Andamanda Phuket water park
फुकेत टाउन · Family and water parks · 6 घं.
1,200–1,800 THB ≈ $36–55 · दाम की तारीख 5 सित॰ 2026
समय: 10:00–18:00 daily
सबसे अच्छा समय: Weekday mornings; weekends bring Phuket families
मौसम: Open in rain unless there is lightning; the wave pool is the draw in the wet months when the sea is flagged
बच्चे: हाँ · बारिश: हाँ
The island's big water park, opened in 2022 on the bypass road between फुकेत टाउन and Kathu: five themed zones, a wave pool, a lazy river, a surf simulator and the drop slides on the Naga tower. Gate prices are 1,800 THB for adults (122 cm and over) and 1,200 THB for children, with online bundles a few hundred baht cheaper. It is a full day, and the sensible answer to the question of what to do with children when the west-coast beaches are red-flagged. Lockers, towels and food are extra. Central Phuket's malls are five minutes away for the evening.
स्रोत: Andamanda Phuket official booking site: adult day pass 1,800 THB, child 1,200 THB (online promotions from 1,100/1,600)
Aquaria Phuket (Central Phuket Floresta)
फुकेत टाउन · Family and water parks · 2 घं.
600–990 THB ≈ $18–30 · दाम की तारीख 5 सित॰ 2026
समय: 10:30–19:00 daily
सबसे अच्छा समय: Any time; air-conditioned
मौसम: The island's biggest indoor attraction — busiest on wet afternoons
बच्चे: हाँ · बारिश: हाँ
A large commercial aquarium in the basement of the Central Phuket Floresta mall: 25,000 animals in a series of themed halls, an underwater tunnel with sharks and rays, otters, penguins and a jellyfish gallery, plus the AR Trickeye museum sold as a combo. It is the most expensive of the three aquarium-type attractions on the island and by some distance the most polished. Resellers sell adult tickets from about 600 THB; the gate rate is higher and changes with promotions. It is in a mall with cinemas, food halls and taxis at the door, which is why it is the default rainy-day plan for families anywhere on the island.
स्रोत: Resellers (Traveloka, Trip.com, TicketsToDo) list discounted adult tickets from about 600 THB, gate rate higher; the official page publishes promotions only
Blue Tree Phuket (Cherngtalay)
बांग ताओ · Family and water parks · 2 घं.
Free दाम की तारीख 5 सित॰ 2026
समय: Complex open daily, roughly 10:00–22:00; venues vary
सबसे अच्छा समय: Evenings for the restaurants and events
मौसम: The former lagoon and slides have not operated since August 2024 — older guides still sell it as a water park
बच्चे: हाँ · बारिश: हाँ · मुफ़्त
A leisure complex on the Cherngtalay–Thalang road behind बांग ताओ that opened in 2019 around a 17,000 m² swimming lagoon with slides and ziplines. The lagoon closed in August 2024 and the site now operates as a free-entry community hub: restaurants, a sports hall, an ice rink, fitness studios, a children's play area, markets and events, each charging its own way. Entry to the grounds costs nothing. It is useful to families staying in बांग ताओ and Laguna as a wet-afternoon fallback and an evening out; anyone arriving for the water park will be disappointed.
स्रोत: Blue Tree Phuket — free entry to the complex since the lagoon closed in August 2024; individual attractions and restaurants charge separately
Carnival Magic (कमला)
कमला · Family and water parks · 5 घं.
2,000–2,750 THB ≈ $61–83 · दाम की तारीख 5 सित॰ 2026
समय: Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 17:30–23:30; main show 20:30
सबसे अच्छा समय: Arrive at opening for the parade and lights before the show
मौसम: Three nights a week only; covered seating
बच्चे: हाँ · बारिश: हाँ
The illuminated theme park next to Phuket FantaSea in कमला, opened in 2022 by the same company: a carnival-style kingdom of light installations, a river parade, food streets and a 8:30 pm stage show. Tickets start at 2,000 THB for entry with a standard seat, plus 400 THB for the buffet dinner or 750 THB for dinner and hotel transfer. Open three evenings a week — Monday, Wednesday, Saturday — so it needs planning. It is loud, bright and unashamedly for children and photographs; the older FantaSea show is the more theatrical evening.
