Koh Lanta Island

Koh Lanta Island

The beautiful island off  Thailand has become home to a sea gypsy ancient race with their own language & confidence .
Some time ago the Thai fishermen and farmers all now live happily together. Backpackers and divers returned to find Germany - Koh Lanta ( or Lanta Island, Ko Lanta ) in Thailand dozen years ago, and the island has been gradually moving from the unknown and can not be but through the discovery of the Scandinavian family bungalow resort offers a variety of plants with facilities of the 20th century to the present. Most small resort , with 30 to 50 bungalows or less .
This is a beautiful island beaches to the west, with magical sunsets and verdant forests . This is an island people come back to , again and again. A place where it's always around 30 degrees at any time will be quickly forgotten , where you can spend hours watching the antics kelomang .
Timeless magic that makes the island so special can not be broken by a few modern conveniences. Most of the long beach area is divided into small pieces
District , located about 70 km from Krabi , consists of three large islands . The first, Ko Klang , separated from the mainland by a small river ( Klong ) and road bridge , and is often mistakenly considered as part of the mainland province of Krabi. Of the two remaining islands are larger, largest, more compact Ko Lanta Yai ( generally known simply as Ko Lanta ) and the smaller Ko Lanta , along with 50 other small islands form the 52 - island Mu Koh Lanta National Park. The largest island ( Ko Lanta Yai ) has 9 attractive white sandy beach running around the west coast , beautiful scenery and lots of forests , and ancient rainforest . Geography island usually mangroves, coral -rimmed beaches , and rugged tree covered hills. A popular tourist destination , the islands are known for long , sandy beaches and scuba diving .
In 2012 construction began on the bridge to link the growing Ko Lanta Yai, Ko Lanta with less developed , expected to open in 2014. This is expected to lead to a gradual expansion of tourist facilities in Ko Lanta in the future.
Nuea Khlong District neighbor to the northwest and Khlong Thom to the northeast and east . Meanwhile , the rest of the side is surrounded by the Andaman Sea .
134 km ² of the district 's Mu Ko Lanta National Park , which was established in 1990 as the 62nd national park of Thailand .