Koh Ra Ecolodge Press

The Simple Life (996 kb)
Real Travel, 2009
Written by Hfu Reisenhoffer
“After a few days of snorkeling, diving, sea kayaking and hiking, you start to get into the rhythm,” says Kim Obermeyer, the owner. “Add to that a healthy dose of sustainability in the form of solar power, green buildings and clay ovens, and you have the recipe for nature soul-travel.” Indeed, it was refreshing to escape the usual hustle and bustle of many travel destinations, particularly one so well trodden as Thailand, and to have time to simply spend time...

How2 Go Green: A New Wave (644 kb)
February 2009
Written by Jim Algie
The new Koh Ra Ecolodge is another watershed project. Approaching the mountainous island on a long-tail boat, while Brahminy kites swoop down to scoop fish from the water, the only thing visible is a Thai-style pavilion and crescent of sand...

Volun-tourists make a difference (55 kb)
Phuket Post, February 9, 2009
Written by Fraser Morton
Kim Obermeyer and his team of 11 eco-warriors have set up a base camp and an eco-lodge on Koh Ra Island in Phang Nga province, just north of Phuket. The 39-year-old country co-coordinator for the Reef Check coral reef conservation group, said Thailand needed an alternative option to the “over supply of high-impact mass tourism”...

A World Without Corals? (488 kb)
Science, May 2007
Written by Richard Stone
In the shallow waters off Lan Island in the Andaman Sea, Kim Obermeyer kicks his flippers and glides over a silent graveyard. Scattered below are shards of staghorn and other branching corals, shattered in fragments that look like detached finger bones...

Voluntary Service Underseas:
Part 1 (1.4 mb) | Part 2 (1.1 mb)
Wanderlust, February 2007
Written by Richard Stone
We were met by Kim Obermeyer, a 38-year-old American whose goatee beard, surfer shorts, and facility with cocktails sat intriguingly with an inexhaustible knowledge of marine flora and fauna. His work in Thailand is part of Reef Check, a decade-long international effort to assess and help protect the world's coral...