स्रोत: Reseller listings, 2026: entry from 2,000 THB; +400 THB buffet, +750 THB buffet and transfer
Coral Island (Koh Hae) by longtail from रावाई
रावाई · Islands and boat trips · 6 घं.
$39 इंडेक्स माध्यिका, सितंबर 2026
समय: Longtails from रावाई from about 08:00; last boats back by 17:00
सबसे अच्छा समय: November–April; the crossing is short and the island's Long Beach faces away from the worst swell
मौसम: The nearest island to Phuket and the shortest crossing — about 20 minutes
बच्चे: हाँ · बारिश: नहीं
The island 9 km off रावाई with a long beach, a shallow reef for snorkelling from the sand, a couple of resorts and a banana-boat-and-parasail strip that gets busy with speedboat tours by 11:00. The independent way is a longtail chartered at रावाई pier — about 1,800–2,500 THB for the boat there and back, split between however many you are — which lets you leave at eight and have the beach before the tours arrive. The packaged speedboat version, with lunch and snorkel gear, is tracked in the tours index as the 'coral island' segment and shown as a median. The best half-day island for children.
स्रोत: Phuket Travel Price Index, tours series
Day yacht charter from Ao Po Grand Marina or Yacht Haven
बांग ताओ · Sport and adventure · 8 घं.
— तारीख सहित कोई दाम दर्ज नहीं
समय: Day charters typically 09:00–17:00; sunset charters from 15:00
सबसे अच्छा समय: November–April; Phang Nga Bay is sheltered enough for most green-season days too
मौसम: Ao Po faces the bay, not the Andaman — the east coast marinas work in the wet season when west-coast boats stay in
बच्चे: हाँ · बारिश: नहीं
The two big marinas on the north-east coast — Ao Po Grand Marina and Yacht Haven at the top of the island — are where the sailing catamarans and motor yachts for Phang Nga Bay day charters are based: the limestone islands, Koh Hong's lagoon, James Bond island by lunchtime, a swim off Koh Yao, back for sunset. Day rates depend on the boat, the crew and the season and are quoted per vessel (often in dollars by the charter platforms), so no single figure is shown; an eight-person catamaran for a day is a serious four-figure dollar decision, split eight ways a different one. The east coast is sheltered from the south-west monsoon, which is why these charters run in months when the west-coast speedboats are cancelled.
Gibbon Rehabilitation Project
बांग ताओ · Nature and viewpoints · 1 घं.
0–200 THB ≈ $0–6 · दाम की तारीख 5 सित॰ 2026
समय: 09:00–16:00 daily; closed Thursdays when last checked
सबसे अच्छा समय: Morning, when the gibbons call
मौसम: Inside the Bang Pae gate — combine with the waterfall
बच्चे: हाँ · बारिश: नहीं · मुफ़्त
A volunteer-run centre at the Bang Pae entrance to Khao Phra Thaeo that has been taking in white-handed gibbons rescued from the photo-prop trade since 1992 and releasing family groups back into the forest. Visitors see the animals in the quarantine and rehabilitation enclosures from a distance — there is no handling, which is the point — and volunteers explain the programme. Entry to the project is by donation; the park gate charges foreigners 200 THB. The only ethical primate experience on the island, and a useful one to see before deciding what to do about the animal shows advertised on every tour board.
स्रोत: Project itself is donation-based; the 200 THB is the Khao Phra Thaeo park gate fee, 2025–2026
Hanuman World zipline and skywalk
चालोंग · Sport and adventure · 3 घं.
2,200–3,490 THB ≈ $67–106 · दाम की तारीख 5 सित॰ 2026
समय: 08:00–17:00 daily, sessions on the hour
सबसे अच्छा समय: First session of the morning, before rain builds
मौसम: Runs in light rain; closes for thunderstorms
बच्चे: हाँ · बारिश: नहीं
The largest zipline park on the island, in the hills above चालोंग on the road to Kathu: up to 32 platforms of ziplines, a roller zipline, a skywalk through the canopy and a luge, sold as packages from a bare 18-platform course at 2,200 THB to the full World A+ at 3,490 THB, with a buffet lunch in the bigger packages. A free shared shuttle collects from most resort zones. Children from about four can ride tandem with an instructor. Three hours all in; it is the outdoor family morning that works when the sea is rough, as long as there is no lightning.
