Krabi's 4 Islands by longtail, Phi Phi by speedboat, Phuket's beaches — the Andaman coast done as two regions, not a blur.
Thailand is the trip that works on the first visit and somehow still works on the fifth. It isn't one destination; it's several stacked into one easy, well-run country — Bangkok's temple culture and street food, the Andaman drama of Phuket and Krabi, the calmer islands of the Gulf, the mountain monasteries of the north. For a traveller from Ahmedabad it lands in a rare sweet spot: the affordability and cultural ease of a domestic trip with the novelty of an international one, four to six hours away, and reliably kind on the wallet.
We build our core Thailand tour around the Andaman coast as two regions done properly rather than one beach rushed through — Phuket and Krabi, threaded together with private transfers so you're never on a stranger's schedule between hotels. A typical five-night route lands you in Phuket and crosses straight to Krabi for the limestone country; gives you the 4 Islands by longtail boat; brings you back to Phuket for the Phi Phi run, a city-and-viewpoint tour and beach time; and sends you home rested rather than frantic. Phuket is the busy one — Patong for the energy and the beach clubs, Kata and Karon quieter and better for families — and Krabi is the beautiful one, all karst cliffs rising straight out of the sea, with Railay, the beach you can only reach by boat, as its postcard.
A note on how the days actually run, because we'd rather be straight with you than oversell. Your airport pickups and the transfers between Phuket and Krabi are private — just your group. The marquee island days, the Krabi 4 Islands and Phi Phi, run on well-organised shared boats (the standard way these tours work, and genuinely good), with lunch included; if you'd rather have a longtail or speedboat to yourselves — honeymooners often do — we'll arrange the private charter and tell you what it adds. We don't dress a shared boat up as a private yacht. We tell you which is which and let you choose.
Two practical truths. First, the season decides the trip. November to February is the cool, dry peak — perfect weather everywhere, most popular, priciest, so we book six to eight weeks ahead. March to May is hot but fine on the coast, and brings Songkran in April, the water festival that's one of Asia's great spectacles. June to October is monsoon on the Andaman — heavier rain over Phuket and Krabi, sharply lower prices, and a dry Gulf coast (Koh Samui) for those who'd rather chase the sun there. Second, Thailand is easy for Indian travellers but not effortless on food: vegetarian and Indian restaurants are everywhere in the tourist areas, but traditional Thai dishes lean on fish sauce, so we map the genuinely vegetarian-friendly kitchens to each day's route and arrange dedicated veg meals on request rather than leaving you to decode a menu at dinner.
For honeymooners, Thailand is one of the easiest yeses in the catalogue: a private-pool villa in Phuket looking over the Andaman, a sunset dinner on the sand, a couples' spa afternoon, and Krabi's cliffs as the dramatic backdrop. We add the couple-specific touches ahead of time, and we'll happily build the trip around stillness rather than sightseeing if that's the holiday you actually want.
And the Andaman spine is our most-loved route, not our only one. For travellers who want the other Thailand — the mountain temples and night markets of Chiang Mai, the hill tribes of the north, the ancient ruins of Ayutthaya, or the quieter Gulf islands like Koh Samui and Koh Phangan that stay dry when the Andaman is wet — we build those too, on the same private-transfer, honestly-planned basis. Tell us which Thailand you're after and we'll route the right one.
And when you have a couple of extra days, Bangkok is worth bolting on. The Grand Palace and Wat Pho's forty-six-metre reclining golden Buddha are among Asia's great temple sights, the floating markets and Chatuchak are a day's adventure in themselves, and the food — high and low, street stall to fine dining — is reason enough on its own. We offer it as a two-night extension rather than padding the beach trip with a rushed city stop.
The classic Krabi day — Tub Island's sandbar at low tide, the Emerald Cave's hidden lagoon, snorkelling water and limestone cliffs on every side — aboard the wooden longtails the coast is famous for, with lunch handled. (Note: island national-park fees are paid locally and sit outside the base package — we tell you the figure upfront.)
The day everyone comes for: the Phi Phi islands by speedboat, the viewpoints, the impossibly clear water under the cliffs. It runs on a shared boat by default; for couples who want the bay to themselves, we arrange a private charter and say plainly what it costs.
Patong for the energy and the beach clubs, Kata and Karon for the calm and the families, the Big Buddha on its hill, and the Sino-Portuguese streets and viewpoints of the Old Town on the city tour. The island that has a version of itself for every kind of traveller — busy or quiet, young or multi-generational — and we point you at yours rather than dropping everyone on the same beach.
The limestone country at the heart of Krabi — Railay, reachable only by boat, ringed by cliffs climbers come across the world for, and the quiet beaches the day-tour crowds never reach. The most cinematic landscape on the Andaman coast.
The Grand Palace, Wat Pho's reclining golden Buddha, a floating market at dawn and Chatuchak's maze of a weekend market — plus the street food that's a destination in itself. Offered as a two-night add-on, not a rushed day.
A private-pool villa over the Andaman, a sunset dinner on the sand, a couples' spa afternoon, Krabi's cliffs in the distance. The romance set up before you land — and the option to swap a busy island day for a private boat and an empty bay.
Download a sample seven-day itinerary for Thailand — pacing, day-by-day notes, what's included, and how we'd reshape it around your dates and your style.