Krabi Airport to Ao Nang, Railay and Krabi Town

The airport bus is the budget choice, ฿150 to Ao Nang and about ฿90 to ฿100 to Krabi Town, with its counter in the arrivals area. It meets most daytime flights but doesn't leave the moment you land, and it stops along the way, so plan on up to an hour and a half to the beach. Some buses finish at Krabi Town's bus terminal rather than Ao Nang, so check the destination before you board.

Shared vans cost ฿150 to ฿200 a person and drop you at your hotel, which is easier with bags. The catch is that they wait to fill and then drop passengers hotel by hotel, so if your hotel is the last stop it can be 90 minutes after landing. For two people or more, a car often costs little more than two seats and saves an hour.

Grab works in Krabi and shows the price before you book, about ฿600 to ฿900 to Ao Nang, but drivers don't always take airport pickups and you can wait. It's more reliable for the ride back to the airport.

The taxi counter in arrivals sells fixed-price cars, about ฿700 to ฿1,000 to Ao Nang, which is fine if you're three or four with luggage and don't want to wait. A car booked ahead is usually cheaper, about ฿600 to ฿800, and the driver meets you in arrivals with your name, which takes the guesswork out of a late or delayed flight.

Krabi Town is the closest, 12 km away. The airport bus costs about ฿90 to ฿100, and a car takes 20 minutes or so.

For Koh Lanta, minivans leave from the airport itself until about 20:30, for about ฿400 to ฿540 and 2 to 2.5 hours to your Lanta hotel including the short car ferry. For Phi Phi, Klong Jilad pier in Krabi Town is about 30 minutes by car, so land by early afternoon and you can be on Phi Phi the same day. The Krabi to Koh Lanta and Krabi to Phi Phi guides have every van and boat.

Going back, the airport bus runs from Ao Nang about hourly from 06:00 to 20:00 for ฿150, but it can take up to 90 minutes, so leave about three hours before an international flight and two and a half before a domestic one. Grab is easier in this direction, and a car booked ahead is about ฿600 to ฿800.

From Railay, add the longtail back to Ao Nang first, and remember the boats stop around 18:00, so an evening flight means leaving Railay in the afternoon.