Krabi Town

Krabi (กระบี่) and the capital of Krabi Province, sits a little upstream from the mouth of the Krabi River and is mainly visited en route to the nearby beaches of Had Yao, Ao Nang or Rai Leh (aka Railay). Krabi is 784 kilometers south of Bangkok by road.

Krabi Halal Travel Guide

Krabi Town is, in reality, two towns. There is the dusty strip-mall of a town that borders Route 4. And then there is the quite congenial and pleasant town of Krabi proper. The town's 50,000+ inhabitants see few of the droves of tourists that pass through on their way to the beaches. This is unfortunate, as those who stay find it a relaxed place that is worth exploring for a day or two, where they experience "the real Thailand", more so than in beach resorts.

Travel to Krabi

Given its importance as a tourist hub and there are many direct connections by air, road and sea, but the nearest train station arriving from the north is at Surat Thani, while arriving from the south it's Thung Song.

Fly to Krabi

Krabi International Airport IATA Flight Code: KBV is about 15 km from downtown, 40 km from Ao Nang and 23 km from Had Yao. Both domestic and international departure taxes are included in the price of the flight and should not be payable at the airport.

Air conditioned buses link the airport with the town (160 Baht), and also with Ao Nang and Noppharat Thara beaches (250 Baht). Buses meet all arriving flights and will drop you off in front of the Krabi Provincial Court. The schedule to the airport is listed on the Ao Nang page.

Songthaews run from the town to the airport (50-150 Baht). Going to the airport and they will drop you at the departure terminal. From the airport, you will have to walk about 400 m and catch them on the primary street to Krabi.

Motorcycle taxis are available outside the terminal.

National Car Rental has a branch at the airport.

Domestic flights

Bangkok has many daily flights via Air Asia, Bangkok Airways, and Thai-Airways.
Ko Samui has one daily flight in each direction via Bangkok Airways.

International flights

Krabi has daily Flights to the major regional hub of Kuala Lumpur via Air Asia. In summer there is a smattering of charter Flights to cities across Scandinavia and Russia.

Travel by train to Krabi

Krabi does not have a train station. Surat Thani has a station and you can transfer onto buses to Krabi from there. From Thung Song Junction train station, hourly Minivans are available.

By bus

Krabi Bus Terminal | In Krabi, buses use the bus terminal at Talad Kao, about 5 km north of town centre. It is one of Thailand's better bus stations: it's clean, has bilingual signage, a good cafe, many local transport options (motorbike taxi, songthaew, taxi, minivan), and free Wi-Fi.

There are several daily daytime and overnight buses from Bangkok's Southern Bus Terminal (tel. +66 2 4351199, 12 hours, 600-900 Baht).

For a bus from Krabi to Bangkok there is a choice of either a private bus company or BKS and the government-supervised bus company. Entering the Krabi Bus Station's front entrance and the BKS ticket vendor is to your left. The private company ticket sellers are to your right. You will have your choice of Bangkok destinations: the Northern Bus Terminal (Mo Chit) or the Southern Bus Terminal (Sai Tai Mai). Mor Chit is the better choice if you are heading north immediately, say to Chiang Mai, as buses to the north leave from Mor Chit. Mor Chit is also marginally closer to downtown if you are staying in Bangkok.

Surat Thani—a major east-coast bus, rail, and ferry hub—is about 3-3.5 hours away. Pantip Bus Company runs ten buses per day to Surat Thani from Krabi and the first at 04:30 and then one just about every hour until the last at 16:00. Fare is 150 Baht (2022). These buses stop frequently to let people on and off. A faster option might is a minivan. You will see a row of white minivans parked at the bus terminal. These travel to Surat Thani and other destinations regularly. Fare is 180 Baht (July 2021. The journey will take 2-2.5 hr. Beware of a little scam that the minivans like to play with their taxi driving pals: when in-bound and the minivans frequently stop at a tiny restaurant about 75 m from the bus station proper. Here you will be besieged by taxi drivers offering to take you to Ao Nang (where 90% of in-bound Krabi passengers want to go) for 400 Baht. If you walk to the bus station (look for the big buses) you can catch a songthaew to Ao Nang for 60 Baht (songthaew service stops at night).

Phuket airport has several buses direct to Krabi airport. There are also hourly mini-buses that make the two hour run (more likely to be 3 hours) from Phuket's bus station to Krabi town (120 Baht).

