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Jordan Blake
Jordan BlakeTraveler·
Phuket

Phi Phi day trip or overnight?

AU, still in Phuket. I have not rented. I do not want a Maya Bay brochure. Day boat vs a night on Don.

Don is the bed, Leh is a visit

IfDoNot
One spare day from Phuket or KrabiDay trip if the pier board is runningPaying an 8am speedboat and assuming the sea agrees
You want sunset / a second morningOvernight on Phi Phi Don (Tonsai / Loh Dalum class)Treating Phi Phi Leh as a hotel
You hate crowds and boat riskSkip, or Lanta is the quieter AndamanAdding it because the postcard is famous
The boat already died this weekSlow ferry if it is going. The cancel thread is the forkA tout “same trip” longtail as revenge

Park rules on Leh change. Check the park the week you go. I have not booked a boat yet.

Days you actually have, and which pier you would leave from.

Islands and coasts

11 comments

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Ian Crowe
Ian Crowe

Speedboats died twice this week. The slow ferry still went. Day trip is a pier-board morning, not a booking you believed at 22:00.

16d
Sophie Bataille
Sophie Bataille

Cancel fork is the other post. Overnight on Don if you already decided. I would not sleep on Leh in my head. Leh is a visit.

16d
Ploy
Ploy

Tonsai is not quiet. If you want quiet, that is Lanta. I will not write you a beach certificate.

16d
Nate Grant
Nate Grant

10 nights. I would not burn a day on a boat that might die unless the island is the point. Skip is a valid answer.

16d
Helen Marsh
Helen Marsh

Kids: I would not put them on a spray speedboat as a personality. Ferry or skip. Overnight only if the bed is the plan.

16d
Lauren Peck
Lauren Peck

6 Sep is Bangkok. I will not add Phi Phi to night one. If I hop later I want the pier name, not “the island.”

16d
Tess de Vries
Tess de Vries

I have a Bangkok booking. I would not add a Phi Phi hunt after a late landing. Different week, different pier.

16d
Claire Dunn
Claire Dunn

I prebooked Bangkok. An island day is a later booking I can cancel. I would not stack an 8am boat onto a wrecked landing.

16d
Mint Saelim
Mint Saelim

Seafood prices on the island are a different thread. This is Don vs a day. I would not mix the bill with the bed.

15d
Hannah Miles
Hannah Miles

I am on Asok. This is not my map. If I went, I would not overnight Tonsai for “quiet.” That word does not belong there.

15d
Freya Holm
Freya Holm

Wrong north. If the trip is a beach, stay on that map. Do not add Phi Phi onto a Chiang Mai week to feel you saw the south.

15d

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