Chumphon Cabana & Diving Resort, Chumphon hotels Thailand

*Reviews of recent stays*	*Comment on the hotel*	*The reservation service*
Bashar Hindieh 2008-07-15 until 2008-07-17	Chumphon Cabana & Diving Resort, Chumphon Great place, we (my wife, three kids and me) like it so much, the stay there is as being in a natural jungle, the staff are really great, helpfull and polite, the resturant prices are reasonable and the food is very nice, if you wanna get hotel room take the ones in the third floor it has great view. we recommend this resort.
Piti Thanadkit 2008-06-30 until 2008-07-02	Chumphon Cabana & Diving Resort, Chumphon Very nice small resort which all builidings are situated in the green. The beach is perfect, the water is clear, perfect for swimming. The room is basic but comfortable. They grow everything, farming, using non-chemical to everything including washing and cleaning, very impresive that they do not buy things at all. They have lovely team in the diving center. The dive site here is good. Clear water (20m visibility, average depth 18m) , many fish, many things to see. The staff is friendly. Sadly that the place have problem with the flies, it really bother you at the dining table. Also, the sand bugs, please make sure you got the anti-bug skin spray on the beach. Good place, not many tourist, the beach is basically for you. a few basic bars on the beach, only 1 store at the end of the beach road. very safe even walking at night, the village people is nice and no harm. definitely coming back :)	quick and no problem as usual.
Joseph Armocida 2008-06-23 until 2008-06-24	Chumphon Cabana & Diving Resort, Chumphon Out dated hotel,rooms basic though was cheap in price, good pool.Food disgusting, dinner expensive and we were served cold gluggy rice! Breakfast was on par with dinner.	No problems
PRANEE REYNOLDS 2008-06-23 until 2008-06-24	Chumphon Cabana & Diving Resort, Chumphon We last stayed at this hotel 6 years ago, and it really doesn t appear that much has happened in between. It really could do with a spruce up. Environment is still good, pool is still good but it is just tired and the staff lack the energy to keep it up to standard. But the real problem this time was the food....on our last visit it had been great but this time it rated as the worst experienced at a hotel in Thailand. Even the rice was badly cooked (cold, re-heated).	Booking service is still great.
anthony ashton latham Potts 2008-03-31 until 2008-04-04	Chumphon Cabana & Diving Resort, Chumphon We had a great time, the hotel is very like a national parks type set up, very comfortable if you compare value for money and have no complaints what so ever and will return in the future, based on other comments it does help if you have your own transport as the hotel is very laid back and there is not a lot to do in the immediate area, but once again thanks for a great stay	Excellent no complaints what so ever, thank You
Anders Ericson 2008-02-22 until 2008-02-26	Chumphon Cabana & Diving Resort, Chumphon Nice and quiet, perfect for a relaxing stay if you dont need a busy nightlife anf touristshopping .
Mark Houghton 2008-02-17 until 2008-02-21	Chumphon Cabana & Diving Resort, Chumphon could not fault it very quaint and peace full . we will be going back next year.excellent.	very impressed
Henrik Nybom 2008-02-08 until 2008-02-11	Chumphon Cabana & Diving Resort, Chumphon As we arrived at Lompaya Pier with Vip bus from Hua Hin we found out that there is no taxi service to Chumpong nor Cabana Beach. Only a smiling bus driver who offered a trip back to Chumpong for 500 Bath, the same guy who refused to stop in town. Luckily I called the hotel 20 minutes before arrival to the pier and asked for pick up. It worked wonderfully. We had a smiling driver from Cabana coming 5 minutes after arrival and were at Cabana 40 minutes later, 300 bath/person. Next time we will go by train first class. It will be cheaper and faster all together. Reception at Cabana was nice friendly and efficient with make first impression very positive also with the nice big garden surrounding the hotel. We got a room with nice view over garden and the big swimming pool. The hotel was build in 1982 and according to the standard of the room has not been renovated since then. There was a smell of fungis and the walls and roof showed big marks of water leakage. The shower was good and shampoo and bath gel of excellent quality. The bed was hard and furniture run down but the garden and swimming pool made it up. We spent 3 nights there and that was enough for us. In 2 days we had seen and walked the beach, garden and village . The small shop was nice and the massage was good. The restaurant staff was very friendly but had some difficulties to get our orders right. The menu was typical Thai and prices reasonable. The beach was clean as was the water.	We booked via the net and it worked but they missed our pick up request in the confirmation. We paid 1200 Bath for the room and found out the room rate in other hotels along the beach was 800 for same standard of rooms.
