day trip phuket to krabi phang nga bay phi phi ferry from ao nang

There are basically 2 possibilities to travel,

One is to use the road from Phuket to Krabi via Phang Nga and Ao Luk, the other is to use the Phuket ferry Phi Phi Island stay there for a day or more and take a other Krabi ferry, probably a speedboat from Phi Phi to Ao Nang. There is no direct ferry boat between Krabi and Phuket, on the water it goes through Ko Phi Phi Don, usually this is available throughout the year but there are always some exceptions.

From Krabi to Phi Phi Don

boat service leaves daily at 8.30 am and 13.30 pm. This can change and there are several big ferries ships and speedboats on the same route for different prices and different times. The best is take a motor bike taxi in Phuket Town to Rasada pier and ask, its to

far away for a walk. As a alternative go to Pure car rental in Phuket town at Rasada Road and buy the ferry ticket there, they also might supply transportation to the pier and they have all ferries in the program. The positive catch is they do it for, you don't have any problems and very important ! they don't cheat. They also have all the usual tour and travel programs on display, plus hotels, and low price villa and houses in Phuket down town, all new. etc. Bus travel will take about 3 hours, buses and vans leaves at down town Phuket bus terminal opposite the Royal Phuket hotel almost every two hour.

There are no scheduled flight between the two provinces, there was a seaplane service out of Phuket but they stopped business have a look here, Photo, pictures and videos you can find in our website and they some of the best ever seen.

Ferry from Phuket to Krabi via Phi Phi by Air, not available anymore

Fish Trawler under Bridge

Leaving Phuket for Krabi

needs a drive over the Sarasin Bridge.

The Sarasin bridge connects the island to mainland Thailand, in this case to Phang Nga Province, the bridge is built anew currently (2012). The bridge has its own environ. Fish trawler have their base around and the Sarasin bridge itself is a popular spot for angler. They are around day and night to bath their worms.

The waterway under the bridge is used by boats and ships for the marinas on the east coast of Phuket, such as the Yacht Haven Marina which can be seen on the misty horizon.

James Bond Island ferry from Phuket

Island beach

Kayaking into the hong

Yao Yai or Long Island

Phang Nga Bay is a success

story by itself, emerging to the limelight via the James Bond Movie "The Man with the Golden Colt" and a run afterwards to secure the benefits, the main left over is "James Bond Island" this is a incredible piece of water world and unbelievable limestone formations including underwater limestone caves.

The hongs or limestone atolls of the Bay and similar at the Krabi Archipelago and Trang Islands are legend, a absolute highlight of any southern Thailand vacation.

There are almost no tourist and travelers in the Trang Archipelago, except some Thai vacationers. Actually its very popular among Thai guys to visit this place in the Andaman Sea with a new girl friend or second wife and have some fun. Phang Nga Limestone Atoll Beach
Phang Nga Bay Beach, ferry from Phuket

James Bond Island a hot spot for Phuket travel

Phang Nga Bay

Koh Pannyi

Phang Nga Bay

Phuket day trip

A constant value in Thailand Buddhism

Bizarre limestone and jungle formations at Krabi

Approaching Krabi from Phuket via highway you will experience a pleasant surprise, a few kilometers after passing Phang Nga Town the cruise is right through dense jungle.

This is around Ao Luk

Creeping up those limestone formations around at this area is a carpet of dense greenery function as a habitat for many insects, small animals (the bigger ones are already gone), birds, flowers and plants, the area is still very nature oriented since it is really difficult to penetrate the thickets around the road.

In the last couple of years the people in southern Thailand got more conscious about their bizarre limestone and jungle

Phang Nga to Krabi through dense jungle

Limestone and jungle formations environment

formations environment and don't exploit them for quick money anymore, it paid off somehow.

Krabi a Thai Tiger Monastery

Krabi a Thai Tiger Monastery 1

Passing Ao Luk

The main highway from Phuket to Phang Nga and
Krabi

The main highway at Krabi

along the excellent road tall jungle trees stand out from the thick undergrowth.

The main highway from Phuket to Krabi is changing between a good 2 lane and a excellent 4 lane highway prone to very bad accidents because of the extreme bends. The highway is currently upgraded.

This will add a lot of safety for the traveler between Phuket and Krabi since as usual no one cares about traffic rules and terrible accidents are the result.

If you come from Bangkok to Krabi its the same situation.

Behind Ao Luk

several roads branch off to the right into the great mangrove forests on the fringe of Phang Nga Bay. Great places with several

Phang Nga tall jungle trees stand out from the thick undergrowth

Phang Nga to Krabi tall jungle trees stand out from the
thick undergrowth

Krabi spectacular setting of limestone formations

Krabi Travel

Krabi Traffic

Thailand caves are around, Thai cave tour a video is here.

Phang Nga has nothing to do with Koh Phangan. Phang Nga is a Thai province between the gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea and Koh Phangan is a island off Koh Samui in the Gulf of Thailand.

Ao Nang's Railay Beach

a spectacular setting of limestone formations and a great beach.

