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Reviews of recent stays |
Comment on the hotel |
Karl-Ola Bjelkeby and Gun Berglund
2008-03-08 until 2008-03-12 |
Amandara
Island Resort, Koh Kho Khao
Splendid, as close to the Paradize you can come. Nice and calm place,
friendly and helpful staff. The room was excellent and both the poolarea
and the beach was very good. Good and tasteful food in the restaurant.
We can really recommend this place and resort. |
Yvonne Carlsson
2008-02-09 until 2008-02-15 |
Amandara Island Resort, Koh Kho Khao
This is Paradise! It s a pieceful holiday. A long beatiful beach with
only little tourists, and perfect for running s in the morning. The
Villas lay perfect at the beach and have lot of space. The staff is
always smiling and friendly and roomservice is very good. This place
is perfect for a relaxing holiday and we will definitly coming back. |
Michael Gutmann
2008-01-18 until 2008-01-23 |
Amandara Island Resort, Koh Kho Khao
Paradise on earth... This is what comes to our mind, when we reminisce
about Koh Koh Kao and Amandara Island Resort. If there?s anything
to complain about at all, well, then it?s the crystal clear water,
that is promised in the resort s description, but turns out to have
no visibility at all, due to sandy and muddy particles floating in
the water. If you are looking for a place to go snorkling, then this
is definitely the wrong place to go to. Also, when you are looking
for clubbing, party and loud music. Don?t go to Koh Koh Kao!!! But
if you are looking for a relaxing atmosphere, friendly staff, clean
beach houses, one of the best food and nicest located restaurants
on the island (in the sand, among palm trees, just a footstep away
from the sea, with decent music in the background and no anoying flashing
and blinking lights), then this is definitely the place to go. The
Island can be reached by ferry, the best thing to do is to book the
hotel s own shuttle service, as the ride from Phuket Airport is about
1-1 1/2h. The Pool is nicely surrounded by exotic plants, well maintained
and clean. The resorts offers a truly relaxing massage hut, that a
lot of tourists make use of. Prices are o.k. We made use of the hotels
own scooter rental (just BHT 300,-per day) and discovered the whole
Island, which is a lot of fun, as there is not much traffic going
on. Riding up to the North Tip, you really feel far away from any
touristic location, it?s just you, nature and the natives. A big praise
to these people, who were all so friendly and helpful (bearing in
mind, that most of them have lost friends or family members in the
Tsunami). This island has not been flooded by mass tourisms so far
and hopefully never will. But as mentioned, it was partially flooded
by the Tsunami, some areas in the north of the Island still show,
how strong this impact must have been. Amandara is the last resort
on a 20km long sandy Beach, so you can spend hours of walking along
the beach, only meeting a few tourists from the other resorts. (or
a herd of water buffalos!!! :-) ) If you plan to go diving or snorkeling,
the island is quite conveniently located. We went for a one day diving
trip to the Similan Islands also the Surin Islands are about the same
distance. The Island is not an Island the you need to spend hours
on the boat to reach it, like explained, it?s just a 10min ferry ride
from the main land away. This offers possibilities to book various
day trips directly at the hotel reception. We booked a one day trip,
that was lead by our own guide to the elephants in the jungle, wonderful
lunch in the middle of a tree top restaurant and a 1h kajak ride that
was adventurous (beware of the snakes :-) ) , relaxing and romantic.
Just amazing. We have spoken to people, who stayed first at Amandara
for a week, then went to Phuket for another week and who wished, they
could have stayed at Amandara. By the way, the resort was just built
in 2003. The only good English speaking employee is Khun Jay, the
receptionist. But that s o.k. because all employes really were so
friendly and helpful. If you are planning to stay at Amandara, I suggest
to plan at least 7, if not 10 days. Even though it?s a very calm island,
you can book a lot of daytrips, as prior mentioned. We definitely
recommend this resort, if it had clear waters our rating would be
A+!!! |
Branko
2007-06-25 until 2007-07-02 |
Amandara Island Resort, Koh Kho Khao
Amandara is very nice hotel, but during low season there were almost
no people there, most of the time we had the resort for ourselves.
The hotel itself is verywell maintained, and everything is clean.
We took superior seaview cottage with and extra bed for our kids.
The room vas clean, but because of extra bed there was not really
too much space inside, but all together it was more than OK. The pool
was very well maintained, our kids also enjoyed the waves on the beach.
The hotel restaurant was offering good food, the prices were not too
bad for hotel, maybe we were missing some more options in the close
neibourhood. The only real option was to go to the village next to
the peer where there are two good and also cheaper restaurants, there
are also some small shops there. The peer is about 50 minutes walk
on the beach or it is possible to take a hotel Taxi, 50 THB in one
direction, which was good option. The weather in low season was better
than we have been expected, not too much rain, but very little sunshine.
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Erik & A*sa
2006-12-26 until 2006-12-30 |
Amandara Island Resort, Koh Kho Khao
What a nice surprise. This is the place if you want to relax. Very
nice staff, endless beach, great bungalows and beautiful surroundings.
We had a wounderful time here and wish to come back. |
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