Get FREE email communications from Fodor's Travel, covering must-see travel destinations, expert trip planning advice, and travel inspiration to fuel your passion.
We've compiled the best of the best in Surat Thani - browse our top choices for the top things to see or do during your stay.
Vaguely resembling Koh Samui's Overlap Stone, this massive, gravity-defying rock hides in Surat Thani's Khiri Rat Nikhom district in the middle of the rainforest. Drive a car or ride a scooter to this rock, and you'll find yourself surrounded by nothing but rubber trees, cacti, and the calming sounds of coucal birds and the nearby waterfall.
Open only on Sundays, this enchanting market some 3.5 kilometers (2 miles) from the city center lies in a steaming jungle. It's not exactly a floating market—not many vendors set up stalls along the riverbank, or on boats—but there are plenty of waterways around. Bamboo huts covered with the leaves of Nipa palms sell fresh produce, as well as ready-made treats, like sticky rice-flour dumplings bathed in shredded coconut, plenty of Pad Thai, and tasty silver barb cakes. Don't miss hopping on a wooden boat for a tour down the 450 meter–long, Nipa palm–lined tunnel.