स्रोत: Hanuman World official price list, 2026: zipline-only 2,200 THB; packages World C+ 2,490, B+ 2,990, A+ 3,490 THB
Karon Viewpoint (Kata Viewpoint)
कता · Nature and viewpoints · 0.5 घं.
Free दाम की तारीख 5 सित॰ 2026
समय: Always open
सबसे अच्छा समय: Morning, with the sun behind you on the three bays
मौसम: On the coast road between Kata Noi and नाई हार्न; tour vans stop here around 10:00 and 15:00
बच्चे: हाँ · बारिश: नहीं · मुफ़्त
The postcard of Phuket: a terrace above the coast road south of कता that looks north over Kata Noi, Kata Yai and कारोन, three bays in a row with Koh Pu island in the middle. Free, with a sala, a few vendors and parking on the roadside. Every island tour stops here for ten minutes; a scooter rider can have it alone at 07:30. The road continues south past Nui Beach's access track to the Windmill Viewpoint and Promthep Cape, which makes the three viewpoints a natural half-day loop from कता or नाई हार्न.
स्रोत: Public viewpoint; no admission
Kathu Waterfall
पटोंग · Nature and viewpoints · 1.5 घं.
Free दाम की तारीख 5 सित॰ 2026
समय: Daylight
सबसे अच्छा समय: June–November, when water is running
मौसम: A dry rock face from January to April
बच्चे: हाँ · बारिश: नहीं · मुफ़्त
The nearest waterfall to पटोंग, in the hills above Kathu ten minutes from the beach on the फुकेत टाउन road: a series of small cascades and pools reached by a paved path with steps, free to enter, with a few vendors at the bottom. It is worth the walk only in the green season; from January the flow is a trickle and the pools are shallow. Twenty minutes of steps to the upper tiers gives a real forest walk and a swim. Combine with the Kathu Mining Museum a few minutes away for the tin-mining story that built फुकेत टाउन.
स्रोत: No admission per visitor guides, 2025
Khao Khad viewpoint tower (Cape Panwa)
पानवा · Nature and viewpoints · 0.5 घं.
Free दाम की तारीख 5 सित॰ 2026
समय: Daylight
सबसे अच्छा समय: Late afternoon, on the way to Ao Yon or the aquarium
मौसम: Free; a short climb up the tower
बच्चे: हाँ · बारिश: नहीं · मुफ़्त
A four-storey concrete tower on the ridge of Cape Panwa with a 360-degree view: Chalong Bay and the Big Buddha to the west, the yacht marinas and Koh Lon to the south, फुकेत टाउन and Koh Sirey to the north, and on a clear day the limestone islands of Phang Nga Bay. Free, with parking at the base and a five-minute climb. Almost nobody goes, which is part of its charm; pair it with Ao Yon beach below and the Phuket Aquarium at the tip of the cape for a half-day on the island's quietest peninsula.
स्रोत: Public viewpoint; no admission
Khao Phra Thaeo forest: Bang Pae and Ton Sai waterfalls
बांग ताओ · Nature and viewpoints · 3 घं.
200 THB ≈ $6 · दाम की तारीख 5 सित॰ 2026
समय: 08:00–17:00 daily
सबसे अच्छा समय: Green season, when the waterfalls run; by March they are a trickle
मौसम: Leeches and mosquitoes after rain — long trousers and repellent
बच्चे: हाँ · बारिश: नहीं
The last piece of primary rainforest on the island, a 22 km² protected area in the hills of Thalang with two waterfalls at its edges: Bang Pae on the east, ten minutes' walk from the car park and next to the gibbon project, and Ton Sai on the west. An eight-kilometre trail links the two through the forest; most people do one waterfall and a swim. Foreigners pay 200 THB at either gate. The falls are worth seeing from June to November; in the dry months they are pools rather than cascades. It is the one genuinely green half-day on Phuket and pairs with the Gibbon Rehabilitation Project at the Bang Pae entrance.
स्रोत: Visitor guides quoting the foreign-adult entry fee (200 THB), 2025–2026
Khao Rang Viewpoint (Rang Hill)
फुकेत टाउन · Nature and viewpoints · 1 घं.
