Serene Resort Lipe

The rooms at Serene Resort Lipe include cottages, deluxe double rooms and a standard double room, each with its own floor area and bed set-up. Rooms can have air conditioning, a shower with toiletries and a flat-screen TV with satellite and cable channels, and some add a balcony or terrace or a seating area, while others have a garden view.

Free WiFi is available in all rooms. Bed set-ups go from single beds and queen beds to double and king beds, depending on the room, and cottage-style rooms are a central part of what the resort offers.

Serene Resort Lipe has an elevator, lockers, luggage storage and safety deposit boxes, and daily housekeeping is provided for the rooms. Tours and ticket services are available, and there is a cash withdrawal service.

Transport is covered by an airport transfer and a shuttle service. On-site parking is available, and the resort has BBQ facilities as well as a smoking area. Free WiFi is available in all rooms, and there is also WiFi in public areas and internet access for guests.

Serene Resort Lipe sits on Ko Lipe, a small island in the Andaman Sea that is part of Tarutao National Marine Park. Sunrise Beach is 250 m from the property, so the sea is close by on foot, and the village around the resort is small enough to explore on foot in an afternoon, with the beaches only a few minutes' stroll away.

Walking Street is 400 m away, and Pattaya Beach, another stretch of sand on the island, is also 400 m from the resort. Koh Adang, the neighbouring island within the same national park, is 6.1 km away. Ko Lipe has no airport and is reached by boat, so Trang Airport, 118.8 km away on the mainland, is the nearest airport.

For a day out, snorkelling is the most common choice, and the clear water around Ko Lipe is one of the island's main draws. Karma Beach and Sunset Beach are the next beaches along the coast, both a walk from the resort, and the ferry terminal is close by for the boat trips that leave the island. The pace is slow, and the village between the beaches is the place to head for a meal, a stroll or a drink before or after a swim.