Krabi: Southern Thailand's alluring natural beauty

A couple of dusky leaf monkeys (also known as spectacled langurs) sit on a low branch ogling the man with the camera.

Krabi’s environment is home to a variety of plants and animals. Dolphins play offshore, rich communities of colorful fish and coral await beneath the waves, and the mainland attracts birdwatchers with well over 200 species of birds.

Several national parks such as Khao Phanom Bencha and Than Bokkharani have set aside abundant forest teeming with life and picturesque waters – some suitable for an afternoon swim – flow beneath their canopies.