Ko Lanta Map

The map shows beaches, restaurants, bars, cafés, diving operators, tour activities, accommodation, and other points of interest across Ko Lanta. Click any pin to see details. Listings are drawn from the Lanta News directory and updated as new businesses are added.

From north to south: Sala Dan (the ferry village and main pier), Klong Dao (wide sandy beach, family-friendly), Ao Phra Ae / Long Beach (backpacker hub, longest beach), Klong Khong and Klong Nin (quieter mid-island beaches), Klong Jak and Bamboo Bay (secluded southern bays), and Kantiang Bay (sheltered beach in the south). The east coast is mostly mangrove and fishing villages, with Lanta Old Town (Ban Ko Lanta) at the southeast tip.

Ko Lanta Yai — the main island — is approximately 30 km north to south and 7–8 km wide at its broadest. The main road follows the west coast where the beaches are. The mountainous centre is national park. End-to-end by road, driving from Sala Dan pier to Kantiang Bay takes about 45 minutes.

The main passenger ferry pier is in Sala Dan at the northern tip of the island — ferries to Krabi Town, Ko Phi Phi, and Phuket depart from here. Vehicles arrive a different way: a short vehicle-ferry crossing from Ban Hua Hin Pier on the Krabi mainland to Khlong Mak Pier on Ko Lanta Noi. It runs all year, including through the monsoon, and it is how every car, minivan and scooter reaches the island. The /ferry page has full schedules and routes.

Not the whole way. There is no road from the mainland: you drive to the Krabi coast and cross on a short vehicle ferry, from Ban Hua Hin Pier to Khlong Mak Pier on Ko Lanta Noi, which runs all year. From there the Siri Lanta Bridge, opened in 2016, carries the road on from Ko Lanta Noi to Ko Lanta Yai and down to Sala Dan. The whole trip from Krabi Town takes roughly 1.5–2 hours including the crossing. A bridge from the mainland is a planned project, expected to open in 2029; until then every vehicle comes over on the ferry. Car hire is available at the pier and in Klong Dao.

Ko Lanta Yai is in Krabi Province on Thailand's Andaman coast, about 70 km south of Krabi Town and 150 km southeast of Phuket. It sits at roughly 7.5°N, 99.1°E. The nearest mainland town to the south is Trang. The island is part of the Mu Ko Lanta National Marine Park.