The Similan Islands, located about 50 Kilometers West of Khao Lak, are composed of nine granite islands washed by a clear blue tropical ocean and blessed and nice Vacation with some of the world’s finest beaches.
The Similan Islands may be visited for one day, overnight or on tours. There are no resorts or stores on the Similans - only a couple of ranger stations and a few bungalows available for rent.
Similan is a Yawi , which means nine or a group of nine islands. In 1982, this 128 square kilometres area was declared a marine national park, and in recent years this group of nine small islands has become one of the leading attractions for visitors to Souther Thailand. With the establishment of stations by the Royal Forestry Department on Koh Miang and Koh Similan, fishing within the national park boundaries was banned and the unwanted visitors were substituted by tourists, especially after 1987, when leisure boats and dive operators started coming out on a regular basis.
