Island guide · Koh Yao Noi, Phang Nga Bay
Koh Yao Noi island guide
A green, quiet island in Phang Nga Bay, facing the limestone towers, with Ko Tapu and Ko Panyi a boat ride away.
The best beaches
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Quiet beaches in the bay
Ko Yao Noi
Fine beaches around an island of jungle and rice fields.
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Ko Yao Noi has a hilly ridge of dense jungle and fine sandy beaches around much of its shore (TAT).
- Quiet
Where to stay
Things to do & see
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The limestone needle
Ko Tapu (James Bond Island)
The limestone needle in Phang Nga Bay, made famous by a 1974 film.
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Ko Tapu was a location in the 1974 James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun, and lies within Ao Phang Nga National Park (TAT).
- Phang Nga Bay
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A village on stilts
Ko Panyi
A fishing village built on stilts beneath a limestone mountain.
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Ko Panyi’s village of around 200 houses is home mostly to Thai Muslim families who live from fishing (TAT).
- Stilt village
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Dawn over the bay
Samet Nangshe Viewpoint
A viewpoint over Phang Nga Bay’s limestone islands and mangroves.
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Samet Nangshe Viewpoint looks over the bay’s turquoise water, limestone peaks and mangroves; it is at its finest at dawn (TAT).
- Sunrise
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