Kai Bae Resorts, Hotels and Bungalows offer a wide selection of mid-range accommodation, five higher end resorts, some cheaper bungalows for travellers and a few cheap guesthouses.
Like White Sand Beach, it can be split into north and south, this time the midway river separating the two ends and the best beach at the southern end.
Prices given are for the peak period (outside of Xmas/New Year period) via booking sites, not the hotel websites. They are intended as guides only.
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Luxury – Kai Bae Beach Resorts and Hotels
Located seaside in the centre of town, Awa Resort, The Chill and Gajapuri Resort are three of the top resorts in Koh Chang.
Each offers everything you would expect from a 4+ star resort with deluxe well appointed rooms, pool villas, superb feature length swimming pools and spas. The beach in front of the resorts is a little rocky, certainly not the area’s best, but a 2 minute walk to the north puts you on a lovely stretch of sand, so no real problem.
Also on the seafront (but no beach) a little further south, The Retreat opened in 2023. This is the sister resort to The Chill with discreet two storey buildings housing deluxe rooms on the upper floor and pool access rooms on the lower. There’s also one main infinity pool and a restaurant by the sea.
Combining deluxe hotel rooms with large private pool villas, 2 pools and spa, Seaview Resort sits at the far southern end on the beach. It has an additional building high up on the mountain side above.
- The Chill’s rooms range from 8,000bt for deluxe doubles, 9,600bt for pool access or pool view, 16,000bt for a suite and up to 17,500bt for pool villas
- Sylvan (Seaview) Resort: 4,500bt for grande deluxe seaview or beachfront, 5,500bt to 10,500bt for suites, and 14,000bt for the pool villa suite
- The Retreat: 9,600bt for deluxe twin or double, 12,000bt for the pool access, 32,000bt for suite with sea view and 56,000bt for the private pool villa (one only)
- Awa Resort offers hillside rooms from 4,800bt up to 12,350bt for a deluxe beachfront suite – note peak Xmas – 4 nights minimum
- Gajapuri has superior rooms at 4,500bt, beachfont deluxe at around 5,950bt and then pool villas at 11,500bt (peak – 5 nights minimum)
Pricing Code/Per night in Baht (B):
B= under 500; BB= 500 to 1,500; BBB= 1,500 to 3,000; BBBB= over 3,000;
The Chill Resort and Spa
Per Night: BBBB – BBBB+++
Sea-side
On the beach side, modern, sleek resort with swimming pools from the entrance to the sea and deluxe, splash and jacuzzi rooms in three storey building running alongside. Restaurant, spa and cafe.
Sylvan (Sea View) Resort
Per Night: BBB – BBBB++
Sea-side
With its name now changed from Seaview to Sylvan, this is a huge resort with all manner of rooms by the sea, the pool and on the cliff above. Also has some of the best pool villas on the island. Two pools, restaurants, cafes, spa. Cable car and golf buggy to get around. Frequent deals available.
The Retreat
Per Night: BBBB – BBBB++
Sea-side
Located seaside in the middle of the village, two identical buildings face each other across a carefully manicured lawn, each one housing deluxe rooms upstairs and pool access rooms beneath. There are also a unique corner room and a whole pool villa for the ultimate luxury.
Large infinity pool overlooks the sea, with the in-house restaurant, bar and lounge alongside. Opened in 2023, from the same owners as The Chill. Recommended.
Awa Resort
Per Night: BBBB – BBBB++
Sea-side
Part of the Dewa, Splash and Ramayana group, 90 deluxe rooms in various buildings, each over three floors by the feature length swimming pool, many with ocean view. There are a further 30 superior rooms on the other side of the road. Two restaurants, terrace area, cocktail bar and self-made beach leading down to the sea. Very popular.
Gajapuri Resort
Per Night: BBBB – BBBB++
Sea-side
On the sea side, boutique bungalows, private suites or villas with plunge pools, all built from natural materials and set off raised wooden walkways in secluded tropical gardens. Two swimming pools, restaurant and spa.
Mid Range – Kai Bae Resorts, Hotels and Bungalows
There’s plenty of mid range accommodation – 3 star resorts, a few villas – throughout the village.
Northern Area
In 2023/24, the older Koh Chang Cliff Beach Resort (KCCB) split into two. KCCB retains the cliff villas, some of the garden bungalows, the cliff top pool and the entrance/reception. The new Baan Sook (Baansook)takes the swimming pool near the beach and the rooms down one side.
KCCB’s cheapest rooms tart at 1,850bt going through to around 4,000bt for pool villa and suites. Baan Sook’s rooms are 2,800bt
Also at this end, the vast Chang Park, with its fabulous location on the beach, is now closed and no one is sure of what the next steps will be.
The White Knot, the same owners as KCCB, has just 6 cabins from 1,750bt a night. These rooms may come under new management from Cabana, who are taking over the restaurant/bar area.
Central Area
The Stage, opposite The Chill, has wooden cabins surrounding its decked pool starting at 1,000bt and going up to around 1,7000bt for the family rooms.
