14/04/2015
Want to know more about our beautiful island? Here is what Travelfish has to say about it:
"Totally unique not only in Thailand but all of Southeast Asia, visitors to Ko Phra Thong often remark that the landscape looks strikingly similar to the savannahs of Africa, except that it's sand lizards and kingfishers that roam rather than lions and gazelles. Covered in brilliant white sandy dunes with fields of long grasses and peeling trees, the landscape of Ko Phra Thong is indeed fascinating, especially given how different it is from the lush, mountainous terrains of nearby Ko Ra and the mainland.
The inland landscape and beaches of Ko Phra Thong make it worth the trip, but perhaps the stronger selling point for many is the island's particularly secluded and tranquil atmosphere. Though a handful of friendly locals subsist off fishing and harvesting cashews, there's very little development whatsoever on the island, and the longer one stays the more one feels a sense of separation from the real world. This is a place where time seems to stand still.
In Thai, phra thong means golden Buddha, and a legend tells of how a valuable solid gold Buddha image was buried somewhere on the island hundreds of years ago!"
