This area has some of the best diving in Southeast Asia, especially on Koh Tao and Kho Pha-Ngan, islands to which Samui dive shops run charters. Serious scuba fans should go in April or September, ...

While no trip to Koh Samui is complete without time spent on its beaches, there is far more to be discovered inland, away ...

The most renowned island in the Gulf of Thailand is Koh Samui. It is Thailand’s second-largest island, after Phuket, located approximately 60km from the mainland and accessible by both air and sea.

Standing on the edge of a brightly painted Thai fishing boat, wearing flippers that bit into the tops of my feet and an air cylinder on my back so heavy I feared it would drag me back into the boat, I ...

After the Phuket Sandbox tourism programme, it’s now the Samui Plus programme, for international travellers to Thailand. Ko Samui in the Gulf of Thailand is noted for its silvery beaches, lush foliage ...