ravel Tips:
Best time to go?
Before 11:00 a.m. Definitely 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?
Rent a motorbike and go yourself. It’s about a 55km drive, but the roads are good and the last 15km are through rural Krabi’s Klong Thom district with very little traffic.
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!
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 400m and you’ll find “Blue Pool!” Quite nice colors…
Getting There:
This is 55km from Krabi Town and 75km 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” or “Emerald Pool” or “Emerald Pond”. This attraction is called all of these things! You continue for 9km at which point you will make a right hand turn at the sign for the pool. You will continue about another 7km when you will see another sign for Sra Morakot and flags indicating the Thai National Park.
Accommodations? There are some very basic rooms available on-site where you can stay overnight. Unless you’re planning on walking the park at night with a guide to see animals, I wouldn’t think you’d stay overnight. This place is out in the wilderness and there is literally nothing to do except visit the pond.