Klong Prao Beach resorts, hotels, bungalows and guesthouses are spread out along the full length of the beach (3km+), with other accommodation on the small streets leading off the main road down towards the sand or inland towards the mountains.
Being the largest area on the island, in effect the complete middle section of the west coast, you are spoilt for choice with everything from the larger Koh Chang hotels to luxurious and mid-range resorts, bungalows to guesthouses and backpacker hang-outs.
The temple area is commonly thought of as the central section, with the nearest accommodation to that around the southern canal.
From the beach, there will always be a few minutes walk to the restaurants up on the street. Wherever you stay, ambling along the sand cuts down the distances considerably, as well as being much more pleasant than the hot dusty road. Simply use the the resorts as shortcuts – smile sweetly and keep going, nobody will notice.
Prices given are for the peak period (not Xmas/new Year week) via booking sites, not the hotel websites. They are intended as guides only.
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Luxury – Klong Prao Beach Resorts and Hotels
Klong Prao Beach, alongside Kai Bae Beach, has the highest concentration of large upscale 4 and 3 star resorts on the island, with places like Santhiya Tree, The Dewa, Centara Tropicana, The Splash, Vayna Boutique, Aana Resort and Barali Beach Resort, offering standards and indeed prices a cut above the norm.
With the exception of Aana Resort which is located on the northern canal (klong) and the road leading down to it, all are found along the beachfront, giving instant sea access for those wanting a change from their excellent swimming pools.
Rooms vary from those in hotel-style buildings over a couple of floors (Dinso Resort, remodelled, see below) to cabana villas on walkways (Aana Resort) to huge villas with plunge pools (Santhiya Tree) to deluxe grand villas with jacuzzis (The Dewa).
The former Emerald Cove is currently undergoing a complete rebuild and renovation, with it due to re-open under its new owners, Dinso Resort and Pool Villas, late 2024.
Guide Rates
As a guide, prices in peak (not Xmas/New Year) season, with breakfast and taxes, included are:-
- Dewa: 6,500bt for deluxe room to 13,800bt for grand villa (peak – 4 nights minimum)
- Santhiya Tree: 5,700bt for pool suite (river view) to 10,800bt for a hideaway pool villa
- The Splash: 5,500bt for superior to 11,000bt for family suite (peak – 4 nights minimum)
- Barali: 4,800bt for deluxe to 10,000bt for pool villa or beachfront villa
- Vayna Boutique: 4,000bt for twin with balcony to 5,250bt for sea view
- Centara Tropicana: 3,700bt for superior room to 8,500bt for junior suite
- Aana: 2,300bt for deluxe room to 3,500bt for villa with plunge pool
Emerald Cove: 5,000bt for deluxe room to 17,765bt for ocean suiteWill re-open in late 2024 as Dinso Resort and Villas
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;
Santhiya Tree
Per Night: BBBB – BBBB++
Sea-side
Large resort running down to the sea and its 3 tiered swimming pool, restaurants and bar. Accommodation in deluxe or private plunge pool villas set in tropical gardens. On the canal, the luxurious 3 storey uniquely designed block offers pools with every room on every level, with a wonderful feature length pool running the length of its restaurant. Spa.
The Dewa
Per Night: BBBB – BBBB++
Sea-side
On the beach at the southern end, contemporary and stylish, deluxe rooms opening onto the long swimming pool or unique round villas and grand villas. Restaurant, beach bar, spa. One of the island’s top resorts.
Centara Koh Chang Tropicana Resort
Per Night: BBBB – BBBB++
Sea-side
Large resort with superior and deluxe rooms or cabanas. Swimming pools, restaurants, bars, spa, beach volleyball, yoga. Managed by the Centara Group, so expect good service, well delivered, clean and comfortable. On the beach towards the southern end.