HEINRICH Sascha 2008-02-07 until 2008-02-11	Chumphon Cabana & Diving Resort, Chumphon Nice and quiet resort - no action, perfect for relaxation. Very few people on a beautiful beach. Hotel offers good service. Try to get a Superior Bungalow rather than a room in the normal hotel building - it s much more up to date and in good condition. Getting to Chumphon town is for Thai standards very expensive (THB 150 per person). Be careful when walking along the beach, there are some sandflies which bite.	Excellent, reliable service.
Klepper B. 2008-02-05 until 2008-02-07	Chumphon Cabana & Diving Resort, Chumphon A nice resort. Another year we spend two days in a bungalow, this time two nights in a room in one of the buildings. Very clean and with a big balcony. The resort has a big swimmingpool. The beach is very quiet and large. There are no beds to lay on on the beach. Its a great beach to walk. The breakfast buffet is at the beach with nice view over the see. A great place for them who son t like crowded places.	Fast and quickly
Louise Sandberg 2008-02-01 until 2008-02-11	Chumphon Cabana & Diving Resort, Chumphon Don´t know what to say. Very frendley staff but hotell was old and garden like a djungel how groun just utside window.Room was rather good and clean.No chear on beach so no chans to sunbath because the sundeck was in garden and there was no sun.Can´t stay on beach couse there was so many small flies and they bit and i mean realy BIT. A lot of small god restaurante but nothing to shop.Whe leave 3 days before we have planed and never come back.
Brian Robinson 2008-01-31 until 2008-02-03	Chumphon Cabana & Diving Resort, Chumphon Good value for money. We originally booked one of the bungalows but for our second visit downgraded to a standard room in one of the blocks. Reason for change being that the bungalows are very tired and badly in need of some serious renovation. Also they are built on top of one another so privacy is minimal at best. Lovely unspoilt beach, large and interesting grounds, passable breakfast and a sizeable (if unspiring oblong) pool all make this resort excellent value for 1,200 Baht per night. Additionally there are a good half dozen restaurants and bars - some of them quite good - within easy walking distance.	Very good. No problems at all.
Achim Pohlmann 2008-01-18 until 2008-01-21	Chumphon Cabana & Diving Resort, Chumphon Hotel is run down, food is ok, reception staff is nice and helpful. Restaurant staff is not up to standards of a hotel, not to say they are unpolite. Ended our stay early.	No problems with sawdee at all !
Gustaaf Engelbert Zuiderbaan 2008-01-07 until 2008-01-14	Chumphon Cabana & Diving Resort, Chumphon Very good accomodation. Very friendly staff. No complaints. Enjoyed every minute of our stay at Cabana. Hope to come back one day and hope that the quietness en peacefull envirement still will be intact.	Also very reliable. No problems what so ever.
Richiger Nicole 2007-12-16 until 2007-12-19	Chumphon Cabana & Diving Resort, Chumphon Well, as we arrived in the early morning I just thought, let s leave again! The place and the hotel is not as nice as shown on the website at all! But I must say, it is very clean! The pick up service of the hotel forgot to pick us up at the station. But with no problem they gave us a the refund of what we payed with the booking. The restaurant is nice and the food good, but the service staff is the best! They are so nice and when I lost my credit card at the beach, they would all help me searching until we found it! They are lovely! The service staff on the reception was not as friendly though. Somehow they always acted in a defensive way even when I just asked for something. In the end I would say, if you have plenty of time, stay there for a night or two (but not longer) and if your trip is rather short, skip it!!	Good, though pick up service did not work out
Daniela Curca 2007-08-26 until 2007-08-27	Chumphon Cabana & Diving Resort, Chumphon Hard to find,is better to call to the hotel and ask somebody to came and take you.Wonderfull location,very nice garden,very good pool,very nice people.We forget some clothes there and after 2 weeks we remember-the personal from the Unico Grande Hotel from Bangock spoke with them,I pay for the currier and after 2 days I bring the clothes at the hotel!Thanks to all!	Very good,easy and correct,we don t have any problem,highly recomand!
