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Ko Lipe is outside of the Tarutao National Park jurisdiction, and as such is exempt from the laws and legislation that protects the rest of the national park. The island is rapidly growing to meet the demands of increase in tourism, and is facing quite a few issues with rubbish and animal conservation. There are projects currently in place to keep Koh Lipe clean. Please do your part by keep Koh Lipe clean.
The calm, clear water makes the Ko Lipe area ideal for snorkeling, with 25% of the world’s tropical fish species found in the area. There are large varieties of fish around the coral just 20 metres off all of the the beaches
Since there are humans there are dogs on the islands. In the times of the 2nd World War – Tarutao was used to be the “Tarutao Vocational Training Settlement.” Within the year of June 1938, about 2000 prisoners were confined on Tarutao.
The abortive revolt led to the abdiction of King Rama VII in March 1934 and the mass arrests of the Royal family, high ranking military officers and civilian officials, journalists and politicans. The trials took four years, and the sentences were pronounced in 1938. Eigtheen people were executed by firing squad and seventy were sent to imprisonment on Tarutao. Read the rest of this entry »
