Called Nai Thon Noi after the nearby, larger beach, this is one of many stretches of sand on Phuket that the average visitor will never see. Even when driving right by, only flashes of dazzling white through thick foliage are to be glimpsed. But guests of the Andaman White Beach Resort have a banquet of delicious panoramas of one of the island's most beautiful stretches of sand from every nook of the hotel. Thus, the 280-metre stretch of sand here is effectively the private world of this resort and its guests – despite that there are no privately owned beaches in the country.
Nai Thon Noi has wild green headlands to both sides, and a steep, forested mountain running up the back that together envelope the brilliant white of its sands in a cocoon of cool lush green. The blue-green of the ocean completes the flawless tropical grandeur. The resort has also been shrouded in foliage, creating one of Phuket's most delightful, private combinations of beach-and-resort.