The Splash
Per Night: BBBB – BBBB++
Sea-side
Offering superior doubles and deluxe doubles, family rooms and suites, it’s all laid out in well maintained gardens as well as fine dining in a stylish thatched restaurant down by the sea. Giving the resort its name, the 700m2 swimming pool and surrounding deck is the main focus featuring adult and child slides and other waterpark elements.
Aana Resort and Spa
Per Night: BBB – BBBB++
By the Canal
Fabulously designed and recently renovated resort on the canal at the northern end, with deluxe rooms in two storey building, designer villas with plunge pools, wooden walkways, gardens, swimming pool, spa, Baan Ta Klua restaurant (eastern Thai speciality) by the klong, kayak to the beach.
Barali Beach Resort
Per Night: BBBB – BBBB++
Sea-side
Contemporary villas and suites, some with private pool, set in peaceful tropical gardens. Swimming pool, children’s pool, spa, restaurant, bar. On the beach.
Vayna Boutique
Per Night: BBB-BBBB
On the Beach
One of Koh Chang’s freshest looking boutique resorts, laid out over two floors comprising newly renovated and well appointed double a/c rooms along a central corridor – the majority have garden view, a couple at the front with sea view. Feature pool looking out on the sea, stylish restaurant alongside, beach bar, lovely foliage covered walkways with seating. Recommended.
Emerald Cove
Per Night: BBBB – BBBB++
Sea-side
On the beach at the southern end, 165 room resort with standard or deluxe rooms, suites, 50 metre pool Currently undergoing major renovation and will reopen in late 24/early 25 as Dinso Resort and Villas.
Mid Range – Klong Prao Beach Resorts, Hotels
On the Beach – Northern End
At the start of the whole area, Klong Prao Resort is a practical large 3 star resort, popular with Thai and European tours. Prices range from 2,000bt for double up to 6,500bt for a deluxe with spa bath.
Further along the same stretch of sand, Sol Beach has opened in July 24, two rows of stylish, closely packed bungalows alongside a hip restaurant – 4,000bt for front row, little less for those behind. Access is either through Klong Prao Resort or one of the little tracks leading to Vanilla Sky, the beach restaurant and the beach tennis courts
Built along the northern canal where it meets the beach, Long Stay Resort has large villas with kitchens and sitting areas. The price is 3,000bt to 3,500bt for daily (seaview) with a weekly rent coming in at around 21,500bt for the premier seaview. You access it by taking the same lane as Santhiya Tree, middle of the food stalls shortly before the temple and going right to the very end.
Roadside – Northern End
Set back from the road and a few minutes walk to the sand, Klong Prao Resort’s offshoot resort, Bhu Tarn is more boutique in style, 2,600bt for a 2 room family accommodation up to 5,600bt for its family suite.
At the top of the street leading to AANA Resort and the northern canal, Annika (formerly Ramayana), from the same owners as Dewa, The Splash and Awa is another large 3 star resort in great gardens. Its standard style room starts at 2,300bt rising to 2,800bt for deluxe (peak – 4 nights minimum).
Central
50 metres down the small street to Santhiya Tree, Elegance Pool Villas @ KP Beach (sister development to their villas in Pearl Beach) could suit a family – two bedrooms and a small pool at 8,500bt a night. Their neighbour Coastal Glow Villa (same owner) combines two villas, so offers 4 bedrooms in total. It’s within easy reach of central Klong Prao and about 10 minutes walk to the beach.
Noren Resort, the popular family spot 2 star choice located road side a kilometre after the central temple area, has now reverted back to the landowners. Its new name is Iyara Boty, double rooms start at 1,500bt.
On the Beach – Southern End
At the far southern end, two older Klong Prao Beach resorts, popular with Thai weekenders, sit side by side on the sand, Magic Resort and Choc Dee Resort. Rooms go from 450bt for fan , a/c from 1,000bt.
