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Koh Mak resorts range from upscale boutique to two small hotels, friendly bungalow operations or backpacker style huts. There are no chains or global brands on the island.

The accommodation is centred on the wonderful long sweeping beaches of Ao Kao, Ao Suan Yai and Ao Pra.

All the Koh Mak resorts should collect you from the piers on arrival, you just need to let them know which boat you are taking and similarly, they will drop you back at the end of your stay.

Luxury

Over on the north coast at Ao Talong, The Mak is arguably the island’s premier resort and certainly its most Gram featured. Opened in 2020, complete with infinity pool on the top level, its prices start from 4,950bt rising to private pool villas at over 15,000bt.

Seavana on Ao Kao Beach and further along the same coast, Mira Montra Resort, all on its own at Ao Pra Beach, are two of the other stand-outs – 3,000bt to 7,500bt per night for standard doubles and deluxe beachfront.

In the far east of the island, Plubpla too is another excellent and peaceful resort – 4,500bt to 6,500bt for beachside villas.

Larger Resorts

Ao Kao Resort at the eastern end of that beach has a wide range of choices from 4,000bt, whilst Koh Mak Resort and Cococape on Ao Suan Yai and its cape respectively, remain two stalwarts of the Koh Mak accommodation scene. You can get bungalows from as low as 2,000bt but generally, prices are in the region of 3,000bt to 4,000bt.

Good Time Resort combines a wide selection of villas and also some rooms, 4,000bt to 8,00bt. It’s on the hill between Ao Suan Yai and Ao Kao.  

Hotels

There are just two small hotels on the island – Makathanee on the beach at Ao Kao and Islanda (complete with its stunning views) on the hillside above Suan Yai. Prices start from 3,000bt, both have pools.

Boutique

For an excellent boutique choice, have a look at Little Moon Villas, next door to The Mak, where their seaview villas, tiered in several rows up the slope, go from 5,000bt. It does not have a pool.

On Ao Kao, the hip guesthouse By The Sea offers a bit of variety with their rooms in its 3 storey building overlooking the pool, prices from 2,500bt – good cafe and restaurant too, all in all a nice spot.

Hidden Beach Resort, way down in the west corner of Koh Mak goes for stylish wooden stilted bungalows from 3,000bt. It’s known too for its beach bar and weekly parties.

Standard Bungalows

More regular bungalow resorts range from 2,000bt to 4,000bt for a/c ensuite rooms – look out for Baan Koh Mak, Palm Beach, Lazy Day the Resort, Home Hug, Big Easy (all (Ao Kao), Prompakdee and Happy Days (Ao Suan Yai), Talay Time and Pano (south coast), Sea View, Corsita and Bamboo Hideaway (Ao Baang Lang).

Note: Holiday Beach has closed.

Traveller and Backpacker

For budget choices, Island Huts in Ao Kao as always been the go-to choice – 350bt for beach hut with fan to 1,000bt for the more salubrious a/c bungalows on the front. 

At the western end of Ao Kao Beach, Hanoi House (on the connecting road behind Makathanee) and 2 Cans (just past Makathanee) are similar guesthouses combining a handful of bungalows with a small motel block. The cheaper rooms are around 850bt, more for the individual bungalows. 

If you want some real peace and quiet, Villa Allure sits on its own red sand beach a good way from anywhere over on the north east coast. Formerly Little Moon, its prices are now much lower, starting at 1,000bt.

Baan Ing Khao and its neighbours on Laem Tookata have all closed, with a new development just starting as of mid 2023.

Prices given are for either pre or in the peak Xmas period via booking sites, not the hotel websites. They are intended as guides only.


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We take you round the island beach by beach, with specific tips on Koh Mak resorts in each area, all budgets covered.

Ao Kao Beach (South Coast) | West Coast (Ao Suan Yai, Ao Pra) | North Coast | South and East Coast

Rooms prices per night for Koh Mak resorts are broadly in line with Koh Chang and cheaper than Koh Kood.

