Khao Lak · Phang Nga · Thailand
Come to the sea
Matalay means "come to the sea." A simple invitation to slow down, look around, and feel connected to where you are.
Matalay · “come to the sea”
A new integrated coastal community where nature, culture & people connect.
Set 75 minutes north of Phuket on Thailand’s Andaman coast, Matalay brings together 1,059 rai of beaches, lakes, rivers and forest, with 1.2 kilometres of coastline at Memories Beach.
Matalay is being shaped as a connected coastal community, building on a place that is already alive. Memories Beach, surf culture, local businesses and Matalay Elephant Home form part of an existing community that has grown here over many years.
- 1.4km
- of white-sand beach frontage
- 75min
- by car from Phuket International Airport
- 1,059rai
- of prime coastal land (419 acres)
- 5.5km
- of lake frontage inside the site
Responsibility to the place
A VISION SHAPED BY THE PLACE
Matalay begins with what is already here. Nature, people and community shape how the destination grows.
Nature
Nature leads the masterplan. The lakes, forest and coastline are connected through the Green Spine, allowing the landscape to guide how Matalay grows.
People
Matalay is designed around everyday life. Walkable connections, shared spaces, outdoor experiences and places to gather create more ways for people to spend time in nature and with one another.
Community
The community is already here. From Memories Beach and its surf culture to local businesses and Matalay Elephant Home, the masterplan builds on what exists and creates opportunities that extend beyond Matalay.
The masterplan
A masterplan is best read from the air
Hotels, homes, community and the Green Corridor, each on its own parcel. Choose a layer, then touch a parcel to read its brief.
Gensler masterplan over the site photograph. Parcel outlines are indicative; boundaries are confirmed in the parcel brief. Reserved Sold
The same plan is drawn on the land in the 360° virtual tour, seen from five hundred metres up, if you would rather fly over it. Or read the four zones one by one.
Open now
MEMORIES here to stay
Memories Surf Village is already home to surf, food, nature and community. Memories Beach Bar, Memories Surf House and Matalay Elephant Home are open today, forming part of the foundation Matalay is growing from.
Bar & Restaurant
Memories Beach Bar
A barefoot bar on the sand that has become the social heart of Khao Lak's surf community: laid-back by day, live music by night.
Nature
Khao Lak Elephant Home
Ethical encounters with a resident herd, planned around their daily walk to bathe, with the beach at the end of the trail.
Activities
Memories Surf House
An ISA-accredited school, board hire and coaching clinics, in a bamboo house shaped like a breaking wave.
NEWS & UPDATES
GOYA TOWER TAKES SHAPE
A new landmark at Matalay explores how architecture can create value from overlooked materials.
Designed by Boonserm Premthada of Bangkok Project Studio, Goya Tower is being built using handcrafted bricks incorporating elephant dung, transforming an unexpected material into part of the architecture.
Around 30% of the elephant dung used comes from Matalay Elephant Home, creating a direct connection between the project, its landscape and the community already here.
More than a landmark, Goya Tower reflects a wider approach at Matalay: exploring how thoughtful design, local knowledge and materials can come together to create something rooted in place. The tower is now taking shape as part of Matalay’s evolving landscape.
Where the forest meets the Andaman Sea
Over a kilometre of white sand, five and a half kilometres of lake edge, and the forest between them