HAT NAI YANG

The long curved sweep of HAT NAI YANG, despite also being part of the Sirinath National Park, 5km south of Hat Mai Khao and 30km north of Phuket town, has become fairly developed, albeit in a relatively low-key way, with around thirty open-air restaurant and small bars set up along the beachfront road and the track that run off it, tour agency, transport rental, mini-markets and internet center. The beach is a pleasant place to while away a few hours, ideally around lunch or dinner time when you can browse the restaurant menus at leisure – barbecued seafood and wood fired pizzas are the local specialties. The very popular Sunday pastime with local Thai families is eating out here in the shade of the trees that run along the bay. The beach is fairly clean and fine for swimming, shallow reef about 1km offshore from the national park headquarters, which are a 15 minuets walk north of the tourist village. The recommended place where you should visit when you’re staying here is Thachatchai Nature Trail, more convenient if you have own transport.