Exploring The Mangroves in Krabi.

Krabi Estuary Ecosystem

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Krabi Community Based Management


Along the 2,600 km of the Andaman coastline of  Southern Thailand, the survival of  one and a half a million local coastal fishermen and their households is intimately linked to the health of the coastal wetland ecosystem. This ecosystem is composed of three important living resources : mangrove forests, sea grass beds and coral reefs – forming a complex, interdependent, and delicately balanced natural connection.

Image Credit : Mangrove Action Project

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Krabi Fauna & Flora Display @ Krabi Night Plaza

Southern Thailand Indigenous Garden Produce

On 14 and 15 July 2010, a number of local gardeners from Southern Thailand provinces have been invited and is participating in the Krabi Fauna & Flora Display. The event is on-going at Krabi Night Plaza for two days and attended by the Governor of Krabi this morning. Delegates and representatives from the various southern provinces gather and present their organic produce and seminars at Viengthong Hotel from 10am to 4pm. Dr. Supoj Wuongyai from Faculty of Oriental Medicine – Rangsit University will also do a presentation on ancient wisdom of Thai herbs. A grand opening is schedule at 5.30 pm and the invited Guest of Honour is the Minister of Health for Thailand. Read more

Tiger Airways Increases Flights To Krabi

Tiger Airways Increases Flights to Thailand

• Flights to Krabi and Hat Yai doubled to daily, from 4 and 3 per week
• New midday weekend flights to Phuket
• Growing demand driven by low, low fares; Grab them on www.tigerairways.com

Starting from 20 April 2010
Tiger Airways Singapore today announced that it will fly to Thailand more frequently to serve growing demand.  Tiger Airways will fly daily from Singapore to Krabi and Hat Yai. This is double the current frequency – four per week to Krabi and three per week to Hat Yai. Phuket, a popular weekend destination, will have new midday flights on Friday and Sunday, in addition to morning and evening flights. This brings the total weekly frequency to 14 flights starting from 20 April. Bangkok, another popular destination, will remain at 20 flights per week. Rosalynn Tay, Managing Director of Tiger Airways Singapore, said, “Within Southeast Asia, our Thailand routes have been getting so popular that we have decided to double our flights to Krabi and Hat Yai, and serve Phuket more often on weekends. We are happy that our famous low, low fares have helped people travel more often, and boost tourism in both Thailand and Singapore.”
Seats for these additional flights are now on sale. Pounce on them at www.tigerairways.com.

Krabi Tesco Lotus

On 31 August 2007, Tesco Lotus opened its door in Krabi with jam packed traffic stretching down to Talaat Kao way past Tiger Cave junction. At that time, the local people has not experienced local shopping sensation  like this before. Established in 1998, Tesco Lotus is a hypermarket chain in Thailand. Tesco Lotus stores stock groceries (western and local products) as well as a selection of stationery, school supplies, clothing, shoes, electrical equipment and many other non-food products at very competitive prices that the small 7-Eleven, family-based and similar small traditional provision shop cannot match. They also contain a bakery as well as a chemist or druggist section. Temperatures are kept at a relatively cool 27C. The stores are often set in Malls and have food courts and many other shops such as AllZ, Body Glove, Top Charoen, Black Canyon Coffee, MK, KFC, Dairy Queen , electronic, jewellery vendors  and several local banks as well as a large car park buit in. For leisure time, there is also a Major Multiplex cinema showing Thai movies and often with English subtitles. Read more

