Challenge yourself to a trek through the Thai jungle on this Phuket eco-tour. Follow your guide through the wilderness on a challenging hike with plenty of good views, then head to the Phuket Big Buddha and Wat Chalong, Phuket's largest Buddhist temple. Complete your tour with a healthy lunch at a restaurant or organic farm, depending on the day.

Phuket cultural and hiking tour
See popular sites and get away from the crowds in the same tour
Visit the Phuket Big Buddha and Wat Chalong
Have a healthy lunch after the trek

What's Included

Beverages, bottled water, lunch and snacks
Professional guide
Free hotel pickup and drop-off in the Kata, Kata Noi, Karon area

Transfer fees for locations outside the Kata, Kata Noi, Karon areas
Please contact hotel at 076-333-222 to confirm transfer fees

Meeting And Pickup

You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup

Meeting point

CC's Hideaway
84 Patak Rd, Tambon Karon, Amphoe Mueang Phuket, Chang Wat Phuket 83100, Thailand

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Pickup details

Pickup from hotels can be arranged, those hotels in the Kata and Karon areas are free, other areas there is a fee depending on the location of the hotel.

What To Expect

CC's Eco Tours

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Big Buddha Phuket

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Chaithararam Temple (Wat Chalong)

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

We Cafe

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

CC's Eco Tours

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
The duration of transfers are approximate, the exact duration will depend on the time of day, weather and traffic conditions
Please wear comfortable walking shoes and clothes
Transportation:
Free hotel pickup and drop-off in the Kata, Kata Noi, Karon areas

Other pick up locations available at an extra cost (determined by location)
Please leave message with supplier to request transfer services
Not wheelchair accessible
Not recommended for pregnant travellers
No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
Travellers should have a moderate physical fitness level
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travellers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s cancelled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
This experience requires a minimum number of travellers. If it’s cancelled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Featured review

Rodeweeks_S

The hike was awesome, the area absolutely stuningly beautiful. The tour guide is great and I will recommend her for any tourist. Loved the cultural and natural explanations and history. The Big Buddha was beautiful and, as a lover of all things religion, I enjoyed every moment we spent there

Reviews

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133 reviews

Total review count and overall rating based on Viator and Tripadvisor reviews

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The Budda trecking

Victoria_U, May 2023

Very organised and an amazing tour guide. It was quite tricky and is required good physical conditions to complete the tour. My son managed to complete and rated it the best ever experience in his life!

Good day out

Joe_M, Apr 2023

The guide was really knowledgeable about the plant life and other elements of local life. They were very supportive for those on the tour who were less used to trekking in the heat. Good lunch provided as well

Good all round day

Lee_W, Mar 2023

Jungle walk with kong was the best. Also the dinner was excellent well worth booking 👌 you won't be disappointed

Amazing Buddha Trek

EMMANOUIL_N, Feb 2023

Our guide Kong was amazing! Started at CC’s Hideaway where we pre ordered our lunch while we waited for all tour members. In the end they didn’t arrive so it was just the 2 of us (plus Kong) on the adventure. We did the longer hike around and up the mountain learning about Thailand along the way. Once we arrived at the Big Buddha we enjoyed fresh fruit and a coconut to drink then continued up to the sight itself. As it is a morning activity the crowds were still quite small so gave us better opportunities for pictures etc. Following this it was a quick ride to Chalong Temple where we wandered around the gardens and in and out of the various buildings on site. Kong was super friendly, let us lead the way on time in each area. The tours ends with lunch and it didn’t disappoint! YUM. If you like to be active and see the sights without sitting in a van all day, this is definitely the tour for you!

Amazing experience!!

Dana_K, Jan 2023

The excursion was simply amazing. It's a good mixture between sportive activity, food and culture. The lunch was very delicious. The whole experience was accompanied by our guide Kong, which was very informative, helpful and entertaining. Thank you, I highly recommend this tour!

Well worth booking!

Katy_L, Jan 2023

Kong our guide was knowledgeable, informative and great company! The whole trip was well planned and we were so glad we booked! The trekking part was nice and quiet and not touristy. The food at the both cafe's was excellent. Highly recommend.

Worth it !

Alyssa_C, Dec 2022

An amazing trekk! Even with the rainy weather this was worth it for the experience and the views . We had an amazing lunch and Kong was the best guide I’ve had while in Thailand. A ten out of ten .

A healthy adventure to Big Buddha

Krishna_S, Nov 2022

We had awesome trip to Big bhuddha with Bond and team. Extremely friendly, knowledgeable and professional crew. Don’t want to miss mentioning delicious and healthy organic vegetarian food. One of a kind experience and don’t miss it.

Fun exercise!

