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Travel to the Phi Phi Islands
Koh Phi Phi can be reached by boat either from Krabi or Phuket.
In downtown Krabi tourists can take a boat at Chaofa pier. The boat
leaves for Koh Phi Phi daily. Boat tickets are available at the
pier or from travel agents in the town. It takes about 2 hours and
a half for the journey. Regular boats from Ao Nang to Koh Phi Phi
are also available during high season.
Mu Koh Phi Phi
An archipelago of six islands consists of Koh Phi Phi Don and Koh
Phi Phi Le as the major islands. The superb scenery of the islands
includes high hills with jutting cliffs surrounded by marvelous
beaches and emerald sea, hiding underneath a bank of coral reefs
and colorful marine life. Places to visit of Mu Koh Phi Phi include
 Koh
Phi Phi Don
covers a total area of 28 square kilometers : 8 kilometers in length
and 3.5 at its broadest point. At the north end is Cape Laem Thong,
where there is a Chao Ley, or sea gipsy village. These sea gypsies
emigrated from Koh Lipeh in Tarutao National Park, near the border
with Malaysia. Diving at Laem Thong is excellent, as it is also
at Hua Rah Ket to the extreme south. There are long beaches with
rocks scattered about. Two curving bays are especially beautiful
: Ton Sai and Loh Dalam. This is also where accommodations and tourist
services are found.
Koh Phi Phi Le
is 6.6 square kilometers in total area : 3 kilometers in length
and 1 at its broadest point. The island is entirely limestone and
steep cliffs rising from the sea very nearly ring it. Surrounding
waters average about 20 meters in depth, reaching 34 meters at the
deepest point off the island's southern tip. Phi Phi Ley has several
beautiful bays : Pileh, Maya and Loh Samah ; Ao Pileh is very nearly
enclosed by the limestone walls of the island's cliffs, so that
the water appears almost to be an island sea. On Phi Phi Ley's northeast
is the famous Viking Cave; this was renamed by H.M.Rama IX when
he visited it in 1972, Tam Pya Nak, from the shape of a particular
boulder, which resembles in shape the head of the great serpent
of Buddhist legend, the Naga. It is a place much revered by the
local people who come there to collect the swift's nests used to
make Bird's Nest Soup, a Chinese delicacy. On the eastern and southern
walls of the cave are colored drawings dating from historic times.
There are pictures of elephants and also of various boats : European,
Arab and Chinese sailing ships ; baroques, motorboats, and steamships.
It is theorized that these pirates who paused in their travels from
west to east, sheltering in the cave to escape the monsoon winds,
transfer cargo, or make repairs. Travel to the Phi Phi Islands Tour
operators in both Phuket and Krabi provide transport and tour packages
to this popular destination. Regular boat service is available form
Jao Fah pier in Krabi.
 Koh
Phai
lies also to the north of Phi Phi Don, not far from Koh Yung. Sandy
beaches are on the north and east sides of the island. Broad coral
reefs stretch away into the south.
Koh Yung
lies to the north of Phi Phi Don. There is a rocky beach on the
east side, and a smaller strand of sand in a fold of the hill. Many
beautiful and various corals are found there.
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