Friday, December 23, 2011

Krabi ( Place to visit )



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Rock climbing at Railay beach, Krabi The interesting activity for tourist in Krabi are rock climbing on towering limestone rock formations at Railay Beach or scuba diving and kayaking at Ao Nang or Koh Lanta island.






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Nopparat Thara Beach

Nopparat Thara, Krabi The location is about 4 kms from Ao Nang beach with the line up of lush green pine trees a long the beach. It is perfect place for picnic, beach sport and the beach itself is very shallow for quite a distance out to sea so at low tide it can be a very long walk to get to a swimming depth. It is possible to find many delicacies meals and drinks for a very reasonable price.
Ao Nang Beach

Ao Nang, KrabiAo Nang” has been chosen rank no. 2 from Expedia.com.au for most top 10 beach in the world!!!
The beach location is in Ao nang district, Krabi. It can be considered as actual center of tourist resort and accommodation. Many tourists choose to stop at Ao Nang because it has wide range of accommodation provide along  beautiful sandy beach , including luxury guesthouse or resorts, travel service or agency, variety restaurant for both international and Thai cuisine.   In addition, it is 20 minutes by road from town and 1-2 minute to Noppharat Thara Beach and 15 minutes to Railay by long tail boat pass limestone mountainous in the east. There are piers to go to PhiPhi Island and Ko Lanta at Ao Nang twice time a day.


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Railey Beach

Railey, Krabi Railey beach is one of the most attraction places on Andaman coastal which surround by immense limestone cliffs and backed by lush jungle. It is only 15 minutes by long tail boats from Ao Nang and it has no road, no bus, and no car here so you can access only by boats. Railey beach consists of two beaches: Railay West and Railay East and it is quite busy and crowded on day time because it is the stop point of speed boats or long tail boats for the hotels.
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Railey West, With  more beautiful sand  beach and just 5-7 minutes from  the East side,  so it is a good place for beach sport, swimimng, canoeing or sun bathing. Railey west side, KrabiYou may find many resort or luxuary accomodations. However, the price may higher for Railey East side and abit noisy in the day because it is the depart point of long tail boat from Ao Nang.

Railay East has no beach but is a mangrove forest swamp and not suitable for swimming. You may find many Pub, Bar near the rock climbing as well as the price of accomodation is cheaper than West side and it use fror delivery point for all hotels.Railey East side, Krabi If you come from Krabi town , the taxi boats will stop here and it use for delivery point for all hotels as well.
 
Railey Cave, Krabi Railey Cave, Krabi
Railay Rock Climbing on Railey Beach become famous activity for many tourists. You will find plenty of rock climbers in Railey East. Dont forget to try this challenging and interesting acitvity in Railey!!!!.
 
Railey rock climbing, Krabi
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Koh Lanta
Koh Lanta maps, Krabi

Koh Lanta, Krabi Koh Lanta is a province of Krabi which consist of 52 islands. The location of Koh Lanta is on the west coast of  fantastic Andaman Seaview between Krabi and PhiPhi Island, about 70 km from Krabi. Koh Lanta is actually made of two islands; Koh Lanta Noi and Koh Lanta Yai. Koh Lanta Noi is the smaller of the two islands and doesn't have Koh Lanta, Krabitourist facilities which it can be found on Koh Lanta Yai. Although it surrounding with hotels or restaurant, Koh Lanta seem not to busy as PhiPhi, Koh Samui or Phuket. You still can enjoy the beautiful geography of the island, typically mangroves;  coral rimmed beaches, coral reefs, a lot of forest and rugged tree covered hills. Of course, water activates diving, kayaking or canoeing; snorkeling can make a excellent experience for you.

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The ferries will stop at the north of the island at Baan Saladan which is the main location and most crowd area. Many types of restaurants, shops and resorts can be found here. I would like to recommend moving to middle of island if you prefer for some quiter and less crowd location. Moreover, A little bit more luxury resorts and some variety of high end restaurants, you may find it at Klong Nin and Klanting Bay.

 

 

Koh PhiPhi is well known for one of the most under water world. The variety of corals, wide range of sea life , peaceful atmosphere and white sandy beach is well come for visitor around the world. PhPhi is consist of 2 islands as PhiPhi Don and PhiPhi Le, naturally is lime stone island which attract to rock climbers for breathtaking cliffs, with tall sheer walls of limestone. The location of PhiPhi is 40 km away from Krabi city and there are no road on the island so the transportation around can be done by boat or foot. PhiPhi don is the larger island among the two islands is one top beautiful beaches island with both shallow and deep water for diving, canoeing , and kayaking. The interesting location for excellent snorkeling is Ao Maya, the bay locate at southwest corner of the island.

 

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Koh PhiPhi, Krabi Koh PhiPhi, Krabi

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Maya Bay is a small crescent bay surrounded by mountains that's sheltered by 100 metre high cliffs on three sides. The scenery is very beautiful with white sand beaches are popular for sunbathing or walking on the beach for both foreign and local tourist. Maya Bay is used as a place to film movies in 1999 and become more popular until now; Maya Bay is the best top attraction of the world.

Ao Maya, Krabi Ao Maya, Krabi

 

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How to go to PhiPhi Or ao Nang

Visitors can take boat from Ao Nang pier or Chao Fah Pier( Old pier in Krabi downtown) to Koh PhiPhi le or Ao Maya

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