New Phuket 3-Day Itinerary Makes the City Pass More Attractive
The new Phuket 3-Day itinerary makes the city pass more attractive. Visit ten places worth $264.20 available at a 70 percent discount, bookable with TAGTHAi.
Powdery beaches, delicious food, and exuberant nightlife – Phuket is Thailand’s most popular island for a reason. While it’s not the cheapest place in the kingdom, you can save massively if prepared. Zipping through the jungle at 50 km/h in a harness hanging from a pulley, getting wet and dirty while bathing with elephants, or drifting off into deep relaxation during a head massage – all this and more is now available at a 70 percent discount, bookable with TAGTHAi. We break down the new Phuket 3-day itinerary that costs a paltry $111 and includes ten attractions.
Day 1:
Relax on Koh Hey’s Banana Beach (value: $69.70)
A 15-minute boat journey will take you to Koh Hey, known as Coral Island, a tiny island six kilometers southeast of Phuket. The 2.5-kilometer-long, lushly vegetated granite islet makes for a great weekend getaway. Whether you’re the adventurous type considering what to do in Phuket or the laid-back beach bum, the Amazonite water and Long Beach’s blinding white sands make this day trip a cracker.
Eat at Cherna88 (value: $6.06)
A stone’s throw from Suan Luang Park, Cherna88 sits amid pots of rice framed by a giant rain tree. Snuggled into greenery yet centrally located, this restaurant is popular with young Thai people. That might be because it offers a rural escape from the hectic urban environment of Phuket Town. Perhaps it’s down to the hanging bird’s nest chair on the terrace, the lotus flowers afloat on the emerald pond, or the Japanese “good luck fish” that make for enchanting photographs.
Whatever it is, eating Pad Thai rice noodles or double cheeseburgers in the rice barn after living the dolce vita on Banana Beach is one of the best things to do in Phuket.
Kick Back at The Raintree Spa (value: $45.45)
To end the day in a similar setting and mood, head to the Raintree Spa some four kilometers from Cherna88. Situated in an orchid garden amid Jamjuree trees, where the sweet scent of frangipani wafts on the breeze, The Raintree Spa is rooted in nature.
To choose from three sets included in the City Pass, you’ll need to make a reservation on TAGTHAi before entering this spa, one of the places to visit in Phuket. Set B, a two-hour Thai massage and foot reflexology treatment that targets specific pressure points, ensures that problems like jet lag melt away.
Day 2:
Have Breakfast at Hickory (value: $8.33)
Your Phuket 3-Day itinerary includes Hickory, a family-friendly coffee shop with a roofed open-air and an indoor seating area near Royal Phuket Marina. Kids love the sandbox surrounded by cacti beauties and rubber trees, and adults fond of German food can devour homemade German sausages. Set D includes a cheeseburger made of liver cheese, corned beef, bacon, and pork.
Like hearty entrees to fuel up for the day? Opt for the beef cheek Massaman in garlic butter roti, a tortilla-like flatbread made with whole meal wheat flour.
Get an Adrenaline Rush at Hanuman World (value: $75.45)
After spending three days in Phuket, you have to check out Hanuman World. Featuring 16 ziplines and 32 platforms, two spiral staircases, three abseils, a honeymoon sling, and treetop walkways, this adventure park is big fun.
If you can handle the adrenaline, ride the roller coaster zip line’s steel cable. You’ll be shouting at the top of your voice as you soar through the rainforest at hair-raising speed for two minutes, approaching near-vertical loops and spirals.
Try Halal Food at Yum Saab Ver (value: $6.97)
Modestly furnished with artificial grass mats and cushioned containers to sit on, Yum Saab Ver is an authentic, tiny Thai restaurant in front of Rajabhat University, just next to the fence.
Popular with locals who come for Yum Saab Ver, which means very delicious salads, the aptly named restaurant offers dishes like salmon salad and som tam, known among Westerners as papaya salad. Prefer something less spicy? Order something from the a la carte menu, e.g., fried salmon belly.
End the Day with a Sansabai Massage (value: $13.64)
By making a reservation in the TAGTHAi app, you can get a Thai massage at Sansabai Patong, just opposite the shopping mall Jungceylon. Catching the scents of fresh Thai herbs as you enter Sansabai, you’ll feel relaxed before you’ve even slumped into a leather chair.
Using light to medium or deeper pressure, your therapist also covers the head and neck area as they give you a back and shoulder massage. For ultra-soothing options, choose a hot stone or herbal compress massage.
Day 3:
Drink Coffee at Sugar Dark Cafe (value: $6.48)
Now what to do in Phuket for 3 days? Get a pick-me-up at Sugar Dark Cafe, one of the numerous benefits of the Phuket City Pass. Inviting isn’t just the wood design that makes the place feel homey. Waffle towers and Korean-inspired Bingsu, an iced treat with sweet toppings and chopped fruits, are reasons local Thais make a beeline for this dessert and coffee expert near Central Shopping mall.
Meet Elephants at Phuket’s Ethical Elephant Jungle Sanctuary (value: $27.27)
As the name implies, this is one of Phuket’s ethical elephant sanctuaries. While you can’t ride elephants here, you’re welcome to interact with these adorable giants in their natural homes. Aside from walking alongside them, you can feed elephants, letting them pick bananas or sugarcane off your hand. Washing these gigantic animals, you’ll hear them purr like cats.
If you’re keen to stay overnight, you can do that in a super-luxe, safari-style tent. Should a half-day trip to this sanctuary be enough, there’s one more place on this fabulous island we can recommend.
Eat Local Food at Kopi de Phuket (value: $4.85)
Steps from the Sino-colonial mansions telling the story of tin barons, Kopi de Phuket is a cafe and restaurant in the heart of the old town. Eating chicken curry with roti under scenic Chinese paper lanterns is a pleasant way of ending this fun-filled, discounted Phuket 3-Day itinerary worth $264.20.