Eleven kilometres of wild beach protected by a national park: a resort enclave for those who want the ocean without the crowds — and the airport 12 minutes away.
Mai Khao is Phuket’s longest and emptiest beach: 11 km of sand north of the airport, mostly within Sirinat National Park where dense construction is prohibited. Sea turtles have nested here for decades. Along the beach runs a chain of flagship resorts (JW Marriott, Anantara, Sala) and low-rise residences. The format is an island within an island: total quiet with the airport 12 minutes away.
Mai Khao is an endless strip of sand where even in peak season you can walk a kilometre to the nearest person. The sea is deep with currents — swim carefully, by the flags. At the southern end is the famous plane-spotting point by the runway. Further south lies Nai Yang with its casuarina grove.
Supply is piecemeal: park restrictions rule out mass construction, so the market is low-rise condo residences by the resorts (from ~$150k) and villas on the park’s edge. The supply deficit is structural: major new projects are physically impossible here, which protects prices. Ask us for a current shortlist.
Projects from our catalog in this area — developer prices, instalment plans, rental programs.
A completed condo-hotel on Mai Khao, Phuket’s longest beach — ready since 2021
A completed 342-unit condo-hotel 500 meters from Mai Khao beach — delivered since 2019
A mixed complex on its own stretch of Mai Khao shoreline — 70% of the land left as natural landscape
The audience is flagship-resort guests, transit travellers and quiet winterers. Units in resort complexes run through hotel rental programmes with stable seasonal occupancy. A bonus: the airport — crews and frequent business travellers favour the area.
ROI →The runway runs west–east: Mai Khao’s residential zones sit clear of the glide path, and noise is noticeable only at the very southern end of the beach — where spotters deliberately go to catch the planes.
Condos in resort residences from ~$150,000–200,000, villas from ~$400,000. The national park limits supply, so choice is always narrow.
Yes, but carefully: the sea is deeper and more serious than the south’s; low season brings currents. Families with kids more often use the resort pools and the waterpark lagoon.
Lovers of seclusion and nature, frequent flyers (airport — 12 minutes) and investors in hotel-managed resort units.