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Ao Kao Beach (South Coast) – Koh Mak Resorts

Ao Kao Beach offers a selection of mid-range bungalow resorts on the beach, a small hotel and backpacker accommodation.

Resorts – Eastern End

The long established Ao Kao Resort is perhaps the premier resort on this beach, with prices listed from 4,500bt a night on its website.It has a small swimming pool and also seaside restaurant. In the 2022/23 season, seven or so of the beachfront rooms at the eastern end split apart to form Home Hub.

Lazy Day The Resort, next door, offers large stilted bungalows at around 3,100bt, many with direct sea-view. In the same section, the German owned Palm Beach Resort has a good reputation for being family friendly, 3,500bt for the 4 person, 2,500bt for the 2 person.

Up by the road, you can get rooms in the small garden at Dara Villa (Holiday Beach’s re-incarnation) from 1,800bt.

Resorts and Rooms – Central

In the centre of the beach, By The Sea is the boutique choice, with a selection of rooms in a 3 storey block overlooking the pool. Expect a rate at around 2,500bt a night for its garden view.

Its two neighbours – Baan Koh Maak and Rayang Nature – are also worth a look, similar prices to By The Sea. Baan Koh Mak offers garden cabanas in a U-shaped lay-out, with a good beachfront restaurant and bar, whilst Rayang Nature has large beachfront cabanas nicely spaced out leading back from the sand. 

Further along from these resorts, Makathanee Resort, the one small hotel on Koh Mak, starts at 3,000bt upwards for its standard rooms. It has bungalows, some beachfront, a pool, restaurant, bar and pier too.

On the street leading to Ao Suan Yai Beach behind Makathanee, Hanoi House gives you modern brushed-concrete bungalows or rooms from around 900bt to 1,200bt, breakfast only. AP Guesthouse, next door to Hanoi, provides motel style rooms only laid out in a L-shape, similar prices. 

Resorts – Western End

Continuing west down the coast from Makathanee, Baan Chailay and Sabai Beach provide clean, straightforward bungalows from 1,500bt a night by the beach. Opposite them, roadside, 2 Cans added a motel block (very similar to Hanoi), to its bungalows in 22/23. Prices are from 900bt upwards.

Big Easy, at the far end also provides total peace and quiet from 2,800bt upwards in high season for one is its ocean front cabanas. Holiday Beach Resort has now closed down.

Along the way to the far western corner of the island at Laem Tookata (see below), Hidden Beach, has a single row of large wooden, stilted boutique style bungalows, priced from 3,000bt. Their beachfront bar and large new party area, complete with shore based boats, is one of Koh Mak’s popular nightlife draws.

Budget

For backpacker options, Island Huts at the eastern end (near to Ao Kao Resort and Palm Beach), is the long running Koh Mak stalwart – 350bt for a basic hut up to to 1,000bt for one of its a/c options.

The bungalow operations, Miss You and TK Huts, next to Makathanee sit seaside in a large grassy area, prices very similar to each other, 1,000bt upwards in high season. Miss You has a restaurant too.

You’ll also find some cheap rooms in the large white building near Aimmy and Rabbit restaurants – it’s walk-in only or ask at Totti Boats. Joe’s Hostel, opposite By The Sea, is currently closed but may re-open properly for 23/24 season under new (nearby) management.

Down in the far western corner of the island at Laem Tookata, all three of the tiny backpacker resorts have  closed. Baan Ing Khao, the central and main one, is just starting redevelopment.

West Coast (Ao Suan Yai, Ao Pra)

The north west coast at Ao Suan Yai Beach and Ao Pra Beach has accommodation in a combination of boutique and 2/3 star resorts, a small boutique hotel and some large family villas.

On Ao Suan Yai Beach

The upmarket Seavana Beach Resort, one of Koh Mak’s best resorts, starts from 5,000bt a night for a seafront villa and goes up to 7,000bt for a suite. Next door, the ever improving Koh Mak Resort, ranges from standard bungalows at 3,000bt up to 6,900bt for a family villa.

