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What to do and see in Ko Lanta, Krabi Province: The Best Hidden Gems Things to do
The dive sites surrounding Ko Lanta are considered to be some of Thailand’s finest. An intricate system of reefs, islets, and underwater caves are teeming with vibrant sea life. While you splash in the waves you may catch a glimpse of a Moken (sea gypsy) boat, gliding nomadically through the waters. Cap off your day with mouthwatering seafood, freshly caught and spicy enough to make your tongue tingle.
Restaurants in Ko Lanta
1. Blue Planet Divers
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5.0 based on 712 reviews
Blue Planet Divers offers SCUBA Diving (Courses and Guided Dives), snorkeling and is the only center offering Freediving courses on the beautiful island of Koh Lanta. We are able to provide two different daily diving locations with our two boats. Our large and spacious big boat is perfect to spend a nice chill out day to meet new friends or stay in family and also to get full diving lessons. We are the only one which offer three dives by fast catamaran to the farther and best sites around Koh Lanta. Our highly experienced and friendly team members are multi-lingual speaking, French, English, Swedish, German and Dutch. Blue Planet Divers's best value is small ratio teaching because our first concern is high standards learning. Come and join our crew for your next trip!
2. Lanta Animal Welfare
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5.0 based on 3,405 reviews
Please see revised opening hours due to COVID-19. Lanta Animal Welfare (LAW) a non-profit organization based on Ko Lanta. LAW's objective is to rehabilitate suffering and sick animals on the island through sterilisation and care. LAW also provides mobile clinics and education support to the wider community. LAW is open to visitors every day from 9am to 5pm. Please come and join one of our regular, uplifting and motivational ‘Behind The Scenes Tour’ which our volunteer staff happily provide. Our rescued dogs need exercising daily, visitors with substantial dog handling experience are gratefully welcomed to help us at 9am. Enjoy socializing with our cute rescued cats in Kitty City and have a bite to eat or a refreshing drink in the WiFi Kitty Cafe. Browse our Kitty Shop for a souvenir. Our major sponsor is Time For Lime Cooking School, Restaurant and Bar, (opens 5.30pm) without their valuable support we would not be here.
Reviewed By sarafrilot
I can’t recommend visiting Lanta Animal Welfare enough! We weren’t sure what the center would be like in the low season (most of the rest of the island is a ghost town) but the second we walked in, we were warmly greeted by a volunteer named Kelly who got us signed up to take some puppies on a walk and take a tour of the facilities. While we waited, we got to cuddle with all the friendly cats in their “cat city” and chat with Kelly about they work they do there. Dog walking was really fun — we got to walk two super energetic pups and the volunteers that walked with us were friendly and eager to chat with us. They also had mosquito repellant that they offered us as we walked through part of the woods. After dog walking, Kelly gave us a full tour of the facilities and talked in great detail about every space, dog, and activity that went on at the center. She was super knowledgeable and communicated an incredible amount of info while keeping it engaging and interesting — not an easy feat, as it was POURING rain for most of the tour. After the tour, she let everyone know what they could do to support the center’s efforts, both monetarily and not. I can’t stress enough what a great time we had at the center and how much anyone coming to Thailand should come visit! Learning about their mission and cuddling kittens were both highlights of our entire Thailand trip.
3. Cheeky Monkey Bar
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5.0 based on 149 reviews
Lively bar and grill with a friendly island atmosphere. Australian and Thai owners that endevour to provide patrons with a local home pub type feeling. Serving up talk of the town awesome value meals. Friday night live music all year round is a real crowd pleaser along with a free pool table and great tunes all help to add that special touch for visitors and locals alike. Known as the biggest little bar on Koh Lanta we welcome all to drop bye and feel at home.
Reviewed By GenghisandOtherOne - Somerset, United Kingdom
This is just about the only genuine bar in the locality, and we had a great time hanging around here. Always a cheery welcome from the staff, especially the bar manager. Good music playing (and Steve, the owner, does take requests) Live music on Fridays and the band are very enthusiastic and friendly guys. My holiday drink was a Margarita, and they were all very well made and the prices for drinks generally was on a par with everywhere else. Steve the owner is a friendly guy. We really enjoyed ourselves here!
4. Lanta Parklife
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5.0 based on 40 reviews
18 hole mini golf course, freshwater fishing park, petanque (boule) pitch and a bar and restaurant are the main attractions when visiting this beautiful oasis tucked away in the mangroves on Ko Lanta. Fun for all ages
Reviewed By D4875KEmarcw - Boblingen, Germany
We really liked the our stay there. Very friendly owner and crew plus awesome lakes and sourrounding. You can have some relaxed hours at the lake while fishing (I caught 2 fish in 2 hours). They have different fish in the lakes, and with some luck you can catch a real fighter. They offer simple rods, not the newest rods out there, but they do their job. If you want they also offer Minigolf and food for the whole family. Food was very tasty and super fair prices. 10/10.
5. Cooking with Mon
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5.0 based on 371 reviews
Cook like a local and eat like a local, with the knowledgeable and charismatic Mon. Classes are small, maximum 6 students, and together you design your favorite menu. Cooking with Mon is for everyone, young and old and even people who are not into cooking rate Cooking with Mon as one of the highlights of their holiday. You are not just cooking, you are spending a wonderful day with friends eating and having fun and without even noticing, you also learn a lot. Class is also very suitable for vegetarian, vegans and older children (from +/- 8 years). Classes cost 1500 baht per person and you will be cooking everything from scratch. Mon will introduce you to all the herbs, spices and Thai flavours. He doesn't just introduce you to a recipe but helps you develop 'a feeling' for Thai food. You will prepare three of your own favourite dishes, the way you like it (but of course Mon will always try to push you to add more chillies...) and finish the day with an additional delicious Thai dessert. We start the day at 11 am and cook until we are done, between 3-5 pm, depends on the dishes. At the end of the class you will receive a pdf file with all the recipes Mon has ever taught, so you can continue to experiment with Thai food back home. We are located in a little fisherman village south of the pier in Old Town. You will have a real authentic local experience surrounded by playing children, chicken and fishermen.
Reviewed By Alexandra8891
Cooking with Mon was really great! I can confirm that Mon is a really fun and great teacher :) It was an authentic & delicious Thai food we cooked (everyone on his own) and now I know the secret ingredients ;)
6. Khao Mai Kaew Cave
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4.5 based on 308 reviews
Reviewed By A6692XEbenf - Temecula, United States
This is one of the best experiences in Koh Lanta. Our guide was great and showed us all the tricky spots. I would suggest you be in decent shape for this. There are some very tight spots and it is somewhat challenging. It is a great trek through the jungle and the cave is seriously impressive; spiders, bats, crickets and impressive cave formations. Just awesome!
