Z-Touch Lipe Island Resort

Rooms at Z-Touch Lipe Island Resort go from 38 m2 garden view rooms to family rooms and a mixed dormitory with four single beds. Several rooms have air conditioning, a private bathroom with a shower, toiletries and towels, and a flat-screen TV.

One family room sleeps up to five guests and has blackout curtains, a desk and a private bathroom. Some rooms also have garden views, and the room with four single beds has a shower.

Breakfast is free, and the menu covers a la carte, Asian, buffet, continental and halal breakfast, with restaurants on site. The grounds include gardens, the public areas have air conditioning, and daily housekeeping and a laundry service are offered.

For days on the water, canoeing, snorkelling, diving, fishing and non-motorised water sports are offered, and tours and ticket services can be arranged. Luggage storage is available, and an airport transfer is offered too.

Kids meals are offered, and a doctor or nurse can be called when needed. Rooms can have blackout curtains, a desk, a sofa, a refrigerator and an in-room safe box, and free bottled water and instant coffee are provided.

Z-Touch Lipe Island Resort sits on Pattaya Beach, the main beach of the village on Ko Lipe, a small island in Satun province in southern Thailand. The area is busy in a relaxed way, with boats coming and going, small shops and street-food stalls along the lanes, and the sea a short walk from the resort. For travellers who want to be close to the pier and the village, this is where the island's centre of activity is.

The Koh Lipe Ferry Terminal, where boats from the mainland arrive, is 200 m from the resort, and Walking Street, the pedestrian lane of shops, is 300 m away. Sunset Beach is 450 m off and is one of several beaches within a short walk, while Ao Pat Ta Ya, a bay with its own stretch of shore, lies close to the resort too. Hantalay Temple, a pagoda in the same part of the island, is also a short stroll away. Trang Airport, the nearest airport, is 119 km away on the mainland, so the last part of the journey is by boat.

A day here can start with canoeing or snorkelling from the beach, and tours can be arranged for trips further out to sea. Non-motorised water sports are available from the resort. Rough seas can disrupt boat trips in the rainy months, so trips out to the islands nearby can change at short notice.