Long Beach, Koh Lanta

A 10 minute drive from Ban Saladan will find you at Long Beach also known as Pra-Ae. This is the biggest and most popular of Koh Lanta’s beaches. Golden soft sand stretches for 5 kilometres and is fringed with tall pine trees. The beach gently slopes towards the sea where the water goes deep very quickly creating the perfect place to swim on a hot day.The best thing about Long Beach is even on a busy day it seems deserted.

Here’s a photo of a typical day on Long Beach:

In the north of the beach you will find most of the hotels, guest houses, bars and restaurants. In the south where it is a little bit rocky the facilities are spaced out. Accommodation on Long Beach is a mix of simple back pack style huts to 5 star luxury. Please see our recommendations below.

On Long Beach whilst the sun is setting you can participate in beach volley ball, beach football or try and jog the 5 kilometres. There’s also a great collection of different restaurants offering a wide choice of cuisine and Beach Bars. One restaurant especially good is in the north of the beach called Mr. Wee’s, the pizza here is legendary. Next to it is The Ozone Bar where the vibe is very chilled except Thursday night when its party night. Another great bar is Funky Fish.

If you head to the main road you may need a taxi or motorbike to get around as Pra-Ae is quite spread out. The main surgery with Dr.Salarin is in Phr-Ae and also the only dentist found on the Island. Look out for Catfish book store, Opium Bar, The Earth Bar, Irish Bar and Barcode. If you want great food try checking out the Red Snapper Restaurant. You will also find many shops, internet services, ATM’s and of course a 24hr 7 Eleven.

There is a lot of accommodation on Long Beach - here are our Top 3 Hotel choices for different budgets:

• Luxury:
  Lanta Sand Resort and Spa

Watch the video we made of Lanta Sand so you can see exactly what it’s like in the rooms and around the resort:


 

• Midprice:
  Lanta Casuarina Resort

Take our own video tour of Lanta Casuarina to see inside the rooms and around the resort:


• Budget:
  Lanta Nakara Resort

View our own video of Lanta Nakara to see inside the rooms and around the resort:

 
Browse more hotels on Long Beach and rest of Koh Lanta on our Koh Lanta hotels page.

You can also see our map of Koh Lanta.

Here’s a short video to give you an idea of what’s it’s like on Long Beach:

Here are some more pictures of Long Beach.