Bluetree

This is reclaimed inland ground, part of the same belt of former mining and plantation land that became Laguna and Cherngtalay. The lagoon was excavated and engineered rather than found, and the surrounding residential development followed it.

It is one of the newest identifiable neighbourhoods in Thalang, and most of the housing stock dates from the last decade.

The centrepiece is a large freshwater lagoon with a cable wakeboard park, water slides, pools and a sand beach, alongside restaurants, a gym and event space. It runs as a paid-entry attraction with membership options, and it changes what living here feels like day to day.

There is a cluster of restaurants and bars at the lagoon itself, and the full spread of Boat Avenue is six minutes away. Local Thai kitchens along the connecting roads cover everyday eating cheaply.

Porto de Phuket and Villa Market handle the weekly shop, with the larger stores on the Thep Krasattri road a few minutes further. Nothing here requires a long trip.

UWC Thailand is about ten minutes away and clinics are close at hand in Cherngtalay, with the major hospitals in Phuket Town around thirty-five minutes. A car is needed, though every daily destination is under fifteen minutes.