Pattaya/ Things to do
Things to do
in Pattaya.
3 trips worth booking and 5 places you can simply turn up to. Different things, checked differently.
Worth booking
Tours and experiences.
Each operator is judged on its own score, never averaged with the others running the same trip. Our bar for a tour is 9.0 out of 10 and at least 50 reviews. Anything below it is left off rather than quietly rounded up.
01wildlifeResearched PickA Pattaya elephant sanctuaryTwo elephant venues near Pattaya clear our bar. Both describe feeding and contact rather than riding, in their own words.9.82,025 reviews02nightlifeResearched PickA Pattaya cabaret showThree Pattaya cabaret theatres, Alcazar, Tiffany's and Colosseum, all clear our bar. An hour of costumes, mime and production numbers, and the family-safe side of Pattaya's night.9.47,053 reviews03waterResearched PickA Ko Larn island tourCoral Island by speedboat with the water sports bundled in, sold as the easy version of a trip you can also do on a public ferry for a fraction of the price.9.23,873 reviews
Just turn up
Places you visit.
A temple and a waterfall have no guest score, and no honest way to get one. These pages tell you where the place is, what we confirmed and when, and what we could not confirm. We will not borrow a tour operator's rating and let it look like the waterfall's.
01natureResearched PickKo Larn, Coral IslandThe island off Pattaya's Bali Hai pier with the clear water the mainland beaches lack, reached by a public ferry that costs less than a coffee.No guest score exists02natureResearched PickNong Nooch Tropical GardenA vast landscaped garden south of Pattaya, with themed sections, a dinosaur valley and cultural shows, open every day of the year.No guest score exists03cultureResearched PickThe Sanctuary of TruthA temple-palace carved entirely from wood on the Naklua shoreline, still unfinished after decades of work, with hard hats issued at the door.No guest score exists04nightlifeResearched PickWalking StreetThe neon strip at the south end of Pattaya Beach Road, closed to traffic at night, running down to Bali Hai pier, and licensed to trade until four in the morning.No guest score exists05cultureResearched PickWat Phra Yai, the Pattaya Big BuddhaThe seated gold Buddha on the top of Pratumnak Hill between Pattaya and Jomtien, up a naga staircase, with the bay laid out below the hill.No guest score exists