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Old Phuket Farm: Getaway for Nature and Tradition

Old Phuket Farm

Downtown life is a lot demanding and stressful.  Let’s take a step back and explore the rural charm of the old Phuket lifestyle. It is also a perfect opportunity for those who want to reconnect with nature during their city tour. Old Phuket Farm is a family-friendly environment where both kids and adults will love the visit and have an amazing experience. If you come with your friend squad, it is more fun. Couples who love nature will have a good time here. So, let’s stick around to discover what you can do at Old Phuket Farm. 

What is Old Phuket Farm?

Old Phuket Farm is one of the hidden gems of Phuket. When we think about Phuket, the first thing that comes into our mind is the blue sky and white beaches. However, Phuket has many activities and adventures where you can explore the unique experience; old Phuket farm is one of them. Here, you can learn about the daily life of local farmers such as how they lived and what tools they used in the past. It is also a unique destination to explore the essence of Southern Thailand’s rich history and culture.  

It opens every day from 9 am to 5 pm, with four scheduled visits guided in English. The best time to visit is in the morning and evening when the weather is cooler which is perfect to walk around and explore. Admission tickets can be easily booked through Sawasdee (Via Line, Call, or Live Chat). A visit to Old Phuket Farm feels less like a typical tourist attraction and more like visiting your grandpa’s home, offering warm, inviting, and full of charm. Every guide and demonstrator is also so warm and welcoming that makes you feel at home. Also, Old Phuket Farm offers many activities to enjoy and gain hands-on experience.

What is old phuket farm
What is old Phuket farm

Tin Panning 

Another fun and interesting activity you can do practically at Old Phuket Farm is the tin panning. It is also known as tin mining which is a traditional method used to extract tin from the soil. It is a traditional mining technique, used in areas like Phuket where tin was found abundantly in the past. Before the tourism bloom, Phuket was a major tin-manufacturing center and tin production was an important part of Phuket’s economy until the early 1980s. Here, you can travel through time and experience the old Phuket life of tin production. 

Tin Panning
Tin Panning

Farm Tour & Hands-on Experience

You can explore and walk along the rice fields and learn the methods of planting and harvesting rice which is the staple food in South East Asia. You can have a hands-on experience of planting rice. You can also enjoy the taste of Phuket Pineapple and how they are grown. You can watch the rubber tapping demonstration as well as the process of producing rubber sheets. You can also enjoy the beautiful pineapple garden and taste pineapple right from the tree. In the early days, pineapple is grown as a rubber intercrop, it produces fruit in about 18 months providing rubber farmers income from their land in the long wait to tap their rubber trees. 

Rubber Tapping Hands On Experience
Hands On Experience

Buffalo House

Buffalo is an amazing creature and an important animal for farmers. Farmers used buffalo for transportation and rice harvesting. You will have a chance to see a very rare buffalo, the Albino buffalo, which is born in the wild once every 1 million. You will learn the facts and stories about buffalos and get an opportunity to feed them. You can even have a chance to ride the buffalo cart around the rice field. Don’t forget to take pictures with buffalo too.  

Old Phuket Farm Buffalo House
Buffalo House

Old Phuket Farm is a unique opportunity to learn about the local Phuket people’s lifestyles away from the crowded people. There are more add-on activities you can do at Old Phuket Farm such as learning how to cook local cuisines. After visiting the Old Phuket Farm, you have learned not only the Thailand culture but also the tease of Southeast Asian cultures. 

The red carpet and luxury life are sometimes boring and nature is the place you need to regain your mindfulness. If you are interested in exploring the old Phuket farm or just want to know more about the details, just call or send a message to Sawasdee Phuket.  Like the Old Phuket Farm tour, Sawasdee Phuket provides an immersive city tour with our luxurious and comfortable private vans. We are excited to make your visit most enjoyable.