Thailand Rock Climbing Tour

You reserve your spot for free and pay nothing to join. Once enough travellers have signed on, usually around 10, we confirm the departure and email you a confirmation with an invoice for the full trip price. You pay it by card or bank transfer within 7 days, in US dollars, pounds, euros, Australian, Canadian or New Zealand dollars or Indian rupees, and the price shown for each date is what you pay. Reservations close 7 days before the start.

Flights, travel insurance, kayak rental on your free morning, breakfasts and any meals not listed, plus drinks, snacks, massages and personal spending.

Solo travellers aged 18 to 40. Most people come on their own, and some come with a friend. No climbing experience is expected; the group is usually a mix of first-timers and people who've climbed a little before. The maximum for each departure is shown with its dates.

The Trip Host travels with the group for all 7 days, handles the boat transfers and logistics, and is the person you go to if anything goes wrong. The climbing course, the deep water soloing day and the Phi Phi day trip are run by local instructors and guides.

Yes. Everything on the itinerary is there for you, but nothing is compulsory. If you'd rather sit out a course day or the deep water soloing, tell the Trip Host and spend the time on the beach instead.

No experience is needed. The 3-day course starts from your first knot and is built for complete beginners, and if you've climbed before, tell us when you book so the instructor can pitch your sessions higher. You should be averagely fit, with reasonable grip strength and a comfortable relationship with heights and water. Three days of climbing in tropical heat is tiring, and the deep water soloing day needs confident swimming.

The trip starts at a meeting point in Ao Nang in the afternoon of Day 1, and we send the address when you book. It ends on Railay after checkout on Day 7. Fly into Krabi Airport (KBV), often via Bangkok, and arrive any time on Day 1. For the way home, book a flight from the afternoon of Day 7: allow 10 to 15 minutes by longtail to Ao Nang, then about 45 to 60 minutes by road to the airport.

November to April, Krabi's dry season, with the calmest, clearest sea from December to March. We don't run this trip from May to October: the southwest monsoon brings heavy rain that leaves the rock wet and slippery, and rough seas can cancel the longtail crossing to Railay and the Phi Phi boat. Early November is still drying out, so showers and the odd rough day are possible then.

Most visitors from the UK, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the EU and India can enter Thailand without a visa for up to 30 days, a limit that started on 15 September 2026, and you need a free TDAC arrival card filed online before you land. Rules vary by nationality, so read our Thailand visa guide before you book flights. Your passport needs at least six months' validity. For vaccinations, check the UK's TravelHealthPro or the US CDC and see a travel clinic at least eight weeks before you go.

Beach bungalows on Railay, a short walk from the cliffs and the beach. You share a twin room with travellers of the same gender, and private rooms are available on request. If you're vegetarian, vegan or have allergies, tell us when you book: Thai food is easy to adapt, and the included lunches and dinners can be arranged around most diets.

Closed shoes or trainers you don't mind getting chalky, quick-dry clothes and shorts you can move in, a swimsuit for the deep water soloing and Phi Phi days, a rash guard or long-sleeve top for sun on the boat, reef-safe sunscreen, and a dry bag or waterproof phone pouch for boat days, since you may wade ashore. Climbing shoes, harnesses and helmets are provided for the course; if you have your own climbing shoes, bring them.

Climbing and deep water soloing both carry a real risk of injury, even with an instructor, and the sea adds risks of its own on the soloing day. Travel insurance is a condition of joining, and most standard policies need a sports or adventure add-on to cover climbing, so check yours covers rock climbing and deep water soloing before you book. Most routes at Railay and Tonsai are bolted sport routes, and many were re-bolted in titanium because the coastal air corroded the originals. That work is ongoing and the condition of protection varies from route to route, so the instructor chooses what you climb.