PHUKET TO KHAO LAK Post-tsunami tour. Minivan explorations of Had Kata, Had Kamala, and other areas devastated by the December 2004 tsunami. Transit up Andaman Sea Coast to Khao Lak, one of the worst-hit regions in the Andaman sea. Khao Lak is a resort beach about 100km north of Phuket and was one of the hardest hit areas of the 2004 tsunami disaster. Eleven years later, most resorts have been rebuilt and the Khao Lak of today is considered one of the more upmarket resort areas of Thailand.