Explore the Floating Village of Panyee Island

Panyee Island is another island that you should visit in Phang Nga Bay and it is unlike anything you've seen before in Thailand. Panyee Island is an old Muslim community of around 1,685 people descended from 2 seafaring families that came all the way from Java way back in the 18th Century. Within the same period that they migrated here, the law that limited land ownership solely to people of Thai national origins went into effect, and in order to evade that, the community started building houses on stilts and continued to expand into the bay.

With over 365 families, an entire community completed with a mosque, a school all built on stilts, and a floating soccer field, Panyee Island has become a popular tourist attraction in Phang Nga Bay and a must-visit when you are here. With the James Bond Island organized tour, they will also include a stop at Panyee Island, usually for lunch and you should have enough time to stroll around the maze that is the crisscrossing streets of Panyee Island. The place is extremely unique and you won't find anything quite like this place anywhere else in Thailand so if you are in Phang Nga, be sure to make it to Panyee Island.