A 10 minute drive from Ban Saladan will find you at Long Beach, also known as Phra-Ae. Long Beach 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.

Below are useful links to resorts on Long Beach which we recommend. Click on any link to view more photos, read guest reviews and book on line:

Luxury: Price 2,350 to 14,100 Baht Lanta Sand		Midprice: Price 1,050 to 4,700 Baht Lanta Casuarina		Budget: Price 1,450 to 6,100 Baht Lanta Nakara

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.

Long Beach Restaurants and Activities
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.

On The Road Behind Long Beach
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 a dentist. Look out for the Irish Bar and Barcode. If you want great food try checking out the Red Snapper Restaurant, The Tavern or Retro Cafe. You will also find many shops, internet services, ATM’s and of course a 24hr 7 Eleven.

Map of Long Beach, Koh Lanta
Here is AmazingLanta.com’s interactive map of Long Beach on Koh Lanta- click on the icons to see information on the hotels.

Use the + and – buttons on the map’s top left to zoom in and out of the map. You can also drag the map area by clicking on it with your mouse and holding down the mouse button as you drag.

Below are resorts found around Long Beach ( Phra-Ae ). They can also be found on the above Google Map.

Click on any link for more information, photos and read guest reviews. Also you can book on line with an easy to use booking system.

Lanta Sand 2,350 up to 14.100 Baht		Nakara 1,450 up to 6,100 Baht		Layana 5,200 up to 19,500 Baht		Chaw-Ka-Cher 1,650 up to 6,100 Baht

Casuarina 1,050 up to 4,700 Baht		Castaway 300 up to 5,000 Baht		Relax Bay 900 up to 4,600 Baht		Good Days 550 up to 4,800 Baht

Sayang 400 up to 2,350 Baht		Lanta Resort 1,600 up to 11,300 Baht		Layana 5,200 up to 19,500 Baht		Long Beach 1,100 up to 5,650 Baht

Lantawadee 850 up to 1,300 Baht		Freedom 950 up to 950 Baht		Mook Lanta 600 up to 3,500 Baht		Sea Pearl 400 up to 1,550 Baht

There is a lot of accommodation on Long Beach – here are some videos we shot of our Top 3 Hotel choices on Long Beach 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.

More Koh Lanta Beaches:

• Long Beach
• Khlong Dao Beach
• Relax Bay
• Kantiang Bay
• Khlong Nin Beach
• Khlong Toab
• Kawkwang Beach
• Khlong Khong
• Bamboo Bay
• Nui Beach