Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
From here, you can catch one of the regular long-tail boats to Ko Libong (50B, 20
minutes). You can also charter long-tail boats to Ko Libong (800B, 20 minutes) or to Ko
Muk (1500B, one hour) each way.
Sŏrng·tăa·ou
to Trang (70B, one hour) leave when full
area's high-speed ferry service, which docks in Hat Yao for lunch on its way between
Lanta (850B, two hours) and Lipe (850B, two hours).
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Ko Libong
Trang's largest island is just 20 minutes by long-tail from Hat Yao. Less visited than
neighbouring isles, it's a gorgeous, lush mountainous pearl, wrapped in rubber trees,
thick with mangroves and known for its captivating flora and fauna (especially the resid-
ent dugong) more than its thin reddish-brown beaches. The island is home to a small
Muslim fishing community and has a few resorts on the west coast. Libong's scruffy
sweetness and backwater charm has a way of making you feel humble, grateful and open,
if you let it.
Sights
Libong Archipelago
Wildlife Reserve
( 0 7525 1932)
This reserve on the eastern coast of Ko Libong at
Laem Ju Hoi
is a large area
of mangroves protected by the Botanical Department. The sea channels are one of the
dugong's last habitats, and around 40 of them graze on the lush sea grass that flourishes
in the bay.
The Haad Yao Nature Resort in Hat Yao and the resorts here on Ko Libong (the re-
serve is not far from the Libong Beach Resort) offer dugong-spotting tours by sea kayak,
led by trained naturalists, for around 1500B. Sea kayaks can also be rented at most re-
sorts for 200B per hour.
NATURE RESERVE
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