Northern Lights

Chilled out resort near the best beaches in Koh Chang with restaurant and a sports and bikers bar.

A chilled out resort near the best beaches in Koh Chang with restaurant and sports and bikers bar. The rooms are equipped with wireless Internet and the bar has normal Internet.

We have nice clean bungalows and rooms at good prices. We offer substantial discounts for long term guests. There are both air conditioned and fan rooms. All rooms have private bathroom with hot water shower.

Motorbike rental is available.

We have a restaurant serving both Thai and international dishes. There are 2 dartboards and a pool table. A decent library. mainly Swedish and English books and lots of games are available.

If you don't want to go to the beach there are hammocks and deckchairs in both the bar and the garden where you can chill with a movie or a good book.

About northern lights
Northern Lights is a chilled resort located between Hat Sai Kao (White Sands Beach) and Klong Prao Beach on the southwestern side of Koh Chang.
Since we are located approximately 100 meters from the main road it is very quiet.

The beach Hat Kai Mook, or Pearl beach in English is not a sandy beach, but do have among the best corals on the island. So, if you don’t want to spend the entire day snorkelling on a boat trip a visit is recommended, snorkelling gear can be rented.

Accommodation
We have 4 bungalows and 4 rooms at good prices.
There are both air condition and fan rooms.
All rooms have wireless Internet and private bathroom with hot water shower and western style toilets. Most rooms have a TV.
The air condition rooms are equipped with a fridge, TV and DVD. There is a large selection of DVD movies that can be lent free of charge.
Room Prices range from 400-1000 Baht a day, and we give substantial discounts for long term guests.

Food & drinks
The restaurant serves International dishes mainly Swedish. We also serve full English breakfasts as well as lighter stuff, English pies, Indian curries, Hungarian goulash soup, burgers and sausages. We have European specialties like Colemans mustard, Swedish Coffee, kn?ckebr?d and Kalles Kaviar.

We have a sports bar with 2 dartboards and a pool table snooker is also possible to play.
Apart from the normal beers and drinks a good selection of single malt whiskeys and Absolut schnaps is also available.

Other services
The restaurant and bar has UBC TV which covers Live English Premier League and Formula 1. Also NBL and NFL, Cricket and other sports are shown.

Northern Lights arranges boat trips (diving, snorkelling or fishing) and can handle ticket/Taxi reservations free of charge for guests.

There is no need of going away with your laundry since we offer that.

Massage can be provided in the rooms if you don’t want to visit a massage parlour.

How to get there
Flights operate to and from Bangkok by Bangkok Airways. The flights depart tree times a day. Flights to Trat from Bangkok leave at 08.10, 11.00 and 16.20. Flights back to Bangkok from Trat leave at 09.40, 12.10 and 17.00.
It takes approximately 15 to 20 minutes to the ferry from the airport.

Buses from Bangkok
Minibus and full sized bus services pick up from guesthouses around Khao San Road and other Bangkok locations on request and travel directly to ferry departure points at Laem Ngop. Frequent buses also leave for Trat from the Eastern Bus Terminal (Ekamai) and the Northern Bus Terminal (Mor Chit). Ekamai is located on the route of the Bangkok Skytrain whilst Morchit is slightly closer to Khao San road. The journey takes 4-6 hours. Return buses leave from the bus companies located at the new bus station just outside Trat.

Buses from Pattaya/Koh Samet
Daily minibus services operate directly from Pattaya via Ban Pae (ferry port for Koh Samet) directly to the ferry departure point at Laem Ngop. The cost is around 650B from Pattaya or 350B from Ban Pae and the journey takes 4 or 2.5 hours respectively. Going to Laem Ngop the service leaves Pattaya at 8am. It picks up in Ban Pae at 11am. A return service leaves Laem Ngop at 1pm daily.

To get to Northern Lights:
Take a Song Taew (Bath bus) from the ferry. Approximately 1,5 km after White Sands Beach You will pass Sky Bay Disco then You’ll have the new post office on the right hand side. Just before Dive supply You see our sign and turn right and follow the road approximately 100 Meters and find us on the right hand side.
Welcome!!

A smallish guesthouse, Northern Lights is fairly peaceful, and clearly a meeting point for guests at nearby accommodation. The extensive bar area has a pool table, hammocks and a TV as well as a pretty basic western menu. Be warned it can become quite busy at night and has been known to stay open until the wee hours. Behind and to the side, a few bungalows provide accommodation in a more peaceful spot. Quiet, except for the incessant cicadas, they range in size, comfort and price. Those behind the bar are the best choice, with balconies looking out to the surrounding rubber tree plantation, serenaded by the insects.

Bungalow fan private b'room : Low season = 600 THB , High season = 800 THB
Bungalow air-con private b'room : Low season = 1,200 THB , High season = 1,600 THB

Info Koh Chang

Habitants 5,000
To Bangkok: 320 km (about 4-5 hours with car)
Province: Trat
Size: 217 km2
Islands: 52
Highest mountain: 744 meter
Airport: Trat
Second biggest Island in Thailand
Koh Chang means Elephant Island.

