Phuket Ika Blog

Beaches

The major beaches

Bang Thao (Laguna Beach) — long, very quiet beach, a beach on northwestern side of Phuket.

Cape Panwa — home to Phuket Aquarium

Kalim Beach — a series of small beaches just to the north of Patong

Kamala Beach — a quieter beach to the north of Patong

Karon and Karon Noi Beaches — the second most-developed beach after Patong

Kata Noi Beach — quieter sister of Kata Yai

Kata Yai Beach — busy, clean tourist beach with good surf

Laem Sing — small bay with stunning views, between Kamala Beach and Surin Beach

Mai Khao (Sai Kaeo) — near the airport, very quiet (aside from the planes!) and far away from it all

Nai Han and Ao Sen — a quiet beach (probably the best) in the south, near Phromthep Cape view point

Nai Thon and Nai Yang — two quiet beaches in Sirinat National Park

Patong Beach — the largest beach resort, known for its nightlife

Rawai, Mittraphap and Laem Ka — set off point for lots of local islands, popular with locals for eating on the beach

Surin and Pansea Beach — an up-and-coming upmarket destination

Ya Nui Beach

Phuket, Thailand, is generally referred to as the ‘Pearl of South’ and is the biggest island in Thailand. Phuket Island takes 48 kilometers from north to south and 21 kilometers from east to west. Phuket is surrounded by a chain of mountains and valleys mostly from a north-south range running down the west coast. This amounts for about 70% of the land area. The highest peak, Mai Tao Sip Song is 529 meters. The other 30% of the island is plain ground situated principally in the central and eastern portions of the island. Locating in the Andaman Sea off southern Thailand’s west coast, the island’s territory is incredibly mixed, with stony cape, lengthy broad sandy beaches, limestone precipice, forested hills, river estuaries, lagoons, and tropical vegetation of all kinds

The island offers many various looks and feels for you to reveal and delight. Kata Beach with its wonderful tropical landscape compared with the stately casuarinas that are found on Nai Yang Beach just a few kilometers north. The triple canopy rainforest of Khao Phra Thaeo National Park to the mire flats and mangrove swamps of Koh Siray. Limestone outcroppings line the east coast and steady granite boulders on the west. Phuket is actually a tropical wonderland and offers something for just about everyone.