Koh Lanta

Jum Island (also known as Pu Island) is located approximately 25 kilometers south of Krabi (Thailand) on the Andaman Sea. The mountainous northern part (known as Koh Pu) is rugged, rocky, filled with small rubber plantations and what looks to me like triple-canopy jungle on the upper slopes of Mt. Pu (395 m. high) while the southern part (Koh Jum) is relatively flat and covered by the natural vegetation of the Andaman Coast, casuarinas trees and screw palms.

The west side of the island has 6 gorgeous beaches where most of the bungalows and resorts are located. The beautiful sunsets on KJum are a daily celebration.

Accommodation on Jum Island varies from backpacker-cheap for some very basic huts to luxurious bungalows for the most discriminating taste. There is something for everybody here.

The tsunami changed a lot of things. No one was killed on KJum, and for that we are eternally grateful, but the beaches and some of the resorts took a pounding on that awful day after Christmas, 2004. The tsunami took unbroken stretches of beautiful white sand and turned them into a coral and garbage covered mess in the blink of an eye. All of the beaches have since been cleaned up and the seawater has regained it's pre-disaster clarity.

Come visit Koh Jum and see for yourself. It's a friendly, quiet, different kind of place.

ANDAMAN SEA FERRYBOAT SCHEDULES 2006-2007

Desperately seeking older Railay/PhraNang pictures