Thai Muang Beach (or Khao Lampi - Hat Thai Muang National Park)

Thai Muang is about 30 km north of the Sarasin Bridge that crosses to Phuket and 25 km south of Khao Lak. A few km through town, off Route 4, one can find a beautiful combination of beach and golf.

Thai Muang park is something like 20 km of totally protected white sand beach, which stretches and effectively runs parallel to Route 4. A 1.5km side road leads down to the beach. The water is clear and good for swimming.

It is a great beach on which to walk and watch the Andaman and enjoy the peace and quiet of the area and part of that beach runs alongside a Dye Design golf course. The Thai Muang Beach Golf & Marina is in excellent condition, picturesque and looks to be a fair challenge. The clubhouse has full services with locker rooms, club rental and restaurant.

Also known as Turtle Beach, it is especially famous as during the months from November to February., This is one of the only Turtle nesting sites for Leatherback turtles on the West coast of Thailand (the other being Golden Buddha Beach). It's extraordinary to see this much protected land, and yet so very rarely visited.

They also feature a a turtle conservation center of dubious credibility with a hatchery and usually a couple of giant old ladies in their pools.

A tradition has developed, called 'turtle walking', which encompasses both the unobtrusive observing of the egg laying turtles and, after the hatching period, the releasing of young turtles into the sea (turtle releasing festival).

The park is all beach on one side, and then is basically a long peninsula with mangrove swamp on the other side. very protected and very beautiful.

The reef itself is in very good shape and has several great fishes as you can read. We have found that visibility usually never gets more than 12m. There is rarely any current and our greatest finds here are unusual Nudibranchs, Flabellina's and corals. It's suitable for all level of divers.

Attractions in Thai Muang area:

Khao Lampi - Hat Thai Muang National Park
This park covers and area of 72 square kilometers and was proclaimed as a national park area on April 14, 1986. Places of interest in the vicinity of this national park are :

Nam Tok Lampi
This fall is situated in Tambon Thai Muang, along highway no.4, between Km. 32-33. Nam Tok Lampi, medium sized falls, has there levels and exitst all year round.

Nam Tok Ton Phrai
At Km. 28-29, a seven kilometers laterite road branches off on the left but a foot trip is still needed for another kilometer to view the fall. This is a large sized waterfall with casecading water all year round and a trip to see this waterfall should be made during the dry season for travelling convenience.