The Many Big Buddhas of Phuket jamiesphuketblog.com

Big Buddhas? Surely there’s only one “Big Buddha” in Phuket? The big white one on the hill? Yes, that’s the one known as THE Big Buddha, and it certainly is impressive. We’ve been driving up that hill for over 10 years since before construction began. It’s not just the 45m high statue, but we love the great views over much of southern Phuket. Thailand is of course mostly Buddhist, so there are lots of Buddhist temples here, though Phuket also has large a Muslim minority and many Thai-Chinese families. You’ll find mosques and Chinese shrines all over the island too, and even a Catholic church, a Hindu temple and Sikh gurdwara! And there’s certainly more than one big Buddha here …

“The” Big Buddha of Phuket

The biggest Buddha in Phuket is the big white marble covered statue on top of the Nakkerd hills in the south of the island near Chalong. It’s been under construction for many years. The main statue is fairly well complete, but there’s still work in progress around the edges. When it was being built we’d come up the hill for the views and some peace. Now it’s part of many tour itineraries, so can be crowded, unless you visit early morning or late afternoon. The statue can be seen from much of the south of the island, and the views from the hill, more than 400m above the sea, are great.