Nitiporn Resort

Nitiporn Resort has rooms ranging from standard rooms to bungalows and villas, and several of them look out onto the garden. The Family Bungalow has a mountain view and sleeps up to five guests. Rooms can have air conditioning, a refrigerator, a coffee and tea maker, a balcony or terrace, and free bottled water.

Most rooms have a private bathroom with a shower, toiletries and towels, and some have a hair dryer and a flat-screen TV. The Family Bungalow measures 56 m², and the standard rooms sleep up to three guests.

The resort has an outdoor swimming pool, a garden and a terrace, and its own private beach. Guests can go boating, diving, fishing or snorkelling, and watersport equipment can be rented.

Dining options include a restaurant, a coffee shop, a snack bar and room service, with Asian and buffet breakfast, breakfast in the room and a takeaway breakfast service. A bar and a happy hour are also on site.

Free Wi-Fi is available in all rooms, and free parking is on site. Other services include tours, an airport transfer, luggage storage, daily housekeeping, shops, a playground and a doctor or nurse on call. Boating and fishing are both available, and so is a takeaway breakfast.

Nitiporn Resort stands in Ao Mae Mai on Koh Phayam, an island off the Andaman coast in Ranong province, in southern Thailand. The island has no road bridge to the mainland, so the crossing is made by boat, and once you arrive the pace is calm. Beaches are the centre of most days here, and the resort has a private beach of its own.

Ao Mae Mai Beach is about 300 m from the resort, and the Koh Phayam Pier, where the boats from Ranong come in, is about 500 m away, so the arrival is a short walk. Further afield, the Bot Klang Thale pagoda is about 1.1 km from the resort, and the Hin Talu viewpoint is about 2.2 km away. Chedi Loi Nam Beach, also on the island, is about 700 m away.

A simple day here starts with a swim at Ao Mae Mai, moves to a walk to the pier to watch the boats come in, and ends at the Hin Talu viewpoint. The resort also offers diving, snorkelling, boating and fishing, and watersport equipment can be rented. In the rainy season the sea can be rough and boat crossings may be disrupted, so the timing of a trip matters.