Krabi, on Thailand’s Andaman coast, is the place where giant limestone cliffs rise straight out of turquoise water. It’s a destination for island-hopping by longtail boat, rock climbing on sea cliffs, snorkelling in clear bays and, inland, swimming in jungle pools. Many visitors base themselves at Ao Nang beach, which has easy boat links to the most famous sights.<\/p>\n
The classic Krabi day out is on a longtail boat, the narrow wooden boats with a long propeller shaft that line up along Ao Nang beach. You can hire one privately or join a group tour, and many trips combine several islands in one day.<\/p>\n
About an hour by longtail from Ao Nang, Koh Hong is part of Than Bok Khorani National Park. Its secret is a lagoon hidden inside a ring of cliffs, reached through a narrow gap in the rock by kayak or longtail when the tide is right. The water inside is clear and shallow, and the silence is striking. Go early, before the speedboat tours arrive.<\/p>\n
Many visitors don’t realise that the Phi Phi Islands belong to Krabi province. Day tours by speedboat take in bays, viewpoints and snorkelling spots, and ferries run from Krabi’s Klong Jilad pier if you’d like to stay a night or two.<\/p>\n
Railay is a small peninsula cut off from the mainland by limestone cliffs, so there are no roads; you arrive by longtail, about 15 minutes from Ao Nang. It is one of Southeast Asia’s classic climbing destinations, with routes for complete beginners through to experts, and local climbing schools run introductory sessions so no experience is needed. Even if you don’t climb, the walk to Phra Nang Cave Beach, with its cliffs rising from the sand and a small cave shrine, is worth it.<\/p>\n
Talay Waek<\/em> (also written Thale Waek) means “the sea that parts”. At low tide a sandbar appears to link three small islands, Koh Tub, Koh Mor and Koh Kai (often called Chicken Island because of its rocky outline), and you can walk across what looks like a path through the sea. The area is part of Hat Noppharat Thara\u2013Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park and lies about 15 to 20 minutes by boat from Ao Nang. Tours are timed to the tides, so departure times change from week to week.<\/p>\n Krabi isn’t only about the sea. Two popular inland sights lie in Khlong Thom district, roughly an hour to an hour and a half by road from Krabi Town, and are often visited together on a half-day or day trip.<\/p>\n The two sites are run separately, so expect to buy a ticket for each.<\/p>\n The dry season, roughly November to April, brings calm seas and the best conditions for boat trips and climbing. From May to October the south-west monsoon can make the sea rough; some boat trips are cancelled and wet rock is unsuitable for most climbers. The upside is greener scenery and fewer crowds.<\/p>\n Krabi combines dramatic limestone scenery with easy adventure: lagoons and sandbars by longtail boat, climbing at Railay, and jungle pools inland. For more planning help, see our Krabi travel guide<\/a>, or combine your trip with neighbouring Phuket<\/a>. For a quieter stretch of southern coast, take a look at Chumphon<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Longtail boats to Koh Hong’s lagoon, climbing at Railay, the low-tide sandbar of Talay Waek and the Emerald Pool: a first-timer’s guide to Krabi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5142,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"province":[162],"class_list":["post-5104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-attractions-en","province-krabi"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5104"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5143,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5104\/revisions\/5143"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5104"},{"taxonomy":"province","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/province?post=5104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Inland Krabi: Emerald Pool and the hot spring waterfall<\/h2>\n
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