Natural feature
Nang Yuan Island
Trio of granite islets joined by a low-tide sandbar, reached only through a privately run gate.
Location
About this audio guide
This guide to Nang Yuan Island, the three-islet sandbar off Koh Tao, follows the toll gate that stands between visitors and one of Thailand's most photographed stretches of sand. It traces how a single resort came to control the only path onto that sandbar, what it charges to cross it, and why a plastic water bottle gets confiscated at the door. Along the way it touches the tide that drowns the sandbar twice a day and the uneven arithmetic of who pays what to see it. A good spot to listen is right at the ticket booth, before you pay.
This audio guide was created using AI.