Phang Nga Bay: map

13 places with verified coordinates · 4 with photo

Bookable in the park · 2

Day trip from Phuket · 7–8 hours · Viator
From Phuket: canoeing into the hongs and James Bond Island by big boat ↗Start on the map
Afternoon & evening · canoe · Viator
Afternoon canoeing into the hongs, James Bond Island without the crowds and glowing plankton ↗Start on the map

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Viewpoints

Samet Nang ChiViewpoint, outside the park

Mountains & rock

Khao KhianRock with ancient paintings
Ko TapuRock spike off Khao Phing Kan
Ko Thalu and Tham LotCanoeing through the rock

Trails

Ao Phang Nga mangrove trailNature trail on the mainland

Arrival

Ko Panyi PierVillage landing

Surroundings

Ao Po Pier (Phuket)Pier on Phuket, outside the park
Ko PanyiStilt village beneath a rock
Tha Dan PierPier on the north shore, outside the park

Water · "James Bond Island"

Khao Phing Kan

Two limestone rocks leaning against each other, which is exactly what the name says. Landing point for most tours.

Two rocks leaning together and a nail in the water.

Known as: James Bond Island
Film: "The Man with the Golden Gun", 1974
Ko Tapu: from the shore or a boat only

Phang Nga Bay tours: canoe, big boat, evening trip

Khao Phing Kan and Ko Tapu

Boats land on the beach of Khao Phing Kan; from there you see the rock spike Ko Tapu, which appears in the 1974 Bond film "The Man with the Golden Gun".

Viator: canoe tour from Phuket with itinerary Ko Panak, Ko Hong, Khao Phing Kan (evidence for the offer) ↗

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Mountains & rock · Rock spike off Khao Phing Kan

Ko Tapu

The slender rock tower that is thinner at the bottom than at the top. You only see it from the shore or a boat.

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Surroundings · Stilt village beneath a rock

Ko Panyi

A fishing village on stilts in front of a limestone wall; lunch stop on many tours.

A village on stilts in the middle of the national park.

Location: in the north of the bay
Surroundings: mangroves
For tours: lunch stop

Phang Nga Bay tours: canoe, big boat, evening trip

Ko Panyi, the village on stilts

The fishing village lies inside the park, in front of a limestone wall; many tours stop here for lunch. Mangroves grow around the village.

DNP, 1 Feb 2026: waste in the mangroves near Ko Panyi, dump site closed (Thai) ↗

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Arrival · Village landing

Ko Panyi Pier

Boats moor here at the stilt village.

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Water · Island with caves and hongs

Ko Panak

You paddle through caves into the island's interior, to lagoons and mangroves.

Caves, mangroves and several hongs on one island.

Experience: canoeing through caves
Inside: lagoons and mangroves
Approach: first stop on many tours

Phang Nga Bay tours: canoe, big boat, evening trip

Canoeing into the hongs

The canoe tours lead through caves and mangroves on Ko Panak and into a lagoon enclosed by rock on all sides on Ko Hong.

Viator: canoe tour from Phuket with itinerary Ko Panak, Ko Hong, Khao Phing Kan (evidence for the offer) ↗

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Water · Island with a lagoon

Ko Hong

The name means "room island": a lagoon enclosed by rock on all sides.

The "room" in the rock: a lagoon behind a cave.

Hong: Thai for "room"
Access: by canoe only
Neighbour: Ko Na Khae

Visiting Phang Nga Bay: Ao Phang Nga National Park

The hongs: lagoons inside the rock

The experience the bay is known for: by canoe through low caves into the lagoons inside Ko Panak and Ko Hong.

Viator: canoe tour from Phuket with itinerary Ko Panak, Ko Hong, Khao Phing Kan (evidence for the offer) ↗

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Water · Island with a beach

Ko Na Khae

Swimming stop on some canoe tours, near Ko Hong.

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Mountains & rock · Canoeing through the rock

Ko Thalu and Tham Lot

A group of islands west of Khao Phing Kan, with rock passages that canoes paddle through.

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Mountains & rock · Rock with ancient paintings

Khao Khian

The "painted mountain" near Ko Panyi with rock paintings on the wall.

Nature: mangroves, limestone cliffs and seagrass

Rock paintings more than a thousand years old

Besides nature, the Ramsar information sheet names archaeological sites with paintings more than a thousand years old.

Ramsar Sites Information Service: Pang Nga Bay Marine National Park, Site 1185 ↗

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Trails · Nature trail on the mainland

Ao Phang Nga mangrove trail

Boardwalk through the mangroves on the north shore of the bay, near Tha Dan Pier.

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Surroundings · Pier on the north shore, outside the park

Tha Dan Pier

Departure point for longtail boats into the bay, not far from Phang Nga town.

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Surroundings · Pier on Phuket, outside the park

Ao Po Pier (Phuket)

Most big-boat and canoe tours from Phuket into the bay start here.

Guided from here · Ad

Day trip from Phuket · 7–8 hours From Phuket: canoeing into the hongs and James Bond Island by big boat ↗
Afternoon & evening · canoe Afternoon canoeing into the hongs, James Bond Island without the crowds and glowing plankton ↗

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Viewpoint · Viewpoint, outside the park

Samet Nang Chi

A hill on the west shore of the bay overlooking the islands, popular at sunrise.

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