To the Samet (Thailand) is a small, but very comfortable island with wonderful hotels and beaches.
How to get to the island
The Isle Isle is located at a minor distance from the mainland. And its size is quite small. From here you can immediately say that it is possible to get on it only by sea, that is, on the ferry or on the boat. From the shore, which is located the pier of the departure of boats and ferries, carrying passengers every 20-40 minutes, travelers in half an hour step on the ground of the saline. But the Pier can get from Bangkok by bus of different comforts and spend 3.5 hours on the road. In addition to the bus, you can use minibas services. You can also get from Pattaya. Minivans are departed in the morning of 7 and 9 hours. They can pick up their passengers directly at the hotel and deliver to the island of Samat, if, of course, passengers will pay for the ferry. But from Phuket can be reached by plane. On the bus too long to go - more semissing.
Hotels to Samet
Since the island is no longer distinguished by big sizes, there are also no hotels here, but but what comfort they possess!
Club to Samt
This is a whole 3-tested estate, consisting of 3 dozen outdoor pool rooms. Each room has air conditioning, a refrigerator, a minibar, a bathroom with shower and toiletries. Served in the rooms and water in the bottle. For tourists, water skiing, nanny for children, if any, luggage storage cameras. And you can go ride on a canoe or boat and look at the island from the sea.
Resort Sunrise Willas
This hotel has its own beach, free parking for rented cars, bicycle rental and water entertainment items. All hotel rooms are equipped with the most perfect furniture and appliances. Bathroom, shower, refrigerator, and in the morning, an exquisite breakfast. The chef's restaurant will offer you not only Thai, but also European and Mediterranean cuisine. Right from the hotel you can contact your relatives and friends and express your delight from how you spend your vacation.
Resort Silver Sand.
Near the hotel there is a garden where you can spend the evening with family and children, if you arrived here not alone. Rooms at the hotel are family-friendly with air conditioning and sun deck. You can order additional room service at the discretion of living. The rooms have tea, coffee and water.
There is also satellite television with the Internet. The closeness of the hotel with the beach Sai Kaew Beach allows customers to be easily shifting to the main objects of culture and recreation and attracts many tourists here. In the restaurant and cafe you can enjoy dishes of any kitchen, which you only wish.
Beaches of Islands
JSC GRA
This is the most favorite and most beautiful beach on the island of Samat. Only near this beach are the most expensive hotels and hotels. It seems to be created only for visiting his white sand rich respectable resting. It is perfect purity with lawns and tropical gardens. From all other places, it seems to be isolated by coral reefs. And what beauty can be enjoyed by going to the viewing platform or right from the shore. Yes, and swim on the yacht or catamaran and you can also see the marine inhabitants.
Wong Duan.
In the form of a crescent, he curved along a sandy braid by 500 meters. Along it is located and expensive hotels with their sophistication and desire to invite you to rest. Along the entire beach, the rainy tropical vegetation is stretching, which provides his shadow in the hottime. It is protected from wind and waves. Surprisingly small white sand is a beach attraction. Fishermen lovers can with local go to the sea for a walk and try happiness in their hobby. The beach is very quiet and calm. And corals, how much in the water!
JSC Neuna
The cleanest and calm island beach. It has to silence and solitude. The lack of stones in coastal water and a small depth allow children and adults to swim, without fearing to drown. There are no discos, bars on it, but if you want to distract from silence, then you can get into entertainment facilities very quickly.
Beach JSC Phai.
This beach is designed for night entertainment lovers, but within a reasonable. The beach during the day is quite calm and quiet, although there are many bars, restaurants and cafes on it. White sand and the complete absence of stones on it is his main dignity.
Beach JSC Kling.
This beach can compete with any beautiful area, for many coconut palms and other rainy tropical vegetation grow on its territory. He, as it were, hidden from prying eyes and eyes. Unusual beauty Coral sand is able to bribe resting by its color. A very few tourists are resting on the beach.
Attractions Ko Samet
The island is a reserve and its main attraction - these are the beaches and the nature itself, which can be found only here. There are no historical sites. Unless you can allocate the statue of a large white Buddha, located in a small temple. Around the temple - a pond with fish. On the territory of the beach of AO Putsa, you can see a whole set of stones of a variety of shape, which are incomprehensible to stand, lie on each other and somehow hold the equilibrium. This is a very interesting sight. Unusually beautiful underwater world of the island. So where breathing is intercepting from color, species and shape of corals. Who did not see this, he lost much in life. From the viewing sites of the island, you can see such beauty that long will dream of frosty winter nights and call to yourself.
