Phuket Old Town and Tours

If you are in Phuket, there a few adventures that you can embark on.

Walking through Phuket Old Town.

Well, I make it a point to walk through one heritage trail in each city that I go to. Phuket is no different.

Phuket Town is famed for its old sino houses.

I love this picture below…

If you’re hungry, locate this eatery next to the students’ apartments along this street. I’ve forgotten what is the street name. But it’s near the town clock.

To end your night in Phuket Old Town, you can shop and dine at Central Festive Market. It closes at 22 00.

Safari Adventure Tour.

I’ve always wanted to sit on an elephant. I finally gotten my chance to!

The elephant that I sat on is the same age as me! I heard he is very hard to tame. I had to feed it with bananas to keep it from throwing a tantrum.

A tip when signing up for a safari tour or snorkeling trip (below): Do book your tickets when you are in Phuket. It is almost 1/3 less than what you pay online. My day trip to the Safari and Snorkeling (below) was 1000 baht each.

Snorkel in the big ocean.

A big must is to snorkel in Phuket. The sea life is enchanting.

I saw long-finned banner fish, striped fish and purple fish! (I’ve no idea what their names are.)

Take one of the speed boat, as you can reach Maya Bay. This is where Leonardo DiCaprio filmed the beach. This beach is inviting and the sand is soft and white - no photographs though.

I did, however snap a photo of the ’secret look-out’ directly opposite Maya Bay.

Gorgeous ain’t it?

Next, the boat will bring you to the viking cave. A little staged in my opinion. But there is a thriving bird’s nest business growing there.

My favourite part of the snorkelling trip is… the snorkelling!

The pictures did not turn out great though.

I had fish swimming so near me. I had cuts on my calves from their sharp fins scraping past me.

One great place to snorkel is Kai Island. Calm and filled with a good variety of fish, it is an ideal place for beginners like me.

I’m definitely going back to snorkel sometime in the future.

What about you?