Ao Phrao Beach

Ao Phrao is the southernmost of Koh Kood's main west-coast bays, a long shoreline of white sand and clear, calm water at the bottom end of the island. Several of its reviewers rate it the best beach on Koh Kood, and it's where people ride down for the sunset, which Khlong Hin, the next bay north, doesn't get.

Two resorts sit on the beach, with a few swings and chairs to sit on, but there aren't many restaurants, so plenty of people eat elsewhere. The thing recent reviewers mention most is litter. Plastic washes up at high tide and several complain about trash along the shoreline, so it can look scruffy after a high tide.

Wat Ao Phrao, the village temple, is just behind the beach. It's the furthest south of the beaches, so you're a scooter ride from Klong Chao's restaurants, and it's at its best in the dry season from November to April, when the sea is calm. Our Koh Kood travel guide has every beach on the island.