ABOUT KOH TAO KOH TAO TRANSLATES AS “TURTLE ISLAND”, SO NAMED BECAUSE OF IT’S SHAPE AND ALSO THERE WERE MANY OF TURTLES LIVING AROUND. It’s only about 21 sq Km and is remotely located about 70 km far from the mainland. From 1933 to 1947 Koh Tao was used to jail political prisoners of the Bowaradech Uprising.

starting from Ban’s diving resort, driving the KOTA highway to Sairee villdage and back to Ban’s on sairee beach road