How To Reach Krabi

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The Krabi International Airport is 10km away from the city but has flights only from Singapore, Malaysia, China, and Qatar. It also receives domestic flights from Bangkok, Koh Samui, and Chiang Mai. Most tourists land in Bangkok and take a domestic flight to Krabi. Air-conditioned shuttle buses and Songthaews are available from the airport to Krabi town.
Another alternative to reach Krabi by flight is to fly to Phuket, which has a bigger airport and more regular flights. It takes around two to four hours to reach Phuket from Krabi by land.

You can share a songathew or rent a personal car from one of the many car rental services abundant in Thailand. Krabi lies on Highway 4. Being a major highway, Highway 4 connects many provinces to each other making this quite a convenient way of getting to and from Krabi.

Krabi is not directly connected by train. You will have to get off at the nearest railway station, Trang, and catch a bus to Krabi from there.

Air-conditions buses from Bangkok to Krabi run regularly and buses to other smaller provinces are run by local bus operators. However, these bus journeys take around 12 hours. Take care when taking a bus at night as drivers consider speed limits mere suggestions.