Around Khao Khram, you’ll find a variety of experiences: community beekeeping in Ban Nai Nang, a longtail boat trip to named attractions, and activities on the water at Tha Pom Khlong Song Nam. These places are close to the destination, but each experience has a different focus. You can shape your stay around local knowledge and honey, a boat tour, or activities on the water and in the mangrove forest.
Ban Nai Nang: Beekeeping through community-based tourism
Ban Nai Nang is in Khao Khram Subdistrict, Mueang Krabi District, Krabi Province. The Ban Nai Nang community tourism enterprise network was established in 2016. It incorporated local occupations and knowledge, including fishing and beekeeping, into tourism and connected this work with the protection and restoration of natural resources. This background puts community beekeeping in a broader context: it is one of the local skills included in the tourism network, as part of an approach that also encompasses the use of natural resources.
Through community beekeeping, visitors learn about keeping cave bees and stingless bees. They can sample fresh honey from stingless bee honeycombs. The two types of bees offer a broader perspective on beekeeping, while the tasting has a clear origin: the honey comes from stingless bees. The visit thus combines learning about different kinds of beekeeping with a specific honey tasting.
Longtail boat trip to attractions
The Ban Nai Nang community offers longtail boat trips to see Khao Garos, Devil Cliff and a cave. The trip must be booked in advance. The cave served as shelter from storms for the Sea Gypsies, giving one of the trip’s destinations a specific historical context. If you’d like to visit several of the attractions listed by boat, make sure to include the required booking in your plans. Unlike beekeeping, this practical step is explicitly required for the trip.
Swimming and kayaking at Tha Pom
Nearby Tha Pom Khlong Song Nam is in Nong Chik, Moo 2, in Khao Khram Subdistrict. Swimming is allowed in some areas, and kayaking along the mangrove forest is also offered. The two options have different focuses: swimming is restricted to certain areas, while kayaking centers on a trip along the mangrove forest. You can choose whether to swim in the permitted areas or explore the mangrove forest by kayak.
Choose the focus of your stay
The type of visit is a useful guide when choosing your experiences: Ban Nai Nang combines local occupations and beekeeping with community-based tourism, while the longtail boat trip focuses on sightseeing and requires a booking. At Tha Pom, swimming in some areas and kayaking along the mangroves offer two different water activities. Keeping these differences in mind as you plan your stay will help you weigh cultural connections, sightseeing and water activities, rather than treating nearby places as interchangeable day-trip destinations.
For the broader travel overview: Mueang Krabi District.