Thung Song bus station is just 200 metres from the train station. Minivans leaving on the hour between 7 and 17 o'clock each hour (140 Baht - February 2023). Travel duration is about 2 hours.

Hat Yai is just over four hours away by shuttle van (350 Baht). Generally and they stop where you want.

Ao Nang is well-served by white songthaews that run from the bus station and the 7-Eleven on Maharaj Road in Krabi Town via Klong Jilard, Sai Tai, Ao Nang Junction Village, and Noppharat Thara Beach. (60 Baht until 18:00, 80 Baht 18:00–22:00). They run every ten minutes during the day and every 30 minutes from 18:00-22:00.

Rent a Car or Limousine in Krabi

Krabi is just off Highway 4. It is 784 km south of Bangkok, 165 km by road to Phuket, and 80 km to Phang Nga.

By boat

Several daily ferries connect Krabi with Ko Phi Phi, Ko Jum and Ko Lanta, though most depart in the morning. Tickets can be purchased at the dock or from tourist offices and most local guesthouses and hotels. The normal passenger ferry does not start from the centre of town anymore, but from a new passenger port about 3 km outside Krabi. Free taxi transfer to the pier should be included in the price of your ticket. If your boat starts from the old piers in the centre of town (Chao Fah Pier or Phi Phi Pier), you are most likely on a more expensive and longer tourist boat ride. Also, make sure that when you arrive at the airport the taxi driver takes you to the correct pier. Many times they'll take you to a travel agent near the old pier and sell you additional lodgings or services. Only buy the ticket you need. Prices often get cheaper the closer you get to your next destination.

Ferry tickets to Ko Phi Phi are 300 Baht (Jun 2012) when purchased at PP Family beside the pier in town. This includes the songthaew to the pier outside town. High season price is 400 Baht, but it can be bargained down to 300 Baht in the low season.

The large displayed time-tables in the many travel agencies are just for show and the times are not to be taken literally. Ask. As of July 2007 and there were two ferries a day from Krabi to Ko Phi Phi at 09:00 and 14:30. They add additional ferries during high-season.

The pier at Klong Jilad, for ferries to and from Ko Phi Phi has a taxi desk with posted prices: 230 Baht to Krabi Town, and 480 Baht to the airport.

How to get around in Krabi

You can use either the songthaew or a taxi. From the bus station to town center a taxi will cost 100 Baht as it is about a 4 km trip. To the Tiger Temple from town, pay 300 Baht for a taxi.

With a songthaew, opposite and a couple of hundred metres up from the pier, opposite the police station, is a songthaew stop at Maharaj Soi 7. Blue ones go to Lotus and other out of town places: this is on the way to the airport and Tiger Temple. Brown ones go to the bus station and charge 30 Baht. Blue with white/yellow/red stripe go to the airport.

To get to and from Ao Nang, in the centre of Krabi town on Maharaj Road (primary street) near the traffic lights where male statues hold them up is the Vogue Department Store. A white songthaew goes from here to Ao Nang and costs 60 Baht. It will come into Ao Nang along Ao Nang Rd. These white ones also start from the bus terminal. Fare from Ao Nang is 60 Baht before 18:00 (February 2022). With the songthaew, push the button to stop where you want to get off and then pay the driver.

Krabi Friendly Car Rental - You must post a "bond" (by credit card) in case someone who is uninsured runs into you or you are at fault. This is 10,000 Baht and is returned to you at the end of the hire if no problems.

Renting a motorbike is the cheapest way to explore sites outside of Krabi town. A reliable bike for 24 hours costs 400-500 Baht.

MotoKrabi Scooter Rental ☎ +66 91 413 7811 - Reliable motorbikes including small and big models, Click, PCX150, Honda Phantom and even tuk-tuks. Friendly owner, speaking English/Russian. Free delivery and cash deposit instead of passport.

What to see in Krabi

Contemporary Art Museum of Krabi Opposite Wat Kaew - Thursday - Su, 10:00-17:00

Khao Kanab Nam | The symbol of Krabi, two karst rocks next to one other. A 15 min longtail boat ride takes you from the pier to the rocks, where you can walk up some stairs to the top.

