4D3N Krabi Budget Trip (Less Than RM700!)

4D3N Krabi Budget Trip (Less Than RM700!) - Itinerary & Expenses

- March 12, 2016

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.

I just started a new semester 2 weeks ago and I'm still in the process to catch the pace. Today is Saturday and it's time for me to relax weehoo! I'm gonna update about Krabi itinerary and expenses. Let's start with the itinerary first, shall we?

KRABI TRIP ITINERARY;
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Day 1 (24/1/2016, Sunday)
0730 - Arrived in Thailand.
0915 - Out of the airport and went to Luna House in Ao Nang by a taxi.
1000 - Arrived at the Luna House.
1100 - Morning walk to the Ao Nang Beach and at the same time tried finding packages for the next 3 days. We had lunch at the Bamboo Restaurant and then continued searching for packages with the best price, before heading to the Ao Nang Beach. Too lazy to walk so we took a tuktuk back to the Luna House.
1430 - Arrived at the Luna House and slept until 5pm. Penat sangat hehe.
1715 - Went to the Night Market in Krabi Town by a tuktuk. The journey was about 25 minutes from our stay place.
2030 - Back to the hotel.
2100 - Arrived at the Luna House.

Day 2 (25/1/2016, Monday)
0600 - Woke up.
0830 - Had a breakfast while waiting for the van to the Hot Stream, Emerald Pool and Blue Pool.

0900 - The van arrived.

1020 - Arrived at the Hot Spring Waterfall. We were given 1 hour and had to gather back at 11.20am and continued journey to the Emerald Pool and Blue Pool.

1145 - Arrived at the Emerald Pool and Blue Pool.

1340 - We were supposed to gather back at 1.20pm, but Sobri and I were 20 minutes late because of (a bit) poor time management. Left the pools and went for elephant trekking.

1500 - Arrived at the elephant trekking place. The journey took quite some time as the driver sent back those who didn't book for elephant trekking.

1600 - Ended the package and went back to Luna House. The elephant trekking place is situated only about 10-15 minutes from Luna House.

2115 - Went out for dinner.

Day 3 (26/1/2016, Tuesday)
0915 - The van to Phi Phi Islands Tour arrived.
1020 - Bamboo Island. Spent time, swimming and beach bumming until 11am.
1125 - Snorkeling near the Monkey Island.
1220 - Buffet lunch at the Koh Phi Phi Don.
1330 - Left Koh Phi Phi Don and went to Maya Bay.
1430 - Reached Maya Bay, swimming and beach bumming. Spent about 1 hour and 30 minutes there before going back to where we started.
1630 - Arrived Luna House.
1815 - Went out, finding souvenirs and food hunting.

Day 4 (27/1/2016, Wednesday)
0930 - Left Luna House to the kayak place by a tuk tuk taxi.
1030 - Reached the kayak place. After a briefing, started kayaking for 7km.
1200 - Ended kayaking and went back to Luna House.
1530 - Left Ao Nang. The airport is about 40 minutes away from Ao Nang.
1715 - Boarded into the flight. Arrived at 8.30pm, local time.

KRABI TRIP EXPENSES (PER PERSON);

The currency is no longer RM1 = 10baht. When we were there, RM1 was about 8.5baht.

Transportation:
Flight ticket (return); RM210
Taxi from airport to Ao Nang; 600baht per taxi, 150baht per person.
Tuktuk from Ao Nang Beach back to Luna House; 120baht per tuktuk, 30baht per person.
Tuktuk from Ao Nang to Krabi Town (return); 600baht per tuktuk, 150baht per person.
Van from Luna House to airport; 500baht per van, 125baht per person.

Accommodation:
Triple room in Luna House; 1300baht per night. 3 nights = 3900baht.
1300baht per person.

Packages:
Hot Stream, Emerald Pool, Blue Pool & Elephant Trekking; 700baht (not inc. lunch)
Phi Phi Islands Tour; 900baht (inc. buffet lunch)
Bamboo Island + Maya Bay; 400baht to set foot on the National Park.
Kayaking; 400baht

Total expenses (not inc. food and souvenirs): RM210 + 4155baht (~RM488) = RM698