Racha Yai Island

Location: 42/12-13, Rawai, Muang, 20 kilometers from Phuket Island, Thailand.
Entry fee: free
Opening time: all day long
Transportation to Racha Yai Island: take speed boat and travel for 25 minutes or take ferryboat which travels for 50 minutes at Chalong Wharf.

Racha Island is worthy of the name as Racha means emperor in local language. Being a new developed tourist attraction, Racha Yai Island is serener than other islands with fewer tourists. It perfectly favors those high grade tourists especially from Europe and America for its delicate scenery, pure clean sea water and beach, relatively independent geographic location, extravagant supporting service and highly interesting snorkeling.

Vacation resort on Racha Island is quite luxurious and worth a try. The Racha Resort runs 75 luxury villas; each is equipped with independent private garden and faces the beautiful Indian Ocean. What is more, Racha Island is a renowned diving holy land that many diving schools do business in other islands also sail to this island to cater to their customers.