Samui is an explorer's dream. It is just big enough to offer a wealth of diversity in landscape, vistas, flora and fauna, yet small enough to seek adventure in its many out-of-the-way places, while hardly ever losing sight of sea. This video some of the ways you can do this.

Sailing is becoming increasingly popular. Koh Samui island has excellent weather conditions for sailing — a good all-year-round breeze that is a solid northeasterly between December and April, and a more challenging strong westerly with the occasional violent gust between May and November. Craft available for a day on the ocean waves include yachts, catamarans and more modest windsurf boards.

Koh Samui has plenty of coconut trees. All over the islands is full of coconut tree. In the past coconuts were the main industry of Koh Samui. And of course, an animal who works with coconut very well is monkeys. Local people has been trained monkeys to help them in coconut plantations and now it is also an attraction for tourists who visit Samui. 

Visiting the Samui Crocodile Farm beside the airport is both interesting and entertaining. On display are Siam crocodiles, saltwater crocodiles, caimans, lizards, snakes, monkeys and more.

Various forms of kickboxing have long been practiced throughout Southeast Asia. As with most countries in the region, Thai culture is highly influenced by ancient civilizations within Southeast Asia.
 

Vivien Tan takes you through the quaint fisherman's village of Boh Phut, on Thailand's resort island of Koh Samui (Please note : these images are a couple of years old, unfortunately Bophut is discovered by the big hotel chains and is not so calm anymore, however Fisherman's village remains our favorite spot for a romantic dinner.)

And of course...the Full Moon Party on Koh Phangan. Como Resort is approx. 7 minutes away from where the boats leave. All in tickets can be booked here, and the friendly organizers will bring you back to the resort in the morning for a well deserved rest.

The body of Samui's most famous mummified monk, Loung Pordaeng, is on display here in a specially constructed building. When he died more than 20 years ago, he was sitting in a meditation position. He is still in that same position and his body shows few signs of any major decay. Wat Khunaram is on the 4169 ring-road between the Na Muang waterfalls and Hua Thanon.

Thai buffalo fighting is a much more placid affair than the usual sort of Spanish bullfighting that's full of passion and drama and the bulls end up being killed. In fact, Thai buffalo fighting is the bovine-world's equivalent of arm wrestling - with two male water buffalos locking horns and pushing and snorting until one gets bored and wanders away! But it's still a hugely popular event and usually occurs at special festivals such as New Year's Day and the Thai New Year (Songkran)

Jungle Trip by Elephant, The mighty elephant is Thailand's national animal – a symbol of royalty and strength. Samui has tropical rain forest in its centre and to travel through this verdant lushness on elephant back is to truly experience Thailand at its most natural. Pass exotic fauna and flora, stop at refreshing waterfalls along the way- discover Samui in the most regal way possible.

Koh Samui has some amazing scuba diving spots easiliy accessible by boat, predominately around Koh Tao. It is one of the few areas where Whale Sharks are frequently seen, although you're still very lucky if you get to see one! On a typical trip you can see hundreds of fish including groupers, clown fish, batfish, baracuda, and a myriad of colorful anemones. You can even see a sea turtle or a manta ray.

Ang Thong National Marine Park is made up of 42 islands featuring lime stone massifs, tropical rainforests and deserted beaches. This fascinating group of islands, within sight of Koh Samui to the north and west, is geographically different from the other islands in the region. The Ang Thong islands rise from the sea as dramatic walls of rock soaring hundreds of metres high. Besides the many small coves and beautiful beaches, erosion has shaped some interesting formations

This is the definately the best daily snorkelling trip in the Gulf of Thailand! Koh Tao and Koh Nangyuan are rated as the two best snorkeling sites in the Gulf, with their amazing corals and aquatic life. You will see ’Nemo’ Anemone fish swimming in the beautiful and colourful anemone’s and be amazed at the enormous table, stag horn, mushroom and lettuce corals.

There are various varieties of sponges such as the blue, barrel and pink sponges. If you love fish then you will see a vast array of the fishes of south east Asia. They include damsels, fusiliers, squirrelfish, butterfly fish, angel fish, bannerfish, batfish, parrotfish, sweetlips and trevallys.