Kamala Beach – What to Do in Kamala Beach? (updated)

 The Main Beach

The beach has always been the main reason travellers prefered Kamala. The beach is long and wide with soft pale sand with casuarinas and coconut trees. The sea is very shallow and clear during high season.  The northern and central areas are the most attractive as a couple or dirty stream release some brown waters at the south end where fishing boats are often parked.

Phuket Fantasea Park

Phuket Fantasea Park is a massive stage performance involving acrobats and adult elephants. Fantasea is a top-rated show in an immense park full of shops and games in the middle of a village.

Markets

The main road also has a bit of nightlife too, shops and restaurants and even a Big C Superstore but most interesting is the fresh local market held all day at the entrance of the village.

Night Market

The night market opens Mondays and Fridays from 3.30 pm to 10 pm on the main road. It’s your chance to see fruits, vegetables like you haven’t seen before and eat fun snacks you will never forget.

Rayee Beach

Rayee is just next to the central Kamala Beach and is home to several luxurious properties, including Hyatt Regency Phuket and further down, Cape Sienna. While it is a beautiful spot, Rayee is not suitable for swimming because of the coral.

Laem Singh Beach

The elusive Laem Singh Beach is just a little further down the road, past Kamala. For many years this was one of the most popular green coves on the island, but the owner of the land decided to close it. It now seems impossible to access,  but it still is, you have to find the way! We tell you how 🙂

Surin Beach

Further north, just a few kilometres away are the superb Surin Beach and Pansea Beach. Surin is an immense natural beach with only one restaurant still available. Years ago, it used to be the place to go to dine and party at one of the many beach clubs, but one day all were declared illegally built and removed. Pansea Beach next to it is a beautiful but private beach only accessible to the guests of the two 5-star hotels sharing it: The Surin and Amanpuri.

Boat Bar Restaurant

Boat Bar is a simple but always popular restaurant right on the beach, and the staff very friendly. They serve a great range of Thai food and Pizza an excellent price. Perfect for drinks at sunset too!

Speciality: Thai and International
Address: Kamala Road, Soi 16 Kamala, Kathu District, Phuket 83120
Open: 11 am – 10.30 pm
Phone: 083 175 7664
Price: Cheap

Silk at Andara Resort Phuket 

Silk is an upmarket restaurant in a 5-star resort, serving a sophisticated Thai food by the pool.

Plum Premium Steakhouse at Cape Sienna

If you stay in Kamala, Plum and Vanilla Sky, its sister restaurant located below, offer superb panoramic views of the Andaman Sea with a sunset.

Sunset Grill at Hyatt Regency

Diavolo at Paresa Resort

Grill Bill

As the name implies, Grill Bill is a small but excellent place to enjoy a steak or a selection of grilled meat at a reasonable price.

Cafe Del Mar

Café Del Mar Phuket is one of the best beach clubs on the island. This well-known Ibiza brand found out this island was the right place for a beach party beach club with good music, great drinks and most of all, notorious parties.

HQ Beach Club

HQ Beach Club and Lounge, located in the northern part of the beach near the famous Cafe Del Mar and Novotel, is one of the few beach clubs still standing in Phuket Island.

Novotel Kamala Rooftop

On The Roof is a vast and breezy rooftop with plenty of comfortable seating with views of the beach. This rooftop is a great place to end the day with a cocktail or even a dinner as music is not as loud as in nearby beach clubs. Don’t miss the happy hour from 5.30 pm to 7.30 pm, two glasses for the price of one.

Novotel Phuket Kamala Beach

Hyatt Regency Kamala

Cape Sienna

Are There Beach Chairs in Kamala?

An area with no beach chairs

next to it, an area with beach chairs

Beach chairs are back on 10% of the beach so everyone should be happy as shown on this picture that we took from the same spot, on the same day. On the left there are beach loungers, on the right there are none. Kamala is a beautiful but often underrated beach. It’s probably why a lot of visitors are returning every year, knowing that the best way to keep your favourite beach to yourself is to keep it low profile!