Thailand Guide
The deep south
Ko Adang
At KO ADANG, a wild, rugged island covered in tropical rainforest, the national park station is at Laem Sone on the southern shore, where the beach is steep and narrow and backed by a thick canopy of pines. There are rooms in bamboo longhouses (B400/room sleeping four), bungalows sleeping up to eight people (B600–1800), and two/three-person tents can be rented (B150/night). There's a restaurant here, too.
The half-hour climb to Sha-do cliff on the steep slope above Laem Sone gives good views over Ko Lipe to the south, while about 2km west along the coast from the park station, a twenty-minute trail leads inland to the small Pirate Waterfall. You can rent longtail boats (as well as snorkels and masks) through the rangers for excellent snorkelling trips to nearby islands such as Ko Rawi and Ko Jabang (around B1500–2500 for up to ten people, depending on how far you want to go).