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Things to See & Do (Around Phuket)
This is a must-see, the
show is fantastic. It had grand opening in February 16, 1999. (I was
in Thailand that time too and I remember that.)
A
show with beautiful ladies, that actually are men. This is also
worth a visit, good entertainment. One soft drink is included
in the ticket price and also hotel pick-up if you buy your ticket
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 Nice
waterfall and you can also visit Gibbon Rehabilitation Project and
support their work. Sometimes visitors can have a guided tour and
get more information about each monkey, sometimes they don't allow
any visitors at all to enter the area. There are a restaurant in
this area so you can relax and have some food and enjoy the waterfall.
A noted
beauty spot with great panoramic views. Also a favourite vantage
point for watching Phuket's spectacular sunsets.
The seashell museum boasts
beautiful fossils up to 280 m years old from all over the world.
Daily shows with elephants,
crocodiles and monkeys. You can also get photographed with a tiger.
Open daily 08:30-18:00.
Located at Tilok Uthit 2 Road
and boasts extremely fine cashew nuts in a variety of forms; plain,
fried with garlic, fried with chili etc. You can also see the factory
were every nut has to be cracked and open individually using a special
press, thats why these nuts are expensive compared to other nuts.
There is a good aquarium with
a variety of both ocean and freshwater fish. Open daily 10-16.
Landscaped open air enclosure
with thousands of colorful butterflies, plus an excellent tropical
aquarium. Open daily 09-17:30.
This well known commercial
pearl farm offers tours and and demonstration of pearl culturing.
Located on Naga Noi island and accessible by boat from Po Bay; contact
Naga pearl tour and resort, tel (076) 213-723. Open daily 09:00
- 17:30.
One of Phuket's largets Buddhist
temples, Wat Chalong in the south of the island behind Chalong Bay
is highly revered for the images of two of its former abbots who
possessed legendary healing skills.
Located in Thalang District,
this temple is famous for its gold (now covered withplaster) Buddha
image half-buried in the ground. Legend has it that many people
have died trying unsuccessfully to unearth the statue.
The last surviving patch of
the rainforst that once covered the island. Lush flora plus attractive
waterfalls located close to Thalang.
A great place with panoramic
views of Phuket Town.
Phuket's oldest and largest
Chinese temple on Ranong road.
 A
small island on the east side of Phuket, connected with a small
bridge to the main Phuket island. If you drive over the bridge and
then continue 1 km and look at the right side of the road you will
find a place where you can see wild monkeys. There are mostly local
thai people coming here to feed the monkeys with bananas and chew
nuts, if you are lucky the monkeys will grab that directly from
your hand.
Close to Prompthep cape there
are windmills and also a good viewpoint to look over the sea and
watch sunsets.
Here you can try to shoot
with different weapons, but also watch snake show and play paintball
with your friends.
You can play this on both
Karon and Patong beach, at Dino Park and Pirates Cave.
Phuket have a couple of good
golf courses to suit your needs. See our golf
section for more information.
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This
picture is taken from Phuket Country Club |
Jungle
Bungy Jump is located in Kathu and you jump above a river. |
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Rent a go-kart in Kathu, 750m
track and have fun with your friends or family. It's quite fun to
have a competition among friends or within the family. They also
have two seated karts or karts for kids. Located after the hills
from Patong to Phuket City on the right side.
Patong Go-Kart Speedway
 You
can play bowling at the top floor of Ocean Plaza at Bangla road.
The current prices are: 30 baht för shoes, 30 bath for socks,
85 (75) baht for each game and person. Open daily to 02 am. If you
are a local citizen, use your Gazetter Card to receive 10% discount.
(As an amateur I feel happy with my score of 133 points.)
See our diving
section for more information or gallery
for underwater pictures.
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Simon
Cabaret
Methee
Cashew Nut Factory
