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Phi Phi islands consist of Phi Phi Don, Phi Phi Ley, Ko Yung (Mosquito Island) and a few more smaller limestone rocks.

Ko Phi Phi Don and the other islands emerged from a small Muslim fishing community into a prime travel destination due to a real great attractive environment. The final push to put Phi Phi Islands on the world travel map was for sure the film making of "The Beach" with Leonardo Di Caprio.

I would say instead of all this manipulated protests against the film shooting, they should have praised Mr. Di Caprio and the production team to shoot the film at Phi Phi Ley, Maya Beach is on Phi Phi Ley, for more on this manipulated "protests" by Thai teachers manipulating the kids protest against the Maya Beach film making read here.

The Tsunami cleared almost all structures on Ko Phi Phi Don, but 2 year later all was restored, up and running. Cynics say it was a good clean up since most of the structures have been real ugly, quickly and cheap put together.


There is no need to explain a lot, Phi Phi island is great, have a swim, a bath in the sun, maybe a dive in the emerald sea. Do some snorkeling in the warm tropical water around Phi Phi Islands and have a look for the fish they are always curious on this  2 leg black creatures with the air bubbles who try to watch them, the underwater world  is of great beauty.

The area around Phuket, Phi Phi islands and the Islands off the Andaman Sea coast north of Phuket are among the world's top ten scuba diving locations. Phuket, Phi Phi islands and the Andaman Sea Coast with archipelagos like Similan Islands, further north is the Surin Archipelago offer exotic culture, adventure in the deep blue with sting ray, whale shark, rainbow colored coral banks, unforgettable food and so on.

Phuket and the Phi Phi islands have all the right ingredients for a perfect sun bathing,

diving or just relaxing holiday or vacation, oh, I forgot to tell you there is no golf course on Ko Phi Phi Don, do you need one ?

There is no ferry from Koh Phi Phi to Koh Lipe. Koh Lipe is about 400 km south west of Koh Phi Phi in Thailand's Satun Province. If someone wants to go from Phi Phi Islands to Koh Lipe in the Tarutao Archipelago you first need to go to Krabi Town, take a bus to either Satun or Hat Yai and from there to Bak Para Pier, that's the place where the ferry for Koh Tarutao and Koh Lipe is leaving.

An air photo of Koh Panyi is here and a foreigner wont find a job in Koh Phi Phi unless he or she is a good dive master or has some relations with a hotel or beach resort operator on Koh Phi Phi. Jellyfish at Phi Phi is almost zero, Maya beach photo are below, but pls. note Ko Phi Phi Don is not in Phang Nga province it's in Krabi province, that's about 100 km to the south. A great Phi phi Island panorama photo you can see just below.

Phi Phi longtail boats are around everywhere and you can hire them, be tough when negotiating the price other wise they pull you over the table. Rasada pier is at the end of Rasada street in Phuket town, if you have a problem with it, take a motocyctaxi from anywhere in Phuket City or Phuket Town, they carry you there for Baht 40,-.

To answer the question which is nicer Koh Phi Phi or Langkawi is simple, its Koh Phi Phi Don.

 
   Ko Phi Phi  Don Panorama Photo
    Ko Phi Phi Don Panorama Photo

You can go on live-aboard diving adventure via daytrips or more extended, there are plenty of dive points and dive centers.

Dive courses are available at Ko Phi Phi Don for the would be scuba diver.

Live aboard diving in Thailand out of Phuket and Khao Lak with live aboard boats to Similan islands,  

   Richelieu Rock, Phi Phi, Hin Daeng and Hin Muang, are good examples for great scuba diving location.
    Ko Phi Phi Don Scuba Dive Supply Ship
   Ko Phi Phi Don Scuba Dive Supply Ship
Ko Phi Phi Don Scuba Diving Strange Creature
Ko Phi Phi Don Scuba Diving Strange Creature
Ko Phi Phi Don Scuba Diving Hard Cora
Ko Phi Phi Don Scuba Diving Hard Corals
Ko Phi Phi Don Scuba Diving Sea Snake
Ko Phi Phi Don Scuba Diving Sea Snake
Ko Phi Phi Don Scuba Diving Coral Bank
Ko Phi Phi Don Scuba Diving Coral Bank

Scuba Dive Phi Phi Islands

There are breath taking coral reefs around Ko Phi Phi Don you can see on your diving trip.

