Bailan Beach (or Bailan Bay) sits about 2 kms down the street from Lonely Beach. Identified for its native, quiet ambiance and laid again tourism, it boasts a brand hotel (Mercure) on the southern finish, a couple of two star resorts and loads of bungalows. Coming from Lonely Seaside, the highway sweeps spherical a couple of corners earlier than reaching Bailan Bay Resort, with The Mangrove and its hippy chic bungalows by the sea, only a few hundred metres further along. Alongside them, you’ll find a couple of low-cost and cheerful eating places, minimarts and a bit of massage. Subsequent up, the 2 resorts of Lazy Republique and St Tropez, both French owned, are on the mountain-facet, instantly followed by the cheap Thai diner Coconut Cafe and the rooms of Inexperienced Resort and Baan Sanook. Each of these have never re-opened after the pandemic. There is no nightlife – part of its attraction. On the draw back, the small beaches at both finish are actually not award winners, so that you must head to both Lonely Seaside or Bang Bao Seashore for the right sand and sea expertise.

Finishing the row, Vanara presents a mix of newly refurbished and older fashion bungalows in a large backyard behind its roadside restaurant. You can walk right to the end of the seashore and by Bailan Bay (presently closed) to reach the abandoned buildings on the little peninsula. Back on the road, on the ocean side, Faye Orchid Resort, Kamrai Resort, 3 Trees Guesthouse, and Jungle Garden, with its bar, bungalows and cannabis/hammock shop, run in a line to the bridge. By the way, at sure instances of the yr when the tide retreats its furthest, Koh Chang’s coast turns into an ideal spot for the locals to harvest a selected kind of clam. Opposite Coconut Cafe, a small soi leads to the large 2 star Bailan Seashore Resort, bungalows on the seafront, swimming pool and a small lodge block behind. There is a candy little beach right here, which runs northwards previous the entrance of The Mangrove (at the moment closed) but, due to the rocks underfoot, you can solely swim if the tide is up.

From the bridge, small minimarts, Pah Jae (noodle store), a motorbike rental and a laundry are all tightly packed together as you enter the center of the village. The boutique resort Harley Moon Hideaway (underneath new homeowners since January 23) sits at the highest of the small avenue which leads down to the sea, with Recent – couple of bungalows and and cafe -next door. The coastline here is rocky, with clumps of mangroves, little native fishing dinghies and no beach. Reverse, the stays of the previous Muay Thai Boxing Club sit abandoned. Green Cottage Resort and Daw Seafood/Bay Yard Hut face the ocean at the bottom however following the curve, the ever fashionable Elephant Bay Resort has low cost and mid-range huts in addition to a swimming pool. On the very end, Kohchang 7 Guesthouse, seafront cabanas and a Korean restaurant on stilts over the water, finishes the accommodation off.

Throughout the main road from Harley Moon, you’ll find Tamarin, an extended operating Thai restaurant with a Khmer slant and one other good cheap diner, J & K. The typically open Bailan Bar sits alongside them. Operating down the side of The Completely satisfied Turtle, the street leads previous the Fortunate Gecko Backyard (presently closed) and its six or so bungalows to The White Home. You’ll also discover other homes for rent in the backyard area behind. A mid-range resort with swimming pool, The White Home is located proper on the seafront and you’ll discreetly walk straight through it to drop down onto the beach. Across the way, one in every of Koh Chang’s many building merchants neighbours the restaurant and rooms of The Completely happy Turtle, which modified arms pre-pandemic however sadly, has by no means reopened since. Let’s be honest, that is certainly not the best strand in Koh Chang but combined with the headland in the distance, it’s still makes a powerful total panorama.