Klong Prao Resort and Spa
Per Night: BBB – BBBB+
On the Sea and Lagoon
At the start of Klong Prao Beach, large, sprawling 3 star immaculately kept resort, with double, twin rooms and villas set on and around the central lagoon or some with pool view. Swimming pool, seafood restaurant, massage, Waree Cafe all on the beachfront, The Lakes bar up by the road. Tours organised, motorbike rentals. Popular with Thai and European packages.
Sol Beach
Per Night: BBBB
On the Beach
Along the sand from Klong Prao Resort, new small resort opened in July 2024 with around 18 bungalows laid out side by side in one beachfront row or one row immediately behind. Stylish and spacious interiors with all amenities. Large beach restaurant and bar as well as a focus on wellness through daily yoga and ice bath. SUP too.
Bhu Tarn Resort
Per Night: BBBB
Roadside
Up by the road at the northern end, selection of solid well apppointed villas around the lovely central swimming pool or in a row on the small lagoon that backs onto Klong Prao Resort, its parent resort. Restaurant, minimart.
Annika Resort (formerly Ramayana)
Per Night: BBB – BBBB++
Inland near the Canal
Inland from the canal (klong) at the northern end, another large scale resort with good value deluxe rooms and suites, swimming pool, spa and restaurants, all set in mature well tended tropical gardens. Free transport to own stretch of beach some 10 minutes away at Dewa. Other restaurants 2 minutes walk away on the canal.
Koh Chang Longstay Resort
BBBB+++ (weekly)
On the Canal and by the Sea
On the canal at the northern end, new well appointed self catering bungalows with bedroom and separate sitting areas, looking out over the river or a couple with sea views also. Restaurant and the beach a few paces away. Weekly rental only, good deal too if you go monthly.
Iyara Boty
Per Night: BBB
Roadside
Formerly Noren Resort, then briefly El Greco but now reverted to the landowners, Iyara Group. A compact resort, located roadside in the centre of Klong Prao next door to The Gallery, with 15 well-equipped and maintained bungalows, swimming pool, restaurant. It’s about a 10 minute walk to the beach down the back path and all the restaurants in the main temple strip a few minutes at most.
Choc Dee Resort
Per Night: B – BBBB
By the Sea
At the far southern end of the beach, bungalows up on the hill and on the seafront, fan or a/c, standard, deluxe or family. Small hotel building, backpacker accommodation also. Seafood restaurant.
Budget Hotels, Bungalows and Guesthouses – Klong Prao Beach
For lower budgets, Klong Prao Beach also has a selection of smaller hotels, bungalow resorts and guesthouses.
Northern End – Road-side
At the end of the shop house alley which starts at Klong Prao Resort, head up the hillside by those multiple steep steps and you come out at Drifters Anchor, the new name of Myrstica which recently changed hands. After extensive renovations, it is slated to reopen for the 2024/25, with prices at 2,500bt per night.
For long stay options, Tropical Paradise (formerly Leelawadee) or Kongtarra, both by Klong Prao school up on the road, are happy to do deals on their nightly rates of around 1,400bt. Opposite Annika Resort, try Baan Suan also, where large bungalows for monthly rentals are around 13,000bt to 15,000bt.
Northern End – Canal
On the north bank of the northern canal, Riverview Hostel remains closed) but next door, Baan Talay (run by Phu Talay Restaurant), is a stylish nautically themed guesthouse from 1,200bt upwards.
A few doors down from those two, Sapparot Bar and Jonnie’s Riverside Resort (the old Moleys, now under new owners) each offer just a few rooms in single level buildings behind their respective restaurants and bars, prices from 1,200bt to 1,400bt a night. Or you can rent Baan Moon too, a whole house available via Airbnb, 4,100bt a night (minimum 3 night stay).
Accessed down the lane in the middle of the food stalls shortly before the temple, the English owned Baan Rim Nam and Watercolours (under new owners) sit on the opposite bank. Rebuilt during the pandemic, Baan Rim Nam, a long established and popular guesthouse, has new look rooms from 1,500bt (not available 1/12/24 to 31/3/25). Watercolours comprises just five rooms, 2,400bt a night.