Free दाम की तारीख 5 सित॰ 2026
समय: Always open
सबसे अच्छा समय: Dusk, when the town lights come on
मौसम: Restaurants on the hill open in the evening; the park path is slippery after rain
बच्चे: हाँ · बारिश: नहीं · मुफ़्त
The hill on the north-west edge of फुकेत टाउन with a park, a fitness track, macaques and a terrace over the whole town to Chalong Bay and the Big Buddha on its hill. Admission is free, parking is free, and it is open around the clock; the two long-standing restaurants on the slope (Tunk-Ka Café and Khao Rang Breeze) are where the town goes for a view with dinner. It takes ten minutes by car from the Old Town. Not a big attraction, but the right ending to a day in town, and a place where you meet Phuket people rather than tourists.
स्रोत: Visitor guides confirming free admission, 2026
Koh Yao Noi day trip by ferry
बांग ताओ · Islands and boat trips · 8 घं.
— तारीख सहित कोई दाम दर्ज नहीं
समय: Speedboat ferries from Bang Rong pier roughly hourly 07:30–17:00
सबसे अच्छा समय: Year-round; the island sits in the sheltered bay
मौसम: Bang Rong pier is on the north-east coast, 20 minutes from बांग ताओ — the trip is easiest from the north of the island
बच्चे: हाँ · बारिश: हाँ
The quiet Muslim fishing island in the middle of Phang Nga Bay, half an hour by public speedboat from Bang Rong pier on Phuket's east coast: rubber plantations, rice paddies, a ring road you can cycle in a morning, a few beaches facing the limestone islands and a handful of resorts from homestays to Six Senses. Public ferry fares are low and change; no fare is shown here rather than an out-of-date one. It is the opposite of a packaged island trip — you go on your own, rent a scooter or bicycle at the pier, and come back on the last boat. The bay is sheltered, so it works in the green season.
Monkey Hill (Khao To Sae)
फुकेत टाउन · Nature and viewpoints · 1 घं.
Free दाम की तारीख 5 सित॰ 2026
समय: Daylight; the road is closed to cars in the early morning and evening for walkers
सबसे अच्छा समय: 06:00–08:00, with the town's joggers
मौसम: The macaques are habituated and will take food from bags — keep everything zipped
बच्चे: हाँ · बारिश: नहीं · मुफ़्त
The hill above the north of फुकेत टाउन where several hundred macaques live along the road to the radio masts. The road is closed to traffic in the early morning and late afternoon and becomes the town's exercise track, which is when to walk it: two kilometres of steady climb, monkeys at every bend, a view from the top over the town and Koh Sirey. It costs nothing. The monkeys are used to people and will grab bags and bottles; do not feed them and keep children close. Ten minutes by car from the Old Town.
स्रोत: Public park; no admission
नाई हार्न · Beaches · 4 घं.
Free दाम की तारीख 5 सित॰ 2026
समय: Always open; lifeguards in daylight
सबसे अच्छा समय: November–April for swimming; May–October for surfing
मौसम: Red flags for much of the green season; the lake behind the beach is the shaded picnic spot
बच्चे: हाँ · बारिश: नहीं · मुफ़्त
The south's best swimming bay: 700 metres of pale sand between two headlands, a monastery at one end, a lake and casuarinas behind it, and in the high season some of the clearest water on the island and a yacht anchorage offshore. Free, with parking, loungers at the southern end and a row of restaurants on the lake road. From May to October it turns into a surf beach with a fast shore-break and rips off the headlands — a good intermediate surf spot and a red-flagged swim. Ya Nui and Ao Sane, the two small snorkelling coves either side, are five minutes away. The beach page has the sea by month and facilities.
स्रोत: Public beach; no admission
Phang Nga Bay and James Bond island
बांग ताओ · Islands and boat trips · 8 घं.
$52 इंडेक्स माध्यिका, सितंबर 2026
समय: Departures from Ao Po or Bang Rong pier about 08:00–09:00; back by 16:00–17:00
सबसे अच्छा समय: Runs year-round — the bay is sheltered; mornings are clearest
मौसम: The one boat trip that reliably runs in the green season
बच्चे: हाँ · बारिश: हाँ
The limestone bay north-east of the island: Khao Phing Kan (James Bond island since 1974), the stilt village of Koh Panyee, sea-caves and hongs paddled by canoe, and lunch on the boat. Trips go by longtail, speedboat or the slower and more comfortable 'big boat', and because the bay faces away from the south-west monsoon it is the day trip that still runs when the Phi Phi and Similan boats are cancelled. The price here is the index median for the segment, measured monthly across operators; the canoe-only version by John Gray's is listed separately. Half the day is the bay itself, which is the point.
