Big Buddha

พระพุทธมิ่งมงคลเอกนาคคีรี (พระใหญ่ภูเก็ต)

A white marble Buddha on a hilltop with the south of the island at its feet

⚠ Reopened Mar 2026; dress code

Hours

Daily 9am–6pm, last entry 5:30pm (since the March 2026 reopening)

Tickets

Free (donations welcome)

Address

Top of Nakkerd Hill, Karon subdistrict; the road climbs from Chao Fa West Road in Chalong

After the switchbacks you step out of the car park and look up a staircase lined with white naga balustrades to a 45-metre Buddha clad in white Burmese marble, bright even under cloud. Walk to the edge of the terrace and you get Chalong Bay and its islands on one side and the Kata–Karon coast on the other. There's no ticket; instead you can write your name and a wish on a marble tile as a donation. The site shut after a deadly landslide on the hill on 23 August 2024 and reopened for regular visits, under temple management, on 3 March 2026.