Высокий сезон · с ноября по апрель
November to April: dry, clear air and the widest views from the tower, best early in the morning before the haze builds.
Кхао Кхад на фотографиях
- Виды
- Free 360-degree tower
- Тишина
- Fewer people than the sunset spots
- Прогулки
- About 200 steps to the top
- Парковка
- Car park and toilets below the tower
- Еда
- Seafood restaurants by the mangroves
- Доступ
- Car or scooter; no public transport
О месте: Кхао Кхад
Khao Khad is the hill in the middle of the Cape Panwa peninsula, a 15 to 20 minute drive south-east of Phuket Town. Its top carries Khao Khad View Tower; its western foot reaches the shore of Chalong Bay at the village of Ban Bo Rae. The zone runs from the hilltop down to that shore. Ao Yon and Khao Khad Beach, to the south, are on the Cape Panwa page, and Ao Makham's bay lies to the east.
The tower was built by the Wichit municipality: an eight-sided concrete tower with a spiral staircase of about 200 steps above a car park with toilets and a drinks stall. Signboards at the top name the islands and bays in view, from Chalong Bay and the Big Buddha to Phuket Town, Koh Sire and Cape Panwa, and on a clear day Phang Nga Bay. It is free, open from about 06:00 to 18:00, and far quieter than the island's famous sunset spots.
Below the hill, Ban Bo Rae is a village of homes with a community centre and a small market on Soi Hat Tawan Ron, close to the Chalong Bay shore. There are no hotels or bars on the hill itself; the seafood restaurants on the mangrove creeks just north-west, such as Chaiyo and the MICHELIN-listed Mor Mu Dong, are a few minutes' drive away.
The hills between Khao Khad and Ao Makham hold an old village grazing reserve. In July 2026 Phuket's governor ordered an urgent check of the public-land certificate being drawn up for about 2,000 rai of the Ao Makham–Khao Khad reserve, across villages Moo 6, 7 and 8; the map that had circulated was only a surveyor's draft.
Чем хорош Кхао Кхад
What you see
Signboards name the view all round: Chalong Bay and the Big Buddha, Phuket Town, Koh Sire, Cape Panwa and the small islands off Ao Yon; on clear days Phang Nga Bay.
The climb
About 200 steps up the tower's spiral staircase from the car park; short, but hot in the middle of the day.
At the foot of the tower
A large car park, toilets and usually someone selling cold drinks; nothing at the top.
Few visitors
Far fewer people than at the island's famous sunset spots; mornings are the quietest and the clearest.
Seafood nearby
Chaiyo Seafood keeps its catch in a mangrove stream off Sakdidet Road; Mor Mu Dong, a MICHELIN Bib Gourmand, serves southern Thai seafood in pavilions by the Mu Dong canal.
Forest towards Ao Yon
The wooded slopes south of the hill hold Ton Ao Yon Waterfall, a small fall known mostly to locals, and Tarzan Adventure's rope park.
Чем заняться: Кхао Кхад
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Природа
Khao Khad View Tower
Climb about 200 steps for a free 360-degree view over Chalong Bay, Phuket Town and the islands; open from about 06:00 to 18:00.
Еда и напитки
Crab at Chaiyo Seafood
Seafood by the kilo from a mangrove stream off Sakdidet Road; black crab costs 480 to 590 THB a kilo, about two large crabs.
Еда и напитки
Mor Mu Dong
Rustic pavilions in the mangroves by the Mu Dong canal and southern Thai seafood from live tanks; a MICHELIN Bib Gourmand.
Еда и напитки
A long lunch at Palai
A big open-air seafood restaurant on the Palai shore of Chalong Bay, with live tanks at the front and longtail boats beyond the mangroves; opens at 09:00.
Семья
Tarzan Adventure
A small rope park on a forested hill above the sea, with rope bridges and zip lines suited to first-timers; daily 09:00 to 18:00.
Природа · низкий сезон
Ton Ao Yon Waterfall
A small, little-known fall just south of the hill, reached by driving past Ao Yon; no gate and no fee, daylight only.
Семья
Arapaima fishing park
A stocked lake in Chalong where children can catch fish bigger than themselves; half a day for one angler costs 2,500 THB, rods and bait included.
Культура
Wat Thepnimit
A local temple north of the hill, founded by villagers in 1937, with a golden chedi, a white pagoda and a meditating Buddha. Free.
Купание
Swim at Ao Yon
The nearest swimming beach, a sheltered bay south of the hill that usually stays calm in the low season.
Покупки
Ban Bo Rae's market
A small community seafood market in the village on Soi Hat Tawan Ron.
День на месте: Кхао Кхад
The view is clearest and the steps coolest at the start of the day. Khao Khad View Tower
Tarzan Adventure opens its trails on the forested slope towards Ao Yon. Tarzan Adventure Phuket
Lunch in Mor Mu Dong's pavilions by the canal. Mor Mu Dong
Ten minutes south, the sheltered bay is the nearest place to swim.
The west-facing shore at Khao Khad Beach looks over Chalong Bay towards the Big Buddha's hill.
Dinner at Chaiyo Seafood, where the catch waits in the stream. Chaiyo Seafood
Места: Кхао Кхад
Наш выбор
Khao Khad View Tower
Смотровая площадка · Кхао КхадA viewing tower on top of one of the highest and most remote hills of Phuket, above Cape Panwa; also called Panwa Viewpoint.
