Are you looking for tourist reviews about holidays in Phuket with a child in 2019? In this article, we have collected the latest information on the best beaches, hotels and activities for families with children on the island of Phuket in Thailand.
The best beaches in Phuket for families with children – 2019
Most tourists visiting Thailand in their reviews recommend Phuket beaches such as Patong, Kata and Karon for families with children. These are the most popular beaches of the island - with many hotels, tour desks and shops, but also the most crowded.
Patong is suitable for older children, and on the beaches of Kata and Karon you can relax with small children.
Video about Karon Beach:
There are restaurants and cafes nearby where you can feed your baby European or Russian dishes - in case you are afraid to try Thai or Asian food.
Children will like these Phuket beaches because they are convenient for swimming: they have gentle entrance to the sea, sandy bottom, no big waves in high season. But during the rainy season (May-October) on all Phuket beaches big waves, you should not swim with children.
For have a relaxing holiday with children in 2019, we can recommend the less touristy beaches of Phuket:
- Kamala – nice beach, where there is all the necessary infrastructure, but there are fewer tourists than in Kata, Karon and Patong.
- Tri Trang - beautiful small beach near Patong. There are few hotels and restaurants on this beach, but children will love the gentle entrance to the sea, the sandy bottom and the natural beauty. However, at low tide the water goes too far, and the beach looks unpresentable. I wouldn’t recommend staying here with children, but you can come here for one day.
- Knighton - this one beautiful beach with a gentle entrance to the sea and a wide coastal strip, it can be recommended for a holiday with children for those who do not care about infrastructure. There are several cafes, restaurants and shops on the beach, but for entertainment you will have to go elsewhere.
- Nai Harn - one of the best beaches in Phuket, including for children. There is soft sand, a gentle entrance to the sea and not as many tourists as on the main beaches of the island. There are many hotels and inns of all price categories nearby.
- Kata Noi is a small beach with developed infrastructure, separated by a hill from Kata Beach. There is a good sea and fewer tourists, but hotels and inns are more expensive. For small children, this Phuket beach will be good due to the absence of noisy discos and night entertainment.
If the abundance of tourists does not bother you, but the infrastructure is important, for a holiday with children you should choose beaches such as Patong, Kata and Karon. If you are looking for a quiet place family vacation, consider options with the beaches of Nai Harn, Naithon, Kata Noi and Kamala.
Photo: Kata Noi Beach in Phuket is well suited for families with children
What to see in Phuket with a child
If you're looking for places to go in Phuket with kids in 2019, there are good news: The island has many attractions and entertainment that will be of interest to young travelers.
Sights and interesting places
Museum of 3D Illusions
An art gallery with 3D images, where visitors are like participants in the picture. Nice place for children to take memorable photos. Ticket for adults - about 450 baht, for children - 270.
Bird Park
There are several bird parks in Phuket that you can visit with small children. One of the most popular is called Phuket Bird Paradise, it contains a large number of bird species, and there is a corral with sheep. The price for adults is 500 baht, a child ticket costs 300 baht.
Phuket Zoo
Phuket has a private zoo with a wide variety of animals and birds. There are shows with monkeys and crocodiles throughout the day. In addition, there is an aquarium and an orchid park.
If you are looking for something to see in Phuket with children, the zoo would be an excellent choice. A child ticket costs 300 baht, an adult ticket costs 500 baht.
Video about this Phuket entertainment for children:
Butterfly Park and Insect World
A garden with 40+ species of butterflies and a huge number of insects - from ants and dragonflies to scorpions. This is one of the best places in Phuket to go with children - mostly good things about it. Admission: 300 baht for adults, 150 baht for children (under 10 years old).
Phuket Fantasea Amusement Park
The entertainment complex, which can be compared to Disneyland, is located next to Kamala Beach. Colorful performances and shows, concerts and other events are held here. There are various shops and attractions for small children.