Accessed down the same lane, Tiger Huts is the cheapest option on the beach, with rooms from 800bt upwards. KP Huts next door has been abandoned.
Central Temple Area
Iyara Resort, inland down the track opposite the temple, has superior rooms built around a central swimmig pool with rates from 1,300bt a night. It’s part of the same group which has the seafood restaurant and SUP Centre on the northern canal, Iyara Boty (see above) and is also now constructing pool villas in Pearl Beach. 7 Rooms is on the right hand side of Iyara Resort as you drive in – cheaper at 950bt to 1,000bt in peak.
On the other side behind said temple, you’ll also come across VJ Bed and Breakfast, hidden away in the grid of lanes. It’s was three storey motel style resort with pool but has now been abandoned.
Back on the main street, P and Pu House are a set of tightly packed bungalows set back from the road not far from the main entrance to Centara Tropicana. They have a minimum stay of 2 nights from 3,300bt. Across the road next door to Kati Culinary, Traveller’s Rest has 8 or so simple, well-equipped a/c rooms from 750bt. They are either in a little private area or more motel-like on the back lane.
Temple Area – Southern Canal
Adjacent to Centara Tropicana’s own entrance, on another little lane leading to the southern canal, you’ll find a few good value spots – Thong Dee, Baan Klong Gog and Sabaidee Resort. All are around 1,000bt a night and just a few minutes walk from the beach.
At the end of the lane, Blue Lagoon is now run by the landowners with the same motley collection of rooms as before – 10 located along the canal or 3 in the garden just behind. Expect prices in peak season from around 1,000bt a night for the smallest fan option up to 2,800bt for the family house. They have also reopened the restaurant with a new name, Be Cozy.
Lin Bungalows, meanwhile, sits on the other side of the canal across the pontoon bridge. It has no more than a handful of simple bungalows and adjoining rooms in its garden, just metres from the sand. There’s a good in-house restaurant too. Booking is available via its Facebook page, prices from around 1,500bt a night.
A little further round from Blue Lagoon and also on the canal, there are rooms or a whole house, with swimming pool, for holiday rent at Maddekehaoo (Dajevaà, Idoaai, 2C). Baan Zen is in the same area too – check airbnb for rates.
Temple Area – Far End
Down the little soi by the Ban Camp Chang elephant camp, Baanrimklong offers practical bungalows in a row at 2,000bt and a family option (with bunk bed) at 2,850bt. A bit further down on the other side, The Gallery is a practical economy hotel complete with swimming pool, a few minutes walk to the beach – superior rooms start at 1,500bt, studio rooms at 2,000bt.
Turn in by The Gallery down towards the sea and take the first left for Papaya Cottage, a small good value resort with standard bungalows in a quiet garden setting. Their prices are around 1,300bt per night in high season. If you didn’t take the left but continue on hundred metres you arrive at Maddekehaoo.
Follow past Papaya Cottage and round to the river, The Forest Koh Chang offers modern rooms and a couple of houses, for rent – contact them their Facebook page (link above).
Southern End
On the corner of the next stretch, Big Elk Steakhouse and Bungalows has a wide range of rooms, from just 400bt for its most basic fan to 1,250bt for a bungalow around its small pool.
A little further down and worth a look is Boonya Resort (now run by landowners) – inland but only a short walk to the beach. It comprises fan rooms from 990bt in its small motel block through to family bungalows by the pool at 2,800bt. Meanwhile, the much bigger, Sofia Garden Resort, again in the same stretch, has about 80 rooms in total, prices ranging from 800bt upwards.
At the far end opposite the entrance to Magic Resort, Kachapol Hotel is another clean and well-run motel, within very easy walking distance of the beach, with prices from 1,100bt for a standard double. Nearby, Jungle View Bungalows has accommodation from 900bt upwards in its wooden style rooms, complete with a small swimming pool.
