The most reputation of Lanta is the dive sites. Hin
Daeng and Hin
Muang were
rate from international dive magazine as world top ten
diversity sites.
Hin Daeng or Red Rock is
a huge pinnacle protrudes three meters above the
surface. The east side is shallower with two long narrow
ridges gentle slope in to the blueness, pleasing with
lush red soft coral. The southern of pinnacle fast drop
as the huge wall dotted with soft coral and sea fans.
Hin Muang or Purple Rock is
just a few hundred meters away, the underwater rock is
about 200 meters long and narrow round top with two side
wall. The site is pleasing with lush purple soft coral
insertion with large sea fans of red, white and orange.
Both sites often found large schools of jack tuna, large
size barracudas, gray reef sharks, huge needle flying
fish and long toms and sometime huge whale shark and
manta ray.
Koh Ha is
a group of five tiny islands west side of Koh Lanta. The
interesting is the series of underwater caves look like
a cathedral. At Koh Ha Yai the caves are very
complexity. The main cave is safe to enter; look back
will see the lighting pipe passing through the hole of
chamber is illusion. Penetration into the passage way at
the rear of the main chamber is dangerous and it is not
recommended.
The other sites are as Hin
Bida, Shark
Point and Ship
Wrack which
more near to Phi Phi island but easy access from Koh
Lanta.