Ao Nang Beach – Monkey Trail loop from Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park

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Ao Nang Beach – Monkey Trail loop from Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park

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Ao Nang Beach – Monkey Trail loop from Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park

00:42

2.52km

50m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: October 16, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Waypoints

Start point

Hotel

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42 m

Welcoming Staircase

Highlight • Structure

Massage house; didn’t go in but there’s certainly a welcome!

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253 m

Noppharat Thara Beach

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Wonderful view. More limestone rock towers can be seen on the horizon.

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302 m

Ao Nang Beach is the main beach of the tourist town of the same name in the southern Thai province of Krabi. Ao Nang (Thai: อ่าวนาง, roughly meaning Ladies' Bay) is the most popular and busiest holiday resort in the region and is often what is meant when people talk about Krabi.
The town has around 10,000 inhabitants and is located about 15 kilometers southwest of the provincial capital Krabi on the eastern edge of Phang Nga Bay (Andaman Sea). Ao Nang is an excellent transfer point to other beaches and islands.
Until the early 1980s, the sleepy fishing village of Ao Nang was still an insider tip among backpackers. In the years that followed, the town rapidly developed into the tourist center of Krabi. The entire infrastructure of the town is now geared towards tourism. The predominantly Muslim population, which once lived from fishing and growing coconuts and rubber trees, now lives largely from tourism. Ao Nang is particularly popular with families and package tourists. Classic backpackers, such as students, trainees, free spirits and survivalists, are increasingly rare here. Ao Nang is relatively expensive compared to other places in the region. In addition, the entire environment in this purely tourist resort is rather bourgeois and commercial. Many backpackers therefore prefer the cheaper and more authentic provincial capital of Krabi as a starting point or stopover on their way to the dream beaches and islands of the region.

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984 m

Monkey Trail

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There are many monkeys to see at this point.

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1.12 km

Monkey Trail to Pai Plong Beach

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The beach here is very quiet, smaller than Ao Nang Beach, but there are also only a few people here. Nice trip for a day

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1.28 km

Pai Plong Beach

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After a short walk through the National Park (Monkey Trail) you come to this beach. There is a beach resort to which non-guests have no access. You are looking for a public beach bar or restaurant here in vain. In addition, all visitors who are not guests of the beach resort must enter in a list and leave when leaving the beach again.

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1.49 km

Monkey Trail (Hat Noppharat Thara–Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park)

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The monkey meeting is a beautiful spectacle. The animals are friendly, but they sometimes grab your backpack or try to grab your cell phone or climb onto your shoulders. I enjoyed it because the animals remained friendly.

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2.52 km

End point

Hotel

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

1.82 km

344 m

271 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

1.21 km

754 m

462 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 23 October

33°C

26°C

95 %

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Comments

April 17, 2025,Monkey Trail Ao Nang Krabi

The Monkey Trail is a small path with steps and paths through the jungle along the coast, stretching from the end of Ao Nang Beach to the remote Pai Plong Beach.
The path climbs quickly, up a wooden staircase, then over a path and more steps, before steeply descending again to Pai Plong Beach, a remote beach accessible only by …

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