Prior to 1943, Koh Tao was uninhabited. At that time, the island was a jungle with an abundance of turtles and big flocks of pied imperial and Nicobar pigeons…
Koh Tao can be visited all year round, there is always somewhere calm should the weather be windy on one of the coasts. Conditions are changeable…
Flora on the island consists of four main types 1. Dry evergreen forest 2. Mixed deciduous forest 3. Dry evergreen forest with the ‘Koi Naam’ tree 4. Beach Forest…
The only way of getting to Koh Tao is by boat travelling from the mainland out of Chumphon and Surat Thani or from the islands of Koh Samui and Koh Phangan…
Koh Tao is a small island and it’s possible to walk about and explore most of it in 3–4 days. The roads here are about 80% concrete, and the remainder is dirt track…
There are numerous choices of private clinics on Koh Tao as well as the ‘Koh Tao Health Centre’. There are only a few resident physicians…