Beaches
The biggest beaches: White sand beach, Klong Prao, Kai Bae, Lonely beach and Long beach.

Villages
The biggest villages: Klong son, Klong prao, Kai bae, Bang bao, Dan mai, Salaphet och Checkbae. Before and now, the local people live on their fruit gardens and you can find Durian, Pomelo, Mangosteen, Rambutan just to mention a few. There are a lot of rubber tree plantations on the island as well

Health Care
Koh Chang International Clinic, which is a subclinic to Bangkok Hospital.
P.P. Clinic
Koh Chang Hospital, government.
Many drugstore

Bank
Most of the banks have found and established offices in Koh Chang already and there are many ATMs most of them located on the west coast.

Post Office
The main post office is located at Pearl beach which is between White sand beach and Chaichet beach.

Immigration
Immigration is located in Laem Ngob

Diving and snorkelling
Koh Chang archipelagos have good diving and snorkeling with corals and fish. You can find many diving schools if you want to take a certificate or are already an experienced diver.

Boat trips and jungeltrekking
There are many boat trips to choose from around the island depending if want to snorkeling, day or night fishing. A catamaran is for rent with captain for daytrips, dinner tour or parties. Boats from Bangbao have transport service to other islands. Yachts are for rent with experienced captains.
The mountainous jungle interior of the island offers some challenging and enjoyable walking.

Waterfalls
The most visited waterfalls on Koh Chang is Klong Plu in Krong Prao. Than Mayom on the eastcoast located next the National Park headquarters. Both these waterfalls take an entrance fee. There are other waterfalls to visit that are free, Klong Nonsi in Dan Mai, Klongson, Kai Bae and two others near Salaphet.

Elephant trekking
There are 3 elephant camps on the island you can visit and it is possible to ride the elephants.

Thai cooking
If you want to learn Thai cooking you can find 4 different cooking schools to choose from.

Shopping
The most shopping can be found on the west coast from small shops, markets to tailors

Restaurants and Bars
If you want to dine out you can find a big variety of restaurants, Italian, Mexican, Swedish, French and more and of course local food. There are also plenty of bars, small beach bars to pubs with live music that plays rock, blues and old goodies and if you want to go dancing there are two discos.

Massage, saunas and Spas
You can choose different massage traditional thai, swedish, sport or another whole body massage. A herbal sauna is to be found at Bailan beach and there are more Spas that can be recommended for a good price value.

Wildlife
Most of Koh Chang is covered in rain forest that has been largely undisturbed due to the mountainous terrain of the island. There are also good examples of mangrove forest ecosystems where the island’s numerous streams meet the sea. National Park status was awarded to the island chain in 1982 in effort to preserve the exceptional land and marine environment. The forests of the island support a large range of wildlife. A survey conducted for Thailand’s National Park Service in 1992 recorded 29 different species of mammal on Koh Chang, for example Stump- tailed macaque, barking deer, wild pig, javan mongoose and silvered langur. Birdwatchers will be please to know that 74 bird species were found including nightjar, pacific swallow, yellow vented bulbul and oriental pied hornbill.

Ferry service
There are 2 car ferries to Koh Chang, one of them is in Ao Thammachart and the other one is Centerpoint ferry. From Ao Thammachart it takes about 25 minutes across to Ao Sapparot and leaves every 45 minutes and the Centerpoint ferry take almost one hour and leaves every full hour, during the high season they leave more frequently.

Islands around Koh Chang
Koh Kood is the biggest island in Koh Chang’s archipelago and the 4th biggest island in Thailand, local habitant is only about 1500.
Koh Maak is a smaller island with 500 habitats and has about 15 resorts. It takes about 2 hours from Bang Bao pier.
Koh Wai is a small charming island with 2 simple resorts with no roads and the island have good snorkeling just outside. It takes about one hour from Bang Bao with boat.

Trat and nearby cities
Trat is about 20 km from Laem Ngob, which is the port going to Koh Chang. There are many markets that sell household goods, food and fruits. Trat has one department store as an air conditioned shopping center and you can find KFC in the same building. Trat has 20,000 inhabitants.
Klong Yai/Had Lek located at the border to Cambodia, it’s a small fishing village with markets where they sell cheap alcohols and cigarettes.
Chantaburi only one hours drive from Trat towards Bangkok, bigger city that Trat with few big department stores.
Pattaya is about 4 hours drive from Trat

Northern Lights

13/23 , Khai Mook Beach , Koh Chang , Trat 23170 Thailand.
Cell phone : +66(0)871 389 398 , From 2008-10-01- to 2008-11-20: +66 (0)861 517417
Phone: +66(0)39 551 376 , Email: nagaskohchang@hotmail.com