Tonsai Bay Thailand

I'm sure this basic info is somewhere buried in these forums, but i have a couple easy questions if you guys could help?

The Wife and i want to climb and BASE jump at Tonsai Bay. Here's the question I can't seem to get any of my BASE friends to answer. You fly into Krabi from the US and then it's a taxi or bus to a boat to get there right?

Is there more to it? We've been all over the World many times, but these tickets are spendy af and i just want the basic plane flight info to be spot on. Thanks y'all so much for anything helpful.

Fly to Krabi, taxi to Ao Nang.  Pick up a boat there to Tonsai from the beach.  It is a pretty easy place to travel.   Also, Chong Pli (I think also called spirit mountain - on MP) is maybe better climbing, just not on the water.  There are accommodations there as well.  Can't help you with BASE, never done it.

Thank you Kyle, we just wanted to be 100% instead of 99.9%.

edit- the climbing and BASE thing we have dialed, it's just the airport and, are there good hotels nearby? thing we were trying to dial in. Thanks again brother.

If you book with a resort at tonsai, see if they offer transfers. There's a significant charge ~$40 one way but at least you're guaranteed to get where you need to go.

Jeremy L wrote:

If you book with a resort at tonsai, see if they offer transfers. There's a significant charge ~$40 one way but at least you're guaranteed to get where you need to go.

Thank you for the tip dude and I'm sorry to not know, but what's a "transfer" mean? The resort  picks you up at the Airport, is it a private shuttle? We've never been to Thailand before.

I guess transfer is a catch all term covering movement from 1 location (airport) to another (resort). We were planning to go to railay Beach last week but had to cancel because of a family emergency. I felt it was prudent to spend a little more because we've never been to Thailand before and were afraid of getting lost/scammed

Thank you Jeremy, all of this totally helps.

Hank, read yourkrabi.com info on travel to Railay, it should be the latest.  I have always traveled via long tail from the East side pier. It has been fine save for the one stormy weather day…and that was just inconvenient since we knew we’d be warm and dry eventually.  Contact your hotel directly is my only other advice if you haven’t already done so;  they will want your experience to be good.  Buy a guide to support the local climbing community.  

Take a bus to Ao Nang from Krabi, and long tail boat to Tonsai for 100 Baht, it's easy. But I really recommend you to climb in the North Wall, Mythical Beast and Spirits Mountain in Ao Nang, for me is much better climbing there, less polish, good grades. Enjoy

Hernán CF wrote:

Take a bus to Ao Nang from Krabi, and long tail boat to Tonsai for 100 Baht, it's easy. But I really recommend you to climb in the North Wall, Mythical Beast and Spirits Mountain in Ao Nang, for me is much better climbing there, less polish, good grades. Enjoy

There's one route and one BASE jump we gotta do in Tonsai, then we're gonna do exactly what you just advised afterwards.

Hank Caylor wrote:

There's one route and one BASE jump we gotta do in Tonsai, then we're gonna do exactly what you just advised afterwards.

Wow, I saw a few doing the BASE jump in Tonsai, looks crazy, good for you. Good luck.

Hank, if you want any more specific beta for Tonsai /Ao Nang, feel free to shoot me a message. My partner and I spent over a month in that area December to February, so everything we figured out should still be relevant. 

Trip Report- That place was friggin great!! We stayed at a cush and super cheap hotel in Ao Nang for 12 days. It's an 8 minute stroll to the beach and you just hop on  a 10 minute long-boat ride over to the beaches of climbing and jumping. Plus, plenty of climbing right around Ao Nang with no boat neeeded. Rad food and nightlife and  everything is killer cheap there. Highly highly reccomended, and thanks for the info everyone. When MP works, it really works!

Hank Caylor wrote:

Trip Report- That place was friggin great!! We stayed at a cush and super cheap hotel in Ao Nang for 12 days. It's an 8 minute stroll to the beach and you just hop on  a 10 minute long-boat ride over to the beaches of climbing and jumping. Plus, plenty of climbing right around Ao Nang with no boat neeeded. Rad food and nightlife and  everything is killer cheap there. Highly highly reccomended, and thanks for the info everyone. When MP works, it really works!

Niiice! Quick question for you: how bustling/busy was the resort area? I went for my first time to touch some rock (glassy, glassy rock) right before the pandemic and I have been wondering how that area fared. 

Also just curious, can you gleam any deets on what formation you jumped from? I personally don't base jump but it's sick! 

Sean C wrote:

Niiice! Quick question for you: how bustling/busy was the resort area? I went for my first time to touch some rock (glassy, glassy rock) right before the pandemic and I have been wondering how that area fared. 

Also just curious, can you gleam any deets on what formation you jumped from? I personally don't base jump but it's sick! 

Ao Nang, the resort area, was totally bustling but we had no problems getting a killer hotel room for cheap with no prior reservations and we never waited for any food, smoithies, scooters or anything really. Not sure what it was like pre-pandemic though.

You can jump the big cliff right onto Ao Nang beach or the main cave-wall at Tonsai. I'm positive I'm leaving out scads of other jumps.