Ao Phang-Nga National Park Accommodation

Ao Phang-Nga Marine National Park


Simple air-con bungalows sleep two to three in quiet shady grounds 8.5km south of central Phang-Nga. There's a basic waterside Thai restaurant.


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Nearby Ao Phang-Nga Marine National Park attractions

1. Ko Panyi

3.25 MILES

A stilted Muslim village clings to this small karst island, where most tours dock for lunch. It's busy, but Ao Phang-Nga tour operators can arrange for…

2. Ao Phang-Nga National Park

4.89 MILES

Established in 1981, 400-sq-km Ao Phang-Nga National Park is famous for its classic karst scenery. Huge vertical cliffs dominate its 42 islands, some with…

3. Phung Chang Cave

4.98 MILES

A dam at the mouth of this cave created an artificial river, which visitors can explore, first by kayak and then bamboo raft as the cave narrows…

4. Thamtapan Temple

5.92 MILES

This unusual Buddhist complex (the name means 'Heaven and Hell' temple) has cave shrines, a dragon tunnel and a collection of grotesque figures…

5. Ko Khao Phing Kan

6.66 MILES

Ao Phang-Nga's top tourist drawcard is known to Thais as Ko Phing Kan (‘Leaning on Itself Island’). Used as a location setting in the James Bond film The…

6. Hat Mai Khao

20.56 MILES

Dotted with a few upmarket resorts, Phuket’s longest beach is a beautiful, secluded 10km stretch of pearl-white national park sand extending from just…

7. Sirinat National Park

23.55 MILES

Comprising the exceptional northwestern beaches of Nai Thon, Nai Yang and Mai Khao, as well as the former Nai Yang National Park and Mai Khao Wildlife…

8. Phuket Gibbon Rehabilitation Project

23.73 MILES

Financed by donations (2100B sponsors a gibbon for a year), this tiny sanctuary adopts gibbons previously kept in captivity in the hope of reintroducing…