Scuba diving is perhaps the island’s most popular and best developed sport. The Andaman Sea boasts some of the world’s finest dive spots, deep and shallow, presenting scuba enthusiasts with the full gamut of underwater scenes-coral walls, caves, swim through, wrecks and more. Ready access into this exciting, silent world is assured by Phuket’s numerous dive shops and dive boat rentals.
For those who prefer to keep their heads above water, yachting and deep-sea fishing are two marvelous sporting alternatives. Imagine white sails dramatically silhouetted against soaring cliffs, of a yacht dropping anchor off an uninhabited island of untouched beauty. Or reeling in marlin or sailfish a la Hemingway.
Phuket is a center for charters boats, and you can hire a yacht, with or without crew, for as long as you like. Fully-equipped deep-sea fishing boats generally offer charters for one to five days.
Sea-canoeing is another thrilling option, exploring island caves during one-to seven- day voyages into a hidden world as unspoilt as anywhere on earth.
On land, sporting attractions vary from daredevil bungee-jumping to the very different challenges of golf on any one of several superb 18-hole courses. Horse riding and go-kart racing are further choices.
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