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Phi Phi Islands
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Travel to the
Phi Phi Islands
Koh 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 Koh 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 Koh Phi Phi are also available
during high season.
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Mu Koh Phi Phi
An archipelago of six islands consists of
Koh Phi Phi Don and Koh 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 Koh
Phi Phi include
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Koh 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 Thong, 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 Thong 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.
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Koh 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 popular destination.
Regular boat service is available form Jao Fah pier
in Krabi.
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Koh 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.
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Koh 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
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Map of Phi Phi Don
Islands |
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Map of Phi Phi Lay Islands |
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