Ao Sane
If you really want to get away from it all, journey to this tiny beach at the end of the road on Phuket’s southern tip. Lovely bungalows set among tropical gardens can be found at Baan Krating Jungle Beach Resort, while more rustic accommodation can be found at Ao Sane Bungalows. It’s a superb spot for snorkelling and relaxing, and popular with the sailing community during yachting season.
Bang Tao
Bang Tao Beach is home to a number of hotels and resorts, including the expansive Laguna Resort complex. This long white beach is a popular spot, though never overly crowded. The constant but gentle breeze makes Bang Tao Beach very popular with wind surfers and it plays host to several international competitions each year, such as the Phuket Triathlon in December.
Freedom Beach
Just south of Patong Beach lies this isolated beach only accessible from the sea by long-tail boat. This private beach is open the public and is a perfect spot to escape from the hustle and bustle of Patong.
This beach lies north of Patong. It’s a picturesque beach tucked in a valley and home to “Millionaires Mile” – a collection of palatial homes along a winding sea cliff road. Phuket FantaSea commands a large area on the northern end.
Karon
Karon Beach is the next beach south of Patong Beach. There are less hotels, resorts and bungalows than Patong and there is a village along its shore.
Kata
Kata is also a fairly long white beach and has the village of Kata based at both its northern and southern ends with a few hotels and resorts along the beach itself. It’s a popular spot for surfers during the ‘wet’ season and the venue for the King’s Cup Regatta in December.
Laem Sing
This scenic rocky cape is next to a small white sandy beach. To reach the beach, visitors can ask permission to cut through a private road, or take a detour along the hillside to the shore.
Visit this website for photographs of Laem Sing Beach.Mai Khao Beach
This is the most northern of Phuket’s beaches. Until recently this beach has been devoid of almost all tourist accommodation, with the exception of the Marriott Resort. Majestic casuarina trees line the seemingly endless stretch of sandy beach.
Nai Harn
Near Phuket’s southernmost point is beautiful and quiet Nai Harn Beach. This fronts a shallow lagoon that is either open to the ocean or closed off by a sandbank, depending on the season. A small temple keeps the beachfront undeveloped, while Le Meridien Phuket Yacht Club Resort commands a striking position on the north end, just steps from the soft sand. The only other hotel here is Sabana Resort, set just 50 metres off the beach.
Nai Yang
Nai Yang is a beautiful, quiet beach that is very different from the other beaches. Here the sweeping bay is backed by trees and jungle that is part of a national park and sea turtle sanctuary. With the exception of the occasional plane landing or taking off at Phuket’s nearby airport, it feels like stepping back in time.
Patong
This is Phuket’s most developed and crowded beach. Hotels, resorts, shops, restaurants, bars, and discotheques line its long, crescent shaped bay.
Rawai
Rawai Beach lies on the eastern side of the southern tip of the island. Although not a popular swimming beach due to shallow water, it is beautiful and provides a nice place to picnic under the shade of big trees. It is here where you can hire a long-tail boat to take you out to the smaller surrounding islands. On the eastern end of Rawai, there is a tiny village of sea-gypsies who hold a daily fish market as well as providing long-tail boat tours, cheaper than those tours found in the centre of the beach.
Visit this website for photographs of Rawai Beach.Surin This is a small beach just north of Kamala Beach and boasts similar surroundings, with many Thai restaurants on the beach.
Sights Aquarium
Though small by international standards, this aquarium is well-labelled and the variety of tropical fish and corals are excellent. Located in Cape Panwa, south of Phuket Town.
Southern Thailand’s largest crocodile farm is just outside town. It contains a colourful aquarium and some 1,000 marine, freshwater and estuarine crocodiles and alligators.
Phuket FantaSea
Dubbed “The Ultimate Cultural Theme Park”, this enormous entertainment compound has an award-winning, Vegas-style show blending Thai culture with illusions, aerial ballet, acrobatics, pyrotechnics, special effects, stunts and elephant performances with over 30 elephants! Showtime: 9 pm Other facilities include a massive buffet of Thai and international cuisine and Festival Village Shopping Paradise where visitors can shop for souvenirs and enjoy late-night festivities, live bands, elephant rides & games! Located on Kamala Beach. Open from 5:30 pm daily. Closed on Thursday. http://www.phuket-fantasea.com/
The provincial town has splendid colonial-style residences built by late 19th-century tin and rubber barons. Shops from the same period provide a distinctive character. It is the main shopping centre for locals and expatriates alike. There are a number of outdoor markets and souvenir stores, where prices are often lower than tourist areas.
