Hike to Waterfalls

Khao Phra Thaeo National Park, in Phuket’s north, is one of the island’s green lungs, featuring hectares of verdant rainforest, native species, the Gibbon Rehabilitation Centre and Instagram-worthy waterfalls. You’ll need to arrange your own transport to the park and pay a small fee to enter. Once you’re in, Ton Sai awaits just east of the town of Talang; it’s easily accessible and equipped with an information centre (where you can enquire about guided tours), bathrooms, a carpark and a playground, which makes for great days out with the family. A four-kilometre trail leads to the taller Bang Pae waterfalls, snaking through forests that are home to 80 bird species, some with names as colourful as their plumages like the red-legged crake and the Siberian blue robin.