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.
Phi Phi Viewpoint, Koh Phi Phi Don
The Phi Phi viewpoint is the climb everyone on Phi Phi Don makes. A stepped path rises from the eastern end of Tonsai village to a series of terraces on the hill, and from the second and highest of them you look straight down onto the isthmus - Tonsai Bay on one side, Loh Dalum on the other, and the narrow strip of land and village between them.
It is around twenty to thirty minutes of steady steps, unshaded for much of the way. Sunrise and late afternoon are the sensible times; the middle of the day is punishing.
A small entry fee is collected on the path. It is also the marked evacuation route to high ground - the isthmus was destroyed by the 2004 tsunami and the signs from the village lead up here.
Related Routes
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- 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.
- 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.