स्रोत: Phuket Travel Price Index, tours series
Phi Phi islands day trip
चालोंग · Islands and boat trips · 9 घं.
$63 इंडेक्स माध्यिका, सितंबर 2026
समय: Speedboats leave चालोंग or Rassada pier about 08:00–09:00, back by 17:00
सबसे अच्छा समय: November–April; Maya Bay closes to visitors every August–September
मौसम: Green-season crossings are rough and trips are cancelled on red-flag days; Maya Bay has a seasonal closure
बच्चे: हाँ · बारिश: नहीं
The classic day out: 45 km east across the strait by speedboat to Phi Phi Leh's Maya Bay and Pileh lagoon, then Phi Phi Don for lunch, snorkelling at Bamboo or Khai island on the way back. It is crowded — the national park caps Maya Bay's visitors and closes it for two months each year — and in the green season the crossing is the roughest of the island trips. The tours index on this site tracks what operators charge per person for this trip each month, so the price shown here is the index median rather than a single listing. The ferry from Rassada pier is the slower, cheaper, calmer way over.
स्रोत: Phuket Travel Price Index, tours series
Phuket Aquarium (Cape Panwa)
पानवा · Family and water parks · 1.5 घं.
150–300 THB ≈ $5–9 · दाम की तारीख 5 सित॰ 2026
समय: 08:30–16:30 daily, ticket office closes 16:00
सबसे अच्छा समय: 11:00 for the feeding and diving show
मौसम: Indoor; the standard rainy-afternoon answer for families in the south-east
बच्चे: हाँ · बारिश: हाँ
The public aquarium run by the Phuket Marine Biological Centre at the tip of Cape Panwa: a walk-through tunnel, reef and mangrove tanks, a turtle rehabilitation pool and a research-station honesty about what lives in the Andaman. Foreigners pay 300 THB (children 150, under 108 cm free); Thais pay less. It is small — an hour and a half — and it has none of the theatre of Aquaria in the Central mall, but it is cheaper, it is by the sea, and the cape drive past Khao Khad viewpoint and Ao Yon bay makes it a half-day. Feeding show at 11:00.
स्रोत: Phuket Aquarium official entrance-fee page: foreign adult 300 THB, child 150 THB, under 108 cm free
Phuket Elephant Sanctuary (Pa Khlok)
बांग ताओ · Nature and viewpoints · 3.5 घं.
1,900–3,000 THB ≈ $58–91 · दाम की तारीख 5 सित॰ 2026
समय: Morning programme 09:30–13:00; afternoon programme and canopy walk by booking
सबसे अच्छा समय: Morning programme, before the heat
मौसम: Runs in rain — the elephants prefer it; bring a change of clothes
बच्चे: हाँ · बारिश: हाँ
The first observation-only elephant sanctuary on the island, opened in 2016 on 30 acres bordering Khao Phra Thaeo forest with retired logging and trekking elephants. There is no riding, no bathing and — since April 2026 — no feeding: guests walk the forest paths and a canopy walkway and watch the herd forage and bathe. The half-day programme is 3,000 THB per adult with a vegetarian lunch; the shorter canopy-walkway visit is 1,900 THB. Pickups run from most resort areas. It is the honest end of the elephant-tourism spectrum, and the price reflects that the animals do not work for it.
स्रोत: Phuket Elephant Sanctuary official programme pages: half-day 3,000 THB per adult, canopy walkway 1,900 THB
Phuket FantaSea (कमला)
कमला · Family and water parks · 4 घं.
1,800–2,200 THB ≈ $55–67 · दाम की तारीख 31 जुल॰ 2026
समय: 17:30–23:30, closed Thursdays; show at 21:00
सबसे अच्छा समय: Arrive by 18:30 for the buffet and the village before the show
मौसम: Runs year-round; closed Thursdays
बच्चे: हाँ · बारिश: हाँ
The island's long-running cultural theme park in कमला: a walk-through 'Carnival Village' of shops and games, a 4,000-seat buffet hall and the 70-minute 'Fantasy of a Kingdom' stage show with a cast of about 150 and a troupe of elephants. Show-only tickets are 1,800 THB and show with dinner 2,200 THB per adult, with transfers extra. It is polished, and it is a Las Vegas idea of Thailand — the elephants on stage are the reason some visitors give it a miss. Closed on Thursdays. Fully covered, so it is a rainy-evening plan for the west coast.
