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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 long-tail boat from Chao Fa Pier; travel time is just
15 minutes. From there take stairs leading up to caves with
stalactites and stalagmites. A large number of human skeletons
have been found here. It is theorized that they and the remains of
people who came and established a home at Kanab Nam, but were cut
off by an inundation and quickly perished.
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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 Kaeo.
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.
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Hat Noppharat Thara - Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park
This lies in Tambon Nong Talay, Tambon Sai Thai, Tambon Ao Nang,
ang Tambon Pak Nam, with many interesting places to see.
Among which are :
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Nopparat Thara Beach
In times past villagers in teh area called this three kilometer
long beach Hat 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 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 Thara
National Park, P.O.Box 23, Amphoe Muang, Krabi 81000, Tel. (075)
6347436.
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Tham Sadet
This cave, situated 7 kilometers from Krabi Town in Tambon Sai
Thai, has lovely stalactites and stalagmites. The cave was
visited in 1909 by King Rama VI before succeeding to the throne,
and has been called by local people Tam Sadet a Thai word meaning
royal journey ever since.
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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 million 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 Pho.
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Sa
Kaeo
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 (Emerald), Hun Kaeo (Barking Deer) and Noy
(Small).
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Ao
Nang
This bay is beautiful and at the same time very strange to the eye
because of its limestone mountains. Its famous beaches
include Rai Ley, Tam Pra Nang (where the tam or cave, is sacred to
local villagers) and Nam Mao; none of these can e reached by road.
However, boats leave regularly from the accessible part of Ao Nang
to take visitors to them. There are also other islands to
visit as well : Kai Island. Tap Island, Mor Island, and
Padah Island, where there are clean sandy beaches, clear water and
schools of colorful fishes in abundance perfect for diving,
snorkeling, or swimming. Boats to the islands are boarded at
Ao Nang.
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Huay To Waterfall
This waterfall has eleven levels and springs from the Kao Panom
Mountains in Tambon Tap Prik, Kao Panom Mountains in Tambon Tap
Prik, on the Sri Trang - Pracha - utit road. Each level
contains behind its falls a pool of naturally clear, clean water 4
- 5 meters in diameter. The pools are named, and the best
known are : Wang Tewada (Angel's), Wang Sok (Year's) and Wang Jan
(Platter).
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Mu Ko Phi Phi
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.
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