Aquarium and Oceanarium
A small but interesting aquarium in Phuket. In addition to a variety of fish, there are stingrays and leopard sharks, as well as a separate tank where you can touch starfish and other inhabitants of the sea. Entrance ticket: 100 baht – adult, 50 baht – children.
Tiger Kingdom
One of the best places to visit in Phuket with children is the Tiger Kingdom attraction, there are only two of them in Thailand. This big park, where you can take pictures with tigers and even touch them.
Entrance to each enclosure is paid separately, the price depends on the age of the tigers (the younger, the more expensive). For young children, only visits to cages with tiger cubs are provided, and children under 15 years of age are allowed into the cages with the permission of park staff.
There are often long queues during the day, but it’s worth it - both adults and children do not skimp on praise in their reviews.
Photo: Tiger Kingdom Dolphinarium
In the fall of 2015, another entertainment appeared in Phuket where you can go with children - the Nemo Dolphinarium. It shows a show of fur seals and dolphins, and you have the opportunity to swim with them or take a photo for an additional fee (using your camera).
Very close to the dolphinarium is the Phuket Zoo; you can visit both of these places at once - the children will be happy!
Ticket prices: 600-900 baht for children, 700-1200 baht for adults (depending on location).
Entertainment and active recreation
Flight of Hannuman
Hannuman's Flight is a place where you can ride on a rope over the jungle. The rope park occupies a huge territory, there are many spans, the longest is 400 meters.
The attraction is safe, you won’t fall off anywhere. Children over 4 years old can visit this place in Phuket; the price for children and adults is the same.
Photo: “Flight of Hanuman” attraction Horse and elephant riding
Another attraction that you can visit in Phuket with children in 2019 is horse riding. The cost of a walk is from 1000 baht per hour, you can. There are several places on the island where you can do this:
- Phuket Riding Club (Rawai Beach) – http://www.phukethorseclub.com
- Laguna (Bang Tao Beach)
- Crazy Horse (Nai Harn Beach)
In some places You can also ride elephants, which will undoubtedly appeal to children of any age! Adults leave very good reviews about this option for holidays with children in Phuket. Price for children – 400 baht for 15 minutes; 550 baht – for 30 minutes.
Karting
There are two karting areas in Phuket where you can relax with children. Children can ride with one of their parents in a double kart, or independently.
Water park
The huge Splash Jungle water park in the northern part of Phuket – great place, where you can go with children of any age. The water park has many water slides and attractions, as well as restaurants and cafes. A separate part of the water park is allocated for children, where the slides are smaller and the attractions are not so steep.
Ticket price: 1295 baht (adults), 650 baht – children under 12 years old. For children under 5 years old, entry to the Phuket water park is free.
Video about Splash Jungle water park in Phuket, Thailand:
Quad biking
The bravest ones can go quad biking. Young children can ride as passengers, and children over 12 years old can ride independently. No special training it doesn't require any permissions, and it's completely safe.
Dino Park
Dino Park has a restaurant, mini golf course and theme park with dinosaurs. You can play golf, take pictures with dinosaurs, and then have dinner with the whole family in a restaurant.
The cost depends on whether you are just going for a walk or playing mini golf: 90/180 baht for children, 120/240 baht for adults.
In addition, there are other entertainments for children in Phuket - for example, you can visit an orchid farm, botanical garden and other places. Perhaps you will find something for yourself on the complete map of Phuket:
Excursions
Many travel agencies organize transfers and excursions to many popular places, described in this article, but you can get there on your own.
You can go with your children on one of the excursions to the islands neighboring Phuket or to the province of Krabi, but it all depends on the age of the child. Small children will find it difficult to endure long excursions from Phuket, but you can go to nearby islands (for example, Coral Island). With an older child, you can go on most excursions in Phuket.
More information about excursions:
The best Phuket hotels for families with children
When choosing hotels in Phuket for families with children, many give preference to those hotels that have own water park or water slides .
We have prepared a list of the best Phuket with a water park and good reviews as of 2019.
