[Ko Tapu] James Bond Island in Phang Nga Bay

▷▷▷ Travel in Thailand [Ko Tapu] James Bond Island in Phang Nga Bay - Attractions Nearby Phuket

 

Travel in Thailand [Ko Tapu] James Bond Island in Phang Nga Bay - Attractions Nearby Phuket

James Bond Island is a famous landmark in Phang Nga Bay. He first found its place on the international tourist map due to its leading role in the James Bond film "The Man with the Golden Gun". A peculiarity of this famous bay is the number of steep limestone cliffs protruding vertically out of the emerald green water.

The weird, why-do-it-drop across the contour James Bond Island and Koh Tapu (Nail Island, which means in Thai) is located near the Ghan also known Koh Ping (sometimes spell 'Ping Gan "or" Ping gun "). Region around the island is indeed spectacular, but it can get crowded with tourist boats during the peak season.

Ko Tapu , James Bond Island Highlights

Phang Nga Bay covers an area of ​​400sqkm and is home to approximately 100 islands, many of which could be included in the Guinness Book of World Records, both for their beauty or for their capricious. James Bond Island, with its signature rocky outcrop, has been a major attraction since its 1974 in the Bond film. Fortunately, it is under the protection of national parks and consequently no boats of all types are allowed to go too close to the island because of its precarious situation - big on top and relatively thin at the bottom. The two best ways to see James Bond Island are boats or small beach of Koh Ping Ghan.

Koh Ping Ghan is another example of how Mother Nature works her magic. In essence, it is a rock that has high bend some small caves inside. It 'pretty amazing and fun to check them all. On its eastern beach crowded, there are stalls and stalls selling souvenir trinket, mostly made ​​of shells and wood.

James Bond Island is a famous landmark in Phang Nga Bay

 

  Good to Know about James Bond Island

This area is a popular destination for sailing and kayaking. Most tour of James Bond Island combined with a visit to the other islands popular and usually include a stop for a lunch of seafood in the picturesque Koh Panyee - a fishing village near stilts Muslim. While tourism businesses in the hands of general requirements for a plastic bag to protect your camera, it is much better to take a camera quick lock waterproof bag.

If you want more freedom, you can hire a longtail boat Surakul Pier in Phang Nga for less than 2,000 baht for three or four good hours. The boat can carry up to ten people.