Pretty much every visitor to Thailand hopes to find their perfect beach, but most never do. Sure, you can find somewhere pretty close to perfect, but there’s usually a hotel or guesthouse set right behind the beach. To find a beach that is not only beautiful, but also not totally developed and not packed with people is tough, but there still are some. Some of the best are the beaches of the Laem Son National Marine Park in Ranong Province.

Laem Son has a number of stunning islands where you’ll be one of just a few people there. When we went we had a few of the beaches we visited completely to ourselves. This is where you can find the white sand, the clear turquoise sea, the lone coconut palm sticking out over the water, and most important of all, no queue of tourists waiting their turn to take a photo.