Hat Phra Ae

Ko Lanta


A large travellers’ village, with restaurants oriented to Western tastes, beach bars and tour offices, has grown up along sandy Hat Phra Ae. The beach has suffered erosion and is getting extremely thin on the southern end, but there's a nice stretch on its northern flank.


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