Sunrise Beach — Attraction in Ko Lipe

Sunrise Beach, located on the east coast of the island, is the most popular beach on Koh Lipe.

The clear turquoise waters are complimented by a backdrops of Koh Adang island, some smaller islands, and picturesque local wooden long tail boats.

Sunrise Beach is roughly 1.2 km long running from a small headland on the south east corner of Koh Lipe northwards to an undefined point on the north coast of the island where the name changes to Bulow Beach.

Sunrise Beach is known locally as Chao Ley Beach because of the small Chao Ley Village near the centre of the beach. The Chao Ley are an ethnic group of seafaring people who traditionally live a semi nomadic life setting up villages on beaches and...

In my opinion, Sunrise Beach is the best beach to have a good "beach time" on Koh Lipe. Although the evenings are nicer in Pattaya Beach. There are several restaurants and bars along the beach, as well as several kayak rentals. The beach is sometimes very narrow, especially at high tide. This is the longest beach on Koh Lipe. The big disadvantage of Sunrise Beach is a large number of fishing boats. They belong to the sea nomads (Chao Lay or Water People or sometimes called Sea Gypsies) who were the first inhabitants of Koh Lipe (and also other islands like Koh Phi Phi, Koh Lanta or Phuket). They still live...

This is the beach we decided on which researching on our stay. We stayed at Andaman Resort which is on Sunrise Beach and thankfully the ferry boats arrive and depart from that beach, so that spared the hectic walk to the other beaches. Even though we could hire the beach taxis but with our moms it would have been too taxing. Sunrise Beach was nearer to Koh Adang where we planned on going for a hike. Unfortunately due to low season the national park was closed. Perfect white sand kissing your bare feet and the soft sun on your skin - that was the early...