Phi Phi Islands
Just 40 kms from Krabi,
on the southern coast of Thailand, lies Phi Phi Islands, a group of limestone islands that emerges sharply from the turquoise sea. Phi Phi Don, the largest island and the only one with permanent inhabitants, the island that has the hotels ready to receive tourists who became more frequent since the movie “The Beach” with Leonardo di Caprio was filmed there. The islands are part of a Natural Marine Park that tries to avoid the mass tourism harm the local environment. In the 1970s some travelers visiting Phi Phi and were surprised by so much natural beauty, the charms are smaller now because tourism has increased significantly but the beauty is still intact. Phi Phi Leh is a huge rock with a beach and a bay inside that have a breathtaking beauty, it was there that the movie was filmed. There are organized tours from the the main island several times a day. Among the main attractions of the islands are scuba diving and snorkeling as well as explore the many local beaches is a good thing to do. Hotels in Phi Phi Islands
How to get Phi Phi Islands? There are ferries to/from Krabi or Phuket.
A magical setting
Two decades ago, the beauty of these two islands was different, there was no mass tourism and this may have affected the location, but Phi Phi not lost the charm. The larger of the two islands, Phi Phi Don, has two bays together nearly a scenario almost unique. Here are most of the hotels, bars and restaurants on the island. Little is Phi Phi Leh, a huge rock in the middle of the sea, with beaches inside of a overwhelming beauty, the most famous Maya Beach, used during the filming of a movie with Leonardo di Caprio who placed in the Phi Phi Islands world tourism map.
Maps of Phi Phi Islands
Map of Phi Phi Islands
Phi Phi Islands on Map of Thailand
Phi Phi Islands
Phi Phi Islands
Phi Phi Islands
Phi Phi Islands
Phi Phi Islands
Phi Phi Islands