Koh Tao Travel Guide
What You Have to Do in
Koh Tao?
Best Things to Do in Koh Tao
Koh Tao is pretty much the archetype of a remote tropical island, with just enough places to eat, shop and stay to make it comfortable. There are few attractions other than the beautiful beaches. The island is home to some of Thailand’s best coastlines, with pristine white sand, nodding palm trees and glittering blue seas. There are many to choose from, most of which are accessible along the small and rather rough road network.
Other than beaches, there are a few very nice viewpoints that are worth seeing, some of which are so iconic that they might even be the first thing you think of when you picture Thailand. Koh Tao is also famous for its scuba diving, which is said to be among the best in the world.
Koh Nangyuan
Koh Nangyuan is a tiny island in Koh Tao’s northwest coast with beautiful beaches where you can sit and enjoy colorful sunsets, swimming, sunbathing on the beach, and diving without pollution, cars, hustle or bustle. The beach that links the islands together is iconic and probably the most photographed part of the area. Naturally, the small beach is usually quite busy, but is still worth a visit.
Top 10 of the best excited dive spots of Koh Tao in Thailand
Koh Tao dive sites are usually easy and shallow. The current is low and the visibility is pretty good, which makes this island of Thailand a pretty good place to start scuba diving. Moreover, Koh Tao and the Barrier Reef in Cairns are the two places where there are the largest number of PADI diving courses in general and open water in particular. Finally, another advantage about starting to dive in Koh Tao, prices are relatively low in Ko Tao. The price of a try dive introduction to scuba dive is about 2000 Thai baht, 50 euros or 60 us dollars and that of open water around 9000 thai baht, 250 euros or 280 us dollars.
Koh Tao has only two dozen dive sites but some of them are ranked among the best dive sites in the Gulf of Thailand. Here’s our selection of the top 10 dive sites of Koh Tao.
