Natural feature
Tean Island
Sparsely populated fishing island with coral reefs, mangroves, and a freshwater spring on its beach.
Location
About this audio guide
This guide to Tean Island, the small island south of Koh Samui also called Koh Tan, follows the freshwater spring and the temple built over it, and the fishing community that shrank from around five hundred people to about fifty. It traces why the island emptied out as wages on Samui itself rose, and what its remaining residents still choose to maintain. You will hear about the white Buddha statue watching over the empty houses along the shore.
This audio guide was created using AI.