Krabi Town Travel
- Place of Interest in Muang District
Khao Khanap Nam These
two hills, roughly 100 meters high, flank the Krabi
River running between them to form a distinctive
Vista and the town's most prominent landmark. To
visit them, take a longtail boat from Jao Fah Pier;
travel time is just 15 minutes. From there take
stairs leading up to caves with statagmites and
statactites. A large number of human skeletons have
been found here. It is theorized that they are the
remains of peple who came and established a home
at Kanab Nam, but were cut off by an inundation
and quickly perished.
Tham Seua Kao Kaew Ao Luk Tanu Monastery
lies in Ban Tam Sua of Tambon Krabi Noy, 9 kilometers
from Krabi Town. Tam Sua means Tiger Cave, and the
reason for this name is that an especially large
tiger once live there. It roamed the foothills of
the Ao Luk Tanu Mountains, also called Kao Kaew.
Inside the cave are natural rock impressions of
tiger paws. Outside, the forest has great trees
hundreds of years old growing in a fold of Kao Kiriwohng
Mountains that surround the monastery. Among the
best known are Ko Tan (Heavenly Musicians), Lod
(Passing Through), Chang Kaeo (Crystal Elephant),
Luk Tanu (Arrow), and Pra (Monk's). Aside from the
monastery itself, this area has another aspect of
interest, especially to archaeologists : Many stone
tools, pottery shards, and unfired clay holy images
have been found, dating from prehistoric into historic
times.
Tham Sadet
is located at Ban Nong Kok, Tambon Sai Thai, 7 kilometres
from the town on Highway No. 4034. It is a beautiful
cave with stalactites and stalagmites. In 1909 the
future King Rama VI visited the cave here, earning
it the title "Sadet" indicating the presence
of royalty.
Nopparat Thara Beach - Phi Phi Island National Park
This lies in Tambon Nong Talay,
Tambon Sai Thai, Tambon Ao Nang, and Tambon Pak
Nam, with many interesting places to see. Among
which are:
Nopparat Thara Beach
In times past villagers in the area called this
three kilometer long beach Haht Klong haeng, meaning
Dry Stream Beach, because when the tide ebbs the
stream flowing from the northern mountains almost
disappears, so that the beach has no shore and stretches
all the way to Koh Kao Pak Klong Island. In the
vicinity of the beach, there are many places to
stay serving tourists. Details and further information
may be obtained by writing to Nopparat Thara Beach
National Park.
Reservation should be made in advance at the Forestry
Department in Bangkok, Tel (02) 5790529 or at the
Hat Noppharat National Park, P.O. Box 23, Amphoe
Muang, Krabi 81000, Tel. (075) 634436
Susan Hoi (Fossil Shell Beach)
The shell graveyard at Ban Laem Pho was once a large
freshwater swamp, home to a kind of snail. Over
eons dating from the Tertiary Age, about 40 millions
years ago, these snails lived and died by the million,
to the extent that the dead snails formed a layer
upon which existed the living. Eventually, weather
changes precipitated the swamp's disappearance,
but by then the layer of fossilized snail shells
was forty centimeters thick, resting on ten centimeters
of lignite below which is the subsoil. Because of
geographic upheaval, this Shelly limestone is now
distributed in great broken sheets of impressive
magnitude on the seashore at Laem Poh.
Phi Phi Island
The name is derived from Malay and the original
was Pulao Pi ah Pi, where in pulao is the Malay
word for island, and pi, pronounced with only a
half p sound, was very close in pronunciation to
the English word be; the ah was eventually dropped,
so the name was said something like Bi Bi. Later
the P was pronounced with a stronger aspiration
and the name became the Pi Pi we know today (the
h with which it is usually spelled is confusing
and superfluous). The name refers to the mangrove
wood found there. Six islands are in the group;
Phi Phi Don, Phi Phi Ley, Biddah Nok, Biddah Nai,
Yung, and Pai; total area is about 35 square kilometers.
They were incorporated into the national park in
1983. Some of the interesting places to visit include.
Sa Kaew
8 natural springs large and small, the crystal clarity
of which gives this place its name, Crystal Springs.
They are in Tambon Kao Tong on the Krabi-Nai Sa
road, and each has a name : Nam Lod (Water Passing
Through), Cherng Kao (Vallery), Jorakeh Kao (White
Crocodile), Nam Tip (Heavenly Waters), Nam Krahm
(Indigo Water), Morakot (Emera
Khao Khanap Nam 
These
two hills, roughly 100 meters high, flank the Krabi
River running between them to form a distinctive
Vista and the town's most prominent landmark. To
visit them, take a longtail boat from Jao Fah Pier;
travel time is just 15 minutes. From there take
stairs leading up to caves with statagmites and
statactites. A large number of human skeletons have
been found here. It is theorized that they are the
remains of peple who came and established a home
at Kanab Nam, but were cut off by an inundation
and quickly perished. 