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Nai Yang, south of Mai Khao beach, is where the National Park office located. The beach itself is on a long curving bay lined with evergreens that provide shade to picnickers. The large coral reef is home to many different species of fish, and Nai Yang is well known as a site where sea turtles come to lay their eggs during the period from November to February; the population of these has however, dropped off greatly. Nai Yang and Mai Khao Beaches have a very different feeling than beaches to the south. |
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Bang Tao is an 8 kilometer sweeping crescent shaped bay with a gentle slope and absolutely pure white sand and is fringed with rows of casuarina trees. The constant but gentle breeze on this bay has made Bang Tao Beach very popular with windsurfers and it plays host to several international competitions each year. The main entrance to Bang Tao beach is 2 km north of Surin Village and marked with large signs from the sprawling Laguna Phuket complex, that takes up most of the middle of the bay. This remarkable complex of five luxury resort hotels employ the same low rise village style architecture that are uniquely designed to blend with the vastness of the old tin mine which is what this area used to be. |
The old tin mining lake is now a beautifully landscaped lagoon that serves as a water sports center. There are, however, accommodations available outside Laguna at the bay's south end.
Dry season swimming is excellent, and at the bay's north end is a smaller bay, almost completely enclosed, at the mouth of which is some fine coral. Plenty of places to eat, tour companies, and other tourist facilities are available either at Laguna or in the nearby town of Choeng Thale. |
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