Ao Nang Activities Guide

Island Hopping, Jungle Tours & more

Some people like to get off the beach and move around a bit - even if it's just getting to the next beach. This is for them.

Beach & Island Hopping

Love beaches? In search of the ultimate combination of comfort, scenery, and privacy? You'll love what Krabi has in store.

Some 130 islands and an expansive mainland coastline mean there is no shortage of prime seafront real estate.

Hire a longtail boat from Ao Nang beach and claim some sand as your own - if only for an afternoon.

Jungle Tours

As well as providing an exciting way of seeing Krabi's lush interior with its hot springs, caves and waterfalls, these small-scale tours give insight into the local lifestyle and often include activities like kayaking or elephant trekking.

For a short excursion, visit the Klai Wang Water Garden (10 minutes from Ao Nang) and go bamboo rafting or fishing. As well as providing an exciting way of seeing Krabi's lush interior with its hot springs, caves and waterfalls, these small-scale tours give insight into the local lifestyle and often include activities like kayaking or elephant trekking, bamboo rafting or fishing.

Massage in Ao Nang

Vacationing can be hard work; work out the stress with a traditional Thai massage. For the best experience, head to the shade of the massage salas (open-sided huts) on the southern end of the beach.

That's right, the beach. It's the perfect marriage of relaxing inactivity and ultimate location. The miracle-working women charge around 200 Baht an hour. Need a complete physical overhaul? Try a rejuvenating treatment at one of the new open-air spas.

Drink

The fallback activity for many beachgoers, colourful, fruity cocktails taste better in the natural habitat - beachside - than they ever could back home.

As the sun dips below the horizon, enjoy a sundowner at one of the hotel bars overlooking the beach while congratulating yourself on a day well spent.

You earned it.

Ao Nang Restaurants

For those that enjoy seafood, this is the place to be. For those that don't care for aquatic fare, one taste could change your mind.

Fresh prawns, lobster and fish jump straight from the Andaman Sea to your plate (okay, they make a quick detour to be curried, steamed, or barbequed) and have won fans the world over.

Ao Nang Shopping

Whether buying souvenirs for friends and family back home, picking up that toothbrush you forgot to pack, or looking to add to your carved elephant collection, Ao Nang has plenty of small shops stocked full of the usual, the needed, the cute, the unique, and sometimes weird.

The experience - from discovery to haggling - is as much a part of enjoyment as the actual purchase.