Travel notes, shell guides, and local life from the Andaman coast. Profiles of our artisans and the rhythm of beach life, refreshed with the bay every morning.
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After five months of monsoon rest, Phang Nga's two great marine parks open their 2026–27 season on Thursday, 15 October — with e-tickets, a 3,850-a-day welcome list and freshly recovered reefs.
From 15 May to 15 October 2026, the Similan and Surin marine national parks enter their annual green-season pause. Here’s how to read the calendar beautifully, plan ahead from Phang Nga, and enjoy the Andaman coast with local-season confidence.
The Similan and Surin Islands are resting through green season, and that pause gives travelers a kinder way to plan. Here is how to enjoy Phang Nga now, prepare for the October reopening, and treat the Andaman calendar as part of the adventure.
A June pilot at Memories Beach brought surf coaches, wellness partners, researchers, and tourism teams together to shape Thailand Surf Therapy — a warm, practical way to reconnect with the sea.
Forget the dry-season crowds. From June to October, the Andaman coast turns vivid green, Phang Nga Bay stays calm enough for kayaking, waterfalls roar at full flow, and the afternoon light becomes a photographer's dream. Here is your practical guide to Thailand's most rewarding — and most misunderstood — season.
The monsoon months reveal a different side of Phang Nga Bay — fewer boats, mirror-calm mornings, and mangroves turned electric green. Local boat captains share what visitors need to know about exploring the bay between May and October.
Ko Similan's Donald Duck Bay landed at number 10 on the World's 50 Best Beaches 2026 list. It is also shut to visitors under Mu Ko Similan National Park's annual monsoon closure — and that quiet is exactly the point.
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