KOH LIPE, Thailand's hidden Paradise

Rejoicing the fact that Thailand will open to Travel soon, i want to rediscover the paradise that i last visited, KOH TAO. A part of Tarutao National Marine Park, which is populated with small islands and known for its coral-rich waters, crystal clear blue ocean and the most beautiful islands i have visited in Thailand.

HOW TO GET TO KOH LIPE FROM BANGKOK

The quickest way is to fly to Had Yai, take a taxi or minibus to Pak Bara, from where you take the boat to Koh Lipe. If you arrive in Had Yai on an early flight, you can make it to Koh Lipe in 1 day.

Another way to this is Fly to Koh Trang and a Bus & Ferry ride will take u to Koh tao ( total 850 - 1000 baht)

STAY IN KOH LIPE

While this is a small island compared to the famous Phuket or PhiPhi, you have beach side accomodations from shacks to 4 star hotels.

I stayed here at Anda Hotel in Koh Lipe. It is located right on the Sunrise beach and has a decent spread of Breakfast too. Out of all 3 beaches i prefer staying at Sunrise, as it is the prettiest & also easily accesible to restaurants and fewer boats compared to the others.

BEACHES IN KOH LIPE

While you can go island hopping to various places with a long tail boat, Koh Lipe contains of 3 main beaches, Sunset, Sunrise & Pattaya beach.

SUNSET BEACH

PATTAYA BEACH

SUNRISE BEACH

ISLANDS NEARBY BY LONGTAIL BOAT / KAYAK (in order of being famous)

Koh Adang (Stay options available here)

Koh Rawi

Koh Hin-Ngam

Koh Tong/Batong, also known as Monkey Beach

Koh Usen

Koh Yang

Koh Bulu

While every single island has a unique thing about them, they all are almost dreamy with crystal clear waters and you can go off snorkeling from almost any of them.

PLACES TO EAT IN KOH LIPE

While there are quite a few restaurant

s around the walking street, the best part is it has a variation from Street food to Vegan food available here, some of the restaurants are listed below.

Cappricio Lipe

Café Tropical

Benny's On The Beach for Vegan options.

Rak Lay Restaurant

PARTYING IN KOH LIPE - WALKING STREET

Well if you are expecting a lot of partying & drunk nights with loud blasting music, this isn't the place for you, There are very limited places here with some amazing live bands that set the mood, Maya Bar is one such place. A little of fire shows keep the mood for the night unlike the other partying hubs in Thailand.

DIVING / SNORKELLING IN KOH LIPE

One of the most amazing places to go diving, there will be a PADI dive center almost at every place you see. Also it has a Dive site with a boat wreck for advanced divers.

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