Koh Lipe Information: Local Info on Ko Lipe. How to get to Koh Lipe and What to do in Koh Lipe.
Local Info
Castaway Resorts
Low Season
From May to October our restaurant runs on low season opening hours.
Speed Boat Schedules
During the low season there are fewer boats. Please check the boat schedules before you come.
Koh Lipe is a small island 60km offshore in the Andaman sea on the edge of the Tarutao National Marine Park,Thailand's second oldest marine park. Surrounded by beautiful seas rich with hundreds of coral reefs and sea life, Koh Lipe is the only inhabited island in the group of 51 protected islands.
Today Koh Lipe is still home to some six hundred Chao Lei people who are descended from 'sea gypsies' that have lived on the Andaman coast for centuries. Masters of the sea the Chao Lei settled on Koh Lipe when the King of Thailand offered them citizenship and land in return for settling the island, and thus fixing Thailand's southern sea border with Malaysia. Not so reliant on the sea as they once were, the local community is adapting to the changes tourism and increased government investment are bringing.
Medical Facilities
Koh Lipe has a Medical Clinic on Sunrise Beach near the school. Although recently expanded it still lacks a full time doctor. In an emergency helicopters from Phuket can be called in to medivac people to safety. For more mundane illnesses its best to leave the island and go to the Bangkok Hospital in Hat Yai. The resort dive centre has several divers trained in first aid.
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Getting To and From Koh Lipe
Koh Lipe is reached by boat. During November to May there are boats running every day that link Koh Lipe with Phuket, Koh Phi Phi, Krabi and Koh Lanta in the north and with Langkawi in the south. Over the summer months there are daily speed boats travelling between Koh Lipe and Pak Bara on the mailand.
For more information download our fact file or for detailed FAQs on how to reach Koh Lipe go to the Castaway Koh Lipe Map site.