Beach and karst
Ao Nang Beach
The Krabi beach with no pier: long-tails that board on the sand, limestone towers born of an ancient sea and a shopfront strip that is rebuilt every season.
Krabi, Thailand
Krabi Audio Guide
Explore Krabi with 31 audio stops and researched, fact-checked narration. From the limestone beaches of the Andaman to the Tiger Cave monastery, every place explains how an ancient sea, fishermen and climbers have shaped the coast.
- ~7h of audio
- 7 routes · 31 audio stops
- Offline mode
- English and Spanish
- 7Landmarks
- 31Audios
- ~7hOf narration
7 audio guides in Krabi
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National park
Nopparat Thara Beach
Nopparat Thara Beach in Krabi: low tide, islets reached on foot, a giant conch and the headquarters of the national park that stretches to Phi Phi.
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Fossils of Laem Pho
Fossil Shell Cemetery
Coastal limestone platform formed by millions of fossilised freshwater snails, with a popular age of 75 million years that science has corrected.
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Beach and climbing
Railay West Beach
A road-less beach in Krabi, with a long-tail boat landing, the Thaiwand climbing wall and sunsets among limestone cliffs.
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Shrine and beach
Phra Nang Cave Beach
White-sand beach between limestone cliffs in Railay, with Phra Nang's cave of phalluses, climbers and a restaurant inside a cave.
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Prehistory and mangrove
Khao Khanab Nam
What to see at Khao Khanab Nam: the two limestone towers of Krabi, their rock shelter with traces of the prehistoric sea and a cave whose skeletons are now gone.
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Meditation monastery
Tiger Cave Temple
Meditation monastery in Krabi with a cave of tigers, a prehistoric rock shelter and a staircase of 1,237 steps up to a golden Buddha.
Krabi Audio Guide
What to see in Krabi with the EarGuide audio guide
Krabi looks out onto the Andaman Sea among limestone towers that were born in an ancient sea. Ao Nang Beach, with no pier, sees the long-tails board right on the sand, and Nopparat Thara, the old dry-canal beach, is the seat of the national park that reaches as far as the Phi Phi Islands and keeps a giant conch 7.5 m high. At Laem Pho, the Fossil Shell Cemetery is a platform of freshwater snails cemented by calcite, with a popular age of 75 million years that the study of pollen corrected to between 40 and 20 million. On the Railay peninsula, with no roads and reached only by sea, Railay West Beach brings together more than 600 climbing routes in 45 sectors, and Phra Nang Cave Beach holds a shrine with hundreds of phallic offerings for a princess. At the mouth of the Krabi River, the two towers of Khao Khanab Nam, about 100 metres high, shelter a rock shelter with the trace of a sea that some 6,000 years ago stood 5 metres higher; and in Krabi Noi, the Tiger Cave Temple, founded in 1975, culminates in a staircase of 1,237 steps up to a golden Buddha.
With the EarGuide Krabi audio guide, every place reveals its history through narration researched and fact-checked against sources. Unlike a free walking tour or a conventional guided visit, you set the pace, the order and the stops. No groups, no timetables, no internet connection.
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No internet needed
Download the routes before you head out and explore without using data.
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Smart geolocation
The narration starts by itself when you reach the point of interest.
Frequently asked questions
Questions about the Krabi audio guide
How much does the Krabi audio guide cost?
The EarGuide app is free. The Krabi audio guide includes 7 independent routes with more than seven hours of narration spread across 7 sites and 31 audio stops, and it is found inside the app itself.
Do I need an internet connection to use the audio guide?
No. EarGuide works entirely offline. Download the routes over WiFi before you set out and you can use the audio guide with no connection and no data use throughout your visit. The map shows your GPS position in real time even without coverage.
What languages is the Krabi audio guide available in?
The Krabi audio guide is available in Spanish and English, with researched, fact-checked narration on the beaches and limestone towers of the Andaman, the fossils of Laem Pho, the prehistory of Khao Khanab Nam and the Tiger Cave monastery.
How long does the full tour take?
The audio guide brings together 7 independent routes with about seven hours of narration in total, from 40 to 120 minutes per route. They can be spread over three days: one for Ao Nang Beach and Nopparat Thara Beach, another for Railay West and the Phra Nang cave together with the Fossil Shell Cemetery, and a third for Khao Khanab Nam and the Tiger Cave Temple.
Is the audio guide better than a free walking tour or a guided visit?
They are different experiences. The EarGuide audio guide lets you explore Krabi without timetables or groups, pause and resume whenever you like, and replay any explanation as often as you need. It suits independent travellers, families and anyone who prefers to understand the place at their own pace, with no prior knowledge of Thailand.
Which landmarks and points of interest does it include?
The Krabi audio guide covers 7 main sites: Ao Nang Beach, Nopparat Thara Beach, the Fossil Shell Cemetery, Railay West Beach, Phra Nang Cave Beach, Khao Khanab Nam and the Tiger Cave Temple.
Can I do it all on foot?
No. The sites are spread across the province and transfers are needed. Only two stretches can be walked: Ao Nang and Nopparat Thara, about 2.4 km apart in a straight line along the beach, and Railay West with the Phra Nang cave, about 600 metres apart on the same peninsula. Railay can only be reached by sea, by long-tail boat from Ao Nang, about 3 km away. The Fossil Shell Cemetery is 7 km from Ao Nang, Khao Khanab Nam about 12 km and the Tiger Cave Temple about 15 km (straight-line distances), so it is best to go by taxi, songthaew or your own vehicle.
Can I use a purchase in the other EarGuide apps or on another phone?
Yes. Purchases belong to your EarGuide account, not to one app or one phone. A city unlocked in the EarGuide app is also unlocked in that city's own app, and the other way round, on both iPhone and Android. Just sign in with the same account on the other device. The store's “restore purchases” button only covers the app the purchase was made in, so signing in is what carries it across.
Download the Krabi audio guide free
The Krabi audio guide is inside the EarGuide app, free and ready to use offline. Carry it in your pocket and explore the coast at your own pace.
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