A great underwater world with strange sea creatures around, coral snakes in the coral banks between soft and hard corals.

A abundant marine life at Phi Phi Islands can be  explored at a scuba diving trip or maybe just snorkeling, is a real top of the pop.

   
Ko Phi Phi Don Scuba Diving Soft Corals
Ko Phi Phi Don Scuba Diving Soft Corals
Ko Phi Phi Don Scuba Diving Fish say hello to you
Ko Phi Phi Don Scuba Diving Fish say hello to you
Ko Phi Phi Don Scuba Diving Red Jelly Fish
Ko Phi Phi Don Scuba Diving Red
Jelly Fish
Ko Phi Phi Don Scuba Diving
Ko Phi Phi Don Scuba Diving
 
Ko Phi Phi Don Beach
Ko Phi Phi Don Beach
Maya Beach at Ko Phi Phi  Ley
Maya Beach at Ko Phi Phi Lay

But as a simple matter of facts most of of the travelers and tourists don't come to Ko Phi Phi Don for scuba diving, they come to lay down on the beach and let the sun do the job.

Get to Maya Beach for a feeling what happen with Mr. Leonardo Di Caprio when he made the famous Beach Movie. Especially Japanese Ladies are really after this.

Maya Beach at Maya Bay Phi Phi Ley
Maya Beach Photo at Maya Bay Phi Phi Ley

Have a stroll on Maya Beach at Maya Bay, now a National Park, entrance fee Baht 200,- , swim, snorkle or scuba dive in  the  emerald waters.

Water with this special tropical touch in front of lush tropical vegetation, its not to cold, not to warm  

Leonardo Di Caprio during movie shooting at Phi Phi Islands
Leonardo Di Caprio during movie
shooting at Phi Phi Islands
just right for a mystical jump into the sea and think, he, Leonardo Di Caprio was here.

The Ferry from Phuket leaves every day

Phuket Rasada Pier, actually there are many ferries. Some big ones like shown here and some smaller ones of the speedboat type.

Beach Camping at Tarutaro Archipelago
Beach Camping at Tarutaro Archipelago

Speedboat moves faster and they make a better round trip, which means you see more on your travel to Ko Phi Phi Don, Ko Phi Phi Ley and the other islands in the small archipelago.

Other ferries are starting at Krabi Ao Nang and some hotels at Ko Lanta also offer day trips to Phi Phi Islands and the Trang Archipelago.

Ko Phi Phi Don is the island with the hotels

and other accommodations on it and you only have the choice to stay there, there is no regulation like on the Tarutao Islands where you can camp on the beach.


Ferry to Ko Phi Phi Don from Phuket

Maybe you could try it and have some great island adventure, but don't tell that you read this in this website, we will tell anyone -me rou-.

Yachts in front of Ko Phi Phi Don
Yachts in front of Ko Phi Phi Don
Approaching Ko Phi Phi Don
Approaching Ko Phi Phi Don
Boats at Ko Phi Phi Don
Boats at Ko Phi Phi Don
Beach Connection at Ko Phi Phi Don
Beach Connection at Ko Phi Phi Don
Phi Phi Islands Beach between limestone cliffs
Phi Phi Islands Beach between limestone cliffs
Off Ko Phi Phi Don a huge 4 mast Sail Ship
Off Ko Phi Phi Don a huge 4 mast Sail Ship
Geographically Ko Phi Phi Don and the other island of the
small archipelago

belong to Krabi province, but it is more easy accessible from Phuket.

