Review:

Ton Sai, located not far from the popular Thai tourist destination of Krabi, is a beach popular with backpackers looking for inexpensive accommodation as well as rock climbing crowds who come to explore the excellent rock climbing opportunities in the area.

The beach is not particularly nice and at low tide it becomes rocky and unsuitable for swimming. But, it has one very special feature that is characteristic to places on Thailand's west coast, namely year-round bioluminescence.

A dense accumulation of phytoplankton glows in the dark and creates quite a show. Tour guides take advantage of this by organizing boat tours that start with island hopping, swimming, and snorkeling and end with a dinner on the beach and a boat trip through the dark to the best spot for observing bioluminescence.

Guests are always mesmerized when swimming surrounded by bright spots of eerie light that look like they are coming from the water itself.

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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