Best for
Beaches, limestone cliffs, and a mainland base on the Andaman coast
Nightly range
฿707–฿14,009 a night
When to go
November to April is the dry season on the Andaman coast and the busiest time. May to October brings the southwest monsoon, with more rain and rougher seas.
Krabi is a province on the Andaman coast, across Phang Nga Bay from Phuket.
We cover five areas on its mainland coast: Krabi Town on the river, the beach towns of Ao Nang and Nopparat Thara, Klong Muang further north-west, and the Railay peninsula, which you reach by boat. Koh Phi Phi has its own pages. The other islands, Koh Lanta among them, are separate trips we have not covered yet.
Distances decide a lot here. Our Krabi Town picks are under 9km from the airport in a straight line, and our Klong Muang picks are more than 26km from it. Pick the area first, then the hotel.
Where to stay
in Krabi.
Pick the area first and the hotel second. On a trip this size the half hour between one beach and the next shapes the holiday more than the room does.
Ordered by the mean guest score of the listings in each area, the same basis as the hotels below.
Ao Nang beach. Photo by kallerna, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons6 places to stayAo NangKrabi's beach town, where our picks have the highest average scores of our Krabi areas, including the two best-rated hotels we list there.Explore Ao Nang
Hat Noppharat Thara beach. Photo by kallerna, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons3 places to stayNopparat TharaThe beach next along from Ao Nang, where our picks have the best staff and value-for-money scores in Krabi.Explore Nopparat Thara
The river at Krabi Town. Photo by kallerna, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons4 places to stayKrabi TownThe provincial capital on the river, with the cheapest room we list anywhere on the site and nothing over ฿2,136 a night.Explore Krabi Town
Railay Beach. Photo by Karelj, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3 places to stayRailayThe peninsula south of Ao Nang that you reach by boat, where our picks have the best location scores in Krabi.Explore Railay
A longtail boat at Klong Muang Beach. Photo by Stefan Fussan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3 places to stayKlong MuangThe coast north-west of Ao Nang, from a ฿2,640 beachfront three-star to the most expensive hotel we list in Krabi.Explore Klong MuangTop rated in Krabi.
luxury / Ao Nang
Keereen Resort - Ao Nang Krabi
Researched Pick฿10,584
a night
luxury / Ao Nang
Hotel Adam Krabi
Researched Pick฿10,184
a night
boutique / Nopparat Thara
The Pin Boutique Pool Villa Krabi
Researched Pick฿5,065
a night
mid range / Ao Nang
Lux Family Villas Krabi Ao Nang
Researched Pick฿4,733
a night
mid range / Railay
Railay Phutawan Resort
Researched Pick฿10,956
a night
mid range / Ao Nang
Aonang Hill Krabi
Researched Pick฿6,900
a night
Ordered on guest evidence alone: mean score across every booking platform we checked, then review depth. Having stayed somewhere does not push it up the list.
Things to do.
Tours carry each operator's own score, never averaged with the others running the same trip. Places you simply visit carry no score, and say so.
— 01waterThe Four Islands day trip
— 02waterThe Hong Islands day trip
— 03natureThe jungle day tour: Tiger Cave, Emerald Pool and the hot springs
— 04waterPhi Phi from Krabi
— 05waterThe seven islands sunset trip
— 06natureKhao Khanab Nam
— 07foodKrabi Walking Street
— 08natureRailay and Phra Nang
— 09natureThalay Waen, the Separated Sea
— 10natureThe Emerald Pool
— 11cultureWat Tham Suea, the Tiger Cave Temple
Drag to explore — 11 checked in Krabi
Two badges.
No grey area.
Every one of the 30 Krabi listings carries one of these. We never blur the line between somewhere we went and somewhere we checked.
How we research →We went. The listing names who stayed, when, and for how many nights. If we haven't been, it doesn't get this badge.
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in Krabi
Not been yet. Confirmed on more than one platform, with its real guest score and review count recorded from each. Each one prints its working.
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in Krabi
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