Phuket’s Kata Beach is the best place for families!

Phuket’s Kata Beach is the third most popular beach after Patong and Caron. Nearby is the Kata Road, the second-largest highway of the same name, which runs along the coast through the entire town of Karon, which is twenty kilometers west of the island’s island capital, Phuket Town. The strip of sand is about a kilometer long and not more than forty wide, it is three times shorter than the Karon located to the north of it and twice as long as Kata Noi Beach located to the south. If it weren’t for the two rock massifs that divide the coast into three parts, the southwest of Phuket could have had one continuous beach line. Recreation here is somewhat calmer than in the above areas, and disposes to relaxation. The photos are below for convincing, if you don’t have enough, check out online webcam at Kata Beach.

Entertainment

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Entertainment at Kata Beach on Phuket Island is inferior in variety and scale not only to Patong, but even Karon, which lies half a kilometer to the north. However, especially bored you will not have. The bulk of development in this area fit between Kata Road and Patak Road, running parallel to the coast. There you can find stores, massage parlors, restaurants, bars, and internet cafes. There are a few markets (before you visit them, it’s important to learn how to bargain hopperfectly). Due to the large number of vacationers Russian tourists, it is quite common to see signs, banners, posters in the native language.

Kata Beach on Phuket Island

There are several tour bureaus offering short tours of the surrounding area or long tours throughout Thailand (for the most select excursions, see “Best Phuket Island Excursions”). Thanks to the often choppy sea – this place is ideal for beginner surfers, so a school has opened in the south of the beach to teach surfing. On a wooded cliff between Karon and Kata is a small mini golf course called Dino Park, whose name speaks for itself because of its Jurassic-style design. Therefore, in it you can see dinosaurs, albeit not real, but quite realistic.

Surfing at Kata Beach

If you don’t know where to eat in Kata Beach, go to Mom Tri’s Kitchen. The food there is excellent, but the minimum check is 1000 baht. And just a bite to eat anywhere, street makashnitsa are found at every step. In the evening, there are food courts near many hotels.

Mom Tri's Kitchen Restaurant near Kata Beach

Mom Tri’s Kitchen Restaurant

Thanks to the lack of nightlife of a sexual nature and the remoteness from the bustling Patong – this place is ideal for a family vacation, allowing you to relax and enjoy the beautiful surroundings. However, during the high season the beach is not weakly filled with tourists.

Kata Beach on Phuket Island

Shopping

Shopping at Kata Beach on Phuket Island is more likely to disappoint you. It is dominated by small shops and small local markets. Clothing and shoes made in Thailand, traditional souvenirs, this variety of goods is limited. For a serious purchase it is better to go to Phuket Town or Patong.

Shopping at Kata Beach

Sightseeing

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You might think that the attractions at Kata Beach on Phuket Island are completely absent. However, they are there, although there are not that many. A kilometer to the east, on Mount Nakaked, among the forest is a temple complex Big Buddha with a 45-meter statue, which can be seen even from the beach. Only crazy extreme people can get to it directly. The rest rent tuk-tuk, cab or book a tour. Read more about the Big Buddha statue in Phuket.

Big Buddha Statue in Phuket

Big Buddha Statue in Phuket

About five kilometers south, if you take Route 4233 (Chalong Ring), there is an observation deck located on Kho Sam Hut Hill. From there you have a wonderful view of the west coast of the island and the three surrounding beaches.

Phuket Viewpoint

On the way to the Big Buddha, you can check out the functioning Wat Chalong temple complex. It was built in the early 19th century and has a religious school and a dormitory for monks. Interesting architecture, paintings and statues. You can go to the fortune tellers.

Wat Chalong Temple Complex in Phuket

Hotels

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Hotels on Phuket’s Kata Beach are located outside the shoreline. On Kata Road, the distance from the entrance to the water’s edge is 200 meters. The hotels on Koktanod Road are closer, at a distance of about 90 meters. The hotels on Koktanod Road are the most expensive on Kata Road. To find a cheap hotel, visit Hotellook.ru and RoomGuru.ru. Below you’ll find a widget of the most popular hotels with reservations.

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How to get there

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After buying a tour to Kata Beach and landing at Phuket Airport, tourists often have the question of how to get there. Even more often the problem is solved by itself, because there are usually cab drivers waiting in the arrivals hall and offer a ride anywhere. In this case the trip will cost from 200 to 1000 baht. You can also take a regular minibus. The counters of the carriage companies are located in the arrivals hall, it is not difficult to find them. In general, getting from the airport to Kata is not difficult.

If you are traveling in a large group or with a small child, it is better to order a transfer through the popular service KiwiTaxi.ru. In the first case, you will save a few hundred baht, thanks to the roomy minivan, in the second – you will get to a child with greater safety, because the driver will offer a child seat. For more information on prices and prices of transfers, please see the widget below.

You can also get a ride in our city center.

To get to Kata Beach from Phuket Town, you can take municipal transport, which are blue colored shuttle buses. From Phuket Town they leave from Ranong Road, and in Kata they stop a hundred meters before the beach, at the intersection of Kata Road and Koktanod Road. The ticket costs from 40 baht, the bus stops near each palm tree, so it takes almost an hour to cover 20 km.

How to get to Kata Beach in Phuket

From Patong towards Karon there is a road – Siriat Road. It is one and it is impossible to get lost. The distance on the map is about five kilometers, but taking into account the terrain – the mountains – it will take all of 15, so you can’t get on foot. Rent a tuk-tuk, a cab or just ask a Thai on motosai to give you a ride. Phuket Town is connected to the southwest coast of the island by two roads: Phra Phuketkaeo Road, which goes through Ka Thu town and leads to Patong; Chaofa East Road (Chalong), which turns into Patak Road and exits to Kata Beach.

Kata Beach on a map of Phuket

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