Thailand's Islands & Beaches - Phuket & the Northern Andaman Coast (Chapter)

This is the Phuket & the Northern Andaman Coast chapter from Lonely Planet’s Thailand’s Islands & Beaches guidebook.

Travel the 300km between Ranong and Phuket on the northern Andaman coast, and you’ll see it all: Muslim and Moken stilt villages and vertical limestone karsts, Architectural Digest–style resorts and bays abuzz with jet skis, tangled mangrove swamps and skittish clouds of nesting swallows.

• staying at an over-the-top luxury spa resort on Phuket
• maps
• kayaking the surreal green waters of Ao Phang-Nga to empty coves
• transport
• searching for monkeys in the Jurassic Park of Khao Sok
• restaurants & accommodation

Coverage includes: Phuket, Phuket Town, Ko Sireh, Laem Phanwa, Rawai, Hat Kata, Hat Karon, Hat Patong, Hat Kamala, Hat Surin, Ao Bang Thao, Sirinat National Park, Khao Phra Thaew Royal Wildlife & Forest Reserve, Thalang District, Ranong, Ko Phayam, Ko Chang, Laem Son National Park, Khuraburi, Surin Islands Marine National Park, Ko Phra Thong & Ko Ra, Khao Sok National Park, Hat Pakarang & Hat Bang Sak, Hat Khao Lak, Similan Islands Marine National Park, Ao Phang-Nga, Phang-Nga & around and Ko Yao.