Ko Ngai
A small island that belongs to Krabi Province but is most easily reached by boat from the Trang coast. It is known for long white beaches and for the diving and snorkelling on the reefs just offshore.
- Where
- Trang, Krabi, Thailand
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 7.4111, 99.2042
Get the Ko Ngai stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Ko Ngai. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Krabi volume with your photos and a note.
Near Ko Ngai
Ko Muk 11 km
An island off the Trang coast best known for the Emerald Cave, a sea cave that you swim through in the dark to reach a hidden lagoon and beach enclosed by cliffs. The rest of the island is fishing villages, rubber trees and quiet sand.
Ko Kradan 12 km
A small island off the Trang coast with white sand beaches and water so clear the coral reef shows from the surface. Most of it lies within Hat Chao Mai National Park, and it is often counted among the most beautiful islands in Trang.
Ko Lanta 26 km
The main island of the Lanta archipelago, lying in the Andaman Sea between the Phi Phi Islands and the Krabi mainland. A string of long, quiet beaches runs down its west coast, and together with neighbouring Ko Lanta Noi it makes up a district of its own.
Ko Libong 28 km
The largest of the islands off Trang, lying near the mouth of the river at Kantang. Its shallow seagrass beds are among the few places in Thailand where dugongs still graze, and fishing villages line its shores.
Ko Jum 51 km
A quiet island about 25 kilometres south of Krabi town, with three villages and a slow pace of life. Also known as Ko Pu, it has beaches face west across the Andaman Sea.
Ko Sukon 54 km
A quiet island in the Andaman Sea off Trang, in Palian district, home to about 3,000 people, most of them Muslim. Both of its names, Sukon in Thai and Mu, mean pig.
Maya Bay 57 km
A cove on Ko Phi Phi Le, enclosed on three sides by sheer limestone cliffs, that became world famous through the film The Beach in 2000. It lies within a national park, and its sand and reefs are now carefully protected.
Ko Phi Phi Le 57 km
The smaller, uninhabited island of the Phi Phi group, almost all sheer limestone cliff rising from the Andaman Sea. It is part of a national park, and its lagoons and Maya Bay, the cove from the film The Beach, are reached only by boat.
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Questions
Where is Ko Ngai?
Ko Ngai is in Trang, Krabi, Thailand. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Ko Muk (11 km), Ko Kradan (12 km), Ko Lanta (26 km).
How do I get the Ko Ngai stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Ko Ngai and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Krabi volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Ko Ngai before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Krabi volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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