Travstore Phuket FAT Tour - Private Tour

Highlights

This is a specially crafted tour for those wanting a more immersive experience than normal touristy city tours. Our FAT tour is aimed at creating a much closer interaction with real Phuket and its people for our guest. If you are taking this tour at the start of your holiday in Thailand, you will have a heads up in understanding Thai food, culture and heritage and will have a much better experience of your holiday that follows.

Our tour showcases Phuket beyond just a beach town, as it is often known. Centuries of ancient Phuket history is unravelled through its cuisine, cultural exploration of the town and understanding the bygone era of Phuket in contrast to its modern day existence.

You will love this tour if you are a food lover, a cultural enthusiast and a seeker of those uniquely amazing pics for your Insta Wall.

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Tips

Gratuity

Cost of Street food sampling

Essential Information

Hotel Pickup Instructions

We offer free hotel pick up from majority of centrally located hotels in Patong, Karon and Kata area and few other areas that are upon our route.

Dont worry if your hotel doesnt appear to be central, after you book drop us a message and we would let you know if we can cover your pickup for free or at a nominal extra to cover our cost. Or we may request you to be at a central landmark and we can pick you along the way.

For hotel pick ups, please be at the hotel lobby at least 20 mins before your designated time. Let the lobby staff know you are waiting to be picked up for the tour and this often helps in easy identification and quick turnarounds.

Our customer service support over whats app is always there to help you or to keep you informed if there are delays due to traffic or weather.

Itinerary

This is a broad itinerary for our tour program. Please note that time of arrival and time spent at each place is a broad approximation and this could vary during the flow of events at the tour.

• 10:30 AM - Phuket FAT Tour begins by picking you from your hotel and driving past popular beaches towards Phuket Town 
• 11:30 AM- We reach our first attraction, Wat Chalong, the famous Buddhist Temple of Phuket. We take blessings for a successful day and get to see Thai Buddhist traditions first hand. Did you know that Wat Chalong also houses one of sacred relic of Buddha in its stupa ?
• 12:15 PM - "FOOD" - We meet our local Phuket host . We learn from local Thai resident how they cook by participating in a group cooking session followed by lunch. The dishes are popular and simple to cook affair. This enriching interaction will bring you closer to understanding the Thai way of life and you would have learnt some basics about Thai cooking to later impress your friends and family. Not to worry if you are a vegetarian, we take care of you !!
• 13:30 PM - "ART" -We are not ready to explore the heritage of Old Phuket Town. We visit Soi Art, which is a narrow lane, housing Sino Portuguese styled shop houses that are full of artists showcasing eclectic mix of paintings, handmade art, home deco, hats etc. Some of these make interesting and inexpensive souvenirs
• 14:30 PM - "TOWN" -Around this time we would have reached the streets showcasing cryptic street art and wall graffitis. These have been painted by famous local and international artists, as part of Phuket’s Food, Art, Town (FAT) initiative to showcase Phuket’s heritage. You will be thrilled to hear our guide will explain to you the hidden and interesting messages in these street art depictions. Don’t forget to click yourself against the backdrop of these graffitis, they often make for viral Instagram pics
• 15:15 PM - As we are discovering Phuket Old Town’s heritage, we are also checking out its famous street food scene. Our guide will help you with names of exotic looking dishes and you can definitely sample some at your own expense. After this we ascend up the Rang Hill, a hillock in Phuket town, that gives offers you breathtaking view points and great photo opportunities
• 15:45 PM - after we descend down to town, we try getting our hands on some local Thai sweet dishes, perhaps the famous fried ice-cream, sticky mango with rice or some coconut delicacy to end our tour at a sweet note before we head back to our hotel.

Thai Cooking & Lunch Menu

• Homemade herbal Welcome Drink
• Som Tum - Thai Papaya Salad
• Tom Yum - Thai Seafood soup
• Thai Fried Chicken / Stir Fry Veggies
• Steam Rice
• Thai Dessert - depending on the season
• Drinking Water

Terms and Conditions

• There could be small extra charge for hotel pick if your hotel isnt in our route or not located centrally
• Street food sampling at your own expense
• Our cooking demonstration and follow up lunch would be a light lunch, however this is followed by tour of Town, where you sample snacks at your own cost.
• Infants would have to be seated on laps, if all seats are occupied by paying adults.