Samaesan Village

Chong Samae San

Samae San is a fishing village at Sattahip for decades. Between seashore and a group of islands there is a small channel that a ship can go through the shore, called Chong Samae San, where it is habitation of fish. For this reason, Chong Samae San is a popular place for tourist to go fishing. However, the group of islands is taken cared by the marine of Thailand in order to preserve and maintain natural resources. The location of Samae San is approximately 45 Kilomaters from Pattaya. There are a pack of small islands located near Samae San seashore, so it occurs Chong Samae San (a naturally little channel) for Ship transportation. This group of islands also block undercurrent from the depth sea, so it is a great place for marine animals to live, and it is therefore suitable for fishermen to do their job. Not surprisingly, more and more fishermen go to live there until it has becomes a large fishing village. As the areas of all islands are looked after by marine, there are no any citizens living in the island. For this reason, natural resources at Chong Samae San and the islands are still sufficient. However, visitors are allowed to land to some specific areas of islands at the day time. This is why Chong Samae San is also popular for visitors. At the Samae San Village there are a number of jetties. Every jetty is quite busy in early morning because fishing ships go to wharf it. Visitors also go to buy fresh seafood with cheap price. Additionally, there is rental fishing equipment available in the village, including boat, and there are also many accommodations available for visitors to stay. As Samae San is located in Sattahip, it is a bit far from Pattaya. Visitors who do not own their vehicle should hire a metered taxi to be there. On the other hand, those who have a private vehicle can go along Sukhumvit Road to Sattahip and looking for a sign to go to Samae San.