Kyle_H, Oct 2022

Great work out! Please note that you don’t need to be in great shape. Just expect to sweat a ton! You start walking up to the Buddha from a resort nearby. The tour guide was great! When we go to the Buddha we had an amazing view of Phuket.

A nice way to spend a day in Phuket

Franciscus_T, May 2022

The delicious lunch at the organic cafe. The trek was easy but well worth it when you get to the top.

Great day

Anna_H, Feb 2022

Great group leaders, we had a lot of fun and could learn a lot about Thai culture as well. Would recommend :) Food at the WeCafe was also very tasty.

This was a great...

Wilhelmina_L, Dec 2021

This was a great experience🙏🏽 Miu, our guide was an excellent and authentic guide who made us feel safe and informed in the jungle trekking. She had answers for all of our questions and the whole tour had a very good vibe. I am so grateful for finding this!

Trip to Big Buddha

Arina_S, Dec 2021

This trip was absolutely amazing! We took the 2km hike up to Big Buddha. It is quite steep, but very interesting, as you walk through the jungle :) The fruits on top of the hill are better than you can find at the hotels, because they are very fresh, so it’s a great reward for the hike. The tour was perfectly organized, the guides are fun and friendly. They took picture so we have a lot of memories while actually enjoying sightseeing. They really make sure you get an immersive experience! Overall, 10/10, we loved it a lot!

Big Buddha and Hike

Rodeweeks_S, Sept 2018

Ice and Nim were very kind and professional guides.

pooryn, July 2018

It was a great and delightful tour with a clever dog called MIa. Everything was well arranged including lunch and sightseeing. I definitely recommend this tour those who want to take a look around Big Budda and the temple. I would like to take 4 ways water tour someday with the guides. Thank you for Ice and Nim.

Great trek, but its a lot harder...

Jacquelynn C, Mar 2018

Great trek, but its a lot harder than I expected, we did the 2km straight up trek, im a moderately fit 50 year old and found it hard work at times but saying that we had a 73 year old guy who got up but just took a bit longer. Once you are at the top of the trek its pretty easy from then on, theres also a pit stop at the top at a local cafe which was welcome. Lunch was back at the hotel where we started and was amazing I hadnt expected it to be so good. You are given water but id recommend taking extra with you.

The tour was perfect! Beautiful...

Joaquin B, Feb 2018

The tour was perfect! Beautiful places, 100 recommended. Ice our tour guide was great, as were the other people in the tour.

Great tour! Beautiful views with the...

Christopher G, Feb 2018

Great tour! Beautiful views with the reward of a short but rigorous hike. Our tour guide Ice was very friendly and knowledgeable.

This was an amazing trip, made all...

Robert C, Jan 2018

This was an amazing trip, made all the better with a brilliant guide Nuya and her dog.From the moment we were picked up from our hotel and did the rounds picking up the other travellers, to arriving at the departure point where we first me Nuya, we felt comfortable and confident that we were going to have a good day. Although for January it was a very hot day with the humidity also quite high we were still looking forward to the trek. We were provided with additional water and briefed on the level of difficulty with an explanation that anyone who felt a bit wary of the climb could be driven by road to the next rendezvous point. The group consisted of myself and my wife from the UK, an Israeli lady, a South African couple, a Canadian, and 4 Americans two of whom opted for the transport. We were put through a little session to limber up ankles and knees etc, and set off up a very steep bit of road in about 32 degrees before turning onto what can best be described as a very steep path. It might only be about 2k but it felt like 10 in the heat with the little dog leading the way to sniff out snakes in the undergrowth. With some puffing and panting mainly because myself and Maria decided on a blistering pace up the hill leaving everyone else to catch up we arrived at the rest station fro refreshment and plenty of coconut milk and fruit, before completing the steep climb up the road to the Big Buddha. We had plenty of time to look around and see the monkeys and both Buddha's before driving off to the restaurant for a very nice meal with plenty of choice. Then driven back to our respective hotels. An amazing trip and well worth the effort. Would highly recommend this trek.

This was such a fun trek up the...

Emma W, Sept 2017

This was such a fun trek up the mountain to see the big Buddha! Our guide was incredibly friendly and kept everyone's spirits up throughout the long and hot hike. We had frequent stops, beautiful scenes along the way, and overall it was a fantastic day. Highly recommend - but do keep in mind that it is a hike! Wear light and comfortable clothes and good athletic shoes. Only issues: The little cafe we stopped at for a drink had clearly mistreated animals chained up outside. I realize it's a different culture, but it made a lot of us in the group feel very uncomfortable. For our lunch we were really disappointed that it was western food. We're in Thailand...expected to be shown some good Thai food.