Sirin Guesthouse is located in the center of White Sand Beach, 50m from the beach. Sirin offer five Fan rooms, some with mini bar and hot shower, and two aircon rooms with mini bar and hot shower. All rooms are with private european toilette.

The restaurant serves a delicious german breakfast. The menu include most famous German meals for reasonable prices. We also recommend the Sirin Pizza. Weekly specials round up the large offer.

The Sirin bar offers a selection of cocktails and shows all sport events such as Formula1 over UBC TV.

Small Fan Room = 500 THB
Fan Room = 650 THB
Fan Room with Mini bar and Hot shower = 750 THB
Aircon Room with Mini bar and Hot shower = 950 THB

Koh Chang, often called the Elephant Island because its shape on the map looks like an elephant head, lies 320Km south from Bangkok. It is, after Phuket, the second largest island of Thailand and is 40Km long and up to 15Km wide and lies off the coast from Trat.

In 1982 Koh Chang, together with 40 other smaller islands off the coast from Thailand covering a total area of 650Km2 were designated as the "Mu Koh Chang Marine National Park". In this park the hills and mountains formed from granite rise up to a height of 740m above sea level and are thickly covered with untouched rain forests that are home to multitude of wild life including monkeys, wild pigs, red deers and snakes (including pythons and king cobras) together with over 60 diffrent species of tropical birds. The white fine sandy beaches of the coastlines of the island are lined by plantations of palm trees and mangrove woods and numerous small picturesque waterfalls temptingly offer an invitation to swim or bath in their clean fresh water.

Until comparatively recently these island were practically unknown to the average tourists. During the 80s Koh Chang was discovered by a few adventurous backpackers. At the time simple bamboo huts were generally the only accommodation that was available and the unspoilt beaches were only accessible by boat. Simple pathways were the only routes from one settlement to another and only a very few of these (the ones that had their own generator) had electricity. All this changed quickly after 1996 when a cable was laid from the mainland to bring electricity to the island and the tourist industry began to develop.

Since then more and more luxury resorts and bungalows have been erected and a tarred road built to the southerly points of the island and 3 car ferries running at 30 min. intervals in high season provide transport to and from mainland cars and pedestrians. In April 2003 an airport in Trat was opened to which Bangkok Airways have two flights daily.

Nowadays the island has six banks, dozens of ATM's and money changing offices, Supermarkets (6 Seven Eleven) which are open 24hrs a day, plenty of beer bars, Karaokes and Disco's, live music restaurants and also European restaurants. Some of the large hotel chains such as Amari have now stardet to invest in, build on the island.

The price of accommodation varies greatly. One can still find a room for the night as little as 150 Baht - but a room can also cost up to 20000 Baht.

In spite of all the development that has taken place the island of Koh Chang, thanks to its natural beauty and idyllic landscape, has managed to retain its charm and attraction to the present day.

Sirin Guesthouse
White Sand beach , Koh Chang , Trat 23170 , Thailand.
Tel : +66 (0) 81 827 1326