Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Getting There & Away
AIR
Most domestic carriers offer flights between Bangkok and Krabi International Airport
Samui for around 3800B.
BOAT
Boats to Ko Phi-Phi and Ko Lanta leave from the passenger pier at Khlong Chilat, about
4km southwest of Krabi. Travel agencies will arrange free transfers when you buy a boat
ticket with them.
The largest boat operator is
PP Family Co
OFFLINE MAP
GOOGLE MAP
( 0 7561 2463;
www.phiphifamily.com
;
Th Khong Kha)
, which has a ticket office right beside the pier in town. In
the high season there are boats to Ko Phi-Phi (300B, 1½ hours) at 9am, 10.30am, 1.30pm
and 3pm, while in low season the schedule is reduced to two boats per day.
From November to May, there is only one daily boat to Ko Lanta (400-450B, two
hours) leaving Krabi at 11.30am. These can also stop at Ko Jum (one hour), where long-
tails shuttle you to shore (though you'll pay the full fare). During the wet season, you can
only get to Ko Lanta by frequent air-con vans (300B, 2½ hours), which also run
throughout the high season.
If you want to get to Railay, long-tail boats leave from Krabi's Khong Kha pier to Hat
Railay East (150B, 45 minutes) from 7.45am to 6pm. The boatmen will wait until they
can fill a boat with 10 people before they leave; if you're antsy to go before then, you can
charter the whole boat for 1500B. Boats to Hat Railay West leave from Ao Nang.
To get to Phuket or the Ko Yao Islands, the quickest route is with direct boats from the
pier at Ao Nang.
Sŏrng·tăa·ou
run between the two piers for 50B, or a taxi costs 400B to
500B.
BUS
The
Krabi bus terminal
( 0 7561 1804; cnr Th Utarakit & Hwy 4)
is in nearby Talat Kao, about 4km
north of Krabi. Air-conditioned government buses leave for Bangkok (720B, 12 hours) at
7am, 4pm and 5.30pm. There's a very plush 24-seat VIP bus to Bangkok (1100B) depart-
ing at 5.30pm daily. From Bangkok's southern bus terminal, buses leave at 7.30am and
between 7pm and 8pm. Regular air-conditioned government buses from Talat Kao also
service Hat Yai (170B, three hours), Phuket (145B, 3½ hours), Surat Thani (140B, 2½
hours) and Trang (90B, two hours).
