Most of the accommodation along here is upmarket hotels, though there are budget spots on hideaway Yu Nui beach to the south, and Ao Sane to the north (via the yacht club) has one good budget choice and a mid-range option. Compared to Nai Harn, Ao Sane feels like a different world -- enroute the grassy hills along the shore slope sharply downwards to the secluded, rocky beaches, and the winding road crosses several wooden bridges over streams running into the ocean. It's a great little hideaway.

The main reason Nai Harn is so undeveloped is thanks to the Samnak Song Nai Harn monastery which occupies most of the land off the centre and southern stretch of the beach. It's a shame more of Phuket's beaches didn't have temples like this to keep the developers at bay.