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The World’s 100 Best Beaches

Bamboo Island

Phi Phi Islands, Thailand

  1. THE WORLD’S BEST BEACHES WORTH A JOURNEY · 2026 ✦ ✦ N° 81 2026
Bamboo Island

A wide white-sand beach covers much of a small uninhabited island, with clear turquoise water, a roped swimming area and a strip of bamboo and shrubs behind it. Visitors arrive by tour boat or private longtail from Phi Phi or Phuket.

Highlights

  • Soft white sand
  • Clear turquoise water
  • Fish around offshore rocks

Good to know

  • National park fee of 400 baht
  • Life jackets mandatory in roped swimming areas
  • Less crowded in the morning

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