Nature’s Bounty
Dolphin Bay and Beach
The bay's five kilometer beach is ideal for sunbathing, beach volleyball, and long walks or jogging, especially at sunrise or sunset. The panorama of the calm, pristine waters stretching to the horizon, dotted with lush tropical islands and colorful fishing boats has a hypnotic, soothing effect on anyone who lays eyes on it.
Families will be happy to know that the sea is shallow enough to make it completely safe for kids - waves are gentle, and you can walk 50 - 100 meters out before it gets deeper than your waist.
Koh Lam, nicknamed Monkey Island, is directly opposite the resort and is home to over 100 wild crab eating long-tailed macaque monkeys. Their diet consists mainly of crabs and mussels (they know how to use rocks to crack mussel shells), but they are always very grateful for donations of bananas by visitors to the island.
Fishermen from the local villages go out to sea nightly, squid being the main catch in this area. From their boats to our kitchen!
The most interesting wildlife living in the bay is of course the pod of Indo-pacific humpback dolphins, five or six of which are pink!
They live and breed in the bay for 10 of 12 months of the year and it's always an exciting experience if you're lucky to see them close up while swimming or boating.
Dolphin Bay is thankfully still a real insider's secret!
Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park:
The largest fresh water marsh in Thailand
Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park was declared as the first coastal park in Thailand in 1966. The name Khao Sam Roi Yot translates as "Three Hundred Mountain Peaks", describing the series of magnificent gray limestone mountains which rise dramatically from the Gulf of Thailand.
The park offers fine, sandy beaches, spectacular caves, superb mountain viewpoints, offshore islands, forest trails, boat excursions, and estuarine and mangrove habitats, all within a relatively small area.
The largest fresh water marsh in Thailand
The wooded mountain peaks make it a site of unique natural beauty; however it is the fresh water marsh and coastal habitats that give the park its ecological significance. Thung Sam Roi Yot, the largest freshwater marsh in Thailand, is home to over 300 species of birds, and a large number of amphibians, reptiles and small mammals. The world conservation Union (IUCN) has recognized these fragile wetlands as a site of global importance.
