Beaches and areas of Mai Khao and Saikaeo in Phuket

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Mae Khao Beach is also called Airport Beach or Sanambin Beach. Its northern part is also known as Saikaeo Beach or Sai Khao. This long ten-kilometer beach is located in the northern part of the island near the Phuket Airport (Mae Khao on the island map). It is located on the territory of the national Reserve Phuket.

The story of this area will begin, perhaps, directly from the beach. With its ten kilometers of continuous sandy beach, it is the longest beach on the island. Moreover, almost all along these kilometers you will not meet a soul. The sand here is very large and yellow, sometimes almost red. Coniferous casuarina trees grow almost everywhere along the shore, there are not very many palm trees. The slope of the bottom is pretty steep almost everywhere, and the tides don't show up. However, this is one of the most unsuccessful and dangerous beaches for swimming. Even the weakest wind causes strong waves here, there are a lot of underwater and rip currents. The beach here is cleaned only near hotels (and this is almost nothing from the entire length of the beach), so in some places whole garbage dumps from local villages have formed.

There is almost no tourist infrastructure here, only a few expensive hotels are scattered at great distances from each other. There are not even sun loungers on the beach, and you will find restaurants only on the territory of hotels. There is a narrow paved road along the beach, but there is nothing along it either. To find at least some kind of civilization, you need to go half a kilometer – a kilometer further from the coast. There are houses of local villagers, you can find a few simple grocery stores, and nothing else. Neither to exchange money, nor to find a travel agency, nor to rent a transport here will not work.

It is not possible to get to Mae Khao Beach by public transport, only by taxi or rented transport. If you decide to relax here, it is best to rent a transport, or you will have to hire a taxi every time to get out of here to the nearest civilization.

Hotels on Mae Khao several, all expensive. There are a couple of campsites where you can stay in a tent, and this is the only option for budget tourists.

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Summing up about Mei Khao. This is a very large and very secluded beach. Staying here, you will find yourself alone with the sea and a deserted beach. There is no infrastructure here, there are only a few hotels, no transport. It is worth staying here only if you have enough money to take a taxi to civilization every time, or if you are ready to rent a motorcycle, which, by the way, you still have to look for in this area.