This route takes you to the popular beaches of Ao Nang, Nopparat Thara and to the less popular one Ao Nam Mao with its Shell Fossils.
Rents for motorbikes start at 180 Baht per day, depending on the duration of the lease. Cars start at 1.000 Baht per day. Ask at Akanak Resort, Krabi Discovery or The Bananas for Alternatively you can find Avis, Budget and Hertz at the airport upon arrival. Budget has a subsidiary in Klong Muang. Cars can also be rented with a chauffeur if you do not want to drive yourself. For further information you can alsways ask at the front desk of your accommodation.
High Season Rates: 900 to 1,200 Baht Green Season Rates: 900 to 1,200 Baht
Krabi Discovery Resort and Restaurant in Ao Tha Len offers nice detached bungalows with hot shower, air con and fridge. The restaurant is open from 8.00 - 21.00. Transport is advisable when staying in Ao Tha Len.
The Bananas Bungalows (เดอะบานาน่า บังกะโล) (AoThaLen)
High Season Rates: 550 to 800 Baht Green Season Rates: 400 to 600 Baht
The Bananas Bungalows are situated right on the beach. This pristine Bungalow site is run by Olli, who takes care of all the customer's wishes. It is a place you will feel welcome from the moment you enter the gates. The bungalows are made from bamboo with private bathrooms and there is plenty of space at The Bananas to put up your hammock! The concrete Bungalows and the dormitory have hot water showers too. The Restaurant at the Bananas cooks to your individual taste with specials in the evenings. Shuttle services, motorbikes for rent and tours.
From Ao Tha Len follow the road and turn right intoi H4034.Follow the road until you see the sign Giant Catfish Farm on your right, it is worth stopping here. Then take the next right, once you get to the t-junction at the King Cobra Show turn right and you can already see the ocean. Nopparat Thara is frequented by Thais especially on the weekends. You find loads of food vendors along the road and Thais pick nicking on the beach. If you want to enjoy fresh seafood, stop at Krua Thara after Tsunami at the end of Nopparat Thara Beach.
The Giant Catfish Farm is outside Ao Nang on the road to Klong Muang. Giant Catfish Farm is a 7 rai nature park. The beautiful park has numerous ponds with 20 different kinds of fish, including some of the biggest catfish in South Thailand. Your walk through the park leads you over swing bridges and you can get a good overview of southern Thailand's flowers and plants. There are also turtles. crocodiles, scorpions and local insects on display.After the walk through the park you can take a dip in one of the Jacuzzi shaped pools. Entry Fee 50 baht for adults and 30 baht for children, including fish food.
Kruathara After Tsunami (ครัวธารา) (NopparatThara)
Krua Thara after Tsunami is the most popular Seafood Restaurant at the end of Nopparat Thara. The Seafood is nicely presented and the employees are very friendly. Try the fresh oysters with chili, garlic and deep fried onions.
Follow the road along the Sea into bustling Ao Nang. You may want to sit by the ocean with your feet in the sand, then pay Last Fisherman or Last Cafe a visit. Or you may want to have a snack in one of the oldest Thai-Chinese Restaurant s in Ao Nang. If not follow the road pass Mac Donalds and the post office and take a right into H4203, following the sign Shell Cemetary. Follow the road until you reach the big roundabout, keep right and go for another 5 km until the road ends at Susan Hoi.
The Last Fisherman Restaurant & Bar is the Beach Restaurant to go to in Ao Nang. It is the best place to enjoy a sundowner cocktail. During the day The Last Fisherman offers Thai and European delights at very reasonable prices. In the evenings during High Season the Last Fisherman offers Set BBQ Menus - your choice of meat or seafood, salad bar and side orders.
The Last Cafe is located on Ao Nang beach at the very far end by the cliffs. The Last Cafe is only open during the day and offers Thai and European Food. Kayaks can be rented at Last Cafe.
Ao Nang Cuisine is a Thai Chinese Restaurant located on the Beach Road. This Thai restaurant also offers seafood and during high season a BBQ. Friendly and attentive staff. Ao Nang Cuisine, former Mama's Kitchen was the first restaurant on Ao Nang Beach Road. Managed by a Thai Chinese couple always referred to as Mama and Papa. They have retired now and their rather shy son is continuing the business with the same perfection that can not be taken for granted in Thailand.
245/4 Moo 2, Ao Nang, Krabi 81000 Tel.: 075-637253 or 081-7372039 - Fax.: 075-637199
It is not worth paying the entrance fee to get to the fossils. Anyway it is a nice place to have a pick nick and see the vendors selling shells. From Shell Fossil Beach you go back to the big roundabout in Ao Nam Mao. Turn right and follow the road to the next t-junction - a PTT petrol station on your right. Turn left and you are back on H4034. Follow the road and take a left to Ao Tha Len.
Krisda Restaurant belongs to Krisda Villa guest house and is situated in a small, nicely decorated garden next to the guest house. The guests can see local fruit and vegetables growing, such as chilli, watermelons and pineapples. The restaurant serves Thai food and Western snacks.
239/3 Moo 5, Sai Thai, Krabi 81000 Tel.: 075-662320 or 083-2804556 - Fax.: 075-662080
Susan Hoi (Gastropod Fossil) is a Seashell Graveyard. This tourist attraction has slates of compressed seashells 20 to 40 million year old which look a bit like concrete.
There is a small museum too and a long row of gift shops. This shell graveyard at Ban Leam Pho was once a large freshwater swamp, home to a kind of snail. With changes on the surface of the earth these snails lived and died by the million. The layer of fossilized snail shells was forty centimeters thick resting on ten centimeters of lignite below which is the subsoil. Entry is 200 Baht for foreigners, 20 Baht for Thais. This "attraction" is not worth the 200 Baht, unless you are a geology student.
Susan Hoi (Gastropod Fossil) is located 17 km from Krabi Town and about 7 km west of Ao Nang.
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