Accessed by two separate tracks leading off the main road, Klong Hin Beach is the second of the beaches which line Koh Kood’s south west coast.
It’s a charming horseshoe bay, with clear blue waters and a nice sweep of sand, though the sea does retreat a long way into the distance at low tide.
At the northern end, the two high-end boutique resorts, Hideout and Mint Lotus sit, perfectly secluded, at either end of an adjoining cove. On the actual beach itself, Klong Hin Beach Resort has the complete run of things whilst, at the far southern end, the boutique homestay, A La Kood, occupies a couple of magnificent stilted houses over the lagoon with additional bungalows on the bank of the lagoon opposite.
There are no other shops or restaurants.
On the Beach | Southern End by Vehicle
On the Beach
Turning in off the main road at the turning signed for Klong Hin Beach Resort and Ajinta Resort, you take the left fork.
Follow the concrete lane through the forest and once it becomes more of a trail through the coconut trees, take the left path rather than going straight on. Eventually, you’ll pass Gecko House, one and two bedroom accommodation for rent, before arriving at the entrances to Hideout and Mint Lotus. Carry on still further and you arrive at the back of Klong Hin Beach Resort.
Klong Hin Beach Resort is used almost exclusively by Thai tour groups and its bungalows are laid out in rows just back from sand. You can park up, smile sweetly and walk straight through to the sand and sea. At the northern end, a sheltered bay serves as the base for a few speedboat companies and behind that, you find yourself are at the rear of Mint Lotus.
If you walk down to the southern end, you can cross the inlet to the southern headland and by climbing up the headland a little, you stumble on an old concrete path which you can follow until the broken mini bridge around the corner.
The Old Road
This was the original road which ran from here to Ao Jak Beach and then onto Ao Phrao Beach. Up to 2015, you could get along here ‘easily on a motorbike’ or on foot, a really lovely coastal trek. Unfortunately, though, the locals lost interest in it as the main road improved and one guesses the maintenance budget from the government dried up. So nowadays, it has been largely left to nature and is slowly disappearing, but for the brave, you can still trek it – read more here.
Back at the lagoon, meanwhile, A La Kood, comprises about ten rooms in two converted wooden fisherman houses, which perch on stilts over the water, joined by walkways. They have additional chalets on the lagoon and their in-house, The House of Kood restaurant at the rear.
Getting to the Southern End by Vehicle
To reach A La Kood by vehicle, you need to ignore the initial turning as described above and instead continue on down the main road for another kilometre or so, passing Kuba Lounge along the way.
Shortly afterwards, you will spot a signed (A La Kood) turning by the so called Coconut Shop Resort (motorbikes, not rooms), which takes you on a tortuously bumpy track for two to three kilometres through the forest until you emerge out at the back of the resort. De Coco Villa, 4 imposing Nordic style villas, are at the start, HyperLu Space (sic), a traveller guesthouse within a traditional Thai wooden 2 storey building and Blue House, rooms for rent towards the end.
UPDATED May 26 for 26/27 Season
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