RANONG INFORMATION

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RANONG is located 586 kilometers south of BANGKOK and is the first southern province that is located on the ANDAMAN SEA. It compasses an area of 3,298 square kilometers, from north to south 169 kilometers and the narrowest part of only 44 kilometers, hence the name "Isthmus of the Malaysian Peninsular"

RANONG is Thailand's least populous province and the land area is 80% forest and 67% mountain terrain.

RANONG is renowned as the wettest province in THAILAND. This is the result of the 2 monsoons, one from the INDIAN OCEAN and the other from the GULF of THAILAND. In a lot of the guide books they say it rains for 8 months, that is a bit of a over statement. The rainy season lasts for about 3 months.

So this makes RANONG the place to visit, more traditional lifestyle etc...

More importantly not to many tourists.

So come and visit !

RANONG is the mellow province in THAILAND. it's all forest and mountains! we also have MANGROVE FORESTS, WATERFALLS, HOTSPRINGS. The list goes on.

Ranong is only 3 hrs north of PHUKET & 2 hrs south of CHUMPON. It's on the ANDAMAN SEA at the most southern point of BURMA, so you can imagine how diverse life is here. The mix of THAILAND and the mix of BURMA.

RANONG was first settled by the CHINESE. The reason they came here was for the TIN, the TIN has since been mined. Now they are mining WHITE CLAY, which is sold to EUROPEON crockery manufactures. Ranong has many industries such as: SEAFOOD, RUBBER, CASHEW-NUT, SILK & TOURISM.

Thailand Time GMT +7

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MINI VANS:

mini vans on the hour!

All mini vans leave from the main bus station.

They all go to CHUMPHON & SURAT THANI every hour.

The vans seat 8 people. (note: if you have alot of bags it would be a good idea to book an extra seat).

RANONG TOUR INFORMATION

We can arrange a RANONG TOUR to all of the ATTRACTIONS below, and more of UNSEEN RANONG.

All our tours use air-conditioned mini vans.

All our tours take you to the best RESTUARANTS in RANONG. (not included}

All our tours have an english speaking guide.
Or you can tailor your own tour. (talk to our guide)

main street Ranong & the flag of Ranong

Ranong Attractions

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RAKSAWARIN HOT SPRINGS / HAT SOM PAEN TEMPLE / RANONG CANYON / PHU KHAO YA ( Bald Mountain ) / NGAO WATERFALL / PUNYABAN WATERFALL / RANONG'S 1st GOVERNOR / HAD CHAN DAMRI / THAI SILK FACTORY / RANONG MANGROVE FOREST /

N.G.O. (Non Government Organisations) MEETING POINT:

Ranong now is developing many NGO's.

Ranong is now the main MEETING POINT for these groups.

Any questions you may have on these groups, we will help you best we can.

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