Ko Si Chang Island

Ko Si Chang Island

Ko Si Chang Island
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frank a
1 contribution
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2025 • Solo
Being close to bkk is frequented on weekends by Thais. It is not a paradise island; there is only one bay where you swim (Tham Phang), Westerners during the day and Thais, dressed, just before the sun goes down. Tham Phang beach has no sunbeds or umbrellas (since Mon-Fri when I was there) but a narrow strip of sand and a large square, with steps, of concrete (definitely unnatural). It is located to the west of the island, there is a large restaurant open and a single Guest house at 100m; the water has a beautiful color and the sea is flat so ideal for both swimming and relaxing in the water. The port is located to the east, where there is also a village and most restaurants and "hotels". It is not a big island but if you want to visit it, you have to rent a scooter or do it with a tuk-tuk. I did 3 nights and with the scooter I visited caves, some Buddhas, temples, the residence of the king and a great Chinese temple. The rating for the sea is 3/5 and for things to visit 4/5. Ko Si Chang can be reached in 40 minutes by boat, used to transport goods and workers, from Sriracha (Ko Loi pier). Sriracha has no equipped beaches (at least in the center) but a nice park where you can walk and do sports during the evening. In Sriracha there are many restaurants, bars and massage parlors, some to meet the needs of the Japanese community in the area.
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Written February 2, 2025
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Namtip Thuamkret
Nakhon Pathom, Thailand10 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2020 • Family
I went to Koh Sichang for a weekend with my family. Koh Sichang is located in Chonburi Province. There is a very clear water with a lot of views to take pictures. I took a boat across to Koh Si Chang to pay homage to Khao Yai Godfather. There, I can see international cargo ships in the sea. Very clear. The atmosphere is cool. Not hot. Food. There is very delicious, there are many seafood dishes to choose from, many nationalities are interested and visit a lot.
Written July 20, 2021
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BangkokSachse
Bangkok, Thailand53,018 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2023 • Couples
We (17) took a public boat to Ko Sichang. We bought tickets without reservation. Public boats run every hour. At Ko Sichang we hired songthaew taxi for a whole day. Songthaew took us to our small seaside resort. The resort owner was very nice. We had good dinner at the resort. The sunrise was beautiful. Ko Sichang has good attractions. The local people were very nice.
Written January 18, 2023
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Lilly12
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5.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2020 • Friends
Hi bestie, if you are looking for some beautiful and breathtaking place, I would like to suggest Sichang island to be in one of your bucket lists! This place is a wonderful place provides yummy food and good view. I went there 1 year ago with my friend. We had a really great time with the place. Some of my friend said she found her best strawberry cheesecake here. And some of them really enjoy the walk all over the island.

Personally, I love to go to the beach. I need to visit at least one beach every year. And this place was really amazing. Food and drinks are not that expensive and also delicious as well. Most important things is the sunset view is absolutely gorgeous! Golden sky, crystal ocean, and snowy sand. If you have a chance to visit to Thailand, this place is might be a “Must” visit place for you.
Written November 10, 2021
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fozjon
Jaipur, India1,932 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2025 • Friends
we were at a conference in Si Racha. We had lovely sea views from our hotel room, but locals advised against swimming at the small beaches around Si Racha. Koh Si Chang was the place to go for the beach. We took speed boat rides out to the island (this was quite fun). Then we arranged for tuk-tuk tours around the island. I don't think the longer complete tour would be worthwhile, but we made a couple of stops. One stop was at a temple with impressive views over the bay. The little beach was quite nice. There are places to stay on the island and a number of restaurants.
Written January 27, 2025
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Greedy
Leeds, UK1,704 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2015 • Couples
The wife and I visited this island for 4 nights 3 days, we stayed at Sichang my home.

Do not confuse this island with Koh Chang, that is another island.

To get here we travelled by Uber taxi from Bangkok, the fare was 912 B including tolls. He dropped us off at the pier at Si Racha. The distance was 131km and took exactly 2 hours.

The boat across takes about 45 minutes and costs 50 baht per person. The sailing was pleasant enough.

On arrival at the pier on Sichang we were met by our hotel (well bungalow) owner, but you would have no problem getting transport to your hotel.

There were much more things to do and see on the island than we expected. Trip advisor only lists three restaurants on the island, but in fact there are many more, possibly another 20-30 places to eat. Not all can be described as a restaurant as such, but serve good food at a fair price with somewhere to sit and eat it. There are also many food stalls so you will never go hungry. Most are happy to let you just have a drink and sit outside.

Not many western tourists visit here, this is a good thing as there is zero hassle and most, if not all, of the time pay the same prices as the locals. All the locals we met were friendly and on one occasion a lady stopped to give us a lift to the pier for free.

Although the island is small there is loads to do here. We hired a motorbike and went all over the island, traffic is quiet here and there are almost no cars on the road, just the odd van. There are many things to see such as Buddhas and temples as well as the Kings old residence. There are even geocaches on the island (google geocaching).

There is an ATM, 7 11 type shop and laundrette on the main road. On DTAC mobile coverage was very good almost everywhere.

At the beach we were surprised how good the snorkeling was. We just snorkeled to the rock to the left of the main beach and the water was very clear with loads of fish. I read some parts of the island have Sea Urchins but we never saw any here. We had lunch at the beach, again a nice meal at a fair price.

We really enjoyed our time here and we were sad to leave.

