Ao Phanang Beach

Location: 10.5292006, 99.2367487

Ao Phanang Beach is 13Km east of Chumphon town. Take road No. 3180 out of Chumphon Town for 10 km til you get to the roundabout for Na Cha-ang train station. The station is the road to the left but you want the road to the right which after about 3km will lead you to the beach.

Ao Phanang is a long curved sandy beach. Swimming is really only enjoyable at high tide. Sadly due to Phanang Tak river flowing into the Bay my experience is that the water is never clear.

 At the southern end of the beach is Laem Hua Mong - Kho Kwang headland which offers a nice viewpoint back towards the beach.

 At the northern end of the beach is a small fishing village.

 Here there is a concrete pier to take a walk along (lazy you can drive).

 At the end of the pier are some nice views.