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 Nopparat
Thara Beach - Phi Phi Island National Park
This
lies in Tambon Nong Talay, Tambon Sai Thai, Tambon Ao Nang,
and Tambon Pak Nam, with many interesting places to see.
Among which are:
Nopparat
Thara Beach
In times past villagers in the area called this
three kilometer long beach Haht 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, there 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 National Park, P.O. Box 23, Amphoe Muang,
Krabi 81000, Tel. (075) 634436
Khao
Khanap Nam
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 longtail
boat from Jao Fah Pier; travel time is just 15 minutes.
From there take stairs leading up to caves with statagmites
and statactites. A large number of human skeletons have
been found here. It
is theorized that they are the remains of peple who came
and established a home at Kanab Nam, but were cut off by
an inundation and quickly perished.
Tham
Seua Kao Kaew
Ao Luk Tanu Monastery
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 Kaew. 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.
Tham
Sadet
is
located at Ban Nong Kok, Tambon Sai Thai, 7 kilometres from
the town on Highway No. 4034. It is a beautiful cave with
stalactites and stalagmites. In 1909 the future King Rama
VI visited the cave here, earning it the title "Sadet"
indicating the presence of royalty.
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 millions 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 Poh.
Phi
Phi Island (click
here for more information)
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.
Sa
Kaew
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)
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.
Huay
Toh 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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