KOH MOOK ISLAND & RESORT GUIDE
Welcome to Koh Mook Island - a serene tropical island paradise in The Andaman Sea. Koh Mook is located not far from Koh Lanta in Thailand's Krabi Province. Koh Mook also known as Muuk Island is famous for it's idyllic white sandy beachs, crystal clear water and all round excellent resorts.







Traveler's Tale from Koh Mook
Koh Mook is everything you'd expect from a tiny tropical island retreat: there are only a few places to stay (four or five on the small main beach called Hat Farang) so it doesn't feel at all crowded; the water is as clear as you could wish - even better than Koh Lanta it turns out; and there is even a bit of light snorkeling to be had around the rocks at the northern end.

We spent our time on Koh Mook reading on the porch of our simple wooden beach bungalow, swimming in the sea and playing Russian roulette with the choice of restaurant.

On the second full day on the island we took a longtail boat trip to the Emerald Cave. The cave reputedly forms part of Alex Garner's inspiration for The Beach. (It's well known that Koh Phi Phi - also on the Andaman side of the double-coast stretch of Thailand - was used as the beach setting for the film version of The Beach and also that the waterfall sequence in the movie was filmed in Khao Yai National Park - even though in the book Garner places the location of the eponymous beach on the Gulf side. It's less well known that the hidden in-land beach on Koh Mook, which can only be reached by swimming through a sea-facing cave, was the inspiration for The Beach's alternative access point. But I digress; now that the non film-buffs are fast asleep, I'll continue).

The in-land beach was pretty stunning and worth the few worried moments we'd experienced to get there. A chimney of lush forested rock walls about 200 meters high lead straight up to the sky above. Beneath it the cave exit opened onto a small sandy beach on which the sea water gently lapped. We enjoyed the tranquility for a quarter of an hour or so and then our guide got ready to lead us back out....



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