One of the best islands in Thailand, the sands are amazing and it's easy to reach from Pattaya port. 300 Bht for fast boat roundtrip and mostly the boats comes back on either 3pm or 5pm (your choice). Oh and try to prevent "Tawaen Beach" although it is the most famous one on the island if you want calm places, and if you want noisy crowded beaches then "Tawaen Beach" will be your companion. Also, 40 or 45 Bht per person if you want to transfer between any beaches in the island.

One should must visit Koh Larn for a day trip when in Pattaya. It's dam cheap to travel and good relaxation for couple of hours. Good food options and transportation available for local sight seeing else I just took a beach bed and relaxed for 2 hrs in 100 Baht.

This is a nice enough beach. However, it seems very crowded with many tour groups and had a lot going on for a relatively small area. However, it had some nice places to eat and offered a nice view.

We went to Ko Sak and Koh Larn Taeng Beach with Manta marina private speedboat. A good day out and the captain was keen to show us where to snorkel. The coral is broken in places and fish are present but not abundant. Would skip Koh Sak next time - my watch continuously warned me that sound levels were above 90dB with constant jet skis and speed boats. Enjoyed our trip, but would not make a big detour to snorkel here if we weren’t in the area

It is a very beautiful island in Thailand. I came here for the second time. The people on the island are kind and talk and recommend various beaches. I really like it. The sea is beautiful everywhere I go. I will definitely go back. Thank you. 😊

This is a great island and not too expensive either. You can go by ferry from Pattaya about 50 minutes or speed boat which takes around 15 minutes. The ferry cost 30 Baht whilst the speed boat cost 150 Baht per person at the time of writing. Beaches are stunning, turquoise water and clear, with fish swimming from time to time. If you look around hotel accommodation can be for as little as 1,000 Baht including breakfast for two/night. I definitely prefer this place to Barbados, and, the cost is much cheaper too. There are five main beaches, Samei was my favourite. Beautiful, looking forward to going back soon.

I have been put off the day trip to Koh Larn, because of the mixed reviews. If you want to know about a place, look it up on Trip Advisor. Some were excellent, had a wonderful time. Others did not. That is one of the reasons for reviews. But my girlfriend wanted to go. She remembered when her children were young, and they loved it. I had to take her. There was a family near us, and the child swam a lot and ran around in the sand a lot. They enjoyed the experience. It was Hot, and the sea was colder than when we did the 3 island boat tour, where the sea was as warm as tropical sea can be. I loved the boat slide. On the beach, what do they make sandpaper with.? But the child nearby covered herself in it, then ran into the sea, came out and did it again. Not something I'd want to do. Mum was sunbaking. There are plenty of shaded seating areas, and food and drink were brought to us. The ferry was quite crowded, but we easily found seats, THB60 each way so £4. Shaded loungers, £5 for day, food water beer, about £10, Bolt to hotel £3. See through boat, snorkel hire, banana boat, jetski, all various prices. It was helpful - very - that my girlfriend is Thai, so for those things I would ask a travel agent and hope that the agent has had customer feedback and sends you on a good tour. The next day we went to Ridleys, and I took her for a speedboat ride, ( because we took the ferry) which jumped rocks, and dived underwater, did some sharp turns and got chased by a dragon. Not quite the real thing, but good fun.

Koh Larn or Coral Island trip can be a great full day trip for some beach fun. Prefer going by speed boat. Charges are around 250 Baht per person for both sides. One can bargain on it. The island is perfect for para sailing, banana boat rides, snorkelling, and many other adventure sports. Don't go for Jet ski as most of the jet ski guys are scammers who will rob you. If you want to sit on the chairs of the island, they will charge 100 Baht for it. The island gets crowded a lot during summers. Prefer visiting Pattaya during October-November as it's least crowded during this time.

You grab a speedboat at the pier, takes about 15 min to get to the island. Tien beach is another 10 minutes, on the back side of the island, but worth it. Less busy there. Beach is gorgeous, clean and nice. Chairs are cheap to rent, and the local food and drinks are reasonable and readily available. Water is warm. I strongly advise against renting a Jetski. Way overpriced and it just takes away from the beauty of the place. Great for a day trip

visited 4 of the beaches, Nuala being my favourite. got a taxi boat from pattaya straight to monkey Island. Had 3 different amazing experiences with the monkeys.they were so funny, little naughty but extremely gentle. they even sat on my shoulder, head and lap. They loved monkey nuts, melon and tomatoes. Take them stay calm and relaxed and you will have the experience of your life of them in there natural environment. We did climb into the mountain a little up the small track. Beach was beautiful too.