Centara Grand Beach Resort Phuket – 5 stars, Karon Beach
A wonderful hotel on the first line of Karon beach. The entrance to the sea is gentle, the beach is sandy. There is a children's pool, a games room, a large and well-equipped indoor area, and a small water park with slides. The Centara Grand Hotel has a fitness center, spa, massage room, sauna, and several restaurants.
The cost of tours for 3 people (2 adults and 1 child) from Moscow starts from 150,000-170,000 rubles for 7 nights.
Outrigger Laguna Phuket Beach Resort – 5 stars, Bang Tao
The five-star Outrigger Laguna Phuket hotel is located close to the airport (20 minutes by car), which will be an additional advantage for vacationers with children. Own sandy beach The hotel is located on the first line, and guests are offered free umbrellas, sun loungers and beach towels. The entrance to the sea is gentle.
The hotel rooms are spacious and comfortable, the furniture is new, some rooms have panoramic windows overlooking the sea.
For children there is a separate swimming pool with water slides, a games room, a playground and a club. Babysitting services are available for an additional fee.
Tours for 3 people in 2019 cost from 170,000 rubles for 7 days.
Grand West Sands Resort & Villas Phuket – 5 stars, Mai Khao
The hotel is located on the first line of Mai Khao beach, near Phuket airport.
On the territory of Centara West Sands Resort there is a children's pool, a large water park with water slides and attractions (for example, an artificial wave). Entrance to the water park is free for hotel guests.
The beach is sandy and can be accessed through the hotel grounds. Convenient entry into the water, without a sharp increase in depth. Sun loungers and umbrellas are available at an additional cost.
The cost of tours with a child in 2019 is from 140,000 rubles for 7 days.
To plan a vacation with children in Phuket, it is not at all necessary to sit all day on the Internet, studying the island in detail and reading reviews. Instead, you can take a look at our general recommendations and choose the places that are right for you.
Phuket is the most large island in Thailand and one of the most popular tourist destinations. Here you can find entertainment for every taste, including for families with small children. Most of them are located near tourist areas such as Patong, Karon, Kata and others, which will save you and your children from long, tiring journeys.
The attractions of Phuket that we recommend for families with children to visit include:
- a butterfly garden, a bird park and a botanical garden, which is located in the center of the island, in the Chalong area;
- an aquarium located in the north of the island, near Panwa beach;
- 3D Museum in Phuket Town;
- Phuket Fanta Sea show, located near Kamala Beach.
In our opinion, the best area for a holiday with a child is the Nai Harn beach area. Calm, good hotels and a magnificent beach with a gentle slope, ideal for swimming babies - these are the reasons why you should pay attention to this option.
Phuket is considered to be a family resort, usually comparing it with riotous Pattaya. But before you come here with your children, weigh the pros and cons. The island is quite large, between interesting for the child attractions and hotels can be tens of kilometers of hot roads and frequent traffic jams. But if you have no doubt about the patience and curiosity of your baby, then welcome - Thais love children!
Where to stay
In principle, any area of Phuket is good if you have the opportunity to rent a villa in a gated community with a private pool, garden and lawn, and get to your favorite beaches by a comfortable car.
If you are going to stay in a hotel or rent a guest house in the private sector, then you should choose an area with a developed tourist infrastructure like Karon with its wide promenade and calm traffic. For example, the Kuku district in the north of Phuket Town is beautiful for its authenticity, cafes without menus in Russian, the absence of tourists and low prices for food and housing. However, there are absolutely no normal sidewalks here, their semblances are crowded with cars, shopping stalls or mopeds, sometimes it is difficult for even an adult to walk here, and there is absolutely nothing to do with a stroller. Too touristy Patong is also not best place for a holiday with a child - your regular neighbors at the hotel, cafe, pool and beach will probably be drinkers and revelers from all over the world.
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Scary stories about centipedes wandering into the room and snakes on the porch are true for the private sector; in a normal hotel such incidents are rare. A snake, of course, can crawl into a closed village, but here specially trained people will rush in at the first call, and the area will most likely be periodically treated for mosquitoes and other unpleasant biting things.
