Travel to the Phi Phi Islands
Ko 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 Ko 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 Ko Phi Phi are also available
during high season.
Mu Ko Phi Phi
An archipelago of six islands consists of Ko Phi Phi Don and Ko 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 Ko Phi Phi include
Ko 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 Tohng, 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 Tohng 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.
Ko 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 pop ular
destination. Regular boat service is available form Jao Fah pier
in Krabi.
Ko 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.
Ko 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. |