5-Day Full Moon Party — Koh Phangan

Fly Bangkok → Koh Samui (or take overnight train + ferry). From Koh Samui take the ferry to Koh Phangan (~30 min, £5). Check in to Had Rin area — Sarana Bungalows (same as the Kilroy tour uses) or Pha-Ngan Bayshore Resort. Drop bags, hit the beach.

🚌Koh Samui → Koh Phangan ferry — ~£5

🛏Sarana Bungalows or similar, Had Rin — dorm from £8/night, private from £20

• →Beach arrival
• →Explore Had Rin strip
• →Street food dinner

Rent a scooter (£5/day) and do a full island loop. Hit Thong Nai Pan beach in the north (stunning, quiet), Bottle Beach, the Phaeng Waterfall (£2 entry), and the Big Buddha viewpoint. Evening: Thai cooking class or Muay Thai session.

🚌Scooter rental — ~£5/day (helmet required, drive carefully on mountain roads)

• →Thong Nai Pan beach — quietest on the island
• →Phaeng Waterfall hike — £2 entry
• →Big Buddha viewpoint
• →Thai cooking class — ~£15, or Muay Thai intro — ~£12

Day free — rest up. Get UV-painted on the beach (£5), pick up cheap drinks early before prices spike, claim your spot on Had Rin Nok beach at dusk. The party starts building around 9pm and runs through sunrise. Free entry — just walk in from the beach.

• →UV/glow body paint
• →Pre-party beach drinks
• →Full Moon Party — Had Rin Nok (free entry)
• →Warm-up party at Cactus Bar

Nobody functions today. Smoothie bowl, hammock, pool bar. If you can move: the 7-Eleven smoothies are legendary post-FMP recovery. Optional afternoon snorkelling trip (£15 for a longtail boat). Sunset dinner at the pier.

• →Pool recovery
• →Optional longtail snorkelling — £15
• →Sunset pier dinner

Ferry back to Koh Samui for flights, or ferry direct to Surat Thani for the overnight train to Bangkok. Some people extend on Koh Phangan — it has a way of doing that. Book onward transport on 12go.asia the night before.

🚌Ferry to Koh Samui — £5, or ferry to Surat Thani — £8

• →Final beach swim
• →Island farewell