Khaolak Palm Beach Resort

Khaolak Palm Beach Resort offers deluxe rooms and villas, several of them with a mountain or garden view. Some rooms measure 45 or 50 m², and some sleep up to five guests, while others sleep up to three.

Several rooms have a private bathroom with towels, toiletries and a hair dryer, and the Deluxe Jacuzzi Villa has a whirlpool bathtub. Rooms can also have an electric kettle, bathrobes and satellite and cable channels. Rooms with a garden view face the resort's gardens, and rooms with a mountain view look out towards the mountains. The resort has a 24-hour front desk.

The resort has an outdoor swimming pool and an indoor swimming pool, a children's swimming pool and a private beach. Restaurants, a bar and a poolside bar are on site, with room service, a coffee shop, barbecue facilities and happy hour.

Breakfast is served à la carte, as an Asian breakfast or as a buffet. The resort also offers massage, tours, car hire, a shuttle service, a taxi service and an airport transfer. Free parking is available, and there is a 24-hour front desk, a concierge, currency exchange, luggage storage, a laundry service and daily housekeeping. The resort is family and child friendly, with a kids meal, and Wi-Fi is free in all rooms.

Khao Lak sits on the Andaman coast of Phangnga province, north of Phuket, where a long beach runs along the foot of forested hills. It is a laid-back stretch of coast, and it appeals to travellers who want a beach holiday with national parks and the sea close at hand. The area is remembered for the 2004 tsunami that struck this coast, and memorials and a museum tell that story today.

Nang Thong Beach, 100 m from the resort, is the closest beach and a short walk away. Khao Lak-Lam Ru National Park, 650 m away, is a forested national park. The Tsunami Museum, 4.2 km away, recalls the disaster, and Similan National Park, 6.3 km away, covers offshore islands that are reached by boat. Phuket International Airport is 58.1 km away, and the resort offers an airport transfer.

A good day could start on Nang Thong Beach, continue with a visit to the national park and end at the Tsunami Memorial nearby. For the Similan Islands you travel by boat, so plan the day around the sea. The Andaman View Point is a short walk from the resort, with views over the coast, and Ton Chong Fa Waterfall is also reached by road.