Maenam Beach is the first tourist area of Samui, located from the ferry pier, midway between Nathon, the commercial center and Chaweng Beach. You will be in peace and relaxation with its crystal clear and warm waters as well as long clean beach. Over here, there is an interesting village settlement with a dominant Chinese influence and you can see a lot of wooden shop houses with a Chinese flavor and a small Chinese.The beach is quite deep and wavy. Resorts are available. There are boat service to Koh Pha Ngan. The fare is 100 baht. The boat leaves the port at 12.00am. And it take about 40 minutes to get there.

From Maenam beach, you can take a boat to neighboring Koh Phangan, Koh Tao, and Koh Nang Yuan.