Krabi · Backpacking
ON A BUDGET
Limestone, longtails and combination tickets — Krabi is the junction box of the Andaman coast.
Krabi Town over Ao Nang
The cheapest dorms sit in Krabi Town near the river and night market; Ao Nang costs more but puts you on the longtail pier.
What a day costs
Dorm 250–500 THB, food 150–300 THB, songthaews and longtails 100–200 THB. About 550–1,000 THB, roughly 17–30 USD, before island tours.
Getting around cheap
Songthaews shuttle Krabi Town to Ao Nang for well under 100 THB, longtails run to Railay on a per-seat fare, and combined bus-and-ferry tickets cover Koh Lanta, Phi Phi and Koh Tao.
Free by day
Phra Nang beach and the Railay viewpoint scramble, the 1,260 steps at Tiger Cave Temple, and Krabi Town's riverside night market.
Tonsai Beach
The climbers' bay next to Railay, reachable only by boat, with hammock bars and a fire-show crowd that turns over slowly.