Phuket guided tour including Wat Chalong temple and town

Excursions & day trips

Phuket, Thailand

from 11 reviews

4.4/5

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Language: English , Italian

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Duration:2 hours

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Learn about the history and architecture of Phuket old town

Get a close-up look at Wat Chalong, Phuket's most revered temple

Perch at the top of Rang Hill for panoramic views over the Andaman Sea

Visit a Thai home to meet the locals and see how rubber is made

Expert local guide with an unrivalled knowledge of Phuket Island

What to expect

Peek past Phuket's dreamy beaches and you'll discover another side to the island. You'll visit Wat Chalong temple, visit a cashew nut factory, soak up views of Thalong Road and Rang Hill. Anchali, a local expert guide, says, “this tour shares the best of Phuket's culture in just one action-packed day. My personal highlight is Wat Chalong, the biggest Buddhist temple on the island. Its impressive red, white and gold facade never fails to inspire me.” Kick off the tour at Wat Chalong, the island's most revered temple. The jewel in the crown of the complex is the richly decorated Grand Pagoda, which contains a bone splinter said to be from the Buddha. Next, you'll head to a nut factory to see how locally grown cashew nuts are plucked from yellow cashew apples, roasted, and peeled to become the moreish snack we know and love. Stroll along the famous Thalong Road – look out for vibrant Chinese-Portuguese architecture and the early 20th-century mansion featured in the film, Good Morning Vietnam. After taking in the views over Phuket Town at Khao Rang Hill Viewpoint, you'll head to a pearl farm for the inside scoop into one of Phuket's most important industries. You'll wrap things up with a tasty Thai lunch, and visit a typical home where you'll see a rubber tapping demo, plus a quick lesson on how to whip up the perfect Thai curry.

What's included

Transport

Guide

Lunch

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What to remember

The tour requires a minimum of four guests to run with an English-speaking guide, or six guests with a guide in any other language

Just so you know, there's an annual celebration at Wat Chalong that runs from 24th January to 4th February. During this time, this tour will not visit the temple and will instead stop at Wat Tai.

Not suitable for guests with reduced mobility

Bring suitable footwear

Dress appropriately – no shoulders or knees showing – when visiting religious buildings

Subject to weather conditions

Please note that all times are approximate and subject to change

Provider

TUI DESTINATION EXPERIENCES (THAILAND) LTD.

Booking Fee

Good news! No extra fees are applied to this booking.

Cancellation Fee

Receive a 100% refund if you cancel up to 1 day before the experience begins

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Full day tour in English - $90.00

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Full day tour in French - $90.00

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Based on 12 reviews from verified customers

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Great (3)

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Mum and daughter vacation

March 2025

From United States of America

Traveled as With family - 52 years old

Excellent

Great day out very enjoyable especially the farm and wonderful lunch didn't feel rushed nice going to see chinese temple in phuket excellent guide and transport would recommend this trip and company

Kath

January 2025

From United States of America

Traveled as As a couple - 44 years old

Excellent

Brilliant day, guide fantastic.

Nick

November 2024

From United Kingdom

Traveled as As a couple - 21 years old

Excellent

I enjoyed this trip and felt it was very enjoyable and informative. I felt the visit to the cashew nut factory was a bit pointless and the visit to the traditional house was slightly duplicated by the visit to the farm. Things could have probably felt a bit less rushed by maybe not going to the cashew nut factory. The temple visit was particularly interesting

Green family

August 2024

From United States of America

Traveled as With family - 28 years old

Great

The big Buddha and temple were great, as was the farm at the end of the tour. The cashew nut factory and pearl factory were good but a tad underwhelming..it did feel a little like a selling opportunity rather than an information experience.

Sharon

March 2024

From United Kingdom

Traveled as With family - 43 years old

Average

The trip to the Big Buddha and Wat Chalong were excellent and our guide was very informative and helpful. I would have preferred more time at the temples than visiting the pearl factory and cashew nut factory which I feel were both just a selling exercise. Due to this we left the trip early, thanks to the help of the guide, forgoing the included lunch as we were also not interested in learning about rubber tapping after lunch!

Nick

February 2024

From United Kingdom

Traveled as As a couple - 45 years old

Great

PLACES WE WENT TO THE WALK ROUND THE OLD TOWN WE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO LOOK AT THE SHOPS OR ANY OF THE BILDINGS

Lyons

January 2024

From United States of America

Traveled as With family

Average

The cashew “shop” and pearl “shop” where sold as farm where would learn about process but they were not that at all and basically just shops to buy them

Jules and Lee

April 2023

From United States of America

Traveled as As a couple - 32 years old

Excellent

The guide was fabulous and very knowledgeable. We booked the tour to see the Big Budda and the Tempke, but also enjoyed the farm and the factory very interesting. Due to another tour group arriving at the same time as us at the Pearl shop we didn't get to see them getting the pearl from the shell or informed how to tell the difference from a real pearl to a fake as informed by the guide, alittle disappointed, we only got to look around the shop. Overall the tour was amazing, and well feed.

Maria Rodrigues

April 2023

From United States of America

Traveled as As a couple - 38 years old

Excellent

LW

November 2022

From United Kingdom

Traveled as As a couple - 13 years old

Excellent

Our guide and driver were amazing - very knowledgeable and we learnt so much! Loved the amount of stops (each one was very different) and it was a very small group of 5 of us which felt very personal. My favourite was the stop at the end at Old Phuket Farm - we had an amazing Thai lunch and then learnt about the old methods for rice farming, had a rubber demonstration and fed water buffalo. Would recommend this trip if you want to learn more about the Phuket culture :)

Jeff

August 2022

From United Kingdom

Traveled as With family

Excellent

My son slid on stairs at the temple and needed to go to the hospital. The tour guide immediately arranged for us to be escorted to there and ensured we were accompanied throughout. The tour insurance covered everything. We were so grateful for their support. Thankfully it was only bruising and we were able to complete our holiday but at the time it was very uncertain and the tour guide reassured us every step of the way

Sunglasses Ron

March 2022

From United Kingdom

Traveled as As a couple - 35 years old

Great

Overall good,friendly guide, negative was wasting time at the tourist trap"factory" outlets (cashew and pearl shops), no one bought anything and its a bit unfair to pressure sales when people are paying for a cultural tour. Aside from that though,we enjoyed and the food at the tarm was excellent.

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