Ao Manao
A calm curve of sand on the Gulf of Thailand, five kilometres south of Prachuap Khiri Khan town. Its name means 'Lime Bay', and it lies within an air force base, which keeps it unusually clean and quiet.
- Where
- Prachuap Khiri Khan, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 11.7750, 99.8056
Get the Ao Manao stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Ao Manao. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Prachuap Khiri Khan volume with your photos and a note.
Near Ao Manao
Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park 48 km
Thailand's first coastal national park, established in 1966, where limestone hills rise beside the Gulf of Thailand. Its name means mountain of three hundred peaks, and it includes the country's largest freshwater marsh.
Phraya Nakhon Cave 52 km
A cave in Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park, reached by a forested hike over the headland. Its two chambers open to the sky, and in the larger one sunlight falls through a great hole in the roof onto the Kuha Karuhas Pavilion, a small royal pavilion standing on the cave floor.
Rajabhakti Park 83 km
A park built by the Royal Thai Army in honour of Thai kings from the Sukhothai period to the Chakri dynasty. Its centrepiece is a row of seven giant bronze statues of past monarchs, and its name means the park built with the people's loyalty.
Hua Hin Railway Station 89 km
A small wooden station on the Southern Line, about 850 metres from the beach, from the days when Bangkok's court first came to Hua Hin by train for the sea air. Its ornate royal waiting pavilion still stands on the platform.
Klai Kangwon Palace 92 km
A seaside palace in Hua Hin, commissioned by King Prajadhipok in 1926 and completed in 1933. Its name means 'far from worries', and it was the main summer residence of King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
Mrigadayavan Palace 104 km
A seaside residence of King Vajiravudh at Cha-am, made of golden teak pavilions raised on pillars and linked by long covered walkways. The king stayed here only twice, in the summers of 1924 and 1925.
Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex 129 km
A World Heritage forest along the Myanmar border, inscribed in 2021 and made up of Kaeng Krachan, Kui Buri and Chaloem Phrakiat Thai Prachan national parks with the Mae Nam Phachi sanctuary. Its hills hold Thailand's largest national park, Kaeng Krachan.
Phra Ram Ratchaniwet 147 km
A former royal palace in Phetchaburi, built in a European style unusual for Thailand. Better known as Ban Puen Palace, it is now a museum run by the Royal Thai Army.
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Questions
Where is Ao Manao?
Ao Manao is in Prachuap Khiri Khan, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park (48 km), Phraya Nakhon Cave (52 km), Rajabhakti Park (83 km).
How do I get the Ao Manao stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Ao Manao and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Prachuap Khiri Khan volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Ao Manao before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Prachuap Khiri Khan volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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