4 Star Resorts In Ko Samui

Maya Bay is open in 2026. This is the cliff-ringed cove on Ko Phi Phi Leh, off Krabi in southern Thailand, that the film The Beach made famous, and after years shut for the reef to recover it now welcomes visitors again, under strict rules. You cannot swim inside the bay, you cannot stay the night, and for a stretch each ye...

Wat Phra That Doi Suthep is the golden mountain temple that watches over Chiang Mai from a ridge about 15 km and a 30 to 45-minute drive west of the city, at roughly 1,073 m above sea level. It opens daily from about 06:00 to 18:00, foreign visitors pay a small entry fee of around 30 to 50 THB (about Rs 86 to Rs 143, Thais ...

Elephant Jungle Sanctuary sits about 60 km south-west of Chiang Mai, a roughly 1.5 hour drive into the hills near Mae Wang, and a half-day visit with bathing and a mud spa starts at about 1,900 THB, close to Rs 5,435 a head. It was founded in 2014, is home to around 30 rescued elephants, and is run with the local Karen hill...

Chiang Mai Night Safari is a nocturnal zoo in the Hang Dong hills, about 12 km south-west of the Old City, and it is one of the largest of its kind in the world. It opened in 2006 as Thailand's first night zoo, spreads across roughly 327 acres, and is home to more than 400 animals you meet after dark, from giraffes and zebr...

Chiang Mai Zoo spreads across roughly 200 acres at the foot of Doi Suthep, about 4 to 5 km north-west of the Old City, and foreigner entry starts at 150 THB, around Rs 430 for an adult and Rs 200 for a child. It opened in 1977 as northern Thailand's first public zoo and keeps more than 400 animal species, but the two names ...