Six islands around Koh Lipe, ranked by how often the Koh Lipe guides that rank on Google name them, from Koh Adang across the channel to the snorkeling stops at Koh Rawi and Koh Hin Ngam and the small islands you can kayak to from Sunrise Beach.
Koh Lipe is the base for every island here, and all but Koh Bulon Leh are inside Tarutao National Marine Park. Koh Adang is across the channel by longtail, Koh Rawi and Hin Ngam are stops on the shared longtail snorkeling trips, and Koh Usen and Koh Kla are close enough to Sunrise Beach to reach by kayak. Koh Bulon Leh is the exception, an island to stay on rather than visit for the day. I've ranked them by how many of the Koh Lipe guides on Google include each one.
The big jungle island across the channel from Koh Lipe, with the Chado Cliff viewpoint over both islands, a waterfall and national park camping. A longtail from Sunrise Beach takes 10 to 20 minutes, or you can kayak in about an hour.
A long beach with hammocks and swings and clear water, a stop on most longtail snorkeling trips. Go early, before the tour boats. The park can close it in the wet season.
The island of smooth black stones, a stop on the longtail snorkeling trips. Leave the stones where they are; the legend says anyone who takes one has bad luck until it's returned.
The tiny island a few hundred meters off Sunrise Beach, close enough to kayak to for snorkeling. Watch the currents.
A small island just off Sunrise Beach that you can kayak to, with a twin beach and a short trail to a viewpoint.
Not a day trip but the island north of Lipe on the high-season speedboat route, small and car-free, for a few quiet days before or after Lipe.
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Yes. Everyone pays the ฿200 park fee on arrival (฿100 for children), in cash, and it covers the islands. Keep the ticket, because it's checked at Hin Ngam on the snorkeling trips.
Shared longtail trips cost about ฿600–800 a person. The inner trip usually stops at Jabang's soft corals, Hin Ngam's stones, Koh Yang and Koh Adang, with lunch on Koh Rawi, in about six hours.
Some of them. The park can close the outer islands, including Koh Rawi and Hin Ngam, in the wet season, and how much closes changes from year to year. Check with the tour desks on Lipe before you book.
