About Us

Samui Maps Collective is built by people who actually live on the island they write about. Every pin is earned, not paid for. We work with long-term Koh Samui residents to verify every pin, every description, and every recommendation.

The goal is a community of locals and long-term residents who know their patch of the world better than any travel guide ever could. People who care about the place they live in and want to share it honestly. Koh Samui first - and beyond that, wherever good local knowledge exists.

Most travel guides get read once and forgotten. Our maps live in Google Maps - the app already on your phone, the one you actually open when you're standing on a street corner wondering where to go. They work online and offline, they update continuously, and they're as useful on your fifth day as they were on your first.

Some of our links are affiliate links.  If you book through them we earn a small commission at no cost to you. It helps keep the maps and guides free of advertising. No business has ever paid to appear in our maps, guides, or website. That will never change.