Our recommendations
- Patong map with some good restaurant and landmarks.
- Phuket Map with our recommendations pinned on a Google Map with restaurants, activities, attractions, shopping, nightlife, gyms, beaches etc. Bookmark this!
- Phuket Beach Clubs
- Daytrips: We have many day trips, some unique to Sawan Sa.
Getting around
There are thousands of taxis in Phuket and not very good public transport. Most taxis and tuk tuks do not have a meter and you agree on a fixed price before the ride. Within Patong there is a flat fee of 200 THB per trip no matter the distance. At night time drivers often want 300 THB.
- Taxis (and tuk tuks) can be hailed on the main streets OR ordered via GRAB or BOLT apps. You can order taxis from the house using the apps, or you can walk down to the main street (200m) and hail a cab from there.
- Motorbike taxis are much cheaper than taxi cars or tuk tuks, but take only 1 or 2 passengers. Due to traffic jams, they are much faster than taxis, but also more dangerous as they will wave through the traffic. Within Patong you should expect to pay 100-200 THB per trip.
- Minibus transfer to/from airport 1.100 THB per way.
- Minibus rental with driver (max 10 pax): 1.800 THB for half day and 3.500 THB for full day. (450 baht/hour)
- Car rental: We gladly assist you with car rental. Price depends on season and duration. Expect 2.000-3.000 THB/day for a Toyota Vios or similar. A fortuner (7 pax) is more expensive than renting a minibus with driver.
- Motorbike rental: We do not recommend this as it is VERY dangerous in Thailand. Also, if you do not have an international drivers license for motorbikes you will get stopped and fined, and no insurance will cover any damage. If you, despite these warnings still want to rent, expect to pay 300-500 THB/day for a small motorbike and put an original passport as deposit.
Activities
Phuket has many activities. We are a licensed agent and can provide tickets and information about all options. Examples are (in no particular order):
- Elephant riding / swimming / washing / feeding / sanctuary
- GoKart
- ATV (4-wheel motorbike, off road)
- Zipline / Flying fox: Multiple locations with 15+ stations
- Rock climbing (indoor / outdoor)
- Parasailing
- Jetski
- Surfing / kite-surfing
- Kajaking
- Snorkelling
- Diving
- Padel Tennis / Tennis
- Muay Thai / fighting gyms
- Waterparks with many slides
- On-land surf simulators
- Tiger Kingdom (go in the cage with tigers and a cheetah)
- Lion Kingdom (go into cage with lions)
- Snake show
- Thai cooking lessons
- Zumba dance
- Yoga