Maps & Locations
The White House Beach Resort and Spa is located at Choeng Mon, on the Thai island of Koh Samui. It is 17 kilometers (10.5 miles) from the island's airport. The Big Buddha temple is nearby and other attractions on the island are no more than 20 minutes away.
Airport Transfer
Our Airport Representative will greet you at the airport and then escort you to your waiting limousine. Then relax in comfort whilst our driver brings you effortlessly to the hotel. Avoid the pressure of big city airports and allow our staff to take care of you.
About Koh Samui
Koh Samui is located in the Gulf of Thailand and is in Suratthani province, southern of Thailand. It is Thailand’s third largest island, with an area of 228.7 km.
Koh Samui have many tourist attractions and here also have unique local lifestyle and culture.
Airport Transfer
Our Airport Representative will greet you at the airport and then escort you to your waiting limousine. Then relax in comfort whilst our driver brings you effortlessly to the hotel. Avoid the pressure of big city airports and allow our staff to take care of you.
About Koh Samui
Koh Samui is located in the Gulf of Thailand and is in Suratthani province, southern of Thailand. It is Thailand’s third largest island, with an area of 228.7 km.
Koh Samui have many tourist attractions and here also have unique local lifestyle and culture.
Big Buddha (Wat Phra Yai) Established in 1972, It is located at towards the northern of Koh Samui, near the airport.
As you approach Koh Samui from the air, the 12-metre tall, golden statue of the Lord Buddha sitting on a high platform at the top of a wide staircase decorated with dragons, dominates the scene. The enormous sitting Buddha sits within the Phra Yai Temple complex on a small island just of the northern shore of the island.
Venerated by the locals and Thai visitors, the Big Buddha is also popular with foreign tourists, many of whom join the locals in lighting incense and praying at the shrine. At night the image is floodlit and to many people it then takes on the appearance of a guardian of the island.
Thai visitors to the island usually make the Big Buddha their first stop. They will pray here, make offerings of fruit and flowers, rice and water, and burn five incense sticks. This is to ensure a happy and fruitful visit.
Wat Plai Laem is located in the north of Samui on road 4171 from Big Buddha to Choeng Mon Beach. The temple is famous for the hundreds of big fish enjoying their live in the lake of the temple and waiting to be fed (Food for the fish is available at the temple for a small donation of 10 Baht per pack).
Wat Plai Laem is one of the most colorful temple on Samui and features an 18 arms strong Buddha statue set in the middle of the lake.
In the interior of Samui Island are a number of waterfalls that can make an interesting change of pace when you tire of the beach scene. The most popular of these are the Na Muang falls, so called because the rock face is purple.
The Na Muang falls lie south of the island's central peaks, at about the midway point between the two coasts. A paved entrance road leads off the main street connecting Hua Thanon, south of Lamai, to Nathon. There are actually two tiers to the falls. The higher tier requires some trekking, on foot or elephant, to reach.
The lower tier is 30 meters high with water cascading over a sheer rock face into a deep pool that can be nice for swimming if there aren't too many other people.Along the path leading to the falls from the parking area are several souvenir stalls as well as some food stalls that can prepare 'real' Thai food at quite reasonable prices compared to many of the island's restaurants.
Just off the parking lot is a place where you can get an elephant to take you up to the other set of falls, or elsewhere in the interior. Further down the access road from the falls is the self-styled 'Namuang Safari Park' offering elephant rides, monkey shows, and just about anything else to make a buck. Its a bit cheesy but might be good fun if you have children with you.
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.
Phra Khru Samathakittikhun (Dang Piyasilo) or Loung Por Daeng. He , was born in 1894, was a well respected family man within the local community on Koh Samui and first become ordained as a monk when he was in his early twenties. He spent two years in Wat Samret before exiting and marrying a local lady from Lamai with whom he had six children, a few still alive on the island today.
Upon reaching fifty years of age, once his children were all grown up, Loung Por Daeng, decided to dedicate the latter part of his life to Buddhism and returned to the temples where he felt so at peace. He was ordained as a monk in 1944.
He then travelled to Bangkok where he spent some time studying and learning more about Buddhist texts and meditation, one of the great passions of his life.
It is believed that upon returning to Koh Samui he went to meditate in a cave, Tham Yai in Lamai, which is located within present day Tamarind Springs.
Later he moved to Chaweng and was one of the first monks to stay in the location that nowadays is known as Wat Pang Bua. He was one of the first Jao Wat's, which is the Thai term for Abbot, who led the temple into its present existence.
Following this, he decided to return to his family home, which was located just behind the current Wat Kunaram where the temple school is located. Most famously, two months before his death, at the age of 79 years and 8 months, he requested the company of his students to inform them that he felt his death was imminent and wanted to instruct them as to his last wishes. He requested that should his body decompose that he be cremated and his ashes scattered at the famous 'Saam Jaeg' in Hua Thanon, meaning the three forked road intersection, in Thai.
He went on to request that should his body not decompose, he would like to stay at the temple and be placed in an upright coffin on display as a symbol to inspire future generations to follow Buddhist teachings and be saved from suffering.
In his final seven days of mortal life, he no longer spoke to anyone or ate or drank anything, concentrating solely on his mediation and the path to enlightenment. He died a week later in the same position that we can see him sitting in nowadays.
He's in impeccable condition considering he died 30 years ago and on his head one can still see some hairs.
When his eyes fell into his head, the monks at the temple fitted him with some sunglasses.
He is still sitting in the original position of his meditation.
At the south end of Lamai beach are some rock formations that are standard, if a bit sophomoric, stops on any tour of Samui. The 'Grandfather Rock' and 'Grandmother Rock' have been shaped over millions of years by wind and water to resemble human sex organs. A short narrow alley lined with souvenir stalls leads from the main road to the rocks. You actually end up on Grandmother's belly, where a crevice has been worn into the rock to form granny's legs. The Grandfather Rock, a penis shaped pillar, is about 25 metres to the south.
Despite the silliness that the stones induce, the spot is actually rather beautiful, with turquoise waters in pools among the rocks.
Naturally, the rocks are a fertility symbol for many Asians, and said to be the origin of the 'Mui' peoples.
The souvenir shops lining the alley leading to the rocks are generally nothing special.
Tourists Activities
Mountain safari,
Snorkeling,
Kayaking,
Diving,
Sightseeing trip,
Elephant trekking,
Eco-nature tours,
Shopping.