17:00 (2-day trip) → van → Bangkok 21:30
3Day 3
- Breakfast at Ao Wong Duean
- Ferry back, Ban Phe seafood market
- Rayong Suan Son beach (if you have time)
- Van back
Food to try
- •Beachfront seafood BBQ (Sai Kaew / Ao Phai)
- •Ban Phe seafood market — dried squid, fresh crab
- •Ao Wong Duean — fresh fruit shakes
Good to know
Not good as a 1-day trip (4 hrs each way). Book the van + ferry combo online early. Sai Kaew = busy, Ao Prao = quiet, Ao Wai = cheap and quiet.
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฿4,850 / per person
3 days · 2 people · ฿9,680