Santhiya Koh Phangan Resort & Spa
Thong Nai Pan
Upmarket waterfront resort with a private beach, a spa & a pool, plus terrace dining & a bar.
Check prices on Trip.com → 9.7° N · Gulf of Thailand · Surat Thani
Koh Phangan, Thailand — stays, beaches, restaurants, wellness & the Full Moon Party
You arrive
by water.
There is no airport, only the ferry — and the crossing becomes part of it, the mainland thinning behind you as the island settles into view.
Dom Sila viewpoint · Koh Phangan · photo via Google
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The island
Gulf of Thailand · ~100 km off the mainland
Half the island is jungle and waterfall; the other half learned, long ago, how to heal a tired body.
Koh Phangan is famous for one night a month. The rest of the time it is one of the world’s great wellness islands — detox sanctuaries above Haad Tien, yoga schools in Sri Thanu, and barefoot-luxury resorts on the quiet bays of the north. This is the considered version: the real places, the real ratings, none of the noise.
The index
Explore every corner
354 places →
Hotels & Stays
Beachfront resorts, boutique hideaways, jungle villas.
45 places →
Wellness & Retreats
213 places →
Restaurants
191 places →
Tours & Activities
18 places →
Nomad Life
Every listing is a real place with live Google ratings, reviews and photos — snapshot updated 15 June 2026.
The neighbourhoods
Find your corner of the island
Sri Thanu
Yoga practitioners, wellness travellers and the conscious-living crowd who want to settle in, eat well and slow down rather than party.
Haad Rin
Best for partygoers, backpackers and social travellers who want to be in the middle of the Full Moon scene.
Thong Nai Pan
Couples, families and anyone wanting a calm, beautiful beach base and willing to trade nightlife and easy access for it.
Chaloklum
Divers, seafood lovers, and travellers wanting a quiet, authentic fishing-village base away from the party scene.
20 beaches
Find your beach
Haad Yao
Swimming
Haad Yao is a long, gently curving stretch of white sand on Koh Phangan's west coast, with calm, swimmable water through high season and a fringing reef offshore.
Koh Ma
Snorkelling
Koh Ma is a tiny uninhabited islet off Mae Haad on Koh Phangan's northwest tip, reached on foot across a sandbar at low tide.
Zen Beach
Sunsets
Zen Beach is the northern end of Haad Chao Phao near Sri Thanu on the west coast — a laid-back sunset spot famous for its drum and fire circles.
Bottle Beach
Seclusion
Bottle Beach is Koh Phangan's most cut-off stretch of sand: a wide north-coast bay with no road in, reachable only by taxi-boat from Chaloklum or a sweaty jungle hike.
Browse by coast
Chaloklum · Bottle Beach · Coral Bay
North coast
Quiet coves, boat-only Bottle Beach and the best shore-snorkelling at Haad Khom. Koh Phangan’s most secluded arc.
Explore →Sri Thanu · Haad Yao · Haad Salad
West coast
Sunset-facing bays, the island’s yoga and wellness heartland in Sri Thanu, and long swimmable stretches at Haad Yao.
Explore →Thong Nai Pan · Haad Sadet · Haad Tien
East coast
Thong Nai Pan’s sheltered horseshoe bays — the island’s most rewarding resort setting — plus boat-access seclusion at Haad Tien.
Explore →Haad Rin · Ban Tai · Thong Sala
South coast
The Full Moon Party beach at Haad Rin, the island’s main ferry pier at Thong Sala, and Ban Tai’s long kitesurfing shore.
Explore →Find your trip
All 14 types → New to the island First Timers Independently Solo Women alone Solo Female For two Couples Just married Honeymoon With kids Families Working remotely Digital Nomads A month or more Long Stays Travelling light Backpackers Spending carefully Budget No compromises Luxury Over 40s & 50s Mature Travellers Coming together Groups Celebrate here Weddings
Plan by month
All 12 months → Barefoot luxury
The north bays · Sri Thanu Where to lay your head
Highest rated on the island
Kupu Kupu Phangan
★ 4.8 · 1,251 reviews
Upmarket beachfront hotel with Thai styling, plus an outdoor pool, an open-air restaurant & a spa.
Nai Wok
Anantara Rasananda Koh Phangan Villas
Thong Nai Pan
Sophisticated resort with 2 restaurants, direct beach access & a bar, plus 2 outdoor pools & a spa.
Check prices on Trip.com →Panviman Resort
Thong Nai Pan
Refined hotel with elegant rooms, plus free breakfast, an open-air restaurant & an outdoor pool.
Check prices on Trip.com →Cocohut Beach Resort
Resort hotel
Upmarket seaside resort offering luxe rooms & villas, plus refined dining, a pool & a posh spa.
Check prices on Trip.com →Explorar Koh Phangan - Adults Only Resort (16+)
Hotel
Sleek beachfront resort with an airy restaurant, an outdoor pool & a swim-up bar, plus a gym.
