Salone Island @ Palo Basin
The Salone Island will be the Tourist
Port/Marina for motorized yachts so that the tourist could come in
directly to the Salone Island without any hassle, not only from
Thailand but also, from any other countries by sea.
dps@myanmar.com.mm
and its affiliates plans to form a
corporation to develop the Salone to be called the Salone Marina
and Resort Company Limited "SMR".
SMR will arrange
Visas-on-Arrival, Trip Permissions, etc. to
visit to Myeik(Mergui) Archipelago for all tourists within a short period
time. The tourists could buy various kinds of consumable products
and spare parts for the yachts on the Salone at Prime World Duty
Free Shop while Myanmar(Burma) Immigration Officers process the
Visas-on-Arrival.
The tourist Port/Marina on the Salone will be built on the
southern beach (Latitude North 9 59.25' and Longitude East 98
29.00') and the site will be 3 nautical miles from Kawthaung
(Victoria Point) of Myanmar (Burma) and 4 nautical miles from Ranong,
Thailand by sea. The Salone is only 120 nautical miles away from
Phuket, Thailand. SMR is also planning to launch a ferry-boat service between Salone - Ranong - Kawthaung.
SMR will also develop a resort called Salone Resort on the
Salone for the convenient of the tourists who stay on board for a
long time. The resort will be developed on the large area (100
acres) so that every tourist could enjoy privacy at the resort.
The tourists could spend their time on the white sand beach
and its sea-side restaurant. The tourists also could do
camping, Sea Kayaking, sport fishing and snorkeling
around the Salone.
dps@myanmar.com.mm is operating
the Camping Tours, Sea Kayaking Tours and Scuba
Diving Tours from the Salone Island to Lampi Island and Kyunk
Philar during open season (November 1 to April 30).
