Besides being out on the water or exploring on the bike, Koh Mak has some other terrific activities to wile away the hours…should you feel the urge to leave the hammock.
Over at Ao Nid, Smile Cooking School has been running for many years to very favourable reviews, great for adults and kids alike.
You can also find excellent tennis courts and pickleball courts tucked away behind White Sand Beach Resort. Coral Club too has pickleball over on the south coast.
Phoenix Muay Thai set up on the island a decade ago and has thrived, drawing a good following to its gym in Ao Kao.
Finally, you would get impossibly long odds on Koh Mak having the sport of Disc Golf, but there is indeed a course – a popular pastime for late afternoon once the heat has gone out of the day.
Cooking School | Tennis and Paddleball | Muay Thai | Disc Golf | Yoga | Gym, Running, Massage
Smile Cooking School
Per Person: 1,500bt (Morning/Afternoon into Evening)
Ao Nid, by the sea
Teacher Leng hosts daily small classes at her school next door to Koh Mak Seafood in Ao Nid, taking you through the ingredients, techniques, pastes and then the cooking itself. 3 to 4 dishes prepared, Thai salad or spring rolls, a curry, fried or steamed fish or tom yam, sticky rice and mango – all of which you then get to eat.
Morning (10.00 to 14.00) and afternoon into evening (15.00 to 19.00). Includes transfers (1,400bt pp if not needed). Closed for rainy season.
Koh Mak Tennis Club
Per Person: 500bt (Tennis), 350bt (Pickleball), 100bt (TableTennis)
Ao Kao, near the sea, eastern end
At the entrance to White Sand Beach Resort, tennis club with hourly rates as above for tennis, pickleball and table tennis. Indoor and outdoor courts, lights at 100bt extra per hour after 17.00. Balls at 300bt for 3 tennis, 100bt for single pickleball, racquets at 100bt per item.
If staying there or at Good Time, you get for courts for free (+100bt after 17.00) and priority booking.
**Coral Club over on the south coast also have 2 pickleball courts**
Phoenix Muay Thai Gym
Per Person: 500bt (group, 90 minutes), Private (1,200bt, 60 minutes)
Ao Kao, roadside,eastern end
In conjunction with Good Time Sport Resort, Phoenix Muay Thai is run by Trainer Go in an open air gym near to Little Red Oven/Food Art Hut at the top of the Ao Kao Resort road.
Daily group sessions of 90 minutes at 08.30 or 16.00. Punch Cards at 3,000bt for 10 sessions. Private one on one tuition also available, 60 minutes. Train and Stay packages at 2,500bt for day, 15,000bt for week and 45,000bt for month (both sessions daily, room at Good Time). Weights, ring, all equipment – drop-in use at 200bt per session.
Koh Mak Disc Golf
Per Person: 200bt per person. kids 100bt
Ao Kao to Ao Suan Yai road
Run by the irrepressible Mr Pom, once of the now defunct Holiday Beach Resort, the 9 ‘hole’ course is located on the connecting road to Ao Suan Yai behind Makathanee Resort. 3 different sizes and weights of frisbee for drive, iron and putt. Takes about an hour to complete, strangely addictive. Drinks available. High season only, Pom is on +66 (0)82 414 4969.
Disc golf involves throwing a frisbee over a course of different length holes in order to land it in the shortest amount of throws in a basket (‘holes’). The number of throws is then totted up to create your score.
Yoga
There is an active yoga scene on Koh Mak, with two principal spots in the 25/26 season, both very likely to continue for 26/27:-
- Koh Mak Good Time Sport Resort between Ao Kao and Ao Suan Yai, daily at 08.30 and 16.30 – see below;
- Seavana on Ao Suan Yai, all welcome, 17.00 on Tuesday and Wednesday (Yang), 08.30 on Wednesday and Thursday (Yin). 400bt per person.
Retreats do pop up year on year, so keep your checking online as they book up quickly. One of the original Koh Mak yoga practitioners, Petri Räisänen, is returning for next season – 2/1/27 to 29/1/27, based at Koh Mak Resort on Ao Suan Yai see here for details.
Yoga Good Time Sports Village
Per Person: 450bt per person (group, 90 minutes)
Hill between Ao Kao and Ao Suan Yai Beaches, garden setting
Within Good Time Sport Resort in their charming garden shala by the pool, daily 90 minute classes with different styles taught according to the resident teacher – in 2025/2026, 08.30 (Hatha) and 16.30 (wind down, nidra, sound baths).
10% discount for 10 sessions, private at 1,000bt for 1 person, 1,500bt for 2 persons. Drop-in is no problem but 1st come 1st served. Mats, blocks, straps, pillows all included as is access to the pool.
Other Activities – Gym, Running, Massage
Gym
Good Time Resort operates its Little Open Air Gym at 200bt daily per person, free to its guests – dumbells, cable machine, leg press, weight bench, push-up bar and fans. Contact them via WhatsApp on +66 65 307 1160
There’s also a well equipped indoor, a/c one at White Sand Beach Resort, 250bt per day, 900bt per week, 1,500bt a month or as mentioned above, another outdoor one at Phoenix Muay Thai.
Running
Koh Mak Running Club operates out of Cha Cha Beach Club on Ao Kao – short, long, fitness or sightseeing, with each day heading to a different part of the island, 3km to 5 km. It’s mostly mornings around with meet times at around 08.00, but there is are sunrise and sunset days too. 100bt per person.
Massage
It’s easier enough to find a massage on the island (400bt to 500bt an hour for coconut oil, aloe vera up to 800bt) – head online for recommendations or ask around.
UPDATED May 26 for 26/27 Season
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