Getting there and away

Air

Domestic and international flights depart and arrive at the airport, 13km north of Krabi Town. Taxis from the airport to town cost 350B -- it used to be cheaper to walk out to the road and flag a cab down there, but not anymore. From the pier to the airport should also run 350B, and from Krabi Town, 300B. There are songthaews to the airport which leave from in front of the 7-eleven near the shopping centre. A motorcycle taxi from town should cost 150B before 18:00, 200B at night. Songthaews headed to Nua Klong also stop at the airport, even if they aren't marked to that effect. They drop you off about 400m from the terminal, though, so be prepared to lug your bags. Regular departures from 08:00 to 17:00, 50B.

Bus

Inter-city buses stop at the main terminal 3km north of town. To and from the terminal, a taxi costs 150B, after 18:00, 200B. Songthaews are 20B, and drop off/pick up from stops along Uttarakit Rd throughout the town centre -- they leave regularly from 05:00 to 20:00. After 18:00, the price is 50B. The trip takes about 10 minutes. To and from the main pier, a taxi should again be 100B. There are no regular songthaews to the pier, but when the boats arrive there will be some waiting to scoop up passengers, from 20 to 50B depending on which one you choose to get in.

Nopphara Thara Beach, Ao Nang, Klong Muang, and Shell Fossil Beach.
By taxi, all of these should cost about 350 to 400B. But if you're just going for a day at the beach, a songthaew makes a lot more sense -- they start off at the 7-eleven, but they also pick up on Uttarakit Rd north of Klongkha Rd, departing regularly from 05:00 to 21:00. Until 18:00 it costs 40 to 60B, thereafter around 70 to 90B, depending on where you're going.

Ko Samui, Ko Pha Ngan
Joint minivan/boat tickets are widely available through travel agencies, and are a good deal at the prices quoted below. Beware of suspiciously cheap deals -- you'll get what you paid for. Departures to both islands leave at 09:00, 11:00, and 16:00 with the trip taking 7-8 hours. Ko Samui should cost 350 to 450B, Ko Pha Ngan 500 to 550B.

Minivans
Minivans are available to quite a number of destinations -- you can book tickets through a travel agent or buy one when you board, but the latter won't necessarily save you any money. Vans to Ko Lanta leave every hour from 07:00 to 17:00 from a station across from the Thai Miltary Bank on Maharaj Soi 6 and cost 200B. Most of the rest of them leave from in front of the 7-eleven on Maharaj Rd -- for example, Hat Yai, 07:00, 11:00, 17:00 and Trang 07:00, 11:00, both costing 250B.

Boat

Boats to Phi Phi Island leave from the main pier at 10:00 and 15:00, 350B, which includes transport from Krabi Town to the pier -- no discount is offered for arranging your own transport, so take the ride.

Boats to Phuket's Ratsada pier leave at 15:30 in the high season only -- 500B. In the low season, your only option is the bus, unless you go via Ko Phi Phi (two boats, 350B each).

Ko Lanta is reachable by boat only in the high season, and all boats stop at Ko Jum on the way. From Ko Jum you can easily get to Ko Pu and Ko Siboya. Boats depart 10:30 and 14:00 -- Ko Jum takes an hour and half, Ko Lanta is two and a half hours, costs 350B.

You can catch a long tail boat to Railay Bay from the Chao Fa pier, either down by the night market, or up on Uttarakit Rd across from Ruen Pae Restaurant -- ask around. It costs 100B and boats leave when full. The sure fire way to get to Railay is to head to the pier at Ao Nammao -- there are much more regular departures here since many locals use the pier to get to work and the trip costs 50B from 07:00 to 18:30, 70B from 18:30 to 01:00. Groups can also book long-tails from this pier for day trips to places like Ko Hong, Ko Poda, and Chicken Island -- for up to eight people and costing 2 to 3,000B. Once you get to Railay, you'll put in at Railay East -- you'll have to walk across the island to Railay West to get to Ao Ton Sai. You can walk there at low tide, but boats leave when full during high tide for 40B per passenger, or 200B to go it on your own.