Kenikar Raintree Resort Chumphon

The rooms at Kenikar Raintree Resort Chumphon measure between 24 and 40 m² and sleep up to two guests. Most have a private bathroom with a shower, some have a bathtub, and the beds are king beds or double beds, with a choice of bed set-ups in some rooms.

Views vary by room: a pool view, a lake view and a courtyard view are all offered. Air conditioning, flat-screen TVs, electric kettles and hair dryers appear in different room types, so the equipment depends on the room you choose. Some rooms also have satellite and cable channels, blackout curtains or a socket near the bed.

The hotel has an outdoor swimming pool and a garden, and its restaurant serves à la carte dishes as well as an Asian breakfast. Room service and food delivery are also available, and there is a bar on site.

Guests can use an airport transfer, car hire, a taxi service and laundry service. Parking is free on site, and bicycle parking is available as well. Free Wi-Fi is available in all rooms, and there is Wi-Fi in the public areas too.

For meetings and events, the hotel offers meeting and seminar facilities along with indoor and outdoor venues for special events. The property is wheelchair accessible, and staff speak English and Thai. Pets are allowed to stay, and a fee applies per pet per stay.

Kenikar Raintree Resort Chumphon is in Muang Chumphon, the district around the provincial capital of Chumphon in southern Thailand. Chumphon is a working town rather than a resort area, and it gives travellers a look at everyday life on the Gulf side of the peninsula, away from the busier beach resorts. Boats to the islands of the Gulf of Thailand leave from the coast, so the town works well as a stop on a longer journey south.

Arphakorn Kiattiwong Park is 750 m away, a public green space with walking paths. The monument to Prince of Chumphon Khet Udomsak, a royal figure closely tied to the Thai navy, stands 800 m from the hotel. Several locomotives are kept as monuments in the town, and the railway station is 2.3 km away. The Chumphon Night Market, 1.9 km from the hotel, is where people eat and shop in the evening, and the Chumphon National Museum is 3 km away.

A good day here can start in the park, continue to the monuments and the temples in town, and finish at the night market. Praderm Temple, a pagoda temple in the wider area, is further out. Getting around is simplest by taxi or hired car, and the hotel offers car hire and a taxi service, with free parking on site for guests who drive. The islands of the Gulf are reached by boat, so the last part of any trip to them is by sea.