Affordable Phuket Couple Getaway from Nairobi | 7 Days 5 Nights

Affordable Phuket Couple Getaway Itinerary with Baecation Adventures from Nairobi

Emirates usually leaves JKIA at 16:35, connects in Dubai and lands in Phuket at 12:00 the next day. The flight home usually leaves Phuket at 19:55, connects in Dubai and lands at JKIA at 05:25 the next morning. Your planner confirms the exact times on your written quote before you pay. The boat days run from November to April, when the sea is calmest; Maya Bay closes every year from 1 August to 30 September, the dinner cruise does not sail on Wednesdays and captains or the national parks can cancel a trip on the day, so your planner sets the days around them and moves a cancelled trip to the free day.

Day 1: Nairobi to Dubai

Morning: Documents in One Folder Put your passports, printed e Visas, yellow fever cards, e tickets and hotel voucher in one folder for your hand luggage. Your Thailand Digital Arrival Cards should already be done, as they open three days before you land.

Afternoon: Wheels Up from JKIA Reach JKIA about three hours before your afternoon Emirates flight to Dubai, about five hours in the air.

Evening: Through Dubai Land in Dubai late in the evening and stay airside for your connection to Phuket after midnight. You do not need a UAE visa to change planes.

Overnight: On board Meals: None included

Day 2: Into Phuket

Morning: Over the Indian Ocean Sleep through most of the flight and wake to breakfast on board as you cross towards the Andaman Sea.

Afternoon: Kamala Land in Phuket at midday. Show your yellow fever cards at the health counter, clear immigration and meet your driver for the drive of under an hour to Kamala. Have a late lunch while your room is readied, then check in from 3pm and step out onto your terrace.

Evening: Vanilla Sky Go up to Vanilla Sky, the rooftop bar, for your first drink in Phuket as the evening comes in over the bay, then head down to Kamala for dinner by the beach.

Overnight: Cape Sienna Gourmet Hotel & Villas or similar Meals: None included

Day 3: The Phi Phi Islands

Morning: Out to Sea Your pickup comes after breakfast for the pier, and the speedboat heads out across the Andaman Sea to the Phi Phi Islands, with limestone cliffs rising straight out of turquoise water.

Afternoon: Maya Bay Snorkel over the reefs, have lunch on the islands and wade into the shallows at Maya Bay, where swimming is not allowed but the view is the one you have seen in photos.

Evening: Back at Kamala You are back at the hotel in the late afternoon. Rinse off the salt in the infinity pool, then take a slow dinner near the beach.

Overnight: Cape Sienna Gourmet Hotel & Villas or similar Meals: Breakfast and lunch

Day 4: A Day for Two

Morning: Nowhere to Be Sleep in, take a late breakfast and spend the morning by the pool or on your terrace. This is the slowest morning of the trip, on purpose.

Afternoon: Down to Chalong Dress for dinner, and your driver collects you in the early afternoon for Chalong Pier on the island's south coast, where the Melody sunset dinner cruise checks in at 4pm.

Evening: Sunset Dinner Cruise Sail past Promthep Cape and Krating Cape with a cocktail in hand as the sun goes down, then sit down to a buffet dinner on board before the boat returns to Chalong and your driver takes you back to the hotel. If you added an occasion upgrade, this is usually the day we build it around.

Overnight: Cape Sienna Gourmet Hotel & Villas or similar Meals: Breakfast and dinner

Day 5: Phang Nga Bay

Morning: Among the Limestone Islands After breakfast, your pickup takes you to the pier for the big boat into Phang Nga Bay, where hundreds of limestone islands rise from calm green water.

Afternoon: Sea Caves and James Bond Island Glide by sea canoe through low caves into the hidden lagoons of Panak and Hong islands, have a buffet lunch on board, then step ashore to see the famous rock at James Bond Island.

Evening: The Night Market Back at Kamala in the early evening, wander the stalls of the Kamala night market or keep it simple with dinner on the beach road.

Overnight: Cape Sienna Gourmet Hotel & Villas or similar Meals: Breakfast and lunch

Day 6: A Day of Your Own

Morning: Nowhere to Be If every boat ran, this day is yours with no pickup and no plan. Spend the morning on Kamala Beach or by the pool. If a trip was cancelled, this is when it runs.

Afternoon: Phuket Old Town Take a taxi across the island to Phuket Old Town, where the painted shophouses of Thalang Road and Soi Romanee hold small cafes, galleries and shops. Stop at the Big Buddha on the way back for the view over the south of the island, with shoulders and knees covered.

Evening: A Last Dinner by the Sea Spend your last evening back on the rooftop at Vanilla Sky or at one of the seafood restaurants along Kamala Beach.

Overnight: Cape Sienna Gourmet Hotel & Villas or similar Meals: Breakfast

Day 7: Phuket to Nairobi

Morning: One Last Swim Take your time over breakfast and one last swim. Check out at noon and leave your bags with the hotel.

Afternoon: Kamala Beach Have a long lunch by the beach before your driver collects you in the late afternoon for the airport.

Evening: Flying Home Your evening flight leaves Phuket for Dubai, where you connect for Nairobi. You touch down at JKIA early the next morning, with five nights of island stories to tell.

Meals: Breakfast