111/1 Moo 10, Bang Saphan, Prachuab Khiri Khan 77170
Location:Bangsapan, Talu Island Hotel Category: Travel Reviews:
7.4 (13 reviews)
Imagine yourself relaxing by the beach...... and Enjoying every moment with your family at your own beachfront villa
Koh Talu Island Resort, On Petkasem road from Bangkok to Bangsaphan, Prachuapkhirikhan where Koh Talu located which only 20 minuets from the coast, taking by speed boats of "Banmapraw-Koh Talu",
the shallow diving spot which are very perfect one's of the Gulf of Thailand. The most beautiful of a rich marine life here, is an attraction to bring a lot of visitors coming and visiting the pure and beautiful nature,
you will be absorbed and fresh with natural air around, also be freshened with the dark green rainforest and peaceful with the shade of coconut palm trees garden along the beach for 2 kilometers.
On the big land almost 1,500 rai, it is waiting for you to visit and spend a great time of relaxing on your holidays. A wonderful relaxing with the privacy is bringing you to fall in the beautiful happiness perfectly.
Here, we are really happy to give you a great welcome, making a lot of fun and reaching you to have a good time,
feel warm and friendly. Just choose us; then we are really ready to take you into a lot of fun and happy which will be in your memories all the time.
Not so far, traveling to Koh Talu is not difficult, it is separated to be the first part: Going to the harbor, you can travel from Bangkok to Bangsaphan,
Prachuapkhirikhan by yourself or use our nice service with a van; pick up - drop from Hua Hin Harbor, the second part is travel by boat from the coast - Koh Talu Resort by available, comfortable and really safe boat.
ACCOMMODATION
The longest beach line, white clear sand and colorful
sea this area is the most fantastic scene of Koh Talu and so called
the Island's center to welcome and say goodbye to every visitor, this
will remind them of the beautiful nature touched during their relaxing
day of the Koh Talu.
Big Bay
Large, traditional Thai style houses crafted with dark teakwood
offer families an idyllic sanctuary right on the beach, while the more modest
beach chalets feature all the comforts of home and a tropical garden
location with large private decks.
Big Bay Deluxe
Big Bay Deluxe (Thai Modern Aircon-Garden View) 16 rooms and Big Bay Deluxe (Thai Style Fan Room-Sea View) 12 rooms.
Additional amenities in room:
- Air Condition Room, Garden View
- King size bed
- Bathroom with shower and bathroom set
- Electric Tea & Coffee Set + Refrigerator with free water
- Mini Bar
Big Bay Thai Style Villa
Thai Style Villas, It is a big Thai House, 2 air condition rooms, close to the beach.
Additional amenities in room:
- Air Condition Room, Close to the beach Sea View
- King size bed
- Bathroom with shower and bathroom set
- Electric Tea & Coffee Set + Refrigerator with free water
- Mini Bar
Pearl Bay
Groups of small cozy villas in Thai style are among coconut trees.
Manila Thai Style villas are contrast to the green background of tall coconut
trees standing and swaying while their leaves are bending. It has been told
that in the past Pearl Bay had many pearl oysters, so it was named Pearl Bay.
The resort at Pearl Bay was established in September 2001. Mostly were
Thai tourists, and a few foreigners.
Pear Bay Home
Additional amenities in room:
- Fan Room
- Sea view and Garden view room
Pearl Bay Beach Chalet
Additional amenities in room:
- Air Condition Room
- Sea view and Garden view room
Room amenities
- Electric 220
- Bathroom set
- Satellite TV.
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Free drinking water
- Daily room make up
RECREATION, SPA &OUTDOOR FACILITIES
Koh Talu Island Swimming, Kayaking, snorkeling,
sailing aboard a catamaran, or simply lazing and gazing over white sand
beaches with the turquoise blue sea lapping around your feet. Thai Massage Activities
- Beach Activities such as Volleyball, Football
- Sun Shining Chair (Advance Informing)
- Koh Talu Sailing Club; There is a basic course for Sailing by professional (Advance Informing)
- Kayak Rowing (Advance Informing)
- PADI Dive Center, there is a basic Scuba Diving, certified by PADI to dive in the depth.
- Shallow Diving (Advance Informing)
- Trekking on the natural way, See view point, Cliff and Coral Museum.
- A long tail boat charter for fishing fish and squid by an experienced captain.
- Counter Service : Booking