Ko Phi Phi Don before Tsunami
Ko Phi Phi Don before Tsunami

Ko Phi Phi Don is almost exactly mid way from Phuket to Krabi. Every morning ferries, means bigger vessels and  speedboats, start from the Phuket ferry pier to Ko Phi Phi Don. Take the big ferry, its more comfortable and wont take much longer than the speed boat, its around 3-4 hours.

Before exiting the ferry at the Ko Phi Phi Don pier they usually make a tour to the most interesting location. That is Maya Beach, slowly passing Viking Cave and some limestone ravines with small beaches and some other Phi Phi Islands beaches.

After leaving the Phi Phi ferry or speedboat and have a look for your  phi phi hotel. Phi Phi Islands are a rather small area and mainly accessible

Ko Phi Phi Don Longtail Boats
Ko Phi Phi Don Longtail Boats

by boat because of the steep limestone cliffs Phi Phi Islands more or less consist of.

Once you settle in your Ko Phi Phi Don hotel or resort it might be useful to hire a longtail boat and move around.

The longtail boat guy already know where to bring you on your Phi Phi Islands sightseeing trip and if you want to stop somewhere just tell him, there are many

beautiful small beaches nestled between the limestone rock don't miss it and
Ko Phi Phi Don Bay
Ko Phi Phi Don Bay
Ko Phi Phi Don view from the beach
Ko Phi Phi Don view from the beach

don't be shy to tell, since you pay. Don't make this Phi Phi Islands tour in the morning, in the morning all the crowd is around. They come with everything which swims from all around southern Thailand carrying the tourists from one spot to another. When you take a longtail boat take one with a roof, the roof is quite flimsy anyway but it protects from the sun. If you make your Phi Phi trip without this shelter you will be badly burnt from the sun afterwards.

       

Ko Phi Phi Don, Phi Phi Islands and the greater area around.

The rest of Krabi Province is to the east and Phang Nga Province is to the north. Here is a quick overview about the greater area around. Just opposite of Ko Phi Phi Don on the Krabi mainland side are more great spots to explore, like the famous Railay Beach at  Ao Nang and plenty of other. Krabi Ao Nang Railay Beach Thailand
Krabi Ao Nang Railay Beach Thailand

Limestone Water World north of Ko Phi Phi Don
Limestone Water World north of Ko Phi Phi Don
Ko Panyi north of Ko Phi Phi Don Accomodation
Ko Panyi north of Ko Phi Phi Don Accomodation
The mighty bizarre-molded stalactite islands north of Ko Phi Phi Don materialize out of the emerald colored waters of the sea east of Phuket.

Somewhere further north is   “James Bond” island where they made -The man with the golden colt-.

Today a busy tourist destination.

Ko Phi Phi Don north Limestone Formation in the Water
Ko Phi Phi Don north Limestone Formation in the Water
If you are on a ride with a longtail boat also have a swim in the pleasant tropical water.

Just tell the boat guy to stop where you like you like and jump, but 

leave the shoes on.  
Trang Archipelago Morakot Cave
Trang Archipelago Morakot Cave
Further south is the Trang Archipelago with dozens of islands waiting to explore. The great morakot or emerald
cave hidden in a limestone atoll with a paradise beach.

More further south its the
 
Tarutao Archipelago Island Beach
Tarutao Archipelago Island Beach
Waterworld of Phang Nga Bay
Waterworld of Phang Nga Bay
Phang Nga Bay Kayaking
Phang Nga Bay Kayaking
Phang Nga Bay Limestone Panorama
Phang Nga Bay Limestone Panorama
Tarutao Archipelago with the legendary Ko Lipe and the Sea Gypsies near the border to Malaysia. From there, on a good day the Island of Langkawi can be seen in the mist of the Andaman Sea.

Further up north of Ko
Phi Phi Don
is Phang Nga Province with the famous Phang Nga Bay and the surrealistic limestone water world.

They made a James
Bond movie
there,"The Man with the Golden Colt."

A cruise through
Phang Nga Bay
should
be on the agenda of anyone who visit southern Thailand,
its very easy to do out of Phuket.

 
 
 Ko Panyi north of Ko Phi Phi Don
 

                               
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