Kann Paulhorst and Manlika Geiermann 2007-08-06 until 2007-08-07	Chumphon Cabana & Diving Resort, Chumphon Nice location, nice beach. Nice garden at the hotel, big swimming-pool. Hotel restaurant is good. friendly people. Rooms and bathrooms in the main building are o.k., but they have the best times behind them. They need some renovation. Bungalows perhabs better for a longer stay, but not seen inside.	perfekt
Keith Pyke 2007-02-16 until 2007-02-21	Chumphon Cabana & Diving Resort, Chumphon We only had five nights at this resort, we wished that we could have stayed longer. We didn t want to leave. Our bungalow was very comfortable and plenty spacious enough for the two of us. Having the devan sofa in the lounging area means that you could easily accommodate a third person. Just a couple of negative points: The exterior of the bungalows could do with a spruce up and we wish that the garden area between bungalows was planted rather better, because it spoils the views you get from the many bungalow windows. The rest of the gardens and all the public areas are a well maintained delight. The pool is lovely and big, but the water was pretty cloudy and dosed heavily with chlorine. The food and service was excellent and drinks were reasonably priced. We telephone booked the hotel s taxi service to collect and later deliver us to the rail station. It was prompt and comfortable. The beach is an endless crescent of silver sand. Well cleaned in front of the resort. The sea a crystal aqua blue. The most magical and memorable part of our four weeks in Thailand was the snorkling trip to Spike Islands. A truly wonderful day. Just one bit of advice - don t go when there are lots of non-swimmers going on the trip (usually at weekends). All you will get is dozens of thrashing arms and legs in life jackets scaring the fish off. We wish that the resort was still able to offer the 2/3 person kayaks to borrow. They are there by the beach, but no longer in use. We want to return to Chumphon Cabana.	No problems with the internet booking. It was easy and straightforward. When we arrived at the resort we were expected and welcomed.
P. F 2007-02-11 until 2007-02-13	Chumphon Cabana & Diving Resort, Chumphon Though the bungalows could do with a fresh layer of paint we had no complaints about this resort. It has an amazing garden in which we spent hours discovering all sorts of species of both plants and animals. The beach is beautiful and, at least in front of the resort, always clean. It was great to get a breakfast that dared to stray away from the conventional American or Continental by also offering freshly made Khanom Krob or juices. We ll be back!
Andy Hebberd 2006-12-14 until 2006-12-17	Chumphon Cabana & Diving Resort, Chumphon Nice little resort in an excellet location - provided you are not after an nightlife. Basic rooms, but still very adequate. Good food from the restaurant. Would certainly go there again.	First class service.
Sergio Bosusco 2006-11-21 until 2006-11-28	Chumphon Cabana & Diving Resort, Chumphon Very good resort, great sea, good services, but bus e train services are quite far and the shuttle bus from the hotel expensive.	Perfect
Derek Blake 2006-11-21 until 2006-11-25	Chumphon Cabana & Diving Resort, Chumphon Arived here for 4 days , we had a beach hut in the grounds staff unhelpful beach a disgrace pool not open ,so bit to death on the beach by mossies room tired ,just not up to any standard ,1/2out of 5	First class hassel free
Lisa Zegzdryn 2006-03-14 until 2006-03-23	Chumphon Cabana & Diving Resort, Chumphon The hotel surroundings were very beautiful and set on a quiet stunning beach.Nothing else to do apart from sunbathe or kayak.The rooms were a little tired and could do with a lick of paint and a few repairs here and there but generally comfortable.The pool was lovely,breakfast was fairly good.The hotel restaurant was very slow service and quite often some of the dishes did not arrive or it was cold.When they did get it right the food was good.Hotel staff were not very helpful at all - i found them to be quite ignorant and did not go out their way to help.Not the usual friendly Thai hospitality i have experienced elsewhere in Thailand.The stay was ok but i would not return to this paticular hotel.	Booking sevice with Sawadee as usual was fantastic, no complaints there at all!!
