Rai Leh is considered to be all of the peninsula, which has four primary areas:

• Phra Nang: (shown as Pranang Cave Beach on local maps) a fine white sand beach, on the southern tip of the peninsula. This lovely beach, once voted one of the 10 most beautiful beaches in the world, has jaw-dropping spectacular scenery and is 20 minutes away from Ao Nang by longtail boat. It is excellent for swimming, but during high season, there might not be much space for it as most of the beach will be occupied by longtail boats (with the exceptions of the left and right corners). Watch the climbers climb right off the beach. Have a massage, eat a delicious barbecue and salad lunch, maybe cliff-jump off the rocks into the water. A broad strip of white sand with massive cliffs framing each end of the beach, Phra Nang has just enough facilities: roast chicken and salad lunches cooked on the beach, massage ladies and people inconspicuously selling cold drinks. Despite the crowds and noise from the longtail boats, the beach still thankfully lacks most things that spoil a beach: pollution, traffic, over-enthusiastic hawkers, jet-skis, and lager louts.
• Rai Leh East: the mangrove side of the peninsula, used by longtails to/from Krabi. Not good for swimming or sunbathing. Plenty of restaurants and bars. Budget to mid-range accommodations.
• Rai Leh West: a fine beach of white sand and shallow water, where most longtails arrive from Ao Nang. North end of the beach is great for swimming. South end is OK, but a little rocky under the water. Mid- to high-end accommodations. This beach is especially beautiful after sunset, when the silhouetted surrounding rock faces give the place a totally unique and almost supernatural look. Idling on the beach while watching the antics of the rock climbers scaling the surrounding cliffs is about as relaxing an experience as can be found anywhere. To the right the bay stretches away past Ton Sai to the massive Sleeping Indian cliffs, so named because that is exactly what they resemble, at night. The kilometre-long Sleeping Indian is lying on his back, with his hands folded across his midriff, his feet sticking up and a feather sticking out of his headdress. It's an uncanny resemblance, especially at nighttime.
• Ton Sai: a cove around the corner from Rai Leh West where rock climbers and backpackers hang out in cheap accommodation and practice climbing.