Trang – Thailand Insider thailandinsider.com

Trang is a coastal province in Sothern Thailand that’s a gateway for seaborne adventure.The popularity of Thailand’s southern region is with good reason because of its ample sun, emerald seas, and soft sands. There are parts of it, however, that have become crowded for comfort. If we don’t make the conscious effort to protect all the things that make Thailand amazing, we risk destroying what we love about Southern Thailand.

There are other provinces few mainstream know about and are worth your visit. For instance, Trang is a coastal province in Southern Thailand, bordering Krabi to the north and Satun to the south. A shoreline stretching almost 200 kilometers separates Trang Province from the Andaman Sea to the west, turning it into a gateway for a seaborne adventure that rivals the beauty of Phang Nga and Krabi with less of the crowds. Trang, fortunately, manages to come across as off-the-beaten-track while being super-accessible.

“The beauty of [Trang] is the uniqueness of the diving and the fact that you’ll almost be the only divers there,” explains Mary Biron, a travel journalist who joined a four-day live aboard cruise around the Andaman Sea off Trang in January 2020. “The Andaman Sea is perfect this time of the year, and the dive spots around here are not crowded with as many divers as other places in Thailand.”