Phi Phi Island Sunset Tour from Krabi

A Phi Phi sunset tour from Krabi is a full Phi Phi day with an evening added on the way home. You see Maya Bay, Pileh Lagoon and Bamboo Island in daylight, and then the boat comes back toward Ao Nang for dinner and the sunset on Ko Poda, one of Krabi’s 4 Islands, and a plankton swim at Ko Rang. None of the sunset happens at Phi Phi. Maya Bay closes at about 6 pm and the sun sets just after 6 in November, so a sunset on its beach is not possible on any tour.

Guide Kratae’s Phi Phi Sunset, BBQ & Plankton was $74 per person for 10 November 2026 when we checked, with 4.7 from 3,067 reviews. That is $24 more than the standard speedboat day, and the difference buys the dinner, the sunset stop, the night swim and a 10:00 departure in place of an early pickup. Our review →

The Phi Phi part of the day

Leaving Nopparat Thara pier at 10:00 means you reach Maya Bay at around 11, about when most standard boats from Krabi and Phuket are there too. Guests notice. In March one described Maya Bay as the least relaxing place they had been, with guards on megaphones calling people out of the water, and a December reviewer counted 57 people getting on and off the boat every 15 minutes. That busy midday is the trade-off for the late start.

The route covers Maya Bay (45 minutes, no swimming at the front beach), Viking Cave from the boat, Pileh Lagoon, a 45-minute snorkel off Phi Phi Leh, a Thai buffet at Arida on Phi Phi Don, Monkey Bay and 40 minutes on Bamboo Island. The guides, Honey and Ariel in particular, get warm reviews for keeping a big group organized and reassuring nervous passengers on a rough crossing.

The evening near Krabi

After Bamboo Island the boat runs about 30 minutes back toward Krabi to Ko Poda, where you have 80 minutes for the BBQ dinner, a swim and the sunset. This is the part guests remember: “beautiful sunset at Koh Poda,” as one put it in November. Halal and vegetarian meals are available if you ask a day ahead.

The plankton swim is 20 minutes at Ko Rang, ten minutes from the pier. The glow is real but it is not guaranteed: it shows best on dark, moonless, calm nights, so a full moon or choppy water can leave you with very little to see. The return transfer can be a scramble, and one guest described being herded into a crowded truck-style bus for the drive to the hotel.

The tour runs in the rain if the sea is safe, with no refund, and it is not suitable for children under 2, during pregnancy or with back, heart or blood pressure problems.

Two other sunset days

Krabi Blue Sky’s Phi Phi 4 Islands Sunset & Plankton starts later still, with pickup at 10:30 in Krabi Town, Klong Muang and Tubkaek, 11:00 in Ao Nang, and 11:30 at a Railay meeting point, so it is the sunset speedboat that collects Railay guests. After the Phi Phi stops it adds Chicken Island and Tup Island, then dinner and sunset on Ko Poda, and finishes with a snorkel off Ao Nang where the plankton is looked for. Lunch is a lunch box. It was $77, with 4.5 from 217 reviews; complaints include about 50 people on board, Tup Island skipped at high tide, and plankton that was hard to see. It needs six guests to run. Our review →

Srisawat’s Phi Phi & 4 Islands Sunset Catamaran was $74 and does the day on a speed catamaran, with the sunset at Tup or Poda Island and BBQ snacks on board, but no plankton swim. Two 2026 reviews describe cancellations at short notice, which our catamaran page covers. Our review →

Which sunset tour to book

For most people who want the evening, I would book Guide Kratae’s tour: it has by far the larger review base of the three, the dinner is a proper BBQ on the beach, and the plankton stop is part of the route. If you are staying on Railay, Krabi Blue Sky’s version or the catamaran will collect you. If a quiet Maya Bay matters more to you than the sunset, an early bird tour gets you there before the midday boats, and our best time guide covers the calmer months for the sea.