PHUKET

History

Phuket Island was assumed by geologists to be once part of the mainland in the form of a cape sticking out into the Andaman Sea but millions of years later the cape was gradually eroded by natural forces and finally detached from the main land. The cape was mentioned in a book written around the year 157 by Claudius Ptolemy, a famous Greek philosopher, that to travel to Malay Peninsula by ship, the travellers had to pass a cape known among them as Junk Ceylon. It was located between latitudes 6 N and 8 N which is the present site of Phuket Island. Junk Ceylon was at that time visited by merchants of several nations including India, Persia, and Arabia because the island offered a bay that protected its harbour from the wind and monsoon, making it a good stopover. Moreover, it had plenty of tin ore deposits that fetched high prices at that time because the mineral was much wanted by some foreign countries.


Travel Guide

You may find more activities and sport facilities including elephant back trekking, canoeing, driving or snorkeling, golfing, sailing, game fishing or horse riding.
Enjoy the show with the cabaret, Phuket Zoo, Phoket Butterfly Garden & Insectarium, Phuket Fantasea and Phuket Cultural Centure.
Phuket, as an intersection of interesting Islands, you can find them around Phuket including Coral Island, Koh Racha Yai, Naka Island, Phi-Phi Island, Phang-Nga Bay and Koh Yao