Railay West Beach, Krabi
The wide white beach on the peninsula's western side, closed at both ends by limestone walls.
Railay West Beach, Krabi
Railay West is the beach that puts Railay on postcards: a broad stretch of white sand facing open water, with sheer limestone rising at either end and no road anywhere on the peninsula. Railay is attached to the mainland but cut off from it by cliffs, so everyone arrives by longtail.
Boats from Ao Nang land directly on this beach - there is no pier, so you wade the last few metres. The swimming is good and the sunsets are the best on the peninsula, which is when the beach fills up.
A flat path crosses the peninsula to Railay East in about five minutes. The resorts here are the most expensive on Railay; the cheaper places are on the east side.
Related Routes
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- Railay East, Krabi — The mangrove-fringed eastern side of the peninsula, where the climbing shops, cheaper rooms and bars are.
- Diamond Cave (Tham Phra Nang Nai), Railay — A lit walkway through a limestone cavern at the northern end of Railay East.
- Phra Nang Cave Beach, Railay — The finest beach on the peninsula, under a huge overhanging cliff, with the princess shrine at its far end.
- Railay Viewpoint and Lagoon (Sa Phra Nang) — A short, very steep scramble above Phra Nang to a viewpoint over both sides of the peninsula, and a hidden lagoon below it.
- Tonsai Bay, Railay — The climbers' bay north of Railay West, cheaper and rougher, under some of Thailand's hardest routes.