Prices for rest
The holiday price on the Self-close depends on the date of travel, the last time of stay, the comfort of the hotel, where the tourist gathered to stop. If your stay on the island is short, you can do 30 thousand rubles. And again, give an accurate amount to be reserved in your budget for this purpose, it is almost impossible. And if you buy a burning tour, the above-mentioned amount should be enough for a full-fledged vacation.
Tours
- Because of the small area of \u200b\u200bthe island, which can and walk around, there are practically no excursions. It is worth highlighting a visit to fish farms, riding around the island by boats, an excursion to the neighboring islands, which are also part of the National Reserve.
- A visit to the floating restaurants in which to enjoy just cooked dishes from the inhabitants of the sea depths.
- Travels to the "bottom of the sea", where the palette of the colors of corals, fish will be introduced attention. Here it is rapid for lovers of recreation on the water.
Weather on Ko Samet
Although close is the island is from the mainland, about the weather on the island we can say that it is much better than on the mainland. There is a lot of sunny days, the temperature from +30 to +40. Dry and sunny on the wrongboard from October to February. Heat - from March to May. Livni go here mainly in September. Tourists here are especially comfortable from November to February and from June to early September.
Island Island in Thailand - we decided to go with friends to relax from Pattaya Day three. In general, we love to relax in Phuket, but three days for Phuket are not enough, so they chose the nearby Islety Island.
Many spectators ask us, but is it worth going to the Selfie and if so, then it is better to do it yourself or go with the excursion?
Isle of Samat in Thailand - how to get yourself
Having read disgruntled reviews about the excursions to the Samet (tourists wrote that there was little time on the beach holiday, it is impossible to really relax, everywhere gallop), we decided to get to our own way. We were lucky because we went with our friends by car. This is the easiest option.
At first we reached the pier in the village of Ban PKHK in the Rayong, and there they removed on all speedbot for 1900 baht. On the boat, we just fell to the beach we need. Reverse achieved in the same way.
Isle of Samat in Thailand - Our reviews
Time in the way along the road is about an hour, one and a half and plus 15 minutes on speedbote.
Self is 6.5 km from the mainland Thailand, you can get here not only on speedbote, but also on the ferry. Time in the way on the ferry 30 minutes, the fare of 50 baht. Ferries walk once every 20-40 minutes.
To be honest, we would never have thought that there are such cool beaches on the Self. How on Phuket! The island is not small and on it about 10 beaches. Sasha and I pulled everything. So if you want to see them, then watch the video below.
Blue water, snow-white sand, beauty. The only thing, we were not very lucky with the weather. Caught rain. In the low season on the islands is the usual phenomenon. But, you see, there is something beautiful in the rain ...
Prices on the Self - how much we were resting
Prices on the island are overestimated compared to Pattaya. Coconut 60 baht, and in Pattaya 20. Alcohol is also expensive, knowledgeable people buy them into the macro in Pattaya and are brought to themselves. The food in the cafe is also more expensive, but if you search, you can find cheap places on the beach with good service, such as this cafe on the shore, in which we celebrated the anniversary of our dating.
Housing is expensive. For 3 days in a bad geete far from the sea, we gave 3600 baht. Geste of this level in Pattaya cost a maximum of 500 baht per day.
In general, for 3 days of rest, we spent 8000 baht. The benefit that there are practically no other entertainment on the island, except to eat in the evening in a cafe on the seashore, and then would have spent more. You see, on some sid, the absence of entertainment is good, but by and large it is bad, because without them youth is boring. Wood and sleep. So not interesting.
General impressions and conclusions
We believe that the island of the Self is suitable exclusively for a beach holiday. For those who need beautiful nature, the sea and nothing more. The place is perfect for recreation of adults who are tired of the bustle of the big city. We still seemed boring, compared with Pattaya and Phuket. We do not really love the whole day to lie on the beach, so for us a maximum of three days. In general, the place is very beautiful and picturesque. Luxury beaches now will remain a bright spot in our memory for a long time, despite bad weather.
On the island, we shot every day, plus evening gatherings in a cafe, so if you plan an independent trip to the Samet, be sure to look at our videos below, they will help you see and try on the island more, and spend less.
Koh Samed Island Overview
We tell you about the island of your experience. We rested twice on myself. The first time stayed for 3 days, the second time for 5 days. Swimmed on all the beaches several times, visited all the sights, went between the beaches on foot and rented Motobike. I studied the whole island yourself.
I can not even believe that one year later (in the aggregate) of accommodation in Pattaya, we just got to the Sameta. Every third tourist, in a ticket, was on the Samatte, and we all postponed their trip. It and for the better, because Koh Samed today we caught the season and sunny weather.
