Cape Phromthep is Phuket's southernmost point, a rocky headland surrounded past times steep cliffs amongst views of the sea too all the islands to the southward too due east of Phuket. The coastal scenery is quite beautiful, too the surface area simply about Phromthep heading towards Rawai Beach to the due east or Naiharn Beach to the northward is silent placidity too undeveloped, making a prissy alter from the original beaches of Phuket. This picayune corner of Phuket has ever been a favourite of ours. Nothing else to do? Let's guide keep a displace downward to Rawai too Phromthep...
Yes, we've stopped at Laem Phromthep countless times. Anytime nosotros guide keep visitors, this surface area is on the to-do list. But somehow, despite the fact that Phromthep Cape is known every bit THE Phuket sunset viewpoint, I guide keep hardly ever been at that spot for sunset. You tin displace along Rawai beach route past times the picayune seafood restaurants too plough left onto the winding hilly route upwardly to the cape. Now, every bit I say, Phromthep is THE identify to lookout adult man the sunset, all the guidebooks too websites tell so. Personally I intend anywhere past times the sea or amongst a persuasion looking westward is practiced for a sunset :) Don't last also surprised to run across a packed machine commons at Phromthep amongst a dozen buses too people everywhere. On the route past times the machine commons you lot detect nutrient stalls too souvenir stalls...
(above) if you lot purchase ane of these t-shirts I volition detect you lot too wound you.
You walk upwardly the steps past times the machine park, mayhap purchase some snacks at a nutrient stall to nibble every bit the Sun sets. At the overstep of the steps inwards a higher identify the cars you lot guide keep a large opened upwardly surface area amongst groovy views, too everywhere at that spot are people waiting for the sunset too taking vacation snaps. There are oft many local folks upwardly at that spot especially at weekends. Plenty of unusual tourists too. All waiting for that "magical" sunset.
And at Cape Phromthep you lot larn entertained piece you lot hold back too! Live music ...
Sometimes the heaven is also hazy or cloudy for a spectacular sunset, you lot guide keep to last lucky. When I took these photos inwards 2009, the Sun did eventually sink behind the hazy horizon, but yet it was a groovy photograph opportunity! I also similar sunsets at Kata Beach, or watching the sunset too enjoying the views from the Big Buddha for example, but Phromthep is a rattling scenic area, too (here's an idea!) you lot could consume at the Phromthep Cape restaurant or caput downward to Rawai afterwards sunset for dinner or a potable at Nikitas Bar past times the beach for example.
(above) Actually .. rather a prissy sunset!
There's a pocket-sized but interesting shrine at Cape Phromthep amongst elephant images all around. People were proverb prayers every bit the Sun set...
When I took these pics at Cape Phromthep inwards 2009 at that spot was also a bongo playing / burn downward dancing combo... We gave our kids some alter to position inwards the hat. My iv twelvemonth quondam boy was specially impressed past times the burn downward dancer. Photos are non great, I had a elementary photographic tv set camera inwards 2009 too no tripod either. One of these days .... require to become ane time again amongst some amend photographic tv set camera gear!
Being a rather rocky headland, at that spot is a lighthouse hither .. although boats guide keep GPS too radar these days of course! The lighthouse, built inwards 1996 for the golden jubilee of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, is opened upwardly to earth - you lot tin climb upwardly some steps within for a amend persuasion (please take your shoes). Outside is a sunrise / sunset scoreboard:
Note the twelvemonth "52". The quondam calendar is silent used for official business. In Thailand, 2552 = 2009, which was when the photograph was taken. So, here's a persuasion from the lighthouse (click to enlarge), the Sun having already all but sunk into the hazy horizon leaving a tedious orangish glow. Sunset over, fourth dimension to become home!
Related posts on the Phuket Blog
Walking to the halt of Phromthep Cape
Restaurant at Phromthep Cape
Phuket Hills too Viewpoints
(Note : this spider web log postal service is originally from 2009, updated September 2013) Sumber http://jamie-monk.blogspot.com
Yes, we've stopped at Laem Phromthep countless times. Anytime nosotros guide keep visitors, this surface area is on the to-do list. But somehow, despite the fact that Phromthep Cape is known every bit THE Phuket sunset viewpoint, I guide keep hardly ever been at that spot for sunset. You tin displace along Rawai beach route past times the picayune seafood restaurants too plough left onto the winding hilly route upwardly to the cape. Now, every bit I say, Phromthep is THE identify to lookout adult man the sunset, all the guidebooks too websites tell so. Personally I intend anywhere past times the sea or amongst a persuasion looking westward is practiced for a sunset :) Don't last also surprised to run across a packed machine commons at Phromthep amongst a dozen buses too people everywhere. On the route past times the machine commons you lot detect nutrient stalls too souvenir stalls...
(above) if you lot purchase ane of these t-shirts I volition detect you lot too wound you.
You walk upwardly the steps past times the machine park, mayhap purchase some snacks at a nutrient stall to nibble every bit the Sun sets. At the overstep of the steps inwards a higher identify the cars you lot guide keep a large opened upwardly surface area amongst groovy views, too everywhere at that spot are people waiting for the sunset too taking vacation snaps. There are oft many local folks upwardly at that spot especially at weekends. Plenty of unusual tourists too. All waiting for that "magical" sunset.
And at Cape Phromthep you lot larn entertained piece you lot hold back too! Live music ...
Sometimes the heaven is also hazy or cloudy for a spectacular sunset, you lot guide keep to last lucky. When I took these photos inwards 2009, the Sun did eventually sink behind the hazy horizon, but yet it was a groovy photograph opportunity! I also similar sunsets at Kata Beach, or watching the sunset too enjoying the views from the Big Buddha for example, but Phromthep is a rattling scenic area, too (here's an idea!) you lot could consume at the Phromthep Cape restaurant or caput downward to Rawai afterwards sunset for dinner or a potable at Nikitas Bar past times the beach for example.
(above) Actually .. rather a prissy sunset!
There's a pocket-sized but interesting shrine at Cape Phromthep amongst elephant images all around. People were proverb prayers every bit the Sun set...
When I took these pics at Cape Phromthep inwards 2009 at that spot was also a bongo playing / burn downward dancing combo... We gave our kids some alter to position inwards the hat. My iv twelvemonth quondam boy was specially impressed past times the burn downward dancer. Photos are non great, I had a elementary photographic tv set camera inwards 2009 too no tripod either. One of these days .... require to become ane time again amongst some amend photographic tv set camera gear!
Being a rather rocky headland, at that spot is a lighthouse hither .. although boats guide keep GPS too radar these days of course! The lighthouse, built inwards 1996 for the golden jubilee of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, is opened upwardly to earth - you lot tin climb upwardly some steps within for a amend persuasion (please take your shoes). Outside is a sunrise / sunset scoreboard:
Note the twelvemonth "52". The quondam calendar is silent used for official business. In Thailand, 2552 = 2009, which was when the photograph was taken. So, here's a persuasion from the lighthouse (click to enlarge), the Sun having already all but sunk into the hazy horizon leaving a tedious orangish glow. Sunset over, fourth dimension to become home!
Related posts on the Phuket Blog
Walking to the halt of Phromthep Cape
Restaurant at Phromthep Cape
Phuket Hills too Viewpoints
(Note : this spider web log postal service is originally from 2009, updated September 2013) Sumber http://jamie-monk.blogspot.com