Ravet Jean Claude 2006-01-20 until 2006-01-22	Chumphon Cabana & Diving Resort, Chumphon the bungalow front beach are not very good very little tv no chair the garden are not well kept last year it was far better	good
Shunichi & Mananya Ito 2005-10-08 until 2005-10-10	Chumphon Cabana & Diving Resort, Chumphon We started our 12 days vacation in Thailand with Chumphon Cabana Resort and had a really great time, in fact the best time compare to any other places we stayed during those 12 days. We were staying at a standard hotel room for 2 night and here is the list of things we need to say why we think this palce was so GREAT!! First of all, every staff members (from their driver, reception desk staff, bellboy, giftshop staff, housekeeping staff and etc....) were very friendly and they make sure that we were happy with everything. They really make sure we feel at home and what so important to us was their friendlyness and their smile. If the scale is from 1-10, then we would give them 10 (plus many, many more). 2. The tropical grounds were beautiful (lots and lots of green) and the pool area was nice and clean. If you had enough of the salt water at the beach, then you can always relax by the pool. The graden around the pool made us feel like we were in tropical paradise (if you love green garden, then we are sure that you will love this place). 3. We were also took the snorkelling tour to Koh Ngam Noi and Koh Ngam Yai with the resort for 65BHT/person. The twin island have a very beautiful scenery. The tour package included transportation, lunch, snacks, coffee, soda, and tea.....and again...the staff were super friendly and helpful. Their tour staff made us feel like we have to go back and take scuba dive class with them on our next vacation....they were truly amazing!! 4. And like many people who visited Chumphon Cabana would say Don t come here looking for a party!! The beach here is very peacful and you will be able to get a full relaxation with out a speed boat or jet ski on the beach. The beach here is very clean and the water was clear (you don t even have to go far on the island to get this kind of clear water). One more thing, get up on time to catch the sunrise at the beach. 5. This is more of the advice for you if you are planning to visit the resort by train of bus. Once you get to Chumphon station, don t even think about hire sawngthaew (taxi). Just call the resort directly for a pick up service. Sawngthaew by train or bus station would ask you to pay 220 or more (some of them might tell you that they charge you only 200 BHT and it s the same price with the resort transfer....DON T FALL FOR IT!!). Just call the resort directly for a transfer service they only charge you 90 BHT/person/way (or at least check with them first). Well, we think we had mention enough about the good things and now is the little miner things we would like to see the resort improve: First is the breakfast....we be honest with you....the breakfast rate is only 4 (from scale of 1-10). Second is the room, don t get me wrong....the room were nice and clean and meet my standard for its price, just need a little touch up on the warn out part. Best of all, we were happy with what we paid and the services that we received from every staff members made us forgotten about any other things we dislike. Thanks for a truly peaceful & relaxation vacation!!!	First time user.....and will use it again. Easy and simple step by step. Thanks!!
Michael Gregory 2005-08-12 until 2005-08-13	Chumphon Cabana & Diving Resort, Chumphon Stayed here in bungalow 2 nights and hotel room 1 night. Accommodation clean but in need of renovation. Breakfast cold and fly infested. Unfriendly staff Definately not worth the money.	Booking service good extended our stay over telephone while in Bangkok
Cathy Singleton 2005-06-26 until 2005-07-06	Chumphon Cabana & Diving Resort, Chumphon We enjoyed our stay of 14 nights. We had a cabana with a double bed and a bed seat. It smelt musty when we arrived as the a/c was not on but after a few hours that was gone! My family of 2 girls and my husband were comfortable. It is a very interesting place as its not just a resort its an environmental camp school. Some of the facilities were a little run down like the pool decking but it was obviouse that there was maintanance going on to fix this. My girls got to plant rice and play with a bus load of local school children. We came to dive and it was some of the best diving we had in Thailand, saw many turtles! The dive team were very friendly and we had no worries with our 7 and 8 year old daughters skin diving while we scuba dived. There were mosquitos in the evening so I sugest to take along insect repellant and fly spray when going out at night! The resort resturant was on the beach with a lovely view. Don t be afraid to try the other more local resturants along the beach road as they were excellent and very cheep. It is a lovely place very lay back and no hussle and bussle. You won t find people trying to sell sarongs, clothes nic nacs on the beach just the local people from Chumpon city spending the weekend at the sea! A very friendly place! We will come again.	Excellent as usual
Inderbitzi 2005-05-07 until 2005-05-09	Chumphon Cabana & Diving Resort, Chumphon The hotel has a wonderful location. The garden is well-kept and the beach very long and mostly clean. We stayed in a superior bungalow and it was very nice. The room was clean and exactly how the pictures shows. The restaurant serves very delicious food and the breakfast was a big buffet, which we really liked. I ll go back sometime.	no problems
Melanie Quinnell-Scott 2004-08-06 until 2004-08-10	Chumphon Cabana & Diving Resort, Chumphon The hotel is in a wonderful location, and is ideal for anyone looking for peace, quiet and tranquility. The beach bungalows are very nice- I loved the window seat. Not a lot to do there except diving and enjoying the water. The restaurant service was slow and meals were all delivered at different times so some people had already eaten before others received their meal. Food was alright, but I have eaten better all over Thailand this holiday.Prices were reasonable for Thailand.	Good booking service- prompt and efficient
Rebecca 2004-02-29 until 2004-03-01	Chumphon Cabana & Diving Resort, Chumphon Great location on the beach, beautiful food and the best Pina Coladas! The pool is great as well. A little bit far from the pier and not much to do except relax.	Great service!
Louise Houston 2004-01-10 until 2004-01-13	Chumphon Cabana Resort & Diving Center, Chumphon The bungalow was spacious and comfortable with lovely subtle decor. The grounds of the hotel were sumptious and the swimming pool large, clean and in a beautiful setting. The dining room was a wonderful thatched building and it served excellent food. Breakfast was included and this was a feast. All of the staff were very eager to please. I would recommend it highly. Thank you very much.