Five years ago when we decided to travel to Thailand we had done a lot of research in where would be the best island to travel to were we could be surrounded by countless paradise beaches without having to travel of the island into the far and beyond, every time we wanted to lay ourselves on some powdery white sand beach and it turned for us choosing, Koh Samui Island which till this day I still think was a great choice and am eager to get back there again in the near future.
We had plan to stay on Koh Samui Island for one month and didn't want to be wasting any of our precious vacation time traveling to other parts of Thailand, with the amount of beaches we saw on google map on Koh Samui Island was going to keep us more then busy and that wasn't counting all them hidden pristine beaches.
Koh Samui island is the second largest island in Thailand but really doesn't seem that big when you can drive right around the island via the Ring Road in less then 2 hours about a 50km circuit all up but there are so many little hidden trails you can take that will lead you to unknown hidden beaches.
In the month we had decided to spend on this island we figured it was going to be more convenient for us to hire a little 4WD Suzuki then we could get up and go whenever we wanted without relying on public transport and wasting precious time and it work out a lot cheaper the 4WD was costing us like $10 US per/day. On this particular day we pulled up at this trail we saw on the east coast side of the Ring Road and decided to explore, it seemed like some other people knew about this trail also they told us if you follow the trail all the way down you will come to a beautiful beach called Banana Beach.
We could see Banana Beach as we were tracking down through this trail of lush jungle and coconut trees the people down there already had come from the other side of the island in Tailboats so you could see the benefits of hiring a 4WD you could just go and discover whatever beach you wanted less cost and more fun and we were doing this right around this entire island in the whole time we were on this island, I have actually lost count in how many beaches like this we did see just by going of the beaten track.
After arriving to this amazing beach it had stunning breathtaking views looking out to the Gulf of Thailand and beautiful nature surrounding the beach looked more like a private beach there were no little bars or little hunts were you could sit have lunch and enjoy the views but we were told that if we walked along the beach over them big boulder rocks we would come to another beach called Chaweng Noi beach and there we could enjoy the sunset and have some great Thai food so off we when.
It was about a 30 minute walk from Banana beach to Chaweng Noi Beach but worth every step of the way the views were amazing along the way the smell of the ocean and what made us feel even more better was the smell of aromas of the Thai food hitting us in the face as we were getting closer to Chaweng Noi Beach.
Chaweng Noi beach is more of a family orientated beach with luxury resort and restaurants a place that you would got if you want to be completely spoiled by the beach and the staff a very friendly atmosphere all around at this spectacular beach resort. We ordered some Thai spicy foods we both love spicy foods and these were some of the best we had tasted the spicy seafood salad, Larb Moo, and Chicken Basil with cocktails all up was like $45 US a full belly at a bargain.
And after that energizing spicy later afternoon lunch it was time to walk back up the mountain enjoy the sunsets and head back to our 4WD was another great day had on Koh Samui Island can't wait to get back there hopefully this will be the year.
We had plan to stay on Koh Samui Island for one month and didn't want to be wasting any of our precious vacation time traveling to other parts of Thailand, with the amount of beaches we saw on google map on Koh Samui Island was going to keep us more then busy and that wasn't counting all them hidden pristine beaches.
Koh Samui island is the second largest island in Thailand but really doesn't seem that big when you can drive right around the island via the Ring Road in less then 2 hours about a 50km circuit all up but there are so many little hidden trails you can take that will lead you to unknown hidden beaches.
In the month we had decided to spend on this island we figured it was going to be more convenient for us to hire a little 4WD Suzuki then we could get up and go whenever we wanted without relying on public transport and wasting precious time and it work out a lot cheaper the 4WD was costing us like $10 US per/day. On this particular day we pulled up at this trail we saw on the east coast side of the Ring Road and decided to explore, it seemed like some other people knew about this trail also they told us if you follow the trail all the way down you will come to a beautiful beach called Banana Beach.
We could see Banana Beach as we were tracking down through this trail of lush jungle and coconut trees the people down there already had come from the other side of the island in Tailboats so you could see the benefits of hiring a 4WD you could just go and discover whatever beach you wanted less cost and more fun and we were doing this right around this entire island in the whole time we were on this island, I have actually lost count in how many beaches like this we did see just by going of the beaten track.
After arriving to this amazing beach it had stunning breathtaking views looking out to the Gulf of Thailand and beautiful nature surrounding the beach looked more like a private beach there were no little bars or little hunts were you could sit have lunch and enjoy the views but we were told that if we walked along the beach over them big boulder rocks we would come to another beach called Chaweng Noi beach and there we could enjoy the sunset and have some great Thai food so off we when.
It was about a 30 minute walk from Banana beach to Chaweng Noi Beach but worth every step of the way the views were amazing along the way the smell of the ocean and what made us feel even more better was the smell of aromas of the Thai food hitting us in the face as we were getting closer to Chaweng Noi Beach.
Chaweng Noi beach is more of a family orientated beach with luxury resort and restaurants a place that you would got if you want to be completely spoiled by the beach and the staff a very friendly atmosphere all around at this spectacular beach resort. We ordered some Thai spicy foods we both love spicy foods and these were some of the best we had tasted the spicy seafood salad, Larb Moo, and Chicken Basil with cocktails all up was like $45 US a full belly at a bargain.
And after that energizing spicy later afternoon lunch it was time to walk back up the mountain enjoy the sunsets and head back to our 4WD was another great day had on Koh Samui Island can't wait to get back there hopefully this will be the year.