 Rayong
and Koh Samet travel information and local guide
Rayong is blessed with its abundance of nature beauty.
It has a well deserved reputation for producing seafood
products such as shrimp paste, fish sauce and dried
seafoods, and tropical fruits of which rambutan, mangosteen
and durian are the most famous.
In general the geography of Rayong is marked by a series
of mountains interspersed by flat plains and large tracts
of land under forest, rubber and fruit plantation. Offshore,
there are many islands which are well-known by the tourist,
such as Ko Samet and Ko Mun.
Rayong is located in the east coast of Thailand on the
northern shoreline of the Gulf of Thailand, about 179
kilometers from Bangkok.
Rayong has an extensive coastline stretching for approximately
100 kilometers, and some 3,552 kilometers square in
area, and is divided into 6 administrative districts
and 2 sub-district. To the north and the west they are
bordered by the province of Chonburi, the east by Chanthaburi
Province and the south by the Gulf of Thailand. The
total population of the province is about 508,398 persons.
(In 1996)
The climate is tropical, generally warm and humid with
abundant rainfall, average temperature is around 28
C. The best months are November through February.
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