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Red Mountain Golf Club- taking golf to another realm

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The Red Mountain Golf Club located in Phuket is considered as one of the very best golf courses in Asia. Offering an exciting variety of play to match the stunning natural surroundings, this golf club is truly first class. It was opened in the year 2008 and within a short period of time it was awarded the “Platinum Golf Course of the Year” in 2011 at the Hospitality Asia Platinum Awards ceremony.

This amazing Red Mountain Golf Club is built on a tin mine site in the heart of Phuket and the way they have cleverly incorporated the scars left from the mining site is truly remarkable. With a variety of landforms and the fun playing environment, this well maintained course offers an exhilarating experience for golfers. If you are heading to Phuket then do not forget to pay a visit to this spectacular golf club where you could enjoy a memorable time at the course with its scenic beauty. Adorned with Bermuda Hybrid grass, the surface of this golf course is fast and remains true all year around. The natural waste bunkers, towering precipices, deep ravines and flooded gullies in the Red Mountain Golf Club offers a very interesting and challenging game for the players. The area takes exceptional care about drainage to ensure an enjoyable time for visitors even during the rainy seasons. With so many amazing facilities and amenities for golf lovers, the Red Mountain Golf Club has rightfully earned the label of best Golf Course in Phuket.

When you are on the lookout for accommodation in Phuket, residing at a Phuket resort would be the best choice. There is a vast array of options to choose starting from comfortable motels to five star luxuriant hotels. With plenty of Patong resorts available in Singapore you can easily select the ideal place to reside. Millenium Resort Patong Phuket is an excellent hotel as it is located in the heart of Patong making your trip very convenient. It is set in the vicinity of Phuket’s trendy fashion hub and the Patong beach. This beautiful hotel offers you a truly breathtaking stay within its modern and contemporary designed premises.

Pushpitha Wijesinghe is an experienced independent freelance writer. He specializes in providing a wide variety of content and articles related to the travel hospitality industry. Google+

Rollerball Zorbing Phuket – Action Packed Adventure Inside a Ball!

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Picture this; you and a friend safely encased within a huge plastic ball partly filled with water rolling away down a hill on a topsy-turvy ride of a lifetime. Seems something that you would be into? Then Roller ball Zorbing Phuket is the perfect thing for you! Before heading off on this wacky ride make sure to find yourself a Phuket beach resort which to base yourself at. Situated along Mai Khao Beach, Anantara Phuket Resort Thailand is one such Phuket resort and provides an ideal starting point to your excursions.

If you are looking for some truly unique fun, head over to Phuket Rollerball which is within easy reach of Patong Beach. This thrill-a-second ride was the idea of two innovative expats who came up with the concept of rolling around in a water filled ball down a hill. These PVC spheres that are known as a Roller ball or the more fascinatingly sounding Zorb, keep you safe inside as you bounce your way down a specially designed 200 meter course. Tumbling down a hill has never been this much fun!

 

Chandrishan Williams is a travel writer who writes under the pen name, Caleb Falcon. He specializes in writing content based on the many exciting world adventures that await intrepid travellers.

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Uncover Asia’s Newest Premier Golfing Greens at the Prestigious Red Mountain Golf Club

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Tipped to one of Asia’s premier golfing greens and arguably the most breathtaking course in all of Thailand the Red Mountain Golf Club is no ordinary golfing venue in the heart of Phuket. Conveniently situated in the city centre of the island the captivating course is a mere 15 minutes from the beach and is easily accessible to tourists vacationing along Karon or Patong beach. Revered as a state-of-the-art 19-hole course the Red Mountain Golf Club is one of the most popular golfing haunts in the country despite its fairly recent foray in to the country’s golf scene. Having opened its doors to the public as recently as 2007 the club has grown in popularity and stature to become one of the best courses in all of Asia.

Fully equipped with the facilities of champion golf courses the Red Mountain Golf Club is suited for both novices and seasoned golfers as modern practice ranges, contemporary club facilities and grassy driving ranges are also part of the landscape. Regarded as Phuket’s most mountainous course the spectacular land formations and drastic changes in elevation make the course a challenging turf as well. Built on what was once a thriving tin mining property the club offers golfers a variety of naturally formed obstacles comprising of water, wind, slopes and dramatic altitude changes. Designed by Jon Morrow with the aid of famed course designer Al Tikkanen the 6900 yard space is a veritable marvel of a golf course that could rival any top club in the world.

The greens are composed of Bermuda grass which creates a fast paced and even putting ground while the tees and fairways of the Red Mountain Golf Club are lined with Seashore Paspalum grass, a turf that is commonly used in championship courses around the country. Other areas of the course contain natural grasses inherent to the landscapes to maintain the course’s rugged and natural appearance.

The final six holes of the course are the venue’s toughest and its most spectacular although the entire course is littered with hilly outcrops, innumerable water obstacles, risky holes and ground folds that make for an engaging game of golf regardless of skill and experience.

Visitors in search of a stunning Phuket beach resort will find no finer alternative to the Anantara Phuket Resort Thailand. Regarded as one of the island’s premier holiday hotspots this Phuket resort pulls out all the stops when it comes to vacationing in paradise.

 

Thanuja Silva is a travel writer who writes under the pen name Auburn Silver. She has a passion for fashion and a deep interest in admiring new and exotic attractions around the world.

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A paradise for Bubba diving in Phuket

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For a traveler visiting Phuket, Bubba diving is a highly recommended experience no matter how an amateur you might be, nor how hesitant or uncertain you may be of thus exploring unknown territory , especially your capacity to dive. Other than the usual long list as to what makes Phuket so attractive as a diving location is the abundant availability of great instructors and lessons who make the whole experience appear so easy. With such a unique combination of instructors plus great location, one can only fall in love with this charming state of affairs of Bubba diving in Phuket.

Some people take a yacht to an island called Racha yai where the services of an experienced set of instructors can transform the whole experience quite magical if not fun and practical. Many travelers commend on the excellent customer service right from the point of inquiry before reaching the destination to which there are usually prompt relies, to the friendliness and capability as well as the patience of instructors who go out of their way to make this a comfortable as well as enjoyable experience for you.

When it comes to the best sites, the lower Andaman region is claimed to be a world best site for diving especially among the islands of Burma together with Phuket. Among the best sites that are widely known, Richelieu Rock, Koh phi phi as well as the Similans takes precedence as locations that are eagerly sought by diving enthusiasts. For the new comers and amateurs the best sites can be found along the west coast such as the Patong Bay, Freedom Beach and Paradise beach which contain shallow waters that can be easily reached from the shore and thus make excellent places for learning. With the amazing array of coral reefs, exquisite and unusual under water rock formations among which reside the exotic creatures of marine life, any part of Phuket makes a superb diving location when it comes to the beauty of marine life that awaits to attract the curious traveler.

A Phuket beach resort usually has what it takes to rejuvenate a traveler after a fun but exhausting day at the sea with many under and over water adventures. Anantara Phuket Resort Thailand is a paradise on this island haven, with lush plantations surrounding it while the ocean view still keeps one linked to the coastal life. A cluster of villas that combine the best of nature with plush conveniences makes this Phuket resort outstanding and exceptional in more ways than one, making it a favourite among the travelers.

 

Thanuja Silva is a travel writer who writes under the pen name Auburn Silver. She has a passion for fashion and a deep interest in admiring new and exotic attractions around the world.

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