The Surprising World of the Similan Islands of Thailand

Among the most beautiful and most popular islands of Thailand, the Similan Islands are rightly considered to be the best place to relax. This very popular among lovers of recreation place is an archipelago of 9 small islands. Their luxury beaches are called some of the best in Thailand.

A few years ago, the Similans even attracted the attention of the Royal Family itself, and after that a whole program of activities was developed to preserve the wonderful nature of the Similan Islands, which almost received the status of a national treasure of Thailand. Therefore, now the care of nature is in fact the cornerstone.

Similan Islands are rightly famous among lovers of lazy beach, and among fans of outdoor activities. For some, they are valuable and attractive with wonderful beaches, numbered among the best in the world, while others are attracted by excellent snorkeling and truly luxurious conditions for diving. Those who were lucky enough to rest on Similan, compare their coast with the best beaches of the Dominican Republic, and crystal clear water and amazingly soft sand - with luxurious and largely unsurpassed Maldives. These small nine islands of Thailand are called UNESCO one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

A great impression for travelers is the fact that almost each of the islands is not like the other. On the western side of the islands, facing the mainland, dominated by rocky slopes and huge stones. The winds turned this coast into a poor vegetation and dotted with a bizarre boulder-shaped terrain. But the east coast is famous for its glorious chic beaches and picturesque and densely populated with all underwater living coral reefs. But not only in the water waits for you local inhabitants - on the shore and in the thickets you can see really rare and exotic birds, the environments of which are the sea eagle, kingfisher and a very rare horned pigeon.

The Similan Islands are among the top ten places on earth, where it is best to dive and snorkel. One of the first divers near the Similan Islands was the founder of underwater travel with scuba traveler Jacques-Yves Cousteau, immediately marveled at the abundance and diversity of the local underwater world.

To say that the underwater world of the Similan Islands is rich and surprising is almost nothing to say. It seems that the huge marine inhabitants, who, incidentally, are quite harmless and very friendly, as if they are deliberately waiting for experienced divers and ordinary tourists who decided to just swim with a mask. In the water divers and snorkelers can meet with large slopes, very nice sea turtles, not at all nice moray eels, and maybe, if lucky and will allow nerves, even with whale sharks.

And around you at this time will simply be walking around an unthinkable amount of beautiful tropical fish. Here, with a high degree of probability, you can see sea devils, leopard and reef sharks, Napoleon fish, and many other amazing underwater inhabitants, but the diversity Simply teeming around you "trifles paunchy" Similan Islands will far outrun any of the other islands of Thailand.

It sounds tempting, does not it? But in any case it is impossible to do without even a small spoonful of tar - everywhere there are minuses, even minor ones. On the Similan Islands, such disadvantages are the large number of tourists flooding the islands all year round. No, you can not say that there is nowhere to literally go (the tour to Similan does not belong to the cheapest ones), but there are more than tourists in abundance, and many can not help but strain it. So, when planning to go on vacation, be sure to take this circumstance into account.

But still, despite such a shortcoming, the Similan Islands definitely deserve a visit before all the other remarkable islands of Thailand.