- Every round around Chinese New Year (end of January) the Wat Chalong Festival is held over a period of 8 days, during which it can get pretty crowded.
- Адрес: 5, 57 Moo 3 Chao Fah Tawan Tok Road, Chalong, Muang, Phuket 83130.
- Wat Chalong is one of the most important Buddhist temples in Phuket and a must-visit destination for anyone interested in Thai culture.
- It is not known exactly when the temple was built, one of the first references was celebrated in 1837, when the monastery of Wat Chalong was rebuilt.
- If you are coming from Patong, Wat Chalong is a little over 18 km southeast of the popular Phuket beach.
- Wat Chalong, formally named Wat Chaithararam, is the most important and sacred of the 29 Buddhist temples scattered around Phuket Island.
- A former Abbot, Luang Por Cham, is highly revered for his help in calming a Chinese worker rebellion in 1876, and his image is now enshrined at Wat Chalong...
- Wat Chalong a big place, with several buildings including the main temple, with statues of the revered monks where people can pray, apply gold leaf to the statues...
- Ride past picturesque beaches, see the Wat Chalong temple, and learn about local products with a visit to a cashew factory.
- It will take approximately 60-minutes to drive to Wat Chalong which is located in the small sub-district of Chalong and the price of a taxi is THB 1,500 per way.