Krabi Blue Pool

Bring with You to Emerald Pool in Krabi:

Swimsuit – bikini or briefs OK
Mosquito lotion (deet 28+ works best in Thailand)
Cold bottled water for the hike – no cans.
Camera and Video Camera
Sandals (sport sandals are best) so you can explore
Note – no food or cans are allowed. Still, we always bring water. There are refreshments available at the end of the trail near the pond. Fresh juice, ice-cream, coconut juice in the coconut. There is also a full compliment of restaurants serving Thai and seafood.

Cost of Admission:

A tour is about 1,100 THB from Krabi Town, and includes a stop at the Hot Spring too! One cool thing is that if you buy a National Park admission for the Emerald Pool, you will also get admission to the Hot Springs for just 100 THB (a good discount). The tour stops at both places.

National Park Fee: 200 THB for tourists at Crystal Pool and 100 THB for tourists at Hot Spring. Our daughter is 3.5 years old and she gets in for free.

Emerald Pool Travel Tips

Go in the morning before the kids get out of school – it gets really crowded then. It’s actually crowded from 10 am. onward. Get there earlier if possible.
Though it’s crowded – make the best of it!
Wear sports sandals or running shoes to get out there, it’s about 1 km on the dirt road.
Don’t bring food with you – they won’t allow it

Best Time to Go to this Krabi Attraction?

Best to go at 9 am. Go before 2-3 p.m. because children get out of school and sometimes there are 100+ kids here – they love it too!

Best way to get to Emerald Pool?

If you’re good on a motorcycle, just rent a motorbike and go yourself. It’s about a 55 km drive, but the roads are good and the last 15 km is through rural Krabi’s Klong Thom district with very little traffic. Quite a nice little drive. Plan on it taking you 1.25 hours to get there, or if you drive slowly and safely – around 1.6 hours.

Emerald Pool Krabi Cautions?

Best to wear some comfortable walking shoes because the Emerald Pool is 800 meters from the parking area. The walk is nice – under trees for the most part, and the path is a large, dirt path that’s quite safe. You could even get a stroller up to the pond if you wanted to. There is another option, there is a concrete raised walkway that goes through the forest. It is safe and quite beautiful as much of it goes along the freshwater stream. Highly recommended.

The areas around the pool are EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. Be very careful – we have seen many people FALL while trying to get in or out of the pool. There is no ladder!

How to Have the Best Experience?

Explore the entire area. There is a 1.4 km walk that goes over wooden boardwalk and dirt paths through the woods that leads to amazing pools of freshwater spring that most tourists won’t see because they’ll take the short 800 m walk. On this walk is the amazing “Sra Gaew Pool”. Also, once you arrive at the Emerald Pond you’ll want to continue up the hill from it and find the boardwalk on your left side. Keep walking another 400 m and you’ll find “Blue Pool!” Quite nice colors!

Directions to Get There

This is 55 km from Krabi Town and 75 km from Ao Nang. You really should book a tour with “Son” below. If you are going to drive yourself here are the directions. Starting from Highway 4 you will go through the Talod Gaew intersection traveling toward Trang. You will go about 30km on Highway 4, passing Nua Klong and then once you are in Klong Thom you will make a left-hand turn at the sign for the Crystal Pool – it may say “Sra Morakot Krabi” or “Emerald Pool Krabi” or “Emerald Pond Krabi”. This attraction is called all of these things! You continue for 9 km at which point you will make a right-hand turn at the sign for the pool. You will continue about another 7 km when you will see another sign for Sra Morakot and flags indicating the Thai National Park.

This is an rich-hued natural pool at the center of the forest, filled with glistening clear spring water. Where is it located? Krabi emerald pool is situated in Khao Phra Bang Khram Nature Reserve. After walking a short nature trail for ten minutes, you will reach Emerald Pool, continue for another 5 minutes and you will reach Blue Pool. The area is forested and shady and at different times of the day, the color of the water changed to different hues. When the water temperature is high, the water turns greenish blue; when the water temperature is low, The crystal clear water is unsuitable for drinking due to its high calcium carbonate content. You cannot swim at Blue pool, after finding the cache, return to Emerald Pool for a swim. The swim provides a great way to relax and relieve you body. . The best time of the day to see the real emerald color is in the early morning and you can also avoid the tourist crowd. Notice the different variation of hues between the 2 Pools. One is light green and other is turquoise in color. Cache is a metel cigar tin with a log sheet. Bring a pen. How to get there? If you are the adventurous type, you can rent a motorcycle or car and take Highway No. 4 to Khlong Thom District and turn left to Route No. 4038 to Lam Hap Sub-district.