Travel Information Guide

            Koh Samet to be stand on Tambon Pae, Muaeng District, Rayang Province was to remain from Ban Pae shore about 6.5 Km., status of Kho Samat have ridge to be long to range from body of island north to arrive south part west shore of island is high cliff and steep slope to east shore have a curved beach to do born beautiful beach various places that majority will to be in north side and west side of Koh Samet.

            Koh Samet is important to literary worth of history. In origin period of Rattanakosin city so to appear in Thai literature into poetry of singular poet name Suntonpu, through Kho Samet  to get portion noun in poetry to reproach “glass strange island”, which that will have inventor from sandy beach on Koh Samet have white just the same as glass to be in general all right.

            Part the factor have name is Koh Samet  because here island have many white Samet trees and red Samet trees to rise, the villager use to a torch lights to do this island to get name Koh Samet from this factor. The appearances of Koh Samet have the character to be triangle about length 6 km. The faction wide of island is width about 3 km. the faction narrowest to be in Ao Kewnok, Ao Kewnai part about width 100 m.

            From Ban Pea have travel boat to cross to Koh Samet, can to disembark from three ports, the travel rate about 20 - 50 baht (one - way). To ought to check travel rate to be many ports, will can to save. If come to group (10 people) can to by all the boat in 700 - 800 baht.

            Travel boat at Ban Pea to start since 08.00 am. To 17.00 pm. The boat leaves every hour at Sala pier. Part the traveler to want to rent a boat from Koh Samet go to varied island such as Talu island, Koh Keow island , Kruy island, Kam island, Pratee island the small boat to sit 7 person to since rate 1,500 - 2,000 bath to take time about 4 - 6 hours.

            On the Koh Samet don’t have waterway about 80% of area to be mountain and forest to stand the pond, that the present it dry to transform the land about 4.5 ranches have name Anodard swamp.

            Weather character on Koh Samet to generally is cool all along year not hot not cold, the rainy season to begin over since May - September in May time here the storm and many sea breeze, in August have to be plentiful it rains.

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