Hotels on the Self
- Larissa Samed Resort
- Lima Coco Resort.
- Sidewalk Boutique Hotel.
- Blue Moon Samed.
- Samet Ville Resort.
- Vongdeuan Resort.
All hotels in Ko Samed
Paid entrance to the island: how to go for free
Khao Laemya National Park is located on the island, so the entrance is paid to 200 baht per person (children 100 baht). The ticket is officially 5 days. But consider that all the time of your stay on the island, as they do not look at the dates.
Payment is not on the pier, and closer to the beach Sikeo. Tribute collect soldiers here in this arc in the photo below. The checkpoint is located at the end of the central street near two 7-Elevives.
As logic, they stop tourists and check tickets, we did not understand. If you are with a luggage or going on a tuk-tuk taxi, then with a probability of 99% for the entrance will have to pay. Also for the entrance you pay all who comes on speedbote, the controllers are suitable for hurting tourists right on the beach.
There are at least 3 ways how not to pay. Read on!
In this place is going to enter the entrance
How not to pay for the entrance to the National Park on the Self
- Option 1. Pass with a smart view of the beach, like you have been here for a long time. We did all 3 days in the first visit on the island and did not pay for the entrance. But this is like a lottery, may at any time get paid.
- Option 2. Bypassing the gearbox on the left. There now the road is overcome for travel, but you can walk on foot. Rotate left right in front of the passage and go to the back. In this case, you will not be hurry.
- Option 3 - how to drive a gearbox on the bike and do not pay. You need to pass for the checkpoint, and not through it. To do this, go from the pier not along the main road, but in a detour. All 5 days have passed so much and have never noticed us. Google Maps does not show this road, but it is.
Beaches Ko Sameta.
Beaches on the Samayt liked even so picky people like us
There are also disadvantages, of course, but in general swim super. And if you are lucky with the weather, it will be at all the perfect island rest! And we agree with a lot of opinions that Koh Samad takes his blue water. She certainly is not as straight blue as on, but seriously different from the nearest casters of Pattaya.
All attractions of the Sameta are free. See below:
Map to Samt
Map to Sameta in Russian with beaches, attractions and other useful points:
Ko Samet on the map
Prices for koam
Prices on the Samatte practically do not differ from prices in the rest of Thailand. In 7-Eleven, some products are 2-5 baht more expensive. For example, a small bottle of water is not 7 baht, but 10. Beer Chang and Singha stand also on 3-4 baht more expensive than in the mainland. In general, do not run on the products
As for restaurants, food prices do not differ from tourist cafes in Pattaya. We have dinner and dined in different restaurants and always fitted at 350-400 baht for two for 2-3 dishes and 2 beverages. That is, for 10 dollars you can eat here in two here.
Our lunch on the beach of Ao-Phuts for 390 baht
There are more expensive restaurants. For example, on the beach AO PRAO we have dinner for 700 baht. But there is no ordinary cafes, only restaurants.
For the most budget tourists, there will also be something to eat. In the central village there are several mekashnitsa with kebabs of 10 baht. There are Makashnitsa with soups and noodles, where prices are about 50 baht per dish. Well, in 7-elevoles you can always eat inexpensively on the Samat (ready-made dishes of 30-40 baht, which will warm up at the checkout).
On central beaches you can see merchants with fruit and chicken. They go with a rocker with a mangal. You can eat tasty and cheap right on the beach. Prices are acceptable.
Coconut on the beach - 50 baht
Where to book transfer from the airport?
We use the service - Kiwitaxi.
Ordered a taxi online, paid for the card. At the airport, they met with a sign with our last name. Brought the hotel on a comfortable car. About your experience already told in this article
Is it worth going to the charts
Already now there is a ready-made answer to this question. And that's what we say to you. If you are in Pattaya and want to just buy in the sea, while you are delighted, then you can not come to the chart.
They read reviews of tourists that the Self is the same to Lan, only further and more expensive. This is not quite so, of course, but the share of truth is there. Sai Keo's main beach is very reminiscent of Lan. I think such reviews are written tourists who did not leave the further Sai Keo.
But if you want more blue water, there is still white sand and the possibility of privacy without a crowd of tourists or Chinese, then you are on the chart. Samed has its own atmosphere and here well. The main thing is not to go to the central beach, and go swimming for distant - JSC CHO, JSC Wai, JSC Poo.
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One of the beaches on the wrong
Infrastructure and photos of streets
Koh Samed is now a fairly developed island. Public transport is in the form of green Tuk-Tukov. However, they most often work as a taxi. Several stores 7/11, local mini-shops, cafes and restaurants.
You can take a bike for rent from 300 baht per day. About the experience of trips on a bike in the island. Roads have now already made good asphalt. There is even a pavement on the central street!