Baan Rim Nam
Per Night: BB
Near the Beach
Recently renovated from top to bottom, this long-established and highly popular guesthouse offers 5 double a/c rooms in adjacent houses with decks on the canal at the northern end. Breakfast is available, kayak to the beach. Not available 1/12/24 to 31/3/25.
Watercolours
Per Night: BB – BBB
Near the Beach
Next to Ban Rim Nam, small tastefully decorated guesthouse, offering five a/c ensuite rooms. There’s a restaurant, jacuzzi and plenty of space to relax. You can kayak to the beach in no time or take a 15 minute stroll down the back paths to central Klong Prao.
Papaya Cottage
Per Night: BB – BBB
Near the Beach
Small resort on the back road from The Gallery offering a handful of clean, practical a/c ensuite bungalows. Short walk to the beach, easy access to the central area of Klong Prao.
Blue Lagoon
Per Night: BB – BBB
On the Southern Canal
Back with the landowners again after the long standing French tenants left due to the Covid downturn, the bungalows have finally reopened. It’s the same rooms by the canal, singles , doubles and family. Good, simple accommodation, fan mainly, some a/c. Be Cozy restaurant.
The Gallery
Per Night: BB – BBB
Inland, road-side
Keenly priced hotel of 48 rooms with mountain view, pool view or standard. Swimming pool, restaurant, short walk to the beach and the central temple area of restaurants and shops.
Other Klong Prao Beach Resorts and Bungalows (Northern End)
Klong Prao Beach as far too many options to list in full, so here is a selection only to go with our recommendations above.
North to South
Jonnie’s Riverside Guesthouse
Per Night: BB
On the canal at the northern end, diagonally opposite Ban Rim Nam and Watercolors, handful of nicely designed a/c rooms in a converted fisherman’s house with restaurant and bar area by the water. Kayak to the beach. Under new owners, July 23.
Tropical Paradise Resort
Per Night: BB
(Formerly Leelawadee) Set back from the road in a secluded garden, the resort offers a/c double, deluxe and family rooms, all with ensuite bathrooms. Swimming pool, no restaurant but a kitchen and BBQ is available to use as well as a communal terrace and sitting area. You can rent motobikes to get about or walk to the beach in about 10 minutes.
Sabaidee Resort
Per Night: BB
On the lane leading to Blue Lagoon, a small selection of good a/c bungalows with bathroom. No restaurant but a couple of minutes only from the beach, short walk to the centre of Klong Prao, with lots of restaurant and shop choices. Direct booking only at their website. Quiet and private.
Big Elk Bungalows
Per Night: B – BBB
Shortly after Iyara Boty in the central area, wide selection of rooms in a small 2 storey building, fan, share bathroom through to queen size a/c. Bungalows also. WiFi, restaurant, small swimming pool, about 12 minutes to the beach.
Boonya Resort
Per Night: BB – BBB
At the southern end, inland on the oceanside of the road, about 8 minutes walk from the beach. Bungalows around a small pool, separate 2 storey motel block. Restaurant, car parking, WiFi. Now reverted to the landowners.
Jungle View Bungalows
Per Night: BB
Located street side at the far southern end, just a few minutes walk to either Klong Prao or Kai Bae Beach, selection of garden standard or deluxe bungalows, a/c, bathroom, safe, key card. Swimming pool. Restaurant and bar (though not always open).
Kachapol Hotel
Per Night: BB
Small, no frills, practical hotel offers a/c standard rooms roadside at the southern end. Though not having an in-house restaurant, food is available. Nip across the road through one of the resorts to reach the beach. Car parking possible on site.
Tiger Huts
Per Night: BB
Cheap accommodation in an excellent position bang on the beach. Simple rooms, bathroom inside, fan. Restaurant great for spending a day watching the world go by.
UPDATED July 24
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