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Salakphet Bay from the water
If you drive down to Salakphet village,
go past the temple and through the village, you'll head over a small
concrete bridge and a couple of hundred metres further on, on the right you
will see the new Salakphet 'Chang Spirit Club'. Here you can also book
trekking and birdwatching tours. The treks cost 1000 baht/person and
are 2 day & 1 night and involve camping on top of a hill in order to
see the sunrise of Salakphet bay. Renting a canoe is 100
baht/person/hour. But ask for a discount if you plan on using it for
an afternoon.
You'll need your own transport to get
here, but can easily spend half a day paddling around. You'll get to
see a real slice of local,some great views and be able to stop for a swim on
a lovely white sand beach.
Photos
You put your kayak into the water here
and set off to paddle along one of the canals that leads into the bay.
Head past ramshackle fisherman's houses
Following the canal
The road which leads to
Salakphet mangrove walkway
goes over this bridge. If you get this far you have to double back to get
out to the sea.
Following the canal out towards the
bay.
Out in the bay, leaving Salakphet
village behind. There are three islands to paddle around in the bay:
Koh Mapring, Koh Phrai Nai and Koh Phrao Nok.
The only island with a nice beach is
Koh Phrao Nok, which is home to one now run down and closed resort. A
decade ago the resort was very popular with Thai visitors.
Me swimming. This is high tide -
at low tide the beach is excellent and you'll have it to yourself.
Rounding Koh Phrao Nok and looking
towards the head of the bay
Yachts moored at Island View pier,
further south a couple also moor at Salakphet Seafood and Sunsail's base is
another 800 mertes or so south
Large fishing boats moored in the bay.
Everyday there are a couple of tour
boats full of Russian package tourists that use Salakphet pier as a pick-up
& drop off point for day trips to the islands. Paddle under the pier
towards Salakphet village.
Old abandoned fishing boat
Quite a few people living around here
and every house has a fishing boat of some description tied up outside.
Almost back where we started.
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