Wakeboarding in Phuket [toc] Phuket Wake Park (more often called Phuket Cable Ski) is a lake in Kathu equipped with a 700 m long cable running counter clockwise at 30 km/h. It has been in Kathu for a long time, but we only started this thrilling sport in recent years. Wakeboard is much easier to enjoy than one would imagine! You will be surprised how fast you can succeed and
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What is Vintage Market Phuket? [toc] Vintage Market Phuket (formerly known as the short lived AWA Kathu Night Market followed by the Bunthai Night Market) is a small market in Kathu, just halfway between Phuket Town and Patong Beach. This is still a very young market but it shows a lot of potential. You can find a lot of very good local food at low prices, a bit of shopping,
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Phuket Jungle Zipline Adventure [toc] Flying Hanuman Phuket is an immense zipline adventure in the jungle above Kathu village, somewhere between Phuket town and Patong. If you need a break from your lazy day on the beach and if you travel with friends, this is an unforgettable adventure. It's a perfect way to spend a cloudy day with a good laugh and some fantastic stories and photos to take home.
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What to Do in Kathu? [toc] Kathu is a small village as well as a small district, halfway between Phuket town and Patong Beach. The name of Kathu is not unknown but very few people add it to their list of Things to Do in Phuket. The village of Kathu itself is not really impressive, except maybe for a couple of temples, a few mural paintings and an annual festival. The
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KC Kathu Water Park [toc] KC Kathu Connection (officially KC Kathu Connection Sport Club Bar & Restaurant) is a new small water park roughly halfway between Phuket Town and Patong. The main attraction is the 'Slip N Fly' double slider. This is not your usual water slide, the one where you gently slide all the way down and gently glide into the pool. Slip N Fly looks a lot more
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Thong Dee The Brasserie [toc] Thong Dee Brasserie is a successful restaurant in Phuket even though it is relatively hard to find. Located in the back of a back street of Kathu, which is near Patong Beach, Thong Dee Brasserie strikes by its urban façade in the middle of a small Thai village (don’t go imagining a countryside village though, it’s more of an urban town with no particular signs.)
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What to Do at Kathu Waterfall? [toc] Kathu waterfall has an interesting story. For a long time, I thought it was just a tiny trickle, and most people would agree; this cascade isn't worth a visit. But something wasn't right, and I decided to give it a second chance, and I was right to do so, Kathu waterfall is worth a stop, as long as you go during the rainy
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History of Phuket Tin Mining [toc] Phuket Mining Museum (or Kathu Mining Museum) was built with unusual grandeur in a very remote and isolated location behind the Loch Palm Golf Club of Kathu, somewhere in the hills before Patong. Museums in Phuket are not precisely living spaces where artists exhibit their creations, but this one gives you a pretty good vision of what Phuket was famous for during the tin
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Phuket Tiger Kingdom [toc] The Phuket Tiger Kingdom might not be to everyone's taste, but we, however, took an hour to stop over and see for ourselves if animals were at least well treated. This new Tiger Kingdom is located just next to the well-known and long-established Go-Kart race track, just before climbing the hill leading to Patong Beach. The place is surprisingly large, clean and very well organised and
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Phuket Palazzo - Dinner Show in Kathu, Phuket Phuket Palazzo is the last kind of Cabaret Show you expect to find in the backfields of Patong Beach. This unusual dinner show is performed by an eclectic troop of Russian acrobats, Chinese contortionists, black athletes and Thai dancers. Palazzo tries hard with some success to bring some glitter to a remote area, it takes a bit of time to get used
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Where to race go karts in Phuket? [toc] Go Kart Phuket is fast, loud, exciting and fun to compete with friends. There are two Go Kart tracks on the island and strangely, they are facing each other near Patong, just passed the hill and close to Kathu, opposite the Phuket Tiger Kingdom. Patong Go Kart Speedway is really obvious and you can't miss it when driving by this road. The
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Royale Nam Tok Restaurant Phuket Royale Nam Tok is without a doubt one of the greatest French restaurants on the island but it is so hard to find, you almost have to deserve it! You would probably expect any new restaurants to open in a strategic location in order to get as much visibility as possible. When Royale Nam Tok opened years ago at the end of in a very
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Nai Dam Restaurant [toc]Nai Dam Restaurant in Kathu looks just like any restaurant by the roadside of Phuket. It's not fancy, there are no exterior sign of luxury and even the restaurant signboard is hardly visible. We are not easily impressed after trying so many restaurants all around Thailand, but on that day, we were! Nai Dam Restaurant is a great place for those who know and love real Thai
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Tung Tong Restaurant Kathu Big Chicken Restaurant (Thung Thong Restaurant) is one of our three favourites venues in Kathu. This is also your chance to try some real Thai dishes: how often can you eat giant ants eggs? If you drove past the Phuket Country Club in the past twenty years, chances are you saw that weird giant chicken on the side of the road. It's a simple, affordable, nice
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