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Highland Rock Climbing
( 08 0693 0374; Railay Highlands)
Part climbing school, part cafe, this place has been cobbled
together from driftwood and is dangling with orchids. The owner, Chaow, sources his
beans from sustainable farms in Chiang Rai and serves the best coffee on the peninsula.
CAFE
Information
The website
www.railay.com
has lots of information about Railay. There are two ATMs
along Hat Railay East. On Hat Ton Sai there is one ATM near the Ton Sai Bay Resort.
Several of the bigger resorts can change cash and travellers cheques. For minor climbing
injuries there's a small clinic at Railay Bay Resort & Spa.
Wi-fi is widely available in hotels and cafes.
Getting There & Around
Long-tail boats to Railay run from Khong Kha pier in Krabi and from the seafronts of Ao
Nang and Ao Nam Mao. Boats between Krabi and Hat Railay East leave every 1½ hours
from 7.45am to 6pm when they have six to 10 people (150B, 45 minutes). Chartering a
special trip will set you back 1500B.
Boats to Hat Railay West or Hat Ton Sai leave from the eastern end of the promenade
at Ao Nang and cost 100B (15 minutes) from 7.30am to 6pm or 150B at other times;
boats don't leave until six to eight people show up. Private charters cost 800B. If seas are
rough, boats leave from a sheltered cove just west of Krabi Resort in Ao Nang. You can
be dropped at Hat Phra Nang or Hat Ton Sai for the same fare.
During exceptionally high seas the boats from Ao Nang and Krabi stop running, but
you may still be able to get from Hat Railay East to Ao Nam Mao (100B, 15 minutes),
where you can pick up a
sŏrng·tăa·ou
to Krabi or Ao Nang.
From October to May the
Ao Nang Princess
runs from Hat Noppharat Thara National
Park headquarters to Ko Phi-Phi with a stop at Hat Railay West. Long-tails run out to
meet the boat at around 9.15am from in front of the Sand Sea Resort. The fare to Ko Phi-
Phi from Railay is 350B.
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