Hat Noppharat Thara
Located 6 kilometers from Ao Nang is a famous 3-kilometer
long white sandy beach lined with dense casuarinas and coconut groves.
The beach, paved with tiny seashells, was formerly called "Hat
Khlong Haeng", which means dried canal beach by locals, because
the canal dries up during low tide and the area turns into a long
beach. Situated 18 kilometers north-west of Krabi, Hat Noppharat Thara
is in fact part of Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park
and is the location of the Park headquarters. This Park covers a large
area both onshore and offshore and. Reservations for accommodations
on the beach should be made in advance at the Forestry Department
in Bangkok, contact tel. (02) 5797223, 5795734, or at Hat Noppharat
Thara National Park, P.O. Box 23, Amphoe Mueang, Krabi 81000, tel.
(075) 6347436. |
