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Koh Chuek

Chuek is two small islands next to each

other, with no beach. It is the most beautiful

snorkeling point in Trang. The abundance

underwater world is full of blue corals, Staghorn

corals, Cauliflower corals, soft corals with

colors such as white, yellow, orange, red and

purple, anemone corals, coral reefs, a lot of fish

playfully swimming around playfully visitors can

enjoy snorkeling.

If you have a camera for underwater

photography, you will get plenty of photographs

to show your friends. Be careful of the channel

between the two islands, as the stream is

extremely rapid. When snorkeling, a rope is

needed and to lift your body.

On a tour, the professional will suggest that you wear a lifejacket all the time. The travel

agency provides lifejackets, diving masks, and snorkels. Tourists who dive regularly may bring their own.

Some companies do not provide fins Koh wan is near Koh Chuek and is also interesting.

Koh Waen

Ko Waen (Ring Island) is the island

of rocks shaped like the setting of a ring. Ko Waen is

well-known and famous for the various species of

hard coral and a huge abundance of fish. Mermaid

statues, sunk as an artificial reef at Ko Waen provide

an interesting backdrop to the colourful macro-life

that inhabits these shallow reefs.

Most importantly, Koh Waen introduces few amazing dive sites. The most famous of them is a

train station under water. There you can find a locomotive, 20 railway cars and lots of railway tracks. The site

is home for large schools of snapper fish and countless macro life. Other dive site of the island is also man-

made, scuba divers take an adventure in a rubik´s cube village featuring statues. The village hides lots of sea

life inside: crabs, nudibranches and other fish species. Sometimes visibility is not as great as on some of the

most famous dive sites of Thailand.