Ao Vongduan Beach is one of most popular beach on Koh Samed Island. There are a number of tourists visiting the beach every day, so activities offered here are similar to other popular beaches - Sai Kaew Beach and Ao Phai Beach. Visitors do not have to be much worried about facilities, because shops and restaurants can be easily found here. One major reason to make this beach popular is that there are boats from Ban Phe coming directly to the beach.
Ao Vongduan Beach is located a little far – about 3.5 kilometers from Nadan Pier. Though, visitors can still come here easily as it is a popular beach, so there will be a number of visitors would like to share a Songthaew together to come here.
Ao Vongduan presents a long beach, 500 meter long. The beach is as curve as the half-moon shape – the name of the Beach in Vongduan, meaning moon shape in Thai Language. In the morning, seawater will rise up towards shops on the beachfront, and this make the beach look more busy because the mixing between visitors and vendors in the same place.
In the area of Ao Vongduan Beach not only is interesting, but it is also convenient for tourists. This is because visitors can, in the area, find water activities, choices of restaurants, minimarts, water-accessories shops, swim-ring rental shops, hawkers and so on. A few ATM Machines are also available here for those who are short of cash. At night, visitors can enjoy drinking at beach bars and watching fire show as Sai Kaew Beach (though, it might not be as good as the show performed at Sai Kaew Beach).
In short, Ao Vongduan Beach is suitable to visitors who would like to stay at a busy beach, but want to experience different atmosphere from Sai Kaew Beach.
Please Keep in mind that, from Ao Vongduan Beach, to go to beaches far away will not be as easy as Sai Kaew Beach. To take a Songthaew, visitors might have to wait for a while before gathering other visitors on the same bus, so those who are in hurry night have to hire a Songthaew privately, which are more expensive. The price for renting a motorbike also seems a little higher than at Sai Kaew Beach.