About the excursions and interesting places of Phuket Island, you can write a whole book. There is a lot of attention here, and, of course, during a two-week rest it is very difficult to cover everything. But you need to strive for this!
Acquaintance with the island begins with a mischievous tour. As a rule, it is included in the cost of the tour package and consists of a visit to the statue of the Big Buddha, the largest temple on Phuket, very beautiful and has its own history - Wat Chalong,
Overview sites with wonderful views of the island and its surroundings, latex factory and jewelry store. In different tour operators, the program may differ, for example, the temple can be replaced by a tiger zoo, but shopping is invariably. If you are the first time in Thailand, then visit this excursion, sometimes guides give a lot of interesting and useful information. If the journey is independent, then to many places you can get to the motorbike yourself or order a car for the whole day, and visit, among other things, - Elephant Farm, Pearl Farm, "Inverted House", Waterpark, Botanical Garden, Ride quadiccles, commit "Flight of Gibbon" in the jungle, watch different beaches of Phuket.
Phuket offers many marine excursions as one-day and overnight. The most beautiful and popular is the islands of Phi Phi (with a visit to the Maya Bay bay, where the film was filmed with Leonardo de Caprio "Beach"), James Bond Island (film "Man with a Golden Pistol"), Similan Islands, Krabi Province, National Parks Kao varnish and kao juice, sea fishing.
These are completely chic species, snorkeling in the purest sea, magnificent nature, jungle, waterfalls. On excursions in Semilantam, you can see large sea turtles, and the islands themselves have the status of the National Park and are protected by the International Union of Nature Protection. Each of these excursions has its own highlight. The cost of excursions at the tour operator is significantly higher than in local travel agencies, and the program is different, then slightly. If there is no desire to overpay, then find the Russian travel agency, they will tell everything in detail and offer the Russian guide services. With an English-speaking guide will be even cheaper.
From evening entertainment, you can note the show shrimp "Palazzo", Show "Siam Niramit" and the show "Fantasy". These are ambitious theatrical ideas with the participation of a large number of artists in bright costumes, animals, circus, fabulous heroes. Specialties produce a grand impression, and adults and children. A ticket to the show can be bought in any street agency, as a rule, it includes a transfer back, you can choose visits to the show with dinner. It is much more convenient than riding yourself and spend money on a taxi.
Almost all excursions will be interested in children, especially where animals are present: elephants, monkey, tigers. For maritime excursions it is worth going with children if they do not ignore them, because "overwhelms" between the islands is quite long. Also, you can spend yourself with children to go to Dino Park.
It is located on the beach of Karon near the hotel "Marina Resort Phuket", there you can take a walk in the park, inhabited by large dinosaurs and play golf. And, more, visit the shopping center Dzhang Ceylon with children, located on Patong Beach. There you can jump on a trampoline (300 baht) and see the show singing and dancing fountains (free of charge).
The cost of excursions in different agencies is different, depending on the proposed program. For example, at Siemilana for one day, you can go for 2000 baht, on the islands of Phi-Phi - for 1200 baht. For children, height less than 130 cm take half of the cost. It is necessary for the purchase of excursions and need, especially if you are much.