To stay here for 2-3 weeks is generally easily.
How to get to the chart
Most tourists come to Koh Samed Island from Pattaya. The distance from Pattaya to the Samed is about 70 km. Get the easiest way to get a group transfer. There is such a transfer from 550 baht per person there. The price includes minibas from the hotel to the ferry and a ferry ticket.
From Bangkok it is more convenient to go on your own. You will need to take a bus from the bus station Ecocamai, which will take it right before the Pier Ban PC. At the station Tickets are sold in the window with the inscription "Koh Samed".
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To the very reviews
After studying Koh Samet, concluded that he is much better to Lana and does not look like him completely. Crowds of tourists and Chinese only on the central beach. But it is worth just to move 300 meters to the side, for the statue of the mermaid, as you already find yourself on a less leaned beach.
And if you leave for distant beaches, such as JSC Poo, Waughty or Ja Wai, then you will see quite different to Samad.
Write in the comments if someone was on the Samayt, what beach did you like most? And which of the islands near Pattaya do you think better - to Samad, Koh Chang, Ko Lan?
Hotels on Ko Samt
Where to stay on the Samet with a good beach? We have already told you about the beaches in the article, so choose from our preferences. If you want to hide, see the far beaches of JSC GRAO, JSC, Tien. If you wish the fun and crowds of tourists are not embarrassed, tested on Saikeo and JSC Hin Khok.
Choose a good hotel on the Samayt, our selection of hotels will help you: - Hotels on the Samayt from 2200 THB
- Transfer there - back for two 500 * 2 \u003d 1000 baht
- Hotel for 2 nights - 2200 baht
- Cafe - 1800 baht
- Products in 7-11, water, snack - 650 baht
- Other trial costs - 30 baht
Total: 5680 baht ($ 170) - So much we spent two for a trip to the island for 3 days and 2 nights. Food in a cafe 2 times a day. Breakfast along the way to the beach of preheated food from 7-Eleven and coffee (150 baht for two for breakfast).
The island of Self removed from the mainland of Thailand less than 10 km. For this reason, it is very easy to get to it, if you compare with the rest. But, in spite of the relative proximity to the major cities of the country of smiles, it is not crowded at the very beginning, nature has been preserved almost in priority form (almost 80% of the territory are virgin tropical forests), and local beaches serve as a reference to cleanliness around the world. Why did it happen? Yes, because the island is included in the National Park, the nature of which is protected by law. Those who are looking for "eco-friendly" places here will be on the seventh heaven from happiness.
Photo: thavornc / shutterstock.comTravelers choose Samat's Island in Thailand for relaxation due to magnificent beaches, a small number of vacationers and because of fairly low prices, so this place is similar to. The best of them are located on the eastern side of Koh Samet. The beaches of Hat Sai Keo and JSC Hin Khok are the very popular, it is nearby most hotels, a restaurant and bars built. Lovers of privacy will be better going to the southern part of the south. There, even in the most peak of the season, you can find a quiet, calm place and think about something intense with you, and the beaches here are not inferior to the beaches from the northern part, only hotels and restaurants are smaller.
Photo: john_walker / shutterstock.com Studitly different from each other southern and northern part of the island. The northern part is an example of life in these parts. Here you will see a small village, the inhabitants of which are mainly engaged in fishing, a Buddhist temple, a fish farm, on which exotic fish, turtles and even sharks appear on the light. The southern part is real difficult jungle, in which a variety of "indigenous animals" live.
Photo: Pavol b / shutterstock.com On Ko Samat there are hotels of various price categories. If you are limited to the budget or simply not hunting to spend your blood-earned denyushki to the room, which will be required only at night for a comfortable sleep, you can remove the bungalow for 400-500 rubles a day. And for high-level comfort lovers on the island, luxurious five-star hotels offer their services, per night of living in which you want to pay more than 5,000 rubles. But hotels on the Self are still cheaper than on or.
Samet Island (Ko Samet, Koh Samed) is located in Thailand on the Siamese Bay coast, 200 km from Bangkok, 80 km from Pattaya and 6 km from the mainland (Rasual Province). The total area is 13 square meters. km. Length is 7 km, width - from 4 km to 200 meters (on different sections in different ways).
The Samet is a great place for those who want to combine lying on the sand, among almost untouched nature, with the inspection of the main attractions of the capital of Thailand - Bangkok, which is just 2.5 hours from the island.
The beaches are about one and a half dozens, and all of them are similar - sandy, rather small, on the coast there are several hotels and restaurants, and nothing else. The exceptions are the closest to the Pierce beaches - and, where many bars, restaurants are quite lively.
