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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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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
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.
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.
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.
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 are found there. |
Phi Phi Islands
