North East Phuket Drive:
Views of the Phang Nga Bay and more

This drive can be approached from the north of the south - depending on where you start your drive.  The easiest way to begin is to approach it from the the Heroines Monument (traffic circle) south of Thaland - and take to the north-north east back towards the northern part of the island or Phang Nga.  Or - you can begin from the north as well.

Look at the almost exact center of the map below and see the marker for highway 4027 - right in the center of B2 on the map.  If you look slightly to the northwest of the marker - and you will see a loop that runs north, around and back to the road - that is the Mission Hills Drive on this website.  If you look at bit to the northeast to the top left of C2 - that is the Northeast Phuket Drive.  Got it? 

The drive north from Heroines Monument (traffic circle) just south of Thalang to the east coast of Phuket, along several bays and viewpoints - is one of the best on Phuket.  You pass small Thai communities, fishing villages, shrimp farms and more.  Take your camera!

Incredible views of the Phang Nga Bay are on offer here.

Directions:
Turn east on to highway 4027 from the Heroines Monument circle.  Twelve kilometers later, turn east again at the Ao Po turn off - there is a sign pointing to the Ao Po Pier there.  Drive three more kilometers to the Radi Medical turn off.  There is a sign there that looks like this (the appearance of the sign changes from time to time, but a sign is always there):

Follow the sign and it will take you on a beautiful loop that will bring you back - about three kilometers farther down the Ao Po Road.

You'll see many views of the islands in the bay.

And you'll see this interesting statue of Ganesh [below]

 

 On the way back to the main road - you'll drive past the Mission Hills Golf Course (almost exactly where the 4027 is at B2 on the map) - which starts the Mission Hills Loop - another great drive.

This area, over the next five years, will begin to surpass even the exclusive areas around Trisara - for some of Asia's most expensive and dramatic resorts and property developments.

It's worth taking a look.  You can say you were there before all the fuss started!

 

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