Tiger Cave Temple - Wat Tham Sua | Take the road to the airport and turn left/north before you get to the big shopping malls. You should be able to see a big Buddha on the mountaintop. Should cost no more than 200 Baht by taxi. One of the most famous temples in Southern Thailand, built into a mountainside about 3 km north-northeast of Krabi Town, and swathed by tropical forest.

The first thing you see as you walk into the temple compound is a huge stupa on the right (closed for reconstruction in late 2022), but this isn't the Tiger Temple. The temple itself is set into the base of the karst cliff which rises sheer from the forested plain: follow the ramp into the hall. Buddhas line the cliff overhang and then a few narrow steps lead into the cave shrine itself. The temple was only founded in 1975, yet already there are several contradictory explanations of how the tiger was involved.

If you have at least an hour and feel fit and the first stairway beyond the temple has 1,237 steps to the top of the mountain, where there are great all-round views, and another large Buddha shrine. (This too is sometimes mistaken for the "Tiger Temple".)

Otherwise, continue through the monks' village to the second stairway, which offers an easier climb into a scenic valley (called "Wonderland") with several smaller cave shrines.

Signs warn you against feeding the monkeys, right next to signs advertising monkey food.

Wat Kaew Korawaram - One of the main temples in Krabi town. A new building, to some it resembles a shiny white wedding cake.

Top Muslim Travel Tips for Krabi

Dhara Massage and Spa 1/9 Ruamjit Alley - Just off Issara Road on the small street near Soi Ruamjit. If you're walking away from the water on Issara, pass major street Ma Ha Rat Road on your right and then take your first left and it will be on your left. Go get a relaxing but powerful (and wildly affordable) massage, or couples massage here. The two women working here have real certifications and training, and they are very focused on their work.

Muslim Friendly Shopping in Krabi

Krabi Town is far cheaper than Ao Nang. This is reflected in the price of food and fruit drinks especially. There are two night markets in Krabi Town that are worth a look, and on weekends there is the Walking Street market from 17:00-22:00.

Big C Supercenter - Large, two storey hyper-market. Food court, banks, and small retailers on the ground floor, Big C on the upper level. Big C sells everything from bicycles and TVs to toothpicks. Lots of Halal food.

Makro - Bulk foods and household, restaurant supplies. Best selection of Halal food, including cheeses. Membership card is not required. There is a new Makro under construction in Ao Nang (Jan 2022).

Lotus Hypermart, much like Big C, but with slightly better food department and lots of Halal food.

Halal Restaurants in Krabi

At night there is a charming night market close to the promenade next to the piers. Food is good and affordable, with Muslim influences. From time to time the town organizes shows on a small stage next to the market.

An even better market can be found on Maharaj Soi 10 in the centre of town. This market has plenty of fresh fruit and lots of authentic cooked food. Only a few places have menus, otherwise point and enjoy. This market does not sell alcohol. There is also the new Walking Street night market, between Vogue Department store and Vieng Thong Hotel, F-Su, 17:00-22:00 which sells food and general items such as clothes and handicrafts, and there is a largish seating area.

Not to be missed is the covered morning market (the biggest in south Thailand) on Maharaj Soi 9 (behind the Shell station). For early birds only. After 08:00 all the action is subsiding. Exactly at that time you can watch a show of national pride: the national anthem is played and almost everyone comes to a standstill for the duration. The best place to get all kinds of fresh fruit and vegetable, khao niao (sticky rice), Patong Khoo, cha rohn (sweetened (Thai) tea), or fresh hot soy milk. The section of fresh fish and hala Meat sellers is for hardened stomachs only.

During low season very few restaurants open at all. The floating restaurant (RuenPae) is open as well as a couple near the tourist area towards the pier, but in the town very few at all. The floating restaurant does brilliant seafood at a reasonable price as well as providing mosquito coils to keep these pests away from your legs.

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Muslim Friendly hotels in Krabi

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Immigration office in Krabi

Krabi Province Immigration Monday - F, 08:30-16:30; closed for lunch, 12:00-13:00 - Krabi's Immigration Office is great. It's modern, clean, comfortable, and well-staffed. The queue never seems to be more than 10 persons. Free Wi-Fi too.

Telecommunications in Krabi

Thailand Post
Uttrakit Road, about a block south of Chao Fa Rd
All the usual services. Sell boxes and limited packing supplies.

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