Ao Yon beach near Cape Panwa — calm bay, palms, long arc of sand, five minutes from The Ranch

The quiet corner
of Phuket.

07°47′12″N · 98°25′44″E

Cape Panwa is a peninsula on Phuket's south-eastern tip.

A-listers and royalty land here when they don't want to be seen. Quiet roads, the cleanest air on the island, and two of Phuket's top-five beaches within five minutes of the front gate.


It's not party Phuket. It's not backpacker Phuket. It's not the Phuket you've seen in clickbait. It's the part nobody talks about, which is exactly the point.

Mikey's pinned spots — beaches, walks, places to stop.
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Two of Phuket's top-five sit within five minutes.

Ten minutes by car.

Old Town for food, history, walking. Sunday Walking Street is genuinely good. Best Indian, best Thai, best espresso — it's all there.

Phuket Old Town walking street at sunset — pastel shophouses, lanterns, market crowd

Mike's Faves List.

Phuket health spas/ sauna, restaurants, best shopping, markets, things to do, Panwa and Phuket-wide.

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A brahminy kite gliding overhead — white head, rust-coloured wings, blue sky An oriental pied hornbill perched on the porch — yellow casque, black-and-white plumage Permaculture garden — fruit trees, banana, papaya

Life amongst the tree tops.
An oasis of wildlife.

A pair of hornbills lives in the area. Mornings start with bird song. The garden has chickens (organic eggs, sometimes still warm). The jungle has the occasional snake; the locals are friendly; nobody locks doors.

Logistics in eight lines.

Obsessive, passionate and focussed?

Little bit weird / different?

Then you could have found a home.

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