TURTLE BEACH & THE WILD MERGUI

Travel: Boat: approx. 10 km / 40–50 min across the Pakchan estuary + 20 km local touring

Meet your guide at Ranong's Saphan Pla pier (Thailand). After Thai exit formalities, board a longtail/speedboat for the scenic 45-minute crossing of the Pakchan River estuary — past stilt villages and fishing fleets — to Kawthaung (Victoria Point), the southernmost town of Myanmar. Our team completes your Myanmar entry permits on arrival.

After a welcome seafood lunch, discover this charming frontier port: the hilltop Pyi Taw Aye Pagoda with its panoramic terrace, the statue of King Bayint Naung gazing over the strait at Cape Bayint Naung, the bustling waterfront market, and the 555 Viewpoint hill for a glorious Andaman sunset over a scatter of islands.

Dinner at a local restaurant famous for soft-shell crab. Overnight in Kawthaung. Meals: Lunch, Dinner.

Travel: Boat: approx. 110–120 km / 2.5–3 hrs

After breakfast, board the resort boat and cruise north through the wild heart of the Myeik (Mergui) Archipelago into Lampi Marine National Park — Myanmar's only marine national park and an ASEAN Heritage Park of mangroves, rainforest and reef.

Arrive at Wa Ale by early afternoon: a multi-award-winning, conservation-driven hideaway of just eleven tented beach villas and treetop villas above the sweep of Turtle Beach — a genuine sea-turtle nesting ground. Barefoot check-in, lunch at the open-air Lodge, then the rest of the day on the sand: snorkel the rocky points, ride a paddleboard, or simply watch hornbills commute over the bay.

Chef's dinner at the Lodge — Wa Ale's kitchen, built around local boats' daily catch and its own gardens, is one of the archipelago's great surprises. Overnight at Wa Ale. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Travel: Boat/kayak excursions 5–20 km within the national park

Morning guided snorkelling excursion to nearby coral gardens and rocky reefs — expect turtles, rays, moray eels and clouds of reef fish in some of the least-dived waters in Asia (the resort also offers full scuba support, extra cost).

In the afternoon, kayak deep into Lampi's silent mangrove channels — kingfishers, mudskippers and, if you're lucky, the resident sea otters — or join a guided rainforest hike across the island's ridgeline to a deserted west-coast beach.

In nesting season your stay may coincide with one of nature's great moments: green or leatherback turtles laying — or hatchlings sprinting for the sea — on Turtle Beach, overseen by the resort's conservation team. Dinner under the stars. Overnight at Wa Ale. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Travel: No transfers — pure leisure

A whole day of barefoot freedom. A second snorkel at first light, a long beach walk with only ghost crabs for company, fly-fishing or sport-fishing with the boat crew (catch-and-release, extra cost), a Moken village visit by boat (subject to schedule), or treatments in the open-air jungle spa.

Equally respectable plan: a daybed, a novel and the Andaman doing its thing in front of you. Wa Ale runs on solar support and bans single-use plastics — and a share of every stay funds the Lampi Foundation's turtle and community programmes, so doing nothing here still does some good.

Farewell dinner — the chef's Andaman showcase at the Lodge. Overnight at Wa Ale. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Travel: Boat approx. 110–120 km / 2.5–3 hrs + border boat 10 km / 45 min

One last sunrise over Turtle Beach and breakfast at the Lodge before the morning boat back through the archipelago to Kawthaung — dolphins often ride the bow wave on this stretch.

Myanmar exit formalities are handled by our team, then cross the estuary back to Ranong's Saphan Pla pier, where Thai immigration completes your re-entry. Transfer assistance to Ranong town, airport or your onward bus — and farewell from Myanmar's wildest island! Meals: Breakfast (packed lunch on request, subject to boat schedule).