Ko Tao Travel Forum

We will be travelling to Thailand in August this year with our 3 children (9,7,4) and wanted to go to either Ko Tao or Ko Phangan? We would like to do snorkelling and a bit of diving (not much) and were wondering which island would be better. I heard that Ko Tao's beaches are not that great and that is already ver commercial. Any suggestions would be very appreciated. Cheers, Eva

Both islands are quite commercial as there has been tourists coming there in droves for more than 20 years.
Thye are both quite ok though.
If you decide to go to Koh Phangan then you would want to avoid "Hat rin" if travelling with kids as that is the big party place for the youth and mostly the place you go for loud music and drugs.

Agree with the last reply All 3 islands are very much commercial now you can't get away from it.

Perhaps another option would be the Phi Phi Islands near Phuket and Krabi but again very commercial.

Other islands to Look into perhaps are the Similan & Surin Islands maybe even Ko Lanta.