Ko Kood
Quiet Island In The Eastern Gulf Near Cambodia; One Of Thailand'S Largest Islands · Ko Kut, Trat
Ko Kood, also written Ko Kut, is a large, hilly, forest-covered island in the far east of the Gulf of Thailand, in Trat province not far from the Cambodian border, and one of the biggest islands in the country, yet it has stayed one of the quietest. There are no big towns, no high-rise hotels and almost no nightlife. Instead a chain of west-coast bays with clear, calm water and pale sand, among them Klong Chao, Ao Tapao, Ao Noi and Bang Bao, is backed by coconut palms and small resorts. Inland, rivers run out of the rainforest over the Klong Chao and Klong Yai Kee waterfalls, and huge old trees stand deep in the forest. On the east side, fishing villages such as Ao Salad are built on wooden stilts and piers over the water. Visitors kayak up the Klong Chao river through mangroves, snorkel the reefs of the small islands offshore, ride scooters over steep roads and otherwise do very little. Speedboats cross from Laem Sok near Trat in about one to one and a half hours, and in the dry season boats also link Ko Kood with Ko Mak, Ko Wai and Ko Chang.
Klong Chao, Ko Kut, Ko Kut, Trat, 23000, Thailand
NO OPENING TIME HERE WAS CHECKED. The typical pattern: the beaches are open at all times; the waterfalls are visited in daylight, roughly 8 am to 5 pm; speedboats from Laem Sok leave in the morning and around midday in the dry season, with the last boats to and from the island usually in the early afternoon, and fewer departures in the rainy season; snorkel trips leave around 9 am and return mid to late afternoon; restaurants and resort kitchens close early, often around 9 or 10 pm. The traps that ruin a trip are missing the last afternoon boat from Laem Sok and having to stay in Trat, a rainy-season cancellation the day before a flight, running out of cash with no working ATM and riding the hills after dark. Confirm current times before relying on them.