Ko Mak
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Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
of Trat Province
Trat Province
Trat is a province of Thailand. It is located in the east of Thailand, and has borders with Chanthaburi Province to the northwest, Cambodia to the east, and the Gulf of Thailand to the south.Trat is most famous for gemstone mining and trading....
, Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
. This island is named after the Areca nut (หมาก).
Geography
Ko Mak has 27 km coastline, many long sand beaches, a few hills and it is about 16 km² in area.On low tide, it is possible to walk to Ko Kham
Ko Kham
Ko Kham is a small island near Ko Mak, on Trat Province, Thailand.It can be reached with a sea kayak from Ko Mak or by walking during low tide. Ko Kham has nice places to snorkel, depending on the direction of wind. Especially the south beach has a calm sea, nice sand dune, black lava rocks with...
, which is a smaller island less than 1 km northwest from Ko Mak. Ko Phi
Ko Phi
Ko Phi is a small unoccupied island near Ko Mak, in Trat Province, Thailand.It can be reached with a sea kayak from Ko Mak. Ko Phi has places to snorkel, depending on the direction of wind....
, also north west from Ko Mak but southwest from Ko Kham, is not occupied.
Tourism
Ko Mak is perfect for relaxing and soaking up the suns on beautiful, white sand beach andswimming in the stunning clear blue water.
Because the island is small and flat its perfect for exploring and getting close to nature,
bicycle through coconut plantations along the coastline.
There are about 25 resorts on Ko Mak.
Both Ko Kham and Ko Phi can be easily reached with sea kayak from the resorts on north west coast of Ko Mak. Both little islands have nice places to snorkel, depending on the direction of wind.