Phuket or phi phi or krabi

[rachit14nov]

Hi,

We are 3 friends and planning for a trip to phuket form 17th july to 20th july.

how many days shall we plan for phuket and how many for krabi or phi phi.

how is the night life in phi phi or krabi?

can we plan like. 17th - 19th in phuket and leaving for phi phi on 19th and krabi on 20th and then flight from krabi?

we want to experience scuba diving too. So, which is the best place for scuba diving? krabi or phi phi?

[flossiebear]

Too short a time for all three. Choose Phuket and day trip to phi phi

[craigt3365]

It will take you the better part of a day for transport, from/to any of these places. Cut out at least one of these places. What do you guys primary want to do?

[WhizBang]

No night life in Krabi, to speak of, anyway.

If you have only 3 days, only do ONE spot. Or as mentioned, do a day trip to phi phi. This is also ( ) the rainy season, so the ocean can be somewhat unpredictable and you are likely to find many resorts/dive operators shut down until before high season starts.

[Rhys]

What you dudes are looking for is in Phuket.. Take the plane.. don't waste your time on a bus.. ENJOY

[rachit14nov]

what about if we stay 3 days in phuket and only 1 day ferry to phi phi which will include scuba diving as well

[rachit14nov]

It will take you the better part of a day for transport, from/to any of these places. Cut out at least one of these places. What do you guys primary want to do?

Primarily we need to experience scuba diving and then experiencing the natural beauty around phi phi island.

[Razzler1973]

Personally, I'd just go stay the whole time in Phi Phi

You won't be missing much avoiding Phuket to be honest. It's a big holiday spot but if you want some drinking, diving, etc you can do all that on Phi Phi

[flossiebear]

As mentioned the issue about the rainy season may not be best month for boat travel and scuba. I personally would stay on phi phi for the duration as despite talk of it being ruined it is still very beautiful away from the main resort, so you can tAke boat trips around the island for the sheer beauty, to snorkel And scuba. You may get some flat seas on one of the days if you are lucky. Def don't miss Phi Phi

[flossiebear]

As mentioned the issue about the rainy season may not be best month for boat travel and scuba. I personally would stay on phi phi for the duration as despite talk of it being ruined it is still very beautiful away from the main resort, so you can tAke boat trips around the island for the sheer beauty, to snorkel And scuba. You may get some flat seas on one of the days if you are lucky. Def don't miss Phi Phi

[Greasystick]

17th Arrive in Phuket

18th travel to Phi Phi

19th One day in Phi Phi

20th Leave Phi Phi back to Phuket and then fly home???

You don't have enough time to do Phuket and dive Phi Phi to be honest. The best you could do is

17th Arrive in Phuket

18th One day exploring Phuket

19th Day trip to Maya Bay, Phi Phi (Lei and Don), Koh Khai

20th Depart Phuket

Maybe do a trip when you have more time? I recently did AO Nang > Patong > Phi Phi > Railay> AO Nang loop over 16 days and it wasn't really long enough.

Edited July 2, 2015 by Greasystick

[PhuketdashScuba]

what about if we stay 3 days in phuket and only 1 day ferry to phi phi which will include scuba diving as well

Please don't do that. Dangerous, violation of standards, subpar diving, etc.

[craigt3365]

what about if we stay 3 days in phuket and only 1 day ferry to phi phi which will include scuba diving as well

Please don't do that. Dangerous, violation of standards, subpar diving, etc.

What would you recommend then?

[Greasystick]

what about if we stay 3 days in phuket and only 1 day ferry to phi phi which will include scuba diving as well

Please don't do that. Dangerous, violation of standards, subpar diving, etc.

What would you recommend then?

Stay in Phuket and dive from there, You don't really have enough time to go anywhere else. Alternatively don't go diving and stay in Phuket and do a day trip out to Phi Phi, Maya Bay, Koh Khai etc.

[PhuketdashScuba]

what about if we stay 3 days in phuket and only 1 day ferry to phi phi which will include scuba diving as well

Please don't do that. Dangerous, violation of standards, subpar diving, etc.

What would you recommend then?

For diving: either from Phuket to Racha Noi/Racha Yai, or from Phi Phi to the local sites.

But the OP is in a really tight schedule, and has to set priorities. He wants to see Phi Phi and do diving, that will take one day each, leaving virtually no time for anything else. If OP decides to stay on Phi Phi there is a lot (relative to his stay) of travel time involved in that, so IMO the only option is daytrips from Phuket.

[rachit14nov]

Thnx guys,

We will arive phuket on 16th evening.

17th: exploring phuket

18th: day trip to phi phi

19th: if possible dive in phuket

20th: leaving phuket

21st exploring bangkok.

[Greasystick]

Thnx guys,

We will arive phuket on 16th evening.

17th: exploring phuket

18th: day trip to phi phi

19th: if possible dive in phuket

20th: leaving phuket

21st exploring bangkok.

Looks good to me, busy but good.

[PhuketdashScuba]

Thnx guys,

We will arive phuket on 16th evening.

17th: exploring phuket

18th: day trip to phi phi

19th: if possible dive in phuket

20th: leaving phuket

21st exploring bangkok.

If you do decide to go diving from Phuket, feel free to contact me at info[at]phuket-scuba.com. Or call, 0800-408805.