At the northern end, bungalows at Pompkakdee Koh Mak Resort and Happy Days both list in booking sites from 2,500bt to 3,500bt.

On The Hill

On the hill above, ten minutes walk from the sand and sea, the boutique hotel Islanda Resort, with its stunning views out to sea, offers rooms from 4,000bt upwards.

The long established Good Time Resort opposite and looking south, has tropical bungalows, rooms and villas, 4,000bt to 10,000bt or more.

On Ao Pra Beach

With its many different styles of accommodation from 2,000bt to 10,000bt, Cococape Resort is located on the headland between Ao Suan Yai Beach and Ao Pra Beach.

On Ao Pra Beach itself, Mira Montra Resort is one of the island’s best boutique resorts – their hillside rooms are the cheapest options at 3,000bt but expect to pay from 5,500bt up to 7,500bt for seaview villas, more for the family suite.


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North Coast

Not to be forgotten, the north coast has four secluded  places to stay.

Ao Talong

Now fully open a couple of years, Koh Mak’s premier resort The Mak sits on the beach in the area known as  Ao Talong. With the salas, pool villas, 2 bedroom villas and infinity pool, it’s all very high-end, with prices to match – from 5,000bt upwards out of peak season, 8,000bt upwards in.

Its neighbour and the only other resort on this stretch of coast is Little Moon Villa, which comprises stylish, spacious villas in three tiered rows, all with sea view. There’s a restaurant on site but no pool. Prices are from 5,000bt a night. Incidentally, their old home is the resort now known as Villa Allure over on the east coast.

Ao Taan

Meanwhile, over in Ao Taan in the north east corner of this coast, the eclectic and uniquely designed Cinnamon Art Resort offers a mix of garden view hotel rooms, cabanas and sea-side pool villas. Prices range from 2,500bt right up to 11,900bt, popular with Thai packages. The resort is famed on the island for its long pier but they do charge outsiders to visit, 200bt a pop.

In the same area, the down-to-earth Green View Bungalows, has fan and a/c rooms from as low as 500bt a night  – a good travellers’ choice.

Tip: If staying in any of these resorts, hiring a motorbike to get out and about would be a real advantage as they are quite isolated.

South and East Coast – Koh Mak Resorts, Bungalows and Hotels

On the south coast and scattered across the east coast, where the beaches are not the best, you can still find some excellent, very secluded boutique resorts as well as bungalow and traveller choices.

Far North East Coast

With its feature swimming pool, Plubpla Koh Mak Retreat offers villas connected by raised walkways from 4,500bt to 6,200bt in high season. Villa Allure (formerly Little Moon) continues in much the same vein as before it changed hands but its prices have gone down considerably – 1,000bt upwards, restaurant on site, a very relaxed spot.

East Coast and Ao Nid

Bamboo Hideaway, Sea View Resort, Corsita and Sea Breeze Resort each sit on the hills along the east coast which overlook the ocean, all very peaceful with, of course, wonderful views – rooms range from 1,200bt to 3,500bt or more for family options. They all have pools.

Ao Pong Resort (check ahead if open) down near Ao Nid Pier has its older basic bungalows starting at 500bt a night, its newer deluxe villas go from 2,000bt.

South Coast

In Ao Daeng, a sheltered bay with a red sand beach, you can opt for a glamping tent at Naivacha (Tent), where under canvas, it’s around 2,000bt a night for ensuite. Or they have an increasing number of standard a/c bungalows too.

Continuing round the coast, you’ll find a few cheaper options with the older rooms at Banana Sunset or up on stilts in at the secluded Pano Resort, all with sea views. Expect to pay from 750bt upwards for a fan room.

Finally, Talay Time, on the southern tip, has decent a/c bungalows lining the rocky seafront, 1,500bt a night. Their restaurant up on the hill is also now open, complete with its amazing views to Koh Kood, Koh Rang and the Koh Mak coast.

Tip: If staying in any of these resorts, hiring a motorbike to get out and about would be a real advantage as they are quite isolated.


UPDATED JUNE 23 for 23/24 SEASON

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