Where to swim
If we talk about beaches, then one of best options Nai Harn will become a bay with fine clean sand, warm water, all the necessary infrastructure, and most importantly, a long and gentle descent into the sea. To enter chest-deep water, an adult will have to stomp from the shore for several minutes. This means that no matter how playful your offspring is, he will not have time to escape to dangerous depths; you will catch up.
Things to do
There are no world-famous amusement parks in Phuket, but you can still find something to do for your child. Almost on the very edge of Cape Panwa is the Phuket Aquarium.
A little to the south, a five-minute walk from the aquarium, there is a pier where warships often dock. The boys will love it!
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The park occupies about 24 hectares; to see as much as possible, come when it opens.
Approximately in the center of the west coast, on Kamala Beach, guests will find Phuket's main show - the Phuket FantaSea theme park. There are no breathtaking attractions here; the purpose of the park is to introduce guests to the history of the island, the traditions and culture of its people. An elephant show theater, a colorful national performance, several restaurants, a village of shops, a children's play area "Similan" - this is not a complete list of entertainment in Phuket FantaSea.
Tickets to the FantaSea park are sold not only on site, but also from numerous intermediaries and travel agencies. Sometimes you can get a discount, but most often intermediaries will also provide you with a round-trip transfer for the same price.
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Phuket water park Splash Jungle does not pretend to be iconic or grandiose, but you can have a great time there with the whole family. It is located just north of the airport, you will have to get there by taxi, although in the mornings the Splash Jungle branded shuttle runs from the main beaches, however, for each passenger, except for very small children, they will charge an additional fee of 400 THB. Tickets can be purchased on site, booked online or purchased from resellers. In the latter case, there is a chance of a free transfer.
Go to the water park on weekdays, when there will be at least a few kids there. local residents. Attractions and water slides without queues - what could be better!
Sea excursions: yes or no?
If you leave your child in Phuket with no one, then it is better to refrain from sea excursions to the islands with long passages on high-speed boats. One and a half to two hours of jumping on the waves will exhaust even an adult; for a child such a journey can be torture.
The main resort regions of the country are Pattaya and Phuket, they are fundamentally different from each other. Pattaya is a bustling city, famous for its red light district and endless parties, while Phuket has a peaceful atmosphere, making it more preferable for families with children.
Much of Phuket's coastline is suitable for families as the water Andaman Sea It is crystal clear here and the sand is soft and warm. Due to the large amount of vegetation and the absence of harmful emissions into the water, Phuket beaches are very environmentally friendly, which is one of the important factors for children's health.
When going to, you should think in advance which beach to choose for your holiday in order to save time on searching for it. Let's look at the best beaches in Phuket for families with children.
Kamala
It is a relatively small beach, the territory of which along the sea occupies only 1700 m. It is located in a shallow bay, surrounded on both sides by small mountains and pine forests. The sand on the shore is soft and golden-white. There are practically no strong waves here, so it is safe for children to swim.
The central part is usually crowded; the northern part is more suitable for a quiet holiday; there is practically no entertainment on its territory, there are no bars or discos here, which is an advantage for families with kids. There are many fishing boats in the southern part, children love to walk here and watch them.
You can get to the beach from the airport by taxi, the trip will take about 30 minutes, and the cost will be around 800 baht. Buses run on a specific schedule, and the journey will take several times longer. In the very center of Kamala there is a green park; the air here is especially clean, so it will benefit children. provide all conditions for a family holiday.
Karon
– one of the most popular and largest beaches in Phuket is also great for families with children. Its length is more than 5500 m. There are no sharp changes in the sea, the depth increases gradually, so it is suitable for swimming children.
A distinctive feature of the beach is white sand, which contains quartz. When walking, it makes specific creaking sounds. The coastal strip is well landscaped, there are sun loungers and umbrellas. In the southern part there are coral reefs; older children will be interested in diving or snorkeling.
