Attractions from your Samui Hotel

Information: These heavyweights are mostly involved in fighting as there is no (rice) farming anymore on Samui. This is a sport specific to the south of, and on Samui it generates a great deal of excitement.

Usually, the more aggressive the buffalo, the greater the crowd's delight. The fight ends when one animal turns and runs, usually well before either animal gets hurt. But for the peace-loving ones there is now the "Living Thailand Buffalo Show". Features are a Thai farming museum, a buffalo theatre showing paddy ploughing and rice planting and a ride in a buffalo cart.

Lamai Overlap Stone

Information: It is a challenge to get up to these impressive balanced boulders, but the spectacular views on arrival make it worthwhile for the adventurous traveller. The steep, rough, dirt-track road leading to the viewpoint should only be attempted on a dirt bike or with a 4x4, and the last stretch may have to be walked, depending on conditions. Alternatively it is a hard 20-minute climb on foot, but there is a refreshment stall at the top and it is an exhilarating experience before you return to your Ko Samui Resort.

Koh Samui Butterfly Garden

Information: At the Samui Butterfly Garden you can treat your eyes to a deluge of butterflies and other tropical insects. These stunning butterflies fill the garden with colour. There are some massive varieties of butterfly that are easily a quarter meter wide. There are also a number of preserved butterflies on display for the curious.

For bug enthusiasts, there is an Insect Museum at the Samui Butterfly Garden in Ko Samui, featuring rare insects from Thailand and other countries, and a bee house, where you can observe the activities of bees.

Hua Thanon

Information: This fishing village is home to a large proportion of Samui's Muslim population, and still retains a quaint, old-Samui feel, with rickety teakwood houses lining the road, as well as some decent seafood restaraunts and ethnic clothing and jewellery boutiques. Whilst you may not see too many long-tail boats setting off to cast nets these days, its worth checking out the teak houses put to modern usage, with the play station arcades and cars parked in the front rooms.

The Passage Samui Villas &Resort
57/ 6-7, Moo 5
Angthong,
KohSamui, Suratthani
Postal code 84140

Phone: +66 77 421 721
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