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Khao Khanap Nam
100 m high hills rising from
the water, is regarded as the symbol of Krabi. It sits
before the city and can be visited by long tail boat from Chao
Fa Pier. Travel time is about 15 minutes. From the
boat, one climbs a staircase to see caves with stalactites and
stalagmites. Many human skeletons have been found in the
area. It is theorized they are the remains of immigrants
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Tham Sue or
"Tiger Cave"
is located about 3 kms from
Krabi Town. Inside the cave there are what appear to be
tiger paw prints in the stone. The surrounding area is
covered with large trees hundreds of years old, particularly in
the Khiriwong Valley. Mountains are on all sides and there
are smaller caves in great number. Aside from being the
site of a meditation center, it is also a place of
archaeological and historical interest. Stone tools,
pottery remains, and the mold for making Buddha footprints have
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Tham Sadet
is located at Ban Nong Kok,
Tambon Sai Thai, 7 kms 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
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Sa Kaeo
composed of eight small natural
swamps in a vast valley of Tambon Khao Thong. This forms
part of a park which is being turned into recreational area.
Sa Kaeo is accessible by the Krabi-Nai Sa route (Highway
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Hat Noppharat Thara
About
18 kms from Krabi town along Nai Muang-Nai Sa Road, is a scenic
beach lined with casuarina trees which extend for several
kilometres. A rocky island, about 1 km from the mainland,
can be reached by foot at low tide. Minibuses leave the
town to the beach daily from 6.00-17.00 hrs.
Accommodation
at the beach is available. Reservations
should be made in advance at the Forestry Department, Tel.
5790529, 5794842.
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Fossil Shell Beach
is located at Ban Laem Pho, 17
kms from downtown Krabi along the route to Hat Noppharat Thara.
Long ago this was a freshwater marsh populated by clams and
other bi-valves, chiefly little two centimeters long "Hoi
Khom" or pond snails, which grouped and multiplied in such
numbers that the dead formed a floor for the living. This
process, repeated over eons, led to the creation of layer of
fossils about 40 cms thick, called shelly limestone. Scientific test
have established that the
age of these fossils is about 40 million years. Minibuses
leave the town for the Fossil Shell Beach daily from 6.00-17.00
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Ao Nang
is
situated 6 kms south of Hat Noppharat Thara next to a road that
runs parallel to the coastline. A scenic bay, its white
sandy beach stretches to the foot of a conspicuously prominent
limestone range. Accommodation is available along the the
beachfront. Other facilties include diving shops, boats
for rent a sight-seeing by canoe.
From
Ao Nang bay, tourists may hire boats to visit nearby attractions
such as Hat Rai Le, Tham Phra Nang, Sa Phranang located on land
to the east of Ao Nang, as well as other off-shore isles of Poda,
Tap and Mo.
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