Saphan Hin (Stone Bridge) is part of the history of Phuket. Originally a port used by tin dredgers the area derived it's name form a road made with piles of stones running down the beach and used by the dredger crew to board small boats to take them out to the dredgers moored at sea, due to the fact that the sea had become shallow due to mud washed in from the dredgers. In more recent times the local council used the mangrove forest to reclaim the land by filling it with waste and covering it with sand. It was around 40 years before it came to look as it does today. The remaining mangrove forest that lies just beside the exhibition area has a walkway that takes you around the forest and beside the beach. A great place to go at low tide to see the small fiddler crabs and other mangrove forest wildlife. Just look for the entrance next to the police office.