Of all my travels, I can say these accommodations that I
booked in Koh Chang is the most perfect by far I experienced. I am so glad and
super happy to find these two resorts online and totally did not hesitate to
reserve a room. There’s a lot of hotels and resorts in Koh Chang from
budget-friendly to luxury type, so I decided to stay in a budget resort for our
first night which is The Stage Koh Chang and to a luxurious resort for our
second night Aana resort.
I booked our room through Booking.com, which were I always
booked my accommodations when I’m traveling. I got the Cottage King Room with
Pool View for only 1,850 THB. The first glance of the pictures on their
website, I am totally in love already, because the rooms are in front of the
swimming pool, which is so amazing. When we arrived in the resort, it is just
so easy to find, it is located in 19/19/1 Moo 4 Tumbol Koh Chang, Amphoe Koh
Chang, Kai Bae Beach, 23170 Ko Chang, just beside the main road. The location
of the resort is just a walk away to the shops and restaurants. The staff is
very hospitable, when we checked-in they are so friendly, and even escorted us
to our room. And when we checked out on the following day, they let us leave
our bags in their reception area and be back to collect it. Our room includes
breakfast and Wi-Fi, the breakfast is not a huge buffet breakfast, it's just a
basic breakfast, waffles, eggs, fruits, bread, coffee and juices and many more.
Nearby, the breakfast area is the beautiful view of the mountains, which is so
peaceful to look at during the morning. They also have motorbike for rent for
only 250 THB per day, which is cheap already compare to other shops. The
swimming pool which I’m so excited to dive in is unexpectedly deep, which I did
not expect at all. I did not enjoy the pool much because I honestly don’t know
how to swim LOL!. Anyways, they have
floaty in the pool.
Of all the luxurious resorts that I’ve been to, by far Aana
resort is my favorite. This resort offers a lot of services and some of them
are free, which is so worth the money. I booked our One-Bedroom Villa with
Plunge Pool through Booking.com for one night for THB 4,016.25. Aana resort is
located at 19/2 Klong Praow Beach, Koh Chang, Trat, Klong Prao Beach, 23170 Ko
Chang, Thailand. It’s not situated on the main road but the resort offers a
free shuttle service from and to the area where the restaurants and shops are
(I honestly forgot the name). Anyways, one of the biggest reason why I choose
this resort is their Villa with own private plunge pool, which is affordable
compared to other Villas that has its own pool.
The staffs are honestly hospitable and very friendly, when
we arrive in the resort, they immediately greeted us and offer us tasty
refreshments. The check-in is very organized and very informative, the
receptionist explained to us all their services, facilities and amenities. What
I love with their services are most of them are totally FREE. They have free
breakfast, free shuttle service to and from the place where the shops and
restaurants are, free firefly tour, free kayak, free boat transfer from and to
their sand bar. They also have a restaurant, spa, pool bar, and dinner by the
boat which is not free of course. Anyways, I can say that all those free
services are worth the money I paid for the Villa.
The Villa is so beautiful, spacious and clean, I love the
interior design, it feels like a monastery. The room is complete with
amenities, from coffee and tea, water, drinks and chips, bathrobe, umbrella,
towels, beach towels, beach bag, slipper, outside slipper and so many more. I'm
so impressed that they made an effort to place a bottle of body lotion (I think it’s
their own product) in their bathroom aside from the usual shower amenities. And
my favorite part of the Villa is our own plunge pool and a spacious veranda
with a beautiful view of the mountain. This is totally priced less, the view of
the mountain is so green, peaceful and relaxing.
We enjoyed our own plunge pool, the resort hilltop pool and
their main pool in our afternoon session. By the way, their main pool is also a
bar pool. They have their own mini-mart inside the resort, but it’s quite
expensive, it's better to buy outside the resort. Around 8:00 PM we headed to
their restaurant which is the Cinnamon restaurant, to experience their free
firefly tour. Unfortunately, the tour did not meet my expectations at all, I
was expecting like thousands of them, like Christmas lights but there is
nothing like that. I saw only 6 little fireflies in the middle of the darkness
in a river. I was a little bit scared during this tour, because it’s really
dark and who knows, there might something out there from the water to jump into
us, LOL, like a crocodile perhaps? But anyways, the tour lasted only for 10
minutes and we get back to the restaurant. We had our dinner at the same
restaurant because it is situated in the river side of the resort, the price is
expectedly high, of course, it’s a resort, the taste is okay, I still love the
Tom yum soup in Monkey restaurant at Kai Bae beach. On the next and our last
day, we had our free buffet breakfast, my most awaited part of staying a hotel
and a resort. A lot of choices indeed, and it was all tasty and presented well.
We just enjoy the resort on our last hours, we did not get the chance anymore
to Kayak and swim in their own sand bar beach as we don’t have enough time.
Of all my travels in Thailand by far, Koh Chang is the first
place that wanted me to come back, it's so peaceful, beautiful, easy to go
around, affordable, and there’s a lot of places to visit, and if I will come
back in Koh Chang, I would love to stay again in Aana Resort.
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