Koh Chang Residence rents out mini-houses (serviced appartments) on the small back road opposite Awa Resort, which connects the main street to the bypass road. Weekly rates for one bedroom cottages are 10,000bt in peak season, the 2 bedroom villas at 20,000bt.
Also in this back area, Filou Superior Villas gives you another excellent option. It comprises 4 different styles of room around a small communal pool. Prices range from 3,000bt upwards a night, 3 nights minimum.
In the the center of town by the river, The Green Resort has nicely styled bungalows at 1,200bt to 2,000bt (family). At the bottom of this same street, the dependable Coral Resort sits on the headland which separates north and south Kai Bae Beach – fabulous seaviews but no actual beach. Prices are from 1,000bt to 2,500bt depending on the style of accommodation.
Just off the main street near the southern 7/11, Garden Resort is a long established spot with a loyal following, where a poolside double is 2,850bt with breakfast.
Southern Area
Down at the southern end of Kai Bae Beach, the resorts run one into the next. Each offers a combination of bungalows along the seafront and small hotel blocks behind.
The long running Kai Bae Huts, home to the island hopping speedboat services, is first up. A combination of practical bungalows by the water, with newer rooms in the building behind, expect prices from 1,500bt to 3,000bt for family and 4,200bt for the two bedroom bungalow.
KB Resort has grown from its modest beginnings as a small family affair into what is now a very substantial 3 star resort. It boasts a whole swathe of deluxe and standard bungalows, together with rooms in a 3 storey building behind the restaurant. Prices start at 3,800bt for superior double or 4,800bt for seaview cottage.
Next door, Kai Bae Beach Resort stands out for its different style of cabana with their own roof decks, though it too has a hotel block at the back overlooking a new swimming pool. Prices range from 4,150bt for standard garden room to just under 5,500bt for its oceanfront, with family rooms at 10,000bt upwards.
Moving down the beach, the 2 star Kai Bae Beach Grand View combines a new-look hillside hotel building with a great new swimming pool and restaurant by the sea. Prices are around 2,800bt a night for a double or a beachfront bungalow at 4,500bt.
Alongside, Mam Kai Bae Resort, also 2 star, primarily offers hotel style accommodation in the 5 storey block (with a cool swimming pool on its roof). There is also a smaller block behind, with prices at 1,700bt to 2,500bt.
Beyond Mam, the motley collection of bungalows previously owned by Grand View reverted back to the landowner, who renovated, restyled and then reopened in 2023 as Sea Escape. Prices range from 3,700bt a night upwards.
Far End
At the far end, Siam Bay Resort has seafront bungalows literally in front of Sylvan’s dominant seaside rooms block or next door, a selection of seaview villas and cute pool villas on the hillside. Prices go from 2,250bt to 6,000bt.
You access the resort from a steep, winding street on the last bend before you drop down to Lonely Beach. You could also walk to the very end of the Kai Bae Beach to reach both it and Slyvan, though it does involve scrabbling over a boulder wall.
KB Resort
Per Night: BBB – BBBB
Sea-side
Large family resort with beachfront and garden bungalows and villas, superior and family rooms and even some fan options. Hotel style block. Swimming pool, restaurant, bar and cafe. A peaceful spot.
Kai Bae Beach Resort
Per Night: BBB – BBBB
Sea-side
Different styles of bungalows and family rooms, including cabanas with roof terraces and deluxe beachfront, on the sand. just behind or along the brook. 3 storey hotel block at the rear, together with a compact swimming pool. Restaurant, tours and activities.
Kai Bae Beach Grand View
Per Night: BBB – BBBB
Sea-side
Renovated and with a name change (formerly Grande Ville), imposing 3 sided hotel up on the steep hillside, offering standard and deluxe rooms, all with balconies – great views too. New swimming pool, cafe and restaurant overlooking the sea.
Mam Kaibae Beach
Per Night: BBB
Sea-side
One of the area’s older resorts but gradually been expanded and spruced up, accommodation is in a 5 storey hotel block with terrific rooftop swimming pool or in the 3 storey block behind. Restaurant in prime location looking out over the beach.
Sea Escape
Per Night: BBB
Sea-side
Opened in 2023, a newly renovated collection of different sized bungalows up the slope and down by the sea, some with beachfront position. No restaurant but small cafe housed in the reception building. Breakfast served in your room to order. Well run and very relaxed hideaway, 10 minutes walk to the street.
Siam Bay Resort
Per Night: BB – BBBB
Sea-side
With road access off the other side of the mountain, hillside pool villas, standard villas and beach bungalows, older style accommodation too. Restaurant and two infinity pools. Peaceful and been renovated over the last couple of years. Can walk across to Koh Man Nai, the offshore island, at low tide with the right footwear!
Filou Superior Villas
Per Night: BBB – BBBB
Mountain-side
Tucked away off the bypass road in a pretty garden space , this small development offers 4 villas of different styles and sizes, each one fully a/c with a kitchen and ensuite bathroom. There is a swimming pool too, BBQ area and you can walk to all the Kai Bae restaurants and bars within minutes.
