
Koh Pakbia is the most relaxed of the four islands. Fewer visitors, longer beach, gentler water. If you want somewhere to just lie down, go for a slow swim and do absolutely nothing for an hour, this is your island.
The beach on Koh Pakbia stretches for several hundred metres of white sand backed by palm trees. The snorkeling on the northern tip is good, lots of small reef fish and patches of healthy coral, though it's not quite at the level of Koh Lading.
Popular with families thanks to the very shallow entry and calm conditions most mornings. The afternoon can pick up a light swell, so this is typically a morning stop.
Koh Pakbia is included on the speedboat and private tours.
The speedboat tour, the 9 Islands combo and the private charters all call at Koh Pakbia, and the longtail day tour stops there for lunch. It is one of the most reliable stops in the group because the water is sheltered.
The entry is very shallow and the water is calm most mornings, so small children can stand and paddle rather than swim. The beach is several hundred metres of soft sand, which gives everyone room to spread out.
A tongue of white sand that surfaces off the island as the tide falls, so it grows through a falling tide and disappears again on the rise. Whether you catch it at its longest depends on where the tide sits on your date.
Decent rather than exceptional. The northern tip has small reef fish and patches of healthy coral, and it is an easy, shallow place to try snorkeling for the first time. For the best coral in the group, Koh Lading is the better stop.
The morning. The water is usually glassy early and a light swell often picks up in the afternoon, which is why it appears as a morning stop on most itineraries.
Koh Pakbia sits in the Krabi marine national park, just off the coast of Ao Nang.
Open in Google MapsBook online, pay on the day of the tour. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.