Long Beach (Hat Yao), Koh Phi Phi Don
Hat Yao - Long Beach - runs along the south-east shore of Phi Phi Don and is the island's best beach for simply swimming: a long stretch of white sand, gently shelving, with Shark Point and its reef a short swim offshore.
The reef here is the reason to bring a mask. Blacktip reef sharks are regularly seen over it in the early morning - small, harmless to swimmers, and the origin of the name.
It is around a thirty-minute walk from Tonsai along a rough coastal path, or a few minutes by longtail. The walk is not advisable after dark, and boats stop running in the evening.
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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.
- Loh Dalum Bay, Koh Phi Phi Don — The crescent bay on the northern side of the isthmus, shallow, sheltered and the island's party beach at night.
- 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.
