Ko Tao , literally Turtle Island, is an
island in the Gulf of Thailand in the south of Thailand.
Ko
Tao is a great place for divers who want to get
away from the hustle and bustle of Ko
Samui and want more than the Full Moon Party
on Ko Pha Ngan.
Ko Tao is a great place to learn how to dive. There
are hardly any currents and you have to travel in
a boat for at least an hour to find depths deeper
than 40 meters.
Tao Island is located on the east coast of Surat
Thani Province ,45 kilomaters to the northwest of
Pha Ngan Island.Its total surface area is 21 square
kilometers or approximately 13000 rais. Frpm noth
to sount it is 7.5 kilometers long and from east
to west it is 4.5 kilometers wide.Allmost all of
the island is mountainous.There are two amall island
nearly; Nang Yuan Island which measures about 202
rais whis has a sand bar which connects its three
islands together,and Gong Sai Dang Islands (Shark
Island),a tiny island to the northeast of Koh Tao
which has a total area of just 6 rais
Koh Tao (Island) in the
Past
Before 1927 when Thailand was ruled by the People's
Party,The Department of Corrections used Koh Tao
and KOh Tarutao,which is locates is located on the
west coast of thailand in satun Province,as prisons
for polictical prioners during the baworagej and
the Sergeant Revolutions.Later on this island was
registered as Royal Property and it was abandoned
for a long time in 1937.More and more people came
to settle here and now Koh tao is a Tambon of Pha
Ngan Island district ,Surat Thani Province.There
are three village o the island ;Hat Sai Ree, Mae
Hat and Chalok Ban Kaw
Ko
Tao is a great place for divers who want to get
away from the hustle and bustle of 
