Location
This resort is located in central-western Koh Tao in the Gulf of Thailand and is set in tropical beachfront surroundings.
Facilities
Built in 2008, this beach resort features luxury villas and apartments. Combining elegant Thai designs and modern architecture, guests enjoy the kingdom's traditional hospitality in well-designed boutique rooms, conducive to personal comfort. The total of rooms 62 provide a relaxing atmosphere and all feature a private balcony. Guests can enjoy exclusive hospitality which includes pre-registration and express check-in and check-out services, as well as further facilities on offer to guests such as the lobby with a currency exchange facility. There is a restaurant and guests may also take advantage of the WLAN Internet access and laundry services.
Rooms
Each individual guest room is designed in boutique style and comfortably decorated. The hotel offers a selection of Superior, Deluxe Pool View, Grand Deluxe Sea View, Junior Suites and Khun Paen Grand Suites. All rooms come with a private bathroom with a shower/bath and a hairdryer as well as satellite/ cable TV, a minibar and tea-and-coffee-making facilities. They are also equipped with individually adjustable air conditioning and a safe, and all guest rooms are non-smoking. Each of the rooms features a private balcony.
Sports/Entertainment
This resort features a large outdoor swimming pool with a poolside snack bar set amongst the buildings housing guest accommodation. This area has a reputation as Asia's scuba diving mecca, and the resort offers SSI and PADI diving excursions to the island's 27 dive sites as well as all courses from novice to instructor aboard its air-conditioned cruiser, the Samui Princess.
Meals
The resort offers a variety choices of international dishes and Thai cuisine. Guests may select their breakfast from a buffet or a menu.
Payment
Major international credit cards are accepted at the hotel MasterCard and VISA.
How to get there
Guests arriving via Koh Samui will find the quickest way to Koh Tao is by Bangkok Airways direct from Bangkok, Krabi, Phuket, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and a number of other airports. Upon arrival at Koh Samui, guests can arrange transfers at the airport information desk. There is no airport on Koh Tao Map itself, so connections from Samui can only be made by boat. Guests could take the 1-hour voyage either by Lomprayah Catamaran or on the Seatran Discovery which leave twice daily for Koh Tao. There are other boat transfers available, but these are by far the fastest and best options. Regardless of which option guests choose, the last boat leaving Koh Samui for Koh Tao is at 12 midday and the last catamaran leaving Koh Tao is at 3 pm daily. Any onward flight bookings/reservations should ideally be scheduled for after 6 pm to allow for any unforeseen delays. Transfers from the piers to the airport are readily available for a minimal fee and in some cases are included in the catamaran price. Those arriving via Chumporn should note that the transfer from Bangkok to Chumphon can be made very simply either by train or comfortable VIP bus. Both options can easily be booked in Bangkok or online. Again, the Lomprayah Catamaran offers two trips and the Seatran Discovery offers one trip to Chumphon daily and the price includes the transfer to Koh Tao. Another option is the night boat via MV.Talaysub which leaves Chumporn for Koh Tao every Tuesday and Saturday night at 11 pm. Travellers from Phuket and Krabi typically pass through Suratthani, a long and at times uncomfortable journey in a minibus. Boat options are very limited and the only direct boat is a little dubious even at the best of times. This night boat leaves Suratthani every night at 11 pm. It is not recommended to arrive in Koh Tao via this route but rather to fly from either Phuket or Krabi directly to Koh Samui and follow the above directions from there.