Located eastwards past the airport
turnoff is Choeng Mon. Choeng Mon is made up of
a series of bays featuring white sandy beaches.
Although only about 15 minutes north of Chaweng
and 5 minutes from Big Buddha, the intervening coastline
has kept the beaches quiet and the waters clean.
Choeng Mon beach is a small but magnificent bay,
it features wide sandy beaches with a rock formation
on one side and a small island you can paddle out
to on the other.
It's is very family friendly area, and being dominated
by a handful of three to five star resorts, relatively
upmarket; inexpensive accommodation is virtually
non-existent.
How to get here
See & Do
Swimming, snorkeling, scuba diving, and relaxing
are the main activities.
Searobin Dive Center, tel. +66-1-535-7768, [1]
(Imperial Boat House) offers a full range of PADI
training courses - personal attention - dive in
small groups on a good selection of boats.
Eat
There are a number of quaint restaurants and caf?s
throughout the area. The beach itself has many restaurants
and offers a beautiful night view over the bay; it
doesn't usually get to busy but has music, cocktails
and reclining beach beds.
The resorts attract more of the foreign clientel,
a fact which is reflected in the food and entertainment
offered in the resort's restaurants. Thus the Thai
cuisine served won't be too spicy. However, do expect
traditional Thai dancing and numerous Filipino bands
expertly playing covers of Western pop standards.
Drink
The nightlife is relaxed, best bet is to have a drink
on the beach based restaurants.
Koh Samui Beaches
Clockwise from Nathon
on the west coast, the main beaches are:
Nathon - Samui's port and administrative
center, but with little to attract the tourist
Mae
Nam - a quiet and beautiful beach on the
northern coast
Bophut
- known for its Fisherman's Village, laid-back
but growing fast
About Choeng Mon, Koh Samui Thailand