Tarzan Adventure Phuket
Парк приключений · ПанваA small rope park on a forested hill on Cape Panwa overlooking the sea, suited to first-timers.
Ton Ao Yon Waterfall
Водопад · ПанваA little-known waterfall on the Cape Panwa peninsula, visited mostly by a few locals.
Chaiyo Seafood
Рыбный ресторанA seafood restaurant by a mangrove stream on Sakdidet Road near Phuket Town, keeping its live seafood in the stream itself.
Mor Mu Dong
Ресторан · Бухта ЧалонгA seafood restaurant of rustic pavilions in the mangroves beside the Mu Dong canal in Chalong, named after its founder, Mor; a MICHELIN Bib Gourmand.
Palai Seafood
Рыбный ресторан · Бухта ЧалонгA long-established seafood restaurant on the Palai shore of Chalong, with a big open-air dining room over the bay.
Arapaima Fishing Park Phuket
Семейный аттракцион · Бухта ЧалонгA stocked fishing lake in Chalong, on Soi Palai 2, where children can catch fish bigger than themselves.
Ruamrudee International School Phuket
Бухта ЧалонгThe Phuket campus of Ruamrudee International School, a Bangkok school founded in 1957, in Chalong between forest and sea.
Wat Thepnimit
Буддийский храмA local temple in Wichit, near the subdistrict office and not far from Phuket Town, founded in 1937 by villagers on former rubber-plantation land.
Велнес
Sea Sand Massage Panwa
Массаж · Кхао КхадA small, intimate massage studio in Panwa: modest outside, tidy and peaceful inside, with just two massage beds; quiet, clean and unhurried.
- The zone
- A place, as the list numbers it
Жильё и места на карте
Буддийский храм
Смотровая площадка
Водопад
Рыбный ресторан
Ресторан
Рыбный ресторан
Парк приключений
Семейный аттракцион
Массаж
Жильё: Кхао Кхад
Village houses and small estates in Ban Bo Rae and along the hill roads, with villas on the slopes towards Ao Yon. Phanason Villa, a 602-house estate finished in 2017 just north of Bo Rae, sold from about 3.7 million THB in October 2026; one-bedroom rents across Chalong and Wichit ran 13,000–28,000 THB a month (July 2026).
Кхао Кхад: сезоны
Низкий сезон · с мая по октябрь
May to October: showers and cloud can hide the far islands, but the tower stays open and quieter still, and the small waterfall nearby runs best.
Кхао Кхад с детьми
A short, cheap outing for children: the tower's stairs and its view, a beginners' rope park on the slope and the Phuket Aquarium a short drive south on Cape Panwa. Hold small hands on the stairs and the open deck.
- About 200 steps up; a drinks stall waits at the foot.
- Tarzan Adventure suits children trying a rope course for the first time.
- At the Arapaima fishing park children can land fish bigger than themselves.
- Ruamrudee International School Phuket is about a kilometre west, in Chalong.
- Ao Yon, ten minutes south, is the nearest calm water for a swim.
Как добраться: Кхао Кхад, парковка
- Из аэропорта, на машине
- 40–55 мин
- Из Патонга, с учётом пробок
- 35–50 мин
- Из Пхукет-тауна
- 15–20 мин
Khao Khad is reached from Sakdidet Road, the road from Phuket Town to Cape Panwa: before the cape a side road climbs to the tower, with small signs all the way. There is no public transport, so come by car, scooter or taxi; Phuket Town is 15 to 20 minutes away.
- На машине. Take Sakdidet Road towards Cape Panwa and follow the small signs up the steep side road to the car park; the Ao Yon–Khao Khad road also climbs to it from the south.
- На скутере. The easiest way up; the last stretch is steep.
- Grab и такси. Taxis and ride apps come up, but nothing waits at the top: book the ride down.
Парковка. A large free car park at the foot of the tower, with toilets and a drinks stall.
Кому понравится Кхао Кхад, а кому нет
Понравится
- Anyone who wants a panorama without the crowds.
- Day-trippers to Cape Panwa adding a free view on the way.
- Walkers who like a short, steep climb with a reward.
- Families after a cheap outing with stairs to climb and a rope park nearby.
- Residents of Chalong and Wichit, ten minutes away, for an early-morning view.
Не понравится
- Visitors who cannot manage about 200 steps: there is no other way up.
- Anyone after nightlife: there is none on the hill.
- Swimmers: the hill has no beach; Ao Yon is ten minutes south.
Советы: Кхао Кхад
Go early
The tower opens at about 06:00; the morning light is clearest and the steps coolest.
Check the closing time
The council gives 18:00, possibly 18:30: around sunset time, so do not plan on watching the sun go down from the top.
Watch for the small signs
The turn-off from Sakdidet Road is easy to miss; small signs mark the way up.
Bring water
Drinks are sold at the foot of the tower, not at the top.
Book your ride down
Taxis do not wait at the car park.
Combine it with Cape Panwa
The aquarium, Ao Yon and Panwa House are 10 to 15 minutes further south.
Crab is sold by weight
At Chaiyo, a kilo of black crab, about two large crabs, costs 480 to 590 THB.
Что изменилось недавно
- Июль 2026
The governor ordered an urgent check of the public-land certificate being drawn up for about 2,000 rai of the Ao Makham–Khao Khad grazing reserve (Moo 6, 7 and 8); the map that circulated was a draft.