If you see the bar/ food place in the pic with " I Love Freedom", you must have some food and a beer there. The guy is a seriously good cook. Its on the same road and same side as the ATM. He plays music so should be easy to find.
Written December 11, 2015
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JeffLeong
Singapore, Singapore3,697 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2013 • Couples
From Sriracha, our group of four including my wife and our Thai friends boarded a 9 am ferry for the 45 mins. trip to Ko Sichang. After reaching the island, we hired a tuk-tuk to bring us around the island. We noticed that there were few cars on the road. Most people were moving around in motorbikes or tuk-tuks. Buildings and homes were simple structures. So were the shops and restaurants. Residents led simple lives. It is a place where watches and clocks seemed unnecessary.

Our first stop was San Jao Phaw Khao Yai Chinese temple which was built on a cliff overlooking the sea. When approaching the jetty on board the ferry, the red-coloured temple stands out against the hill slope. At the temple, we visited 2 caves and one had a deity carved into the rock. The temple offered a panoramic view of the jetty and Sriracha mainland in the distance.

From the temple, we headed to Vashiravut Bridge located on a hill. The viewpoint offered a panoramic view of the rugged coastline and the open seas.

Then, we headed to the former royal summer palace of King Chulalongkorn. Remains of the foundation structure for the palace is visible, as are the pool and bathing outhouse. A big, old tree provided shade to the bathing outhouse and it was interesting to reminisce that it had once provided shade to royalties. Other than a Victorian designed green-painted building (which was closed at the time of our visit) and 2 grey-painted snack kiosks located near the picturesque private jetty, the rest of the building structures were no longer present.

From the palace, we proceeded to Taam Pang Beach which is considered in travel guides as the only proper beach on Ko Sichang. Tables and deck chairs lined the short beach much like what you would see in Pattaya or Jomtien but on a smaller scale. There were few guests around when we visited on Saturday morning. Water looked clear and some stretch of the beach was rocky.

We spent three hours touring the island with the tuk-tuk. Ko Sichang has a certain charm of its own in the way it preserves the simple lifestyle of its inhabitants.
Written June 17, 2013
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cecilewy
Amsterdam, The Netherlands15 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2014 • Couples
The island is really small, not too touristic. It is near bangkok and easy access from it (bus to sriracha + ferry to the island, 147 baht in total).

The island is lovely, really peaceful, perfect if you want to get away from Bangkok. There is one main beach on the Island, but there is several others small hidden one if you wanna be more secluded. Although the main beach is desert as well during the week.

I would recommend to sleep at Jodee's guesthouse, it is super clean and the owners are the nicest people ever. There is all the comfort you can expect (good bed, fridge, airco, hot shower, free wifi) and the room does look really nice too. You can also borrow their bikes to do the tour of the Island, there is few temples to visit

To eat I would recommend Pan and David, a restaurant which is on the main road, next to Jodee's guesthouse. It is run by a couple and they prepare thai and western food. A bit more expensive than the normal thai prices, but still very affordable. The quality of the food is amazing, they have the best thai food, but also amazing italian food. They import themselves some product from Italy and cook only with free range chicken.

The only negative point of the Island is that it is quite close from a oil tank farm, so the water is probably polluted. If you walk around the island there is litter everywhere, and also a lot of plastic in the water. But I guess it is more or less the same in everywhere in thailand unfortunately.

To sum up, the island offes a nice gateway from Bangkok and the others very touristic Islands,nice to spend two or three days.

Ko-sichang.com is a nice website made by locals if you wanna get more info on what to do while you are there
Written November 17, 2014
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Silvio Scavone
33 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2014 • Couples
I and my girlfriend were looking for a quite beach or island without the usual touristic services. We found this island very close to Bangkok searching on Google, just take a bus from Ekamai bus station to Si Racha and get a 45-minutes ferry for 40 baht. You will find a lot of Thai people going on holiday near you, beatiful beaches but no so many hotels, lot of temples, good fresh fish in restaurants. Funny and cheap experience and very friendly local people. You can rent a motorbike with no contract or deposit and do the round trip of the island in minutes. We stayed in a sort of resort with "Boat Houses", unused boat modified to become a comfy room in front of the sea with air conditioning, fridge and balcony. In the area of the houses you'll find a barbeque and the best restaurant of the island. We enjoyed so much doing kayaking in the beaches, riding the inner path with the motorbike, meeting some Varanus (monitor lizard) and wild boars crossing the road.
Written November 22, 2014
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Siegbert M
Berlin, Germany132 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2017 • Couples
Koh Si Chang is a very nice day Trip from Pattaya.
You can take the Minibus from Sukhumvit Road to Sri Racha - Robison Mall -
or you take the white Songthaew from Naklua to Sri Racha - Old Town - for
30,- ThaiBaht.
From there you can walk aprox. 30 minutes or take a TukTuk to the Pier.
At the Pier is a nice Temple.
The Boat/Ferry to Koh Sie Chang goes nearly every hour.
A good time is 10 am. The Ferry cost 50,- ThaiBaht per person one way and
the Ferry needs aprox. 45 minutes.
Try to get a Map on the Pier in Koh Si Chang Info Office.
The Best way to get around is, when you take a Tuk Tuk for a Roundtrip
for 250,- ThaiBaht.
You visit many beautiful places like a temple with a nice view,
the Summerpalace of the Kings with a huge Park, Beaches and more.
Have much fun.
Written February 6, 2017
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