Check prices on Trip.com →Sarikantang
Resort hotel
Laid-back getaway offering casual quarters, plus 2 outdoor pools, a restaurant & a beachfront spa.
Check prices on Trip.com →Bayshore Resort
Ban Tai
Casual rooms & villas in an informal hotel with a beach-view restaurant & a poolside bar.
Check prices on Trip.com →Milky Bay Resort
Ban Tai
Casual rooms, some with kitchenettes, in a laid-back beach resort with a pool, a restaurant & a bar.
Check prices on Trip.com → Beyond the resort
The wild island
Half of Koh Phangan is protected jungle — waterfalls the Thai kings carved their initials beside, a turquoise sandbar you can walk at low tide, and a 627-metre summit with the whole Gulf at your feet.
Bottle Beach
Beach
Namtok Than Sadet National Park
National park
Phaeng Noi Waterfall
Tourist attraction
Khao Ra
Nature preserve
Mae Haad Beach
Tourist attraction
Wat Phu Khao Noi
Buddhist temple
Haad Rin
Beach
Secret Beach
Beach
Haad Yao
Nature
Salad Beach
Beach
Chaloklum Beach
Scenic spot
Kuan Yin Temple (Chinese Temple)
Place of worship
What’s on · by the moon The next Full Moon Party
See the full calendar →
The next Full Moon Party
Friday 31 July.
See the full calendar → - 28 Jul Jungle Experience Ban Tai
- 31 Jul Full Moon Party Haad Rin
- 31 Jul Full Moon Sound Healing Sri Thanu
- 07 Aug Half Moon Festival Ban Tai
Retreats & trainings · coming up Yoga, detox & meditation
Yoga, detox & meditation
on the island.
Koh Phangan runs one of Asia's deepest retreat calendars — 3-day breathwork intensives, Vipassana sittings and 200-hour yoga teacher trainings. Real venues, confirmed dates.
Full retreat calendar → The guides
Start planning
Itinerary · 8 min
All Koh Phangan guides → 3 Perfect Days on Koh Phangan
A first-timer's three-day plan for Koh Phangan: a slow beach-and-massage arrival, a jungle-and-waterfall adventure day with great food, and a wellness morning that can end at the Full Moon Party if the calendar lines up.
Practical guide · 6 minThe Best Time to Visit Koh Phangan
When to go to Koh Phangan, month by month: the dry, sunny window, the hot stretch, the monsoon, and how the monthly Full Moon Party shifts crowds and prices. Pick the season that matches your trip.
Itinerary · 9 minA 7-Day Wellness Reset on Koh Phangan
A gentle week-long wellness reset based around Sri Thanu: daily yoga, a detox or cleanse option, breathwork, massage and spa, sound healing, and plant-forward food, arranged as an unhurried arrival-to-integration arc.
Best of · 8 minBest Beaches on Koh Phangan
Koh Phangan's fourteen named beaches divide sharply by purpose: snorkelling reefs, west-coast sunsets, family-friendly shallows, boat-only seclusion and the Full Moon Party sand. Here's which beach to choose for your trip.
Field notes
From the Journal
June 2026 · 6 min
Where to Stay on Koh Phangan
A neighbourhood-by-neighbourhood guide to picking the right bay.
June 2026 · 6 min
The Honest Full Moon Party Guide
When it’s on, what it costs, how to stay safe — and where to sleep it off.
May 2026 · 6 min
A Digital Nomad’s Guide to Koh Phangan
Wifi, coworking, and the rhythm of island work life.
“There are islands you visit, and islands that rearrange you. Koh Phangan is the second kind.”
Good to know
Koh Phangan, answered
- What is Koh Phangan known for? +
- Koh Phangan, in the Gulf of Thailand, is famous for the monthly Full Moon Party at Haad Rin — and increasingly as one of Asia’s leading wellness islands, with detox retreats, yoga schools around Sri Thanu, jungle waterfalls and quiet white-sand bays.
- Where do people stay on Koh Phangan for wellness and yoga? +
- The wellness scene centres on Haad Tien — home to The Sanctuary — and the Sri Thanu area on the west coast, where retreats such as Orion Healing, Samma Karuna and Wonderland are based.
- What are the best luxury resorts on Koh Phangan? +
- The most highly rated upscale resorts cluster on the quiet northern bays of Thong Nai Pan — Anantara Rasananda, Santhiya and Panviman — alongside Kupu Kupu Phangan on the west coast.
- How do you get to Koh Phangan? +
- Koh Phangan has no airport; it is reached by ferry, most commonly from Koh Samui (about 30 minutes) or from the Surat Thani mainland.
- When is the Full Moon Party? +
- The Full Moon Party takes place once a month, on or around the night of the full moon, on Haad Rin beach at the island’s southern tip.
Plan your island
Tell us how you want to feel.
Detox or deep rest, a yoga month or a quiet villa on the north shore — tell us, and we’ll point you to the right corner of the island. No noise, no obligation.