36 Best islands in Southeast Asia
Ultimate guide (November 2024)
Boracay is a popular island in the Philippines. White Beach is one of the best beaches in the world, but the crowd slightly spoils the … / read more » /
Samui - island in the Gulf of Thailand. Remarkable for abundance of palm trees, which are both on the beaches, and in the center of t… / read more » /
Komodo is a popular island in Indonesia. Main local attractions are monitor lizards (aka Komodo dragon) and hiking. On the other side,… / read more » /
Ko Kood is one of the most beautiful islands, - not in Thailand only, but also in the whole world. The beaches are with white sand and … / read more » /
Perhentian Islands - two small islands with best beaches in Malaysia. Tourist infrastructure is relatively undeveloped, which contributes to the c… / read more » /
Kai Kecil - island with the best beaches in Indonesia. White sand, high palm trees and almost no tourists, - it's a best recipe for a tro… / read more » /
Bohol is a popular tourist island in Philippines. Chocolate hills are the main killer feature, as well as other attractions - like wa… / read more » /
Redang is an island on the east coast of Malaysia. This is a real tropical paradise. The beaches have white sand, azure water, many pa… / read more » /
Sentosa - the island of entertainment in Singapore. There are beautiful beaches and theme parks. It makes no sense to get here from the… / read more » /
Bali is a popular tourist island in Indonesia. However, the beaches are not so good here. The main problems are either strong waves,… / read more » /
Phi Phi - located in the Andaman Sea in Thailand. The islands are beautiful, with good beaches, and the atmosphere is quite like Ibiza.… / read more » /
Koh Tao is an island with the most clear water in the Gulf of Thailand. So there are some beautiful beaches with huge boulders, but the… / read more » /
Phu Quoc - island with the best beaches in Vietnam. Also famous for its pearl markets. However, the beaches here are good only by Vietna… / read more » /
Lang Tengah is a small island located near the east coast of Malaysia. It's not overcrowded, because almost nobody knows about this place. … / read more » /
Bintan - Indonesian island, which is a vacation destination for Singapore residents. There are good beaches and hotels. Unfortunately,… / read more » /
Ko Chang is an island in Thailand located relatively close to Bangkok. The beaches are almost as good as in the more popular resort area… / read more » /
Sumbawa is a large island located to the east of Lombok island in Indonesia. There are no really great beaches. However, there are stil… / read more » /
Panglao is a small island in the Philippines known for its great beaches. Of course, it is not so good like Boracay, but in general it'… / read more » /
Lombok is an island in Indonesia. Unlike the neighboring Bali, it has a lot of excellent beaches with white sand and palms. However, a… / read more » /
Bidung Laut is a small islet to the south of more popular Redang Island in Malaysia. The place is quite beautiful, but has not much of tour… / read more » /
Koh Lipe is a small island in the south of Andaman coast, Thailand. The beaches are rather mediocre by Thai standards, and all of the sw… / read more » /
Malapascua is a small island located to the north of Cebu island, Philippines. This place is for diving and snorkeling only. As for the be… / read more » /
Koh Mak is a small island in the Chang archipelago of Thailand. Though few sources claim that there are almost the best beaches in the … / read more » /
Tioman is a popular tourist island in Malaysia. Despite many good reviews, the beaches are far from the best, - for example Perhentian… / read more » /
Koh Wai is a small island to the south of Koh Chang island in Thailand. Despite its paradise status, the beaches are not better than Ch… / read more » /
Ko Samet - is the closest to Pattaya nice island. Most of travelers are Bangkok residents coming here for the weekends, as well as touri… / read more » /
Biak is an island in Indonesia, located just to the north of West Papua. Good beaches can be found on uninhabited islands only - far… / read more » /
Banta is a small island located near the famous Komodo Island in Indonesia. Most visitors come here as part of a combined boat tour -… / read more » /
Phuket - is the most popular island in Thailand. All good beaches are located on the west coast, and they are generally quite the same… / read more » /
Padar is a small island located to the southeast of Komodo Island in Indonesia. In most cases, it is visited as a combined boat tour … / read more » /
Langkawi is the most popular island in Malaysia. The tourist infrastructure is well developed, and there are few relatively good beaches… / read more » /
Gili Islands - a group of islands to the east of Bali island, which are positioned as a place with excellent beaches suitable for swimming (… / read more » /
Koh Rong - the most popular island in Cambodia. Local beaches are featured by white sand and a small number of tourists. / read more » /
Lanbi Kyun - is a large island in the Andaman coast of Myanmar. Tourists are attracted by untouched wild nature, but beaches are rather me… / read more » /
Ko Lan - is the closest to Pattaya island. In fact today it is same as Pattaya, but without skyscrapers near the beach and with a more… / read more » /
Batam - industrial island in Indonesia, located near Singapore. If you will some business here, there are few relatively good beaches… / read more » /