Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Most places here shut down in the rainy season (May to October). There are a few local
restaurants and a small shop in the Muslim village next to Bulon Viewpoint.
Bulon Hill Resort
( 08 6960 3890, 08 0709 8453;
www.bulonhill.com
; bungalows 1000-1500B)
A collection of decent and
spacious wooden and smaller bamboo bungalows stilted on the hill just inland from Bu-
lone Resort. They are only open in high season.
BUNGALOWS
$$
Pansand Resort
( 0 7521 1010;
www.pansand-resort.com
;
cottages from 1800B; )
Pansand sits on the south end of
the island's gorgeous white-sand beach. Brick-and-bamboo bungalows are fan cooled and
come with sea views. The actual lodging isn't any better than elsewhere on the island -
you're paying for a sublime location and a larger, organised resort setting. Cheaper
wooden bungalows are set back in the trees.
RESORT
$$
HOTEL
$$
Bulone Resort
( 08 6960 0468;
www.bulone-resort.com
; bungalows 2500-3500B)
Perched on the northeast cape with
access to two exquisite stretches of white sand, these cute wooden bungalows have the
best beachside location on Bulon. Queen-sized beds come with iron frames and ocean
breezes.
Getting There & Away
The boat to Ko Bulon Leh (450B) leaves from Pak Bara at 12.30pm daily if there are
enough takers. Ship-to-shore transfers to the beach by long-tail cost 50B - save yourself
some sweat and ask to be dropped off on the beach closest to your resort. In the reverse
direction, the boat moors in the bay in front of Pansand Resort at 9.30am. You can charter
a long-tail from Pak Bara for 1500B to 2000B.
From November to May there is a daily speedboat (600B, one hour) from Ko Bulon
Leh to Ko Lipe in Ko Tarutao Marine National Park. Boats, which originate in Ko Lanta
and make stops in the Trang Islands, depart from in front of the Pansand resort at 3pm. It
returns from Lipe at 9am.
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