Klong Muang Beach

This guide to Klong Muang Beach on Krabi's mainland coast follows the tide that reshapes the shoreline twice a day, turning it rocky and quiet at low water before the sea climbs back over it hours later. It traces why this stretch, reached along twenty-two kilometers of road, never grew into a built-up resort strip like Ao Nang, and what the casuarina trees and mangroves along its sand are still doing for the coast. Best visited in the dry season, between November and March, when both faces of the beach are easiest to catch.