Trang ProvinceThings to do

Things to do in Trang Province

  1. Tham Morakot

    Good snorkelling opportunities lie offshore and one of the island's star attractions, Tham Morakot, hides at the northern end of the island. This cave is a beautiful limestone tunnel that leads 80m to a sea lagoon. You have to swim through here at high tide, part of the way in pitch blackness, to a small concealed white-sand beach surrounded by lofty limestone, with a chimney that lets in a piercing shaft of light around midday.

    Boats can enter at low tide and the cave features on most tour itineraries so it can get pretty crowded in high season, and during the busiest months can reek of urine.

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  2. Libong Archipelago Wildlife Reserve

    On the eastern coast of Ko Libong at Laem Ju Hoi is a large area of mangroves protected by the Botanical Department as the Libong Archipelago Wildlife Reserve. The grass-filled sea channels here are one of the dugong’s last habitats, and around 40 of them graze on the sea grass that flourishes in the bay.

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  3. Night Market

    The best night market on the Andaman coast will have you salivating over bubbling curries, fried chicken and fish, pàt tai and an array of Thai desserts. Go with an empty stomach and a sense of adventure. On Friday and Saturday nights there's a second night market right in front of the train station.

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  4. Sin Ocha Bakery

    Near the train station, this ambient, fan-cooled place has round marble tables and serves traditional Trang goh·Ъêe, fresh cakes, light Thai meals and good Western breakfasts.

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  5. Boat Trips to Hat Chao Mai National Park

    Trips take in Ko Muk, Ko Cheuk and Ko Kradan, with lunch and drinks thrown in. National park fees are extra. Tour agencies around the train station and along Th Praram VI offer tours.

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  6. Vegetarian Restaurant

    Coffee and pork not your thing? The colourful Thai buffet here often has brown rice and also sells veggie snacks and supplies. It's across from the police station.

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  7. Yu Chiang

    This funky place on the corner of Soi 1 and Th Praram VI (there's no Roman script sign) is the classic stop for filtered coffee and mŏo yâhng.

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  8. Wat Tantayaphirom

    Wat Tantayaphirom has a huge white chedi (stupa) enshrining a footprint of the Buddha that’s mildly interesting.

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  9. Tham Chao Mai Boat Trip

    Tham Chao Mai is a vast cave full of crystal cascades and impressive stalactites and stalagmites that can be explored by boat.

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  10. Meunram Temple

    The Chinese Meunram Temple sometimes sponsors performances of southern Thai shadow theatre.

    reviewed

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  12. Ani’s

    Stock up on English- and European-language titles here.

    reviewed

  13. Asia Ocha

    In business since the mid-1940s, this place serves filtered coffee to an all-Thai clientele who sit at vintage marble tables in this antiquated building. Don't miss the food either – the roast duck is delectable.

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