Patong
The resort is quite noisy and crowded; on its territory there are many shopping centers, shops and bars. This Phuket's largest child-friendly beach. It has an area of more than 16 km², so motorcycle taxis ply through it.
You should relax with children in the northern part, there are much fewer people and cleaner water. Compared to other beaches, the infrastructure here is well developed, so you can easily find a pharmacy or a store with baby food and diapers. There are even paved paths, making it easy to navigate with a stroller.
Kata
Located near beach area Karon Beach. You can get here from the airport by taxi, bus or tuk-tuk. Here clean water, gentle entrance to the sea and golden sand, which allows us to call Kata one of the best beaches in Phuket for children.
Located near Kata Beach observation deck ho Saam Hat, which offers beautiful views of the sea and bays. From here you can go on popular excursions that kids will love - the Butterfly Garden and the Sea Shell Museum.
This is a list of the best Phuket beaches for children. Rawai and Nacalai beaches should be avoided, they are not equipped, dirty and completely unsuitable for swimming, since the water is cloudy and entry into the sea is unsafe.
It is worth noting that swimming in the sea anywhere is dangerous due to strong undercurrents. There are always lifeguards on the beaches, who will definitely warn you about them in case of unforeseen situations.
Holidays in Phuket with children are easy and safe, since right on the island you can find all the necessary children's accessories, including baby food and toys. If necessary, you can buy medicine or consult a professional doctor - there are pharmacy kiosks and clinics near each beach. Add to this a well-developed road network and a wide choice of transport.
Ecology
Industrial activity on the island stopped in the middle of the last century. Nature has fully recovered both at sea and on land. Lots of greenery clean air. There are several parks with asphalt paths. They are convenient for walking with strollers. Most noise and cars in . But there is absolutely no need to go there.
Entertainment
You won't have any problems choosing where to spend your time. You can go to and, ride boats, watch life underwater inhabitants V . Or take part in various shows. For example, visiting an amusement park.
Cons
Prices
At the peak tourist season prices in Phuket are steep (read about prices, weather and beaches). They are higher than in Bangkok or Pattaya. But significantly lower than in the days winter holidays in both capitals of Russia - St. Petersburg and Moscow.
Swimming season
From May to November, the swimming season in Phuket practically stops. It's all about frequent storms that disperse high waves. All beaches have signs prohibiting entry into the water. Naturally, various water attractions - jet skis, banana boats and other beach activities are excluded from the program.
The best beaches in Phuket for families with children
Only west coast Phuket is accessible for recreation, but there are also quite a few places where the rocks approach the water itself. Between them there are strips of sand with convenient entry into the sea, around which the entire tourist infrastructure is concentrated. Now we will briefly describe the most famous of them, and you can decide for yourself which ones fit the definition of “for holidays with children”, based on your own preferences.
Patong Beach
Entertainment for children in Phuket
There is entertainment for children in Phuket for every taste and budget, here are just a few of them:
- here is the answer to the popular question: “Where to go with children in Phuket?” Divided into five thematic zones - Asia, America, Antarctica, Africa, Ancient world. On an area of 22 thousand square meters. meters there are more than fifteen attractions of varying extremes.
– here’s what else you should definitely see with your children in Phuket. It is best to visit it in the evening, when all the dinosaur figures and the fake volcano are effectively illuminated.
- also an ideal place where else you can go with a small child in Phuket. It is small, and most of its inhabitants are large and brightly colored. Therefore, an excursion with a child will be tireless and interesting.
– an amusement park with a full-day excursion. There are attractions for both little ones and teenagers. You can chat with the inhabitants of the petting zoo. Particularly interesting are the Tiger Show and the Elephant Palace, where performances with trained animals are performed every day.
Riding - organized by most travel agencies in Phuket. But this is entertainment for everyone. Not only children, but also some adults are afraid of being on the back of these giants, since these cute animals can be very unpredictable during the mating season or if they are treated cruelly by the driver.
