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Full-Day Jungle Tour Including Tiger Cave Temple, Crystal Pool and Krabi Hot Springs
Recommended for your Krabi trip
Free Cancellation
up to 24 hours in advance
7 hours (Approx.)
Hotel pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English
Good for avoiding crowds
Keeping you safe during COVID-19
What you can expect during your visit
Face masks required for travelers in public areas
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
Gear/equipment sanitized between use
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Regular temperature checks for staff
Temperature checks for travelers upon arrival
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Overview
See three Krabi attractions in a single day on a tour of the Krabi Hot Springs, Crystal Pool, and Tiger Cave Temple. Enjoy independent time to explore each destination on your own, with cost-effective transport, hotel pickup and drop-off, national park entrance fees, and lunch included.
- Swim in natural hot springs and a spring fed pool
- Have a Thai lunch at a local restaurant
- All entrance fees included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off in Krabi
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Start the day with pickup at your hotel in Krabi, then travel to Khlong Thom National Park in a comfortable minivan, passing through a scenic rainforest landscape. Upon arrival, your driver leads you to the entrance of the natural hot springs, where you can soak, swim, and walk through the nearby forest trails.
When you’ve had enough of the natural heat, cool off in the nearby Crystal Pool, also called the Emerald Pool, a spring-fed swimming spot with beautifully clear water.
Then, refuel for an afternoon of exploring with lunch at a nearby Thai restaurant (included).
Continue to the Tiger Cave Temple, a meditation center for Buddhist monks surrounded by a network of caves. You have the option to climb the 1,237 steps to the summit of the temple, where you find soaring views to the Andaman Sea, Buddha shrines, and altars. This tour concludes with a return transfer to your Krabi hotel.
When you’ve had enough of the natural heat, cool off in the nearby Crystal Pool, also called the Emerald Pool, a spring-fed swimming spot with beautifully clear water.
Then, refuel for an afternoon of exploring with lunch at a nearby Thai restaurant (included).
Continue to the Tiger Cave Temple, a meditation center for Buddhist monks surrounded by a network of caves. You have the option to climb the 1,237 steps to the summit of the temple, where you find soaring views to the Andaman Sea, Buddha shrines, and altars. This tour concludes with a return transfer to your Krabi hotel.
Itinerary
On this full-day tour you will see the 3 main attractions of the Krabi jungle: Wat Tahm Suea (the Tiger Cave Temple), Sra Morakot (the Emerald Pool), and the natural hot spring. First you will visit the Tiger Cave Temple, aptly named because of the rock outgrowth nearby resembling a tiger’s claw. Located about 3 kilometers from Krabi Town, the temple is known as a center for meditation and its spectacular setting in the Ao Luk Thanu mountain range provides the necessary quiet atmosphere for meditation.
Some 250 monks and nuns live in the temple compounds at the moment. The main vihara (sanctum sanctorum) is inside a small shallow limestone cave, where the walls are lined by cells. The area is well lit and very well maintained to preserve the serenity of the environment.
Here you can venture up the hills by taking 1 of the 2 passages. One passage takes you up 1,239 steps to the hilltop and the other is only 130 steps up to reach a place where monks live in their small cottages. The commanding view all around is worth taking the strain to climb the hill. The whole area is full of caves and limestone rock formations. Archeologists have found remnants of ancient habitations as old as from the Stone Age. Stone tools, shards of pottery and beads, and idols of clay have all been unearthed which bear testimony to the cultural heritage of the area.
You will also trek through the jungle to the Emerald Pool/Crystal Lagoon, a fresh water pool inside the Khao Phra Bang Khram Nature Reserve. The waters of this 120-square-meter pond take on a green hue thanks to an abundance of minerals from the surroundings limestone hills. The crystal clear water is unsuitable for drinking and feels thick due to its high calcium carbonate content which can cause gallstone. Here you can go for a swim to escape the heat of the day and admire the stream, one of the sources of the pool, which tumbles in at one end over rock made smooth by mineral deposits.
Another natural wonder you will see on this tour is the natural hot spring in Krabi. Out in the forest about 40 kilometers south of Krabi Town is Klong Thom Waterfall. Though the falls itself is just a cascade tumbling gently but a few meters, it is unique in that the spring water that feeds it bubbles up from the earth at temperature of more than 50 degrees Celsius. It cools a bit as it flows to the cascade and you can swim in the calm stream below for a much cooler bath.
Itinerary:
07:45 - 09:20: Hotel pickup in Krabi
09:20 - 10:10: Drive by minivan to Klong Thom
10:10 - 11:10: Relax & swim in the natural Hot Spring
11:15 - 11:30: Continue to Crystal Pool
11:30 - 13:30: Swim in the natural pond of Sra Morakot (Emerald Pool)
13:30 - 14:00: Lunch at a restaurant
14:00 - 14:30: Head to Tiger Cave Temple
14:30 - 16:30: Visit Wat Tahm Suea & hike to the top
16:30 - 16:50: Transfer to hotel
Duration: 7 hours
Admission Ticket Free
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- "We also climbed the Tiger Cave Temple which was quite tiring as the steps were quite steep so bring water and take breaks but the view from the top is worth it!" See review
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Product code: 9574P16
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