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-2,000 Baht one-way about 50 minutes
Bangkok Airways flies from Trat to Bangkok
- Twice daily 9.00 am and 4.10 pm and from Trat to Bangkok 10.20 am and 5.30 pm
-From Tart airport, Limousine transfer to Koh Chang is available at 200-250 Baht per trip depending on the hotel you stay on the island.
-From neighboring Chantaburi Province, you may take a share taxi with 5-6 passengers (about 1 1/2 hours ) to Tart. Taxis leave from Nampuroundabout and the municipal market in town. Ordinary buses also run between Chantaburi and Trat (nearly 2 hours)',"#FFFFFF");
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-2,000 Baht one-way about 50 minutes
Bangkok Airways flies from Trat to Bangkok
- Twice daily 9.00 am and 4.10 pm and from Trat to Bangkok 10.20 am and 5.30 pm
-From Tart airport, Limousine transfer to Koh Chang is available at 200-250 Baht per trip depending on the hotel you stay on the island.
-From neighboring Chantaburi Province, you may take a share taxi with 5-6 passengers (about 1 1/2 hours ) to Tart. Taxis leave from Nampuroundabout and the municipal market in town. Ordinary buses also run between Chantaburi and Trat (nearly 2 hours)',"#FFFFFF");
messages[4] = new Array('images/q.gif',' Koh Chang Ferry PIER THERE ARE 3 PIERS SERVICING KOH CHANG All of them are located in the Amphur (district) of Laem Ngob.To go to these piers take one of the Songthaews in Trat. They can be easily found around the municipal market from as early as 6.00 am. The fare is about 20 Baht per person. Vehicle-carrying ferries and taxi or chartered boats are ready to take you to Koh Chang. Tha Thammachat (Natural Pier) at Ao Thammachat (Natural Bay) serves 7 daily ferry trips to Ao Sapparos. Travel time is about 30 minutes.',"#FFFFFF");
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messages[7] = new Array('images/q.gif',' WHITE SAND BEACH (Had Sia Khao) A long beach of powdery white sand or at least two-thirds of it is. The southern third has a distinct lack anything white or sandy but an abundance of small stones and muddy brown sand. This is, by far, the most developed/over-developed beach on the island. If you can not to do without such comforts as souvenir t-shirts, beer bars, tex-mex food, Premier League football and a Monkey Show all a stone throw away from your room then this is the place for you. But, to be fair, even Whitesands has a long way to go before development reaches the extremes seen on Samui, Phuket, Phi-Phi or Pattaya. Places to stay vary from 150 baht/night huts to 6,000 baht/night luxury bungalows.',"#FFFFFF");
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messages[9] = new Array('images/q.gif',' KAIBAE BEACH Kai Bae was where the development of Koh Chang all began. The story goes that although a few fishermen lived around the island, immigrants first came to Koh Chang by boat from southern China. They stopped off, looked around, saw plenty of edible wildlife and thought that the island would suit them nicely. A few generations later and the patriarch of the family that owned most of the land in the Kai Bae area decided to split his land between his children. The favoured kids got the valuable, inland farmland where they could grow rubber, coconuts, bananas etc . The four unfortunate kids who must have upset Dad at some point in their lives, got the virtually useless, unfertile land by the sea. ',"#FFFFFF");
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Koh Chang Resort the largest among the 52 islands of Trat, covering an area of 429 sq. kms., it features fine beaches, coral reefs, and plentiful marine life. It is also rich in natural resources, teeming with hills, forests, waterfalls and streams, the latter being an important source of freshwater. Dotting the island are many fruit orchards. It is called Koh Chang because its appearance is like a sleeping elephant. Koh Chang Resort is covered with dense rain forest and with the relative savage nature, bisected by the steep wall of mountains. Most of the scenic beaches and bays are located on the western side, extending from the north to the south.
They include Ao Khlong Son, Hat Sai Khao, Hat Khlong Phrao and Hat Kai Bae. A road cuts through the western shore almost all the way to Hat Kai Bae. From here, a nature trail through Ao Bai Lan and Ao Kruat meanders through wet forestland to Ban Bang Bao, a fishing community located at the foot of the hill in the south.Considered as one of the most untouched island in Thailand, Koh Chang became an easy-found paradise for thousands of tourists from all over the world. Those who long for the pure, calm, peaceful, and magnificent island could feel like being in your own world here.
To make a Reservation at Koh Chang Resort , please click on the Resort of your choice.
Getting to Koh Chang
To reach the KOH CHANG MARINE NATIONAL PARK you need to travel eastbound to Trat, the easternmost province in the Gulf of Thailand that borders Kampuchea.This is the jumping-off point to the islands.
Most visitors take the Bangna-Trat route. However,visitors who are already in Pattaya, Rayong or Koh Samet can conveniently link to Trat as well,either by road or by sea.
Koh Chang Island - Thailand Happiness, Thailand If you have any suggestions or comments, please e-mail us at revervation@anytimetravel.net , info@anytimetravel.net
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