Promthep Cape
This spot is one of Phuket’s popular viewpoints. It is the southern most tip of the island and the sunsets are spectacular. A lighthouse, restaurant and some souvenir shops are also located on the cape.
Thai Village The Thai Village on Thepkasattri Road in Phuket Town, open every day, serves a typical southern Thai lunch, followed by a cultural show including Thai dances, sword fighting and Thai boxing. Elephants are shown and there is a display of handicrafts.
Temples
Wat Pra Tong
Inland from Nai Yang Beach is Wat Pra Tong where a famous half-buried Buddha is enshrined. According to legend, a boy tethered his buffalo to a post protruding from the ground. Subsequently, both boy and animal fell mysteriously sick. Suspicious villagers uncovered the post and discovered it was the decorative topknot of a buried golden Buddha. They were able to unearth only the upper half of the image, over which they built the present chapel. Burmese invaders attempted to remove it in 1785 but failed when hornets attacked them. The ancient statue is believed to have magical powers as anyone who has tried to unearth it has failed and met unfortunate circumstances.
The Wat at Chalong Bay, immediately south of Phuket Town is the largest and most elaborate Wat on the island. It boasts the first Chedi in the Andaman region to house a bone fragment from Lord Buddha himself and displays 108 golden Buddha statues in one impressive room.
Top Things to Do Go Diving. Phuket is renowned as one of the best dive destinations in the world. There are many scuba diving schools on the island offering instruction and PADI certification, as well as day dives and live-aboard trips. If scuba diving doesn't take your fancy, snorkelling, offers a rewarding experience as well.
Explore Phang Nga Bay by Sea Canoe. This is one of the most popular trips off the island, to picturesque Phang Nga Bay. Paddle past immense limestone islands that thrust up from the ocean in spectacular formations, or tuck into caves and hidden lagoons. These islands are photographers’ and nature-lovers’ dream!
Visit this website for further information about Kayaking in Phuket.Charter a Boat. Cruise one of the world's most renowned and picturesque cruising grounds. Charter boats are available with a captain, crew and meals from luxury motor yachts to ocean going sailing yachts or smaller dinghy class vessels. If you are experienced take a yacht out on your own. This is a very special way to enjoy the waters of Phuket.
Dine out. Cuisine in Phuket is one of the most pleasurable experiences to be had due to the variety of flavours and atmospheres. From upscale restaurants such as cliff-side Baan Rim Pa (Patong) or Mom Tri’s Kitchen (Kata Noi) to a multitude of inexpensive local venues offering up fresh seafood, still alive in tanks for your choosing, Phuket has it all!
Party in Patong. If you want to party, Patong is the place! Nightlife is bustling with a choice of venues from tiny bars to huge discos. If you want to party with the locals and expats, head to Phuket Town.
Visit this website for further information about Nightlife in Phuket.Pamper Yourself at a Spa. Phuket’s spa industry is booming! From casual, yet elegant day spas to full-service luxury resort spas, one can find a treatment for every budget and beauty need.
Ride an Elephant. Let these quiet monolithic creatures take you through the jungles of Phuket. A wonderful way to see parts of the island you wouldn't normally experience.
Catch Sunset at Laem Promthep (Promthep Cape). Popular with locals and tourists alike, this is a perfect spot from which to experience one of Phuket's famed sunsets. Located at the southern most tip of the island, it affords spectacular views across the Andaman Sea.
Watch the Show at Phuket FantaSea. Dubbed “The Ultimate Cultural Theme Park”, this enormous entertainment compound has an award-winning, Vegas-style show blending Thai culture with illusions, aerial ballet, acrobatics, pyrotechnics, special effects, stunt and elephant performances with over 30 elephants! Showtime: 9 pm Other facilities include a massive buffet of Thai and international cuisine and Festival Village Shopping Paradise where visitors can shop for souvenirs and enjoy late-night festivities, live bands, elephant rides & games. Located on Kamala Beach. Open from 5:30 pm daily. Closed on Thursday. http://www.phuket-fantasea.com/
Visit Wat Chalong. The largest and most spectacular Buddhist temple on the island, it is well worth a visit. It is located on the southern end near the town of Chalong.
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