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50% or more. Resorts usually have their own restaurants and tour-booking facilities,
which can arrange island snorkelling, massages, tours and motorcycle rental.
The building boom means that in addition to the waterfront resorts suggested here,
there are now dozens of good-value roadside spots available, though views will probably
leave you wanting. Reservations are a must in high season.
Hat Khlong Dao
Once an outstanding 2km stretch of white sand with no rocks and perfect for swimming,
erosion has gotten so bad that at high tide there is no beach here at all, just a sea wall.
That's a big issue throughout northern Lanta.
Lanta Bee Garden
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( 08 1606 6344;
www.lantabeegarden.com
; Hat Khlong Dao; bungalows with fan/air-con 800/1500B; )
A
mix of concrete rooms with fans and tinted windows, just off the main road, and nicer,
newer air-con rooms in the two-storey annex, with burgundy accent walls and hot water.
There is no beach here, though.
GUESTHOUSE
$$
Costa Lanta
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( 0 7566 8168;
www.costalanta.com
;
Hat Khlong Dao; r from 6800B; )
Zen-like stand-alone
abodes nestled in a garden shaded by coconut palms and laced with tidal canals at the
north end of Hat Khlong Dao. Everything from the floors to the walls to the wash-basins
is polished concrete, and the barn doors of each small cabana open on two sides to max-
imise space and air flow.
The restaurant is stunning, as is the black spill-over pool on the edge of the sand. Dis-
counts are available if booked through the website. Low-season rates are a steal.
HOTEL
$$$
Maya Beach Resort
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( 0 7568 4267;
mayalanta.com
;
Hat Khlong Dao; r from 3000B; )
It's a bit weathered these
days, but this place still offers attractive, large, Ikea-chic rooms on two floors. There are
(flaking) louvred railings on the terrace, Buddhist shrines on the sand and a pool that
blends with the nearby sea. And there's actually a sliver of beach here too.
HOTEL
$$$
