🏝️ Eastern Thailand
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Thailand's last province on the eastern coast, home to Koh Chang, Koh Kood, and Koh Mak — clear water and quiet seas
📍 Koh Chang📍 Koh Kood📍 Koh Mak📍 Trat Old Town along Bang Phra Canal📍 Ban Hat Lek border market
Thailand's last province on the eastern coast, home to Koh Chang, Koh Kood, and Koh Mak — clear water and quiet seas
Trat is the easternmost province, right up against the Cambodian border, about a 4–5 hour drive from Bangkok. Most people come here to catch a boat out to the islands, because this is where you'll find Koh Chang, one of the largest islands in the country, Koh Kood with its clear
Start with stays →Seafood by the sea — The whole province sits on the coast, with sea
Koh Chang — The province's big island, with white-sand bea
Koh Chang — A big island with several beaches, jungle
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8.0Highlights and sights around Trat — nature, city and culture
The province's big island, with white-sand beaches, Kai Bae Beach, jungle waterfalls, and a wide range of places to stay from bungalows to resorts. The boat across from Ao Thammachat pier is short.
Trat's furthest island, with very clear water and quiet beaches. There's Khlong Chao Waterfall and the Takian Thong wooden bridge — an island where people come to settle in for a calm, longer stay.
A small island in the middle of the Trat sea, flat enough to get around by bike, with clear water and quiet beaches. Good for an easy stay with no fuss.
An old community in the heart of town with wooden houses, Chinese shrines, coffee shops, and local food along the canal to stroll past.
The southernmost point of the province, a Thai–Cambodian border crossing with a market and border food to stop for before you reach the edge of the country.
Koh Chang has white-sand beaches, Sai Daeng Beach, Sapparot Bay, plus Khlong Phlu and Than Mayom waterfalls in the forest at the centre of the island.
Trat's signature food — real local spots, rounded up and ranked
The whole province sits on the coast, with seafood spots on the islands and along the shore — crab, prawns, shellfish, squid, and fresh fish straight off the local boats.
Trat is known for shrimp paste, fish sauce, dried squid, and dried shrimp — especially Khlong Yai shrimp paste, which people buy to take home as a gift.
In Trat town there are noodle shops, rice-and-curry stalls, and morning market food to try before you head out to the islands.
In fruit season around April to June, the orchards in Trat produce durian, rambutan, and mangosteen, sold at stalls and markets all over town.
Trat has crispy tang me toffee, rice crackers, and processed snacks made from fruit and seafood, sold at souvenir shops in town.
The old quarter along Bang Phra Canal and the islands of Koh Chang and Koh Kood have cafes and coffee shops with sea views to sit and take a break.
On the islands and along the beaches there are grilled seafood spots — grilled prawns and squid — to sit down for dinner by the sea.
Ready-made plans — from a day trip to 2–3 days, plus routes to neighbouring provinces
Best time to go, getting around, and what to know before visiting Trat
November–April, when the sea is clear and calm — good for island-hopping and diving. In the rainy season from June to September many islands are quiet and some places close.
The province's big island, with white-sand beaches, Kai Bae Beac
Trat's furthest island, with very clear water and quiet beaches.
A small island in the middle of the Trat sea, flat enough to get
An old community in the heart of town with wooden houses, Chines
The southernmost point of the province, a Thai–Cambodian border
Koh Chang has white-sand beaches, Sai Daeng Beach, Sapparot Bay,
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Trat is the easternmost province, right up against the Cambodian border, about a 4–5 hour drive from Bangkok. Most people come here to catch a boat out to the islands, because this is where you'll find Koh Chang, one of the largest islands in the country, Koh Kood with its clear water and calm, and Koh Mak, a small island that's still easygoing.
Beyond the sea, the town itself has an old quarter along Bang Phra Canal, a morning market, and old Chinese shrines to wander. Down south there are small beaches around Khlong Yai and the Ban Hat Lek border market next to Cambodia. When fruit season comes around April to June, the orchards here produce durian, rambutan, and mangosteen just like the neighbouring provinces. If you like a quiet sea without the crowds, Trat is the kind of destination plenty of people travel a long way to reach.
Best time: November–April, when the sea is clear and calm — good for island-hopping and diving. In the rainy season from June to September many islands are quiet and some places close.