Along Ao Nang Railay Beach east and west are plenty of Beach Hotels like Railay beach resort, bay resort, beach club and plenty of bungalows and cottages.

The limestone formations are somehow bizarre and surrealistic, Salvatore Dali could have formed them and unique. Krabi and the Railay beach area have a reputation for great Thailand vacation. You also could do rock climbing,

Krabi Ao Nang Railay Beach

Krabi Ao Nang Longtail Boats
Ao Nang

Krabi Ao Nang

Here are Ao Nang Beach and Railay Beach Photos

Krabi province has a wide variety of rock climbing "garden". Most of the climbs in this area are of the pre-bolted sport route variety. There are literally hundreds of climbs with difficulty levels from beginner to the expert.

Ao Nang can be found by not driving the direction to Trang -to the left- when you enter the Krabi area, but just keep on going straight, the right turn to Ao Nang is coming after the sign to the Kings Palace.

Ao Nang, Railay Beach and Phi Phi are the most spectacular Krabi Thailand tourism destination in the whole province.

A feast for the eyes and real unique, you wont find anything like this again, not in China and not in Vietnam, both have their own great limestone panoramas.

All major Krabi Hotels, Krabi Bungalows, Krabi Villas, Krabi Beach Resorts are around that area. Krabi weather is very similar to Phuket weather, sunshine from November to May and rain in between.

But even if there is rain in Krabi, Phuket or Phang Nga, there is hardly more than 2 days of not having the sun out, that means its still better as in most places in the Mediterranean area, in particular when you consider that the cost's of a great Phuket and / or Krabi vacation or holiday is still a fraction what you would spend on a vacation in Italy, Spain, Greece, Turkey and so on. France, the European champion in pushing up prices. I am always puzzled when I hear that France and Italy a still a prime vacation destination, with this level of money pulling, I would never go there again, just look at this great scenery at Ao Nang Krabi and elsewhere.

It is one of the very positive in Thailand that the country is still affordable because almost everything is low priced. Just imagine you buy a ham sandwich somewhere at the Cote Azur in France or further south in Italy. They ask for 5 -10 Euro for it, in Thailand you get a complete excellent dinner including some beer for this and so on.

Krabi fish trawler

Phuket to Krabi road works

Phuket to Krabi Farm

Ferry from Phuket to Phi Phi

Phi Phi from Phuket

Many tourist travel to Krabi but don't know that they are in Krabi province. Since the best connection to Phi Phi Islands is through Phuket they take the ferry to Phi Phi at Phuket Town harbor.

Every day there is a rush at the small Phuket town harbor, Phuket also has a deep sea port at Ao Makham at the south east of the island, at about 8 am for the ferries leaving Phuket for Ko Phi Phi Don. Usually the ferries make a little detour to show the pretty spots at Phi Phi to the traveler.

Phi Phi Islands are a real prime Thailand travel destination because the scenic views are plenty and real great. The limestone rocks pop out from the Andaman Sea and the surrealistic walls make great panoramas. Plenty of other islands could be visited, this can be done by a day trip with the speedboat or when staying at Phi Phi hire a longtail boat and have your personal tour. The boatmen know all the scenic spots and make sure you have a pleasant afternoon.

You could continuing you travel after some days by the ferry from Phi Phi to Krabi.

At Krabi you probably will land at Ao Nang, that part of Krabi also has the most spectacular beach in whole Krabi province, this is Railay beach, real beautiful scenery. There are several Krabi resorts around and beach cottages plus bungalows can be rented, check it out. North of Ao Nang are several luxury beach resorts such as the Sheraton Krabi.

Phi Phi Ferry from Phuket
Boats at Phi Phi

Ferry from Phuket to Phi Phi

Koh Lanta

Koh Lanta is one of the top Krabi tourist destination beside of Phi Phi and Ao Nang with Railay beach. The island is very easy to reach the highway from Krabi town and the Krabi airport leads straight to the Lanta pier with one right turn in between and there the Krabi ferry to the island is already waiting.

Koh Lanta doesn't have a hype image like Phi Phi or Phuket everything is rather basic and minimal developed including the road, some parts of the road around the island are real bad. Small motorbikes for hire are available as everywhere in Thailand.

Also the Koh Lanta beach resorts, restaurants and practically everything around is somehow amateurish. There are only a few Lanta beach resorts which can match the well developed resorts at Phuket and Khao Lak. This is nothing negative, actually many tourists just like it that way.

It is necessary to know (flight schedule etc.) that there are 2 ferry trips, one from the mainland to Koh Lanta Noi and another from there to Koh Lanta Yai, all the hotels etc. are on Lanta Yai. At high season naturally this Krabi ferry has only limited capacity which means to start more early from the hotel to Krabi airport.

A alternative is take a speedboat to Ao Nang or another place to reach the highway more quick, some hotels on the island offer this boat ride.

Since Koh Lanta is very close to Trang province day trips are available with the speedboat to visit the famous destinations in Trang Thailand such as Morakot Cave or Emerald Cave and some