Garden Resort
Per Night: BBB
Central, off the main street
Accessed through an arch off the main street in the centre of the village , cute a/c bungalows, doubles and and family, set around a pretty tropical garden with a small swimming pool, cafe and cocktail bar, Backstage. 5 minutes walk to the beach on the other side of the road.
The Stage
Per Night: BB- BBB
Central, off the main street
Set back from the road in the middle of town, stylish resort (same owners as Gajapuri) with rooms and cottages, a/c, around two small swimming pools and wooden decking connecting it all together. Breakfast cafe at the front (not always open). A short walk to the beach.
Koh Chang Residence
Per Night: BBB- BBBB
Down side street, mountain-side
On the small soi opposite Awa which connects to the bypass road, single and double bedroom wooden houses with kitchen facilities and sitting areas. Garden and parking but no restaurant. Short walk to the beach, with long term deals available. The excellent vegetarian Fig Cafe is on site.
Budget – Kai Bae Resorts and Bungalows
Northern End
At the northern end of Kai Bae Beach, Mai Pen Rai throws in a pool with its motel style accommodation, prices for a standard a/c room at 550bt upwards. You can also find long term rentals down the the little lanes at the start of the bypass (near to Walking Street).
Down by the beach, Patoo (formerly Siam Cottage), has simple a/c bungalows from 900bt, cheaper for fan. It’s basic but has a great location.
As you come into the village, you’ll find several guesthouses squeezed in among the shops and restaurants – the JOP Hotel (2,000bt a night for double), Lemon Guesthouse (1,000bt) and the no frills Blues Guesthouse (400bt)arePrices range from 350bt to 750bt.
Hidden away too behing the restaurant, Chang Yes, Baan Chom Dao has bungalows in a nice garden area from 1,200bt a night, longer stays rewarded with reduced prices.
Central
In the central part of the village, Duckling Resort offers bungalows, rooms and a dorm, prices from 400bt to 2,000bt (family). M & M Guesthouse gives you another option behind its bar, 750bt upwards a night.
Southern End
At the southern end in its terrific location down on the beach, Porn’s Bungalows is an old Koh Chang stalwart. These days, the accommodation to the right of the restaurant is where you want to stay – both newer a/c bungalows on the waterfront and the older style behind – prices are likely with the 2,000bt to 2,500bt range.
You can also find cheaper accommodation up at the road near the 7/11. The tiny Montra Guesthouse, has stylish rooms off a central corridor, whilst behind it up the little slope, Nonthawat specialises in longer stay bungalows.
Sanook Sanang too, a similar bungalow style, sits on the way to the waterfall opposite the elephant camp. Expect prices for all these options somewhere between 750bt for fan rooms up to 2,000bt for a/c.
If you continue up from Sanook, turn left, over the bridge and then take the first right, it will bring you to some relatively unknown short or long term choices at Ariya, Happy Hippy House, Valley View and Baan Moderne – best to go in person to see what deals you can get.
Finally, the ever reliable and long establised Seabreeze Bungalows (1,500bt) and Paradise Bungalows (800bt to 1,350bt) have standard bungalows and rooms on both sides of the street.
Porn’s Bungalows
Per Night: B – BBB
By the Sea
Accessed via the Sylvan turning on the hill or by walking along the beach, a long established backpacker style resort with fan or a/c huts, bungalows in the garden or by the sea. Looking head-on, the uncle runs the accommodation to the left of the popular chill-out restaurant/bar and his nephew runs the accommodation to the right (our preference).
Seabreeze Bungalows
Per Night: BB – BBB
Mountain-side
Large selection of fan and a/c rooms or bungalows in neat rows up a pleasant hillside garden. No restaurant but coffee shop for the morning and cocktail bar for the evening, with live music. Massage too.
Other Kai Bae Resorts, Bungalows and Guesthouses
Kai Bae Beach has far too many options to list in full, so here is a selection only to go with our recommendations above.
Mai Pen Lai Guesthouse
Per Night: BB
Comfortable standard a/c rooms over two floors in building by the road at the start of Kai Bae. Small swimming pool. A few minutes walk to the beach.
The Green Resort
Per Night: BB – BBB
On the street leading down to Coral Resort, small well maintained resort with 20 or so a/c brushed concrete, ensuite bungalows , in a simple garden setting. Family room also available, no restaurant. Short walk to the beach.
Coral Resort
Per Night: BB – BBBB
Superior rooms, bungalows, house and family suite set on the headland, with canal looping behind, but not on the beach itself. Swimming pool and restaurant. Some long term bungalows also available on the river. Home to Cabana Bistro ( who rent their space off the resort).
Kai Bae Huts
Per Night: BBB – BBBB
Older style bungalows in several rows on the sand, standard and family rooms in the hotel building behind. New cafe and restaurant, boat trips and island hopping.
Paradise Bungalows
Per Night: BB
At the southern end, fan and a/c bungalows in two rows near to the beach or cottages on the other side of the street in a pretty garden. No restaurant.
UPDATED June 24
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