Waterfalls Phuket

Bang Pae waterfall

Phukets three most famous waterfalls are not nearby the largest in Thailand and in dry season the waterfalls is not worth a visit. The largest waterfall named Bang Pae is only around 18 meters high, not exactly the worlds largest. So you see there is no need to vast a whole day traveling just to take pictures in front of a "big" waterfall.

A much better reason is to get away from the beach and sun if only for a day. But why should someone want to do that? It's easy to have a sunburn on the beach, so visiting a waterfall is your chance to let the skin heal and at the same time experience Phukets only remaining rainforest.

Ton Sai and Bang Pae is located in Khao Phra Thaeo National Park 22 kilometers north of Phuket Town on the way to the airport. Also found at Bang Pae is Gibbon Rehabilitation Project where they try to save pet gibbons that have been abandoned.

Walking up to Bang Pae waterfall from the parking lot take around 10 minutes. Under the waterfall is a small pond where many people take the opportunity to bath in cool water and jump from the waterfall out in the pond (don't try it yourself if you don't know what you are doing).

Ton Sai waterfall

Ton Sai waterfall is on the other side of the hill not far away from the highway in Thalang where parts of the movie Good Morning Vietnam were filmed.
This is a perfect place for picnic in the park, very pretty. Only a short walk from the parking lot.

Or you can go hiking and explore the jungle around the waterfall. There are maps of the park and guides waiting to take you trough the jungel over to Bang Pae.

Thi Lo Su waterfalls Photo: tat.co.th

If you want to see Thailands most beautiful waterfalls take the plane to Tak province in Northern Thailand and visit Thi Lo Su and Thi Lo Re waterfalls. Another waterfall is located in Kathu a short drive from Patong Beach where the following story is from.

THE STORY OF KATHU WATERFALL

Kathu waterfall

Thai men go here for drinking and guitar playing while the children take a bath under the waterfall.

At the Kathu hills there is a small waterfall, but not too small, that is a popular meeting place for the whole family.

The women take care of the children to take a baht under the waterfall while the men have a good time drinking Thai whisky, guitar playing and say "hello, how are you?" ( Thai people are very friendly ) to the tourists that have found the way up the stairs that you think never end.

When you think it's no more stairs you just realize that you are only at the bottom of the waterfall. Seeing the whole waterfall means more climbing in temperature over 30 degrees. No problem for a Viking like me that is not used to hot weather, it's a bigger problem for Thais that get sick of to much sun.

When you have reach the top of the waterfall do like the children and take a bath, I think you will need it.