Khao Rang Viewpoint
Hilltop park and viewpoint terrace with panoramic views of the Sino-Portuguese old town and Andaman Sea.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Khao Rang Viewpoint above Phuket Town tells how a hilltop pavilion came to hold a statue not of a king, but of a provincial governor. It follows Phraya Ratsadanupradit's modernization of Phuket under King Rama V — the tin mining, the canal, the rubber trees brought north from British Malaya — and the Sino-Portuguese shophouses that wealth built below. These days the hill belongs to morning joggers, temple monks, and a troop of macaques that has claimed the parking area.
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