Duration
3 Days
Highlights
Brace yourself for an experience of a lifetime at one of Thailand’s most extreme and bizarre festivals – the Phuket Vegetarian Festival. A lively and colourful event which celebrates the religious Nine Emperor Gods as well as community’s abstinence from meat. Immerse yourself in exciting and fascinating festival highlights such as firewalking, body piercing and other acts of self-mortification. |
This tour departure is only available for fully vaccinated participants.
All tours are land tours and based on twin sharing only. If you have registered as a single participant and do not wish to pay for the single supplement, we will try our best to match you with another single participant; however, this is strictly subjected to availability and you will need to incur the single supplement charge if we are unable to pair you up.
Via Singapore Airlines
(To be advised)
Day 1 (9 Oct) - Late afternoon/evening arrival at Phuket International Airport, transfer towards Phuket Old Town. Enroute, stop by for last minute white top/bottom shopping and dinner. Arrive at accommodation and check in.
Day 2-3 (10-11 Oct) - Morning transfer to local temple, photograph the morning festival preparations before following the entourage out. Prepare to photograph all manner of piercings and scenes of self-mortification as our devotees proceed with their rituals. Break for breakfast, lunch and dinner (at your own expense). Come evening, we follow the devotees out again for another round of ritualistic processions and firewalking.
Return to apartment by late evening.
Day 4 (12 Oct) - Morning is free and easy for some breakfast and last minute shopping. Gather at a nearby restaurant for our farewell lunch before transferring to the airport for our return flight back to Singapore
- 3N accommodation in comfortable/strategic apartment
- Welcome & Farewell Lunch & Dinner (2 meals)
- Private air-conditioned transport
- SGTrekker Tour leader and photography assistance
- International airfare (SIN-HKT-SIN)
- Visas (if required, Singaporeans and Malaysians do not require visa for Phuket)
- All meals (B,L,D) at your own expense
- Driver gratuity
- Personal travel insurance (Compulsory)
- Personal expenses eg. meals, any shopping etc