Infrastructure, flora and fauna on Koh Chang in Thailand with pictures, photos and information.

Travel guide with pictures, photos and information about infrastructure, flora and fauna on Koh Chang in Thailand

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(View from Baan Salak Phet of the highest mountain on Koh Chang)

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Flora & Fauna
Koh Chang fascinates not only because of the kilometre-long picture book beaches, the spectacular sunsets, the enchanting waterfalls and unique mangrove forests, but also because of the large impenetrable tropical rain forest, which constitutes approximately 75 % of the total area and is considered as one of the best preserved in the whole of South-east Asia.

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Koh Chang consists mainly of granite aged between 195 and 230 million years. The highest mountains on the island are the Khao I Aen at 637 metres, the Khao Chom Prasat 1 at 661 metres and the Khao Salak Phet at 743 metres.

In the bays around the villages Baan Khlong Prao, Baan Khlong Son, Baan Salak Khok and Baan Salak Phet are large mangrove forests, which rank among the best-preserved in Thailand.

The well-preserved coral reefs with their exotic underwater world around Koh Chang and neighbouring islands are well recommended by divers and snorkellers.

Also the national park offers a large variety of exotic animals. Investigations found in 1992 that 29 different species of land animals, 61 types of bird and 42 reptile and amphibian species are resident on the island, among them several Python types, Rat-Snakes, King Cobras and other types of snakes, different lizards, monkeys, ant-eaters, wild pigs and bats. An endemic amphibian, the Rana Kochang (Ko-Chang-frog), lives exclusively on the island.

Infrastructure
The Tourism Authority of Thailand has strongly endeavoured for years to open up the island for broader tourism, thus there are three car ferries and several piers for regulated transportation of passengers. A hospital close to Baan Khlong Nonsi was built, clinics were established in many of the smaller villages and most of the beaches and localities are already attached to electricity coming from the mainland.

The road encircling the island, which reaches from Baan Bang Bao to Baan Salak Phet is nearing completion and is already now asphalted to the largest degree. Smaller gas stations are to be found everywhere on the road, and the first larger gas stations are already in the building phase. In the next few years fixed telephone mains will come from the mainland.
The airport in Trat affords a faster and more comfortable journey to Koh Chang.

In the last few years many of the beautiful beaches have increasingly opened up to more expensive hotels, bungalows and resorts gradually replacing the more simple accommodations.

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