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Phuket Beaches


Mai Khao and Nai Yang beach
Here giant sea turtles struggle ashore between November and January to lay their eggs. There is also a National Marine Park at Nai Yang beach (Nearby Phuket International Airport). Nai Yang is a popular beach among thais.

Bang Tao beach
An 8 km beach where many luxurious resorts are located. I have been here a couple of times for a short break when driving around; quiet and nice beach and you can be alone.

Surin beach
Nice beach, althought dangerous undercurrents can make swimming unsafe.

Kamala beach
This is the location of one of Phuket's few remaining Muslim fishing villages where a traditional way of life can still be glimpsed.

Patong beach
A majestic curve of sand that has caught the developers' eyes in a big way. Hotel, restaurants, shops and beer huts clutter the shore, and extensive watersports and entertainment facilities have been provided at the expense of natural settings.

Karon and Kata beach
The next two beaches, the latter divided by a promontory into big and small coves, are quieter and maintain a fine balance between natural and man-made attractions.

Nui beach
A small and beautiful beach with a small waterfall. They also have one restaurant and one bar and you can hire watersport articles. To enter this beach you have to drive off the road shortly after view point (on the way from Karon/Kara beach) and then walk or drive the 2 km path in the forest. This is a very bad way and this may cause damage to your motorbike. Another way to enter this beach is by sea, you can ask a longtail boat to take you there and then pick you up again in the afternoon.

Nai Harn beach
The island's southernmost beach presents a superb sweep of sand facing a delightful bay and backed by a lagoon. There is one deluxe resort hotel but little other developments. On the southern tip is Laem Prom Thep, a noted beauty spot and favourite vantage point for watching Phuket's spectacular sunsets.

Rawai beach
Around the point from Nai Harn, this beach is noted for its village of sea gypsies, a once semi-nomadic waterborne people descended from some of the island's earliest inhabitants. The beach is not particularly good for swimming but longtail boats leave from here to offshore islands.