The Samet Island is located in the National Park, so water in the sea is very clean. In addition to small beaches, there are practically no attractions, except for the temple near the pier, several viewing sites, and a couple of sculptures.
It should be borne in mind that there are no banks on the island, but there are several ATMs next to the pier and at the entrance to the National Park. You can also exchange currency, although there are few places.
As well as everywhere, rest on the island has advantages and disadvantages.
Isle of Samet on Thailand map
Islands National Park
Often on the Internet, you can read that the entrance to the island of the Self is paid. This is not quite so. When you approach ferry from the mainland, no one will take money with you. You can safely visit the free of charge a few beaches to the right of Na Dan Pier, as well as go through 5 minutes to the left and find yourself on the Luk Yon beach. It can be reached by Sai Kaew. All these beaches are free.
In principle, mooring to Na Dan Pier and like the surrounding area, you can rent a house by the sea and live in it all holidays. In fact, this is a very good option, because The entire infrastructure is concentrated between Pierce and Sai Kaew: Bars, Restaurants, Hotels. The cheapest gestations can also be rented in the area (this is 1-2-storey buildings in 500-1000 meters from the sea). It is quite possible to find decent housing for 600 baht per day. There is also the only temple on the island of Samat.
The fee (200 BAT) for visiting the island of the Samet will be charged only at the entrance to the National Park. It is at the very end of the road leading from the Pier to Sai Kaew. But there is one subtlety - money is taken mainly from tourists who come to the entrance to Songteo.
If you come on foot, no one will ask you to pay - they will just think that you have long been here. By the way, there is a walkway next to the entrance, on which you can also get into the park on foot or on a motorbike (about 50 meters from the left of the entrance). And one more observation is often with tourists on the motorbike, too, do not take money, thinking that they have already paid here for a long time before.
Who is worth going
Samet's Island is very easy to enjoy fans of a leisurely holiday, which in the morning and day prefer to sunbathe and swim, and in the evening dinner in the restaurant on the seashore or sip the beer in the bar and watch the water stroke. But if you are a lover of stormy nightlife, clubs and bar girls, then this place is not for you, since all this on the charts simply is not.
Of course, you can take a girl from Pattaya with me, but you will not take all the parties from there. However, such people can be visited by island for 2-3 days to relax a little, swim in the clean sea and recharge batteries for new feats on discos and in Pattaya and Bangkok clubs.
The lack of entertainment on the island is explained very simply - it is part of the National Park Khaa Laem Ya - Mu to Self, and therefore the main priority here is ecology, the preservation of natural wealth, flora and fauna. Some places look really wild. On the coast there are bungalows and villas, usually there are several restaurants and bars on each beach, which are also located 50-100 meters from the sea. And the forest begins behind them.
Our advice to you: If you want a complete privacy, then join the island of Samat on Monday. All week you will enjoy loneliness on poor beaches. The end of this will come only on Friday, when Thais will arrive from Bangkok. Weekend - not the best time to visit the charts. However, there are few people who are removed from the pier of the beaches even on Saturday and Sunday.
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From Bangkok can be reached by bus from East Bus Station (Ekkamai Bus Station) and Kaosan Road. If you arrive at Thailand International Airport - Suvarnabhumi, then use Airport Express Bus AE3, which goes to Ekamai bus station or a taxi with a meter. In general, you can take a taxi from the airport to the Pier in Ban, the fare will be about 2500-3000 baht. In addition to Bangkok, you can get to the Samet from different places of Thailand, including Pattaya and Phuket. The best solution will buy a ticket to the pier in any travel agency or.
Ferries from the pier in the Ban on the mainland are sent to the chart every hour from 8:00 to 17:00. They are moored on the Samat either on nad, or on the beach Wong Duan.
Transport
On the island of Samet, the only way is held from which branching to the beaches. Since 2015, the asphalt is laid through the whole island - from the most north beach to the most southern point.
You can move around the island on motorbikes and songteo (Tuk Tuka).
In the past, the rental of quad bikes was popular, but after laying asphalt, this vehicle will now almost won't meet.
The cost of Songteo is fixed and indicated on posters on many beaches. The price ranges from 10 to 70 baht and depends on the distance.
Songteo can be rented as a taxi, that is, you will go right away and in full solitude and you will not feel your neighbor's shoulder on the right and on the left (the route Songteo is not sent until the full cabin passengers). In this case, the price will vary from 100 to 700 baht.
Some nightlife is present next to Sai Kaew and other beaches closest to Pierce. At all the others with the sunset, life freezes, and the southern beaches so in general almost "wild", where there are no stores or ATMs.
