Loh Dalum Bay, Koh Phi Phi Don
Loh Dalum is the wide crescent on the north side of Phi Phi Don's narrow waist, directly opposite Tonsai Bay and a two-minute walk across the village from it. Its white sand and shallow turquoise water are what you look down on from the viewpoint.
The bay is very shallow and empties dramatically at low tide, leaving a long walk to the water; at high tide it is one of the calmest swims on the island. After dark the beach is the centre of Phi Phi's nightlife, with fire shows and bars along the sand.
The isthmus between the two bays was destroyed by the 2004 tsunami, which came in from both sides. A memorial park stands at the eastern end of the beach, and the evacuation route to the viewpoint hill is signed from here.
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- Phi Phi Viewpoint, Koh Phi Phi Don — The hill above Tonsai, looking down on the twin bays and the sandbar that joins the two halves of the island.
- Bamboo Island (Koh Phai) — A small flat island north-east of Phi Phi ringed by white sand and shallow reef.
- Laem Tong Beach, Koh Phi Phi Don — The quiet beach at the island's northern tip, reached only by boat, with a sea gypsy village at one end.
- Long Beach (Hat Yao), Koh Phi Phi Don — The best swimming beach on Phi Phi Don, south-east of Tonsai, with reef straight off the sand.
- Maya Bay, Koh Phi Phi Leh — The cliff-ringed bay made famous by The Beach, closed for four years to let its reef recover.
- Monkey Beach, Koh Phi Phi Don — A small beach on Phi Phi Don's south-west shore with a resident troop of long-tailed macaques.