Krabi Hotels: Traveler’s Paradise

Looking for a traveler-friendly city in the world, then Krabi has to be one of them. It is a town on the western coast of south Thailand at the mouth of the River Krabi into the Andaman Sea. Karbi is a small provincial city that has originated a lot in the recent years in terms of tourism sector. This small and picturesque town of Thailand is gifted with some of the best accommodations that assure you to spend a remarkable vacation. The numerous hotels of Krabi are the best place to spend your vacations if you are looking for a calm and peaceful area. They offer an excellent and marvelous view of its surrounding area. The resorts or the hotels can be categorized into luxury and budget hotels. All these Krabi hotels are opulent and comfortable as well. You will find these hotels assure each of its guest complete privacy. The Krabi Hotels also can be said as the apt place for a honeymoon vacation. Getting to Krabi is not at all difficult as you can comfortably fly down to the Krabi International airport that is located at a distance of 15 kilometers from the city center.  By road, you have to take the Phuket- Koh Phi Phi – Krabi route or access via Surat Thani from the eastern coast of the peninsula. Speaking of the luxury hotels in Krabi, you will find that they are simply outstanding. The 4 star and 5 star hotels of Krabi are something more than luxurious. Since some international standard hotel chains have established their hotels in Krabi, you will find a wide array of deluxe and luxury hotels in this beautiful town. Starting from the room facilities to dining and other associated facilities offered by the deluxe hotels in Krabi, are apt for lavish living. These luxury hotels have the basic room amenities like the writing tables, satellite television, well stocked mini bars, international direct dial telephone, coffee and tea makers and others. The hotel amenities and facilities include well equipped excellent dining facility, baby-sitting facility, elevator, currency exchange, tour desk, recreational facilities and others. You can also find a number of cheap or low cost hotels in Krabi.  Reasonably priced hotels in Krabi offers a hassle free stay to the guests. These low priced hotels are decked up beautifully and well-furnished also.  Some of these Krabi hotels have guestrooms which are more or less spacious and airy. This helps each of the travelers to move around freely. The roominess of the guestrooms are highly beneficial for the disabled travelers. The various amenities available in the low cost or budget hotels include complimentary newspaper, parking facility, concierge services, laundry services when required, room service and others.

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Top Things to Do in Krabi

Krabi, one among the tourist destination while touring Thailand, has enclosed itself as negligent resort destination as the site gives prominence to ease and relaxation rather than with the high-energy social gathering celebrations. Here you have plenty to see and to explore with the copious plant life found all over the landscape, which in turn is really an enchanting as well as ideal for peace seekers.

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Krabi – A Destination for Relaxing Vacation

Krabi is an astounding vacation spot in Southern Thailand, located about 815 kilometers from Bangkok, about 170 km east of Phuket, and 80 km southeast of Phang-na. Sprawling over an area of about 4708 square kilometers, Krabi has the Andaman Sea to the west, Surat Thani to the north, Nakhon Si Thammarat to the east, and the Trang Province to the south. Teeming with scenic attractions comprising astounding coral reefs, incredible small as well as large island, beautiful white sandy beaches, mysterious caves, fantastic lagoons, scintillating waterfalls, and lush green forests, Krabi has now become a great spot for enjoying a relaxing vacation.

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Take a Tour to Krabi for an Unforgettable Vacation

Krabi is an outstanding destination, situated about 800 kilometers south of Bangkok, in Thailand. This enchanting resort is regarded as one of the most relaxing destinations on the earth. With more than 200 large as well as small islands dotted in the Andaman Sea, Krabi is much famed for its dramatic scenery and stunning landscape consisting of rich natural resources, beautiful forested areas, scintillating waterfalls, white sandy beaches, mysterious caves, swaying coconut palms, superb coral reefs, soaring limestone cliffs, magnificent coves and bays, and aqua blue color waters.

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Krabi Amazing Packages

One can now easily take a vacation to Krabi and its surrounding regions to unwind. Krabi offers an exciting and memorable holiday where the ocean and tropical offshore islands become the favourite playground for all who made Krabi as their holiday destination and especially those visitors who made repeated trips annually.

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Krabi Activities Galore

ALL ABOUT KRABI INFORMATION

Areas such as Krabi Town, Ao Nang Beach, Koh Phi Phi, Railay Beach, Koh Lanta, Klong Muang and Koh Ngai. Being localised and on hand to assist, facilitate and custom-built your hotel booking, package tours, airport transfers, group booking and travel itinerary. Offer the unique combination of both the personal service of a local front desk and the 24/7 cyber access convenience to all your account information. Dependable and reliable options for an on-line booking at the comfort of your home. Plan in advance, save precious time, money and avoid the hassle and frustration of doing it here at the expense of spoiling your vacation.

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