Nestled amongst coconut palms on the pristine beach frontage in the Bay of Bengal. This pristine beach is the home to many luxurious resorts scattered throughout the 3 km long beach frontage and most of them with a delicious tropical gardens with magnificent ocean views. Situated about 7 km away from Thandwe airport, is said to have been named after the Naples of Italy by a homesick Italian. It is famous for its natural and unspotted beauty, stretches about 3 km long with soft white sand fringed by coconut palms.

It serves as the best ground for sunbathing and recreation such as jogging, cycling, and beach strolling and so on. There is nothing short for the keen golfer as there is a unique 18 hole golf course near by and any of the hotels will arrange your golfing paradise while you are there. Unlike today's beaches of Asia, it is free of noisy beachside bars, crowded people and hawkers persuading you to buy their things. There are only natural scenic beauty of the blue sea, white sand and the lovely sun. The sea is cobalt blue, without any dangerous marine animals and clean.

Accessible by flight from Yangon, Heho, Bagan and Sittwe. One can also travel by road but it can be long and tedious journey taking about 14 hours drive along the Rakhine Yoma mountain range.
Ngapali in fact is not a single beach but a series of beaches interspersed with small fishing villages stretching from Mazin where the airport is located, to Lontha on Mayo Bay where coastal steamers dock in a sheltered anchorage. A small winding tarmac road snakes its way along the coast for about 40 kilometers passing through several small villages nestling between the beaches and the hills along the coast.