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Camping Camping: Sirinat National Park
Camping: Khao Phra Thaeo Wildlife Park
The
park offers the best trekking in Phuket with a well preserved natural
environment. May through October is the best time for jungle trekking,
when the forest is full of blossoms. The park has a marked hiking route
for visitors to follow.
Scuba Diving
Scuba Diving: Koh He (Coral Island)
He
Island is a part of a marine preserve, however, various water sports,
and diving, fine accommodation and restaurants are all available. The
Coral Island Resort can handle both travel and accommodation arrangements.
Day trippers from Phuket make it somewhat crowded in the daytime during
the high season.
Scuba
Diving: Koh Racha Yai Racha Yai Island has clean, powdery beaches like those of the Similan Islands. On the east, at Ao Kon Kae Bay, is a coral reef where the diving is excellent. With well preserved hard corals in both shallow and deeper water, snorkeling and scuba diving are the favorite activities. A
foot path leads to the top of a hill on the bay's south side which
provides a panoramic view of whole island. You can follow the footpath
down to the other side of the island where there is a lovely, nearly deserted
beach.
Scuba Diving: Naiharn Beach
A
wide variety of water sports can be enjoyed, but swimmers should be
alert for the red flag which warns of dangerous currents during the monsoon
season from May to October. One can walk to nearby Promthep Cape to observe
sunsets, which are often fiery and spectacular.
Scuba Diving: Phuket 's West Coast
Scuba Diving: Rawai Beach
Still popular with Thai families, it is also frequented by foreign Scuba enthusiasts because it is convenient to the piers where Scuba trips to nearby islands can be arranged.
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Camping
is permitted on both Mai Khao and Nai Yang beaches in the Sirinat
National Park. They are the longest beaches on Phuket and are quiet and
serene, apart from the occassional landings and take offs at the nearby
Phuket airport. The beaches are located on the northwest part of Phuket
. The Park's Visitor's Center, located near the south end of Mai Khao,
rents tents and provides some minimal facilities for campers. There are
also some inexpensive bungalows for rent on Nai Yang. 
With
much of the island given over to tourism development, there are few
places left on Phuket for trekking. The only remaining patch of virgin
jungle, Khao Phra Thaeo Wildlife Park, is home to rare wild animals, such
as langurs, porcupines, and macaques, which would become extinct in fast-growing
Phuket but for this nature conservation area.
Only
5 kms off Phuket 's south coast and easily accessible by boats from
Rawai and Chalong, He Island is well known for its unspoiled coral reef
and is often referred to simply as Coral Island. There are two attractive
beaches on the north and the west. 
Snorkelling:
Koh Khai
South
of Kata Noi and north of Promthep Cape, Naiharn is not Phuket 's longest
beach, but it borders the most gorgeous lagoon on the island. The middle
of the beach is dominated by the Samnak Song Nai Han monastery, which
has obstructed excessive development and is the reason that the beach
is generally less crowded than other spots on the southern part of the
island.
Phuket
's western shore is dotted with a dozen pristine white sandy beaches,
including Surin, Patong and Nai Yang beaches, which abound with aquamarine
life. Listed among the top 10 Scuba diving destinations in the world,
the beaches on the west coast of Phuket offer some supreme Scuba diving
with the depths from about 30 to 45 meters. Good close-up photographs
can be taken. Also, regular diving cruises and private trips can be arranged
to other highly regarded diving areas such as the Similan Islands.
Rawai
beach is somewhat rocky, and generally inferior to the cleaner beaches
at Karon, Kata or Patong, but unlike those West Coast beaches, it is safe
to swim there year round as it is not subject to riptides and undertows
during the monsoon season.