स्रोत: Reseller and guide listings, July 2026: show only 1,800 THB, show with buffet 2,200 THB per adult
Promthep Cape (Laem Phromthep)
नाई हार्न · Nature and viewpoints · 1 घं.
Free दाम की तारीख 5 सित॰ 2026
समय: Always open; the lighthouse museum daytime only
सबसे अच्छा समय: Forty minutes before sunset; the car park fills from 17:30 in high season
मौसम: Sunsets are clearest November–March; in the green season the horizon is often cloud
बच्चे: हाँ · बारिश: नहीं · मुफ़्त
The southernmost tip of the island and the sunset viewpoint everyone is driven to: a headland with a small lighthouse, a shrine of elephant statues, a viewing terrace over Koh Kaew and the Andaman, and a steep path down the ridge for those who want the point itself. It is free, and it is busy — coaches arrive from every resort for sunset in high season. The alternative is the Windmill Viewpoint three minutes north, which faces the same sunset over नाई हार्न with a fraction of the crowd. Ya Nui beach at the foot of the cape has snorkelling in calm months.
स्रोत: Public viewpoint; no admission
Sea-kayaking Phang Nga Bay: John Gray's 'Hong by Starlight'
बांग ताओ · Sport and adventure · 9 घं.
3,350 THB ≈ $102 · दाम की तारीख 5 सित॰ 2026
समय: Afternoon into night, roughly 12:00 pickup to 22:00 return
सबसे अच्छा समय: A moonless night for the bioluminescence; runs year-round
मौसम: The bay is sheltered from the south-west monsoon; trips run through the green season
बच्चे: हाँ · बारिश: हाँ
The original Phang Nga Bay sea-canoe trip, run since the 1980s by the American who first paddled into the bay's tidal caves: an afternoon boat out from the east coast, inflatable canoes paddled by guides through the low sea-caves into the hongs — open-roofed lagoons inside the limestone islands — dinner on the boat, a floating krathong, and a paddle back into a cave in the dark to see the bioluminescent plankton. 3,350 THB per person with transfers and dinner. It is not cheap next to the James Bond island speedboats in the tours index, and it is a different trip: quiet, guided, and the one people rank first afterwards.
स्रोत: John Gray's Sea Canoe official tour page, 2026: 3,350 THB per person
Similan Islands day trip
माई खाओ · Islands and boat trips · 12 घं.
$76 इंडेक्स माध्यिका, सितंबर 2026
समय: Park open 15 October – 15 May, 08:00–16:00; boats leave from Khao Lak with pickups from Phuket before 06:00
सबसे अच्छा समय: November–March; the park closes for the monsoon from 16 May to 14 October
मौसम: Closed mid-May to mid-October every year — no exceptions
बच्चे: हाँ · बारिश: नहीं
The nine granite islands 70 km north-west of Phuket in the Andaman, a national park with the clearest water in Thailand and the snorkelling and diving the country is known for. Day trips are long — a pickup from Phuket before dawn, a speedboat from Khao Lak, two or three stops and back after dark — and the park is open only from 15 October to 15 May. The 500 THB per-adult park fee is paid on top of the tour; the tour price itself is tracked in the tours index and shown as a median. Liveaboards of two to six nights are the serious diver's way to do it.
स्रोत: Phuket Travel Price Index, tours series
Sirinat National Park (नाई यांग)
नाई यांग · Nature and viewpoints · 3 घं.
200 THB ≈ $6 · दाम की तारीख 30 जून 2026
समय: 08:00–16:30 daily
सबसे अच्छा समय: November–April for swimming; plane-spotting any time
मौसम: Turtle nesting on माई खाओ roughly November–February; the beach is patrolled and lights are restricted
बच्चे: हाँ · बारिश: नहीं
The national park that covers the north-west coast from नाई यांग to माई खाओ: casuarina-shaded beach, a mangrove boardwalk, a small visitor centre and the seaward end of the airport runway, where aircraft cross the beach at a few hundred feet. Foreigners pay 200 THB at the नाई यांग headquarters; the beach outside the park boundary is free. Its value is that it is undeveloped — no beach clubs, a handful of licensed vendors, campsite bungalows — and it is ten minutes from the airport, so it is the place to spend a last morning before a flight. Turtles nest on the माई खाओ section in the cool months.
स्रोत: Visitor reports of the foreign-adult fee (200 THB; child 100), June 2026
Splash Jungle water park (माई खाओ)
माई खाओ · Family and water parks · 5 घं.
— तारीख सहित कोई दाम दर्ज नहीं
समय: Closed for renovation 1 June – 30 September 2026; reopening announced for 1 October 2026
सबसे अच्छा समय: After reopening; the only water park in the north of the island
मौसम: Temporarily closed at the time of this revision — check before travelling
बच्चे: हाँ · बारिश: हाँ
The older, smaller water park in माई खाओ next to the Splash Beach Resort, five minutes north of the airport: a wave pool, a lazy river, a handful of slides and a children's zone, sized for a half-day rather than a full one. It closed for enhancement works from 1 June 2026 and is scheduled to reopen on 1 October 2026; no current price is published, so none is shown here. For families staying on the northern beaches it is the near option once open; Andamanda on the bypass road is bigger and about forty minutes away.
Surf House Phuket (flowrider), कता
कता · Sport and adventure · 1 घं.
990 THB ≈ $30 · दाम की तारीख 5 सित॰ 2026
समय: Hourly sessions 12:00–20:00 daily
सबसे अच्छा समय: Late afternoon, then stay for the bar
मौसम: Runs year-round — the wave is a machine; the answer when the sea is flat or flagged
बच्चे: हाँ · बारिश: हाँ
An artificial standing wave on the कता beach road (with a second one in पटोंग): a sheet of fast water over a padded slope where you ride a bodyboard or a flowboard, fall off, and go again for an hour. Shared sessions cost 990 THB an hour, a private lane for up to ten people 8,950 THB. The bar and restaurant around it are a कता evening in themselves. It works for children from about seven and for anyone who wants to surf in the flat high season, when the real waves at कता do not exist.
स्रोत: Surf House official pricing page, 2025: shared session 990 THB an hour; private lane 8,950 THB an hour
Surf lesson at Kata Beach
कता · Sport and adventure · 1.5 घं.
1,000–1,600 THB ≈ $30–49 · दाम की तारीख 5 सित॰ 2026
समय: Schools on the sand from about 09:00 to sunset, May–October
सबसे अच्छा समय: May–October; the swell is smallest in May and October, best for beginners
मौसम: No surf November–April — the sea is flat; schools pack up
बच्चे: हाँ · बारिश: हाँ
Kata Yai is the island's most consistent beach break, and from May to October half a dozen surf schools set up at its northern end with soft-top boards and instructors who put beginners on their feet in an hour. Lessons cost roughly 1,000–1,600 THB an hour depending on the school and whether photos are included; board rental alone is a few hundred baht an hour. The same swell that makes the lessons possible makes the rips real — the schools stay in the marked zone and so should you. From November to April there is no surf on Phuket at all; the sea goes flat and the schools close.
स्रोत: कता surf-school listings, 2025–2026: group lesson about 1,000 THB an hour; Whale Surf School 1,200–1,600 THB; SSS Phuket from 1,500 THB
Windmill Viewpoint (नाई हार्न)
नाई हार्न · Nature and viewpoints · 0.5 घं.
Free दाम की तारीख 5 सित॰ 2026
समय: Always open
सबसे अच्छा समय: Sunset, or early morning for the kite-surfers off नाई हार्न in the north-east season
मौसम: Windy — that is why the turbine is there; hold on to hats
बच्चे: हाँ · बारिश: नहीं · मुफ़्त
A wind turbine on the ridge between नाई हार्न and Ya Nui with a platform looking down on both bays and, to the south, Promthep Cape. It is the local's sunset spot: free, with parking, a couple of drinks vendors and a fraction of the coaches that go to the cape itself. From here you can see the yachts at anchor in नाई हार्न in the calm months and the surf lines rolling into the bay from May to October. Paragliders launch from the slope on the right days. A five-minute drive from नाई हार्न beach, or a steep twenty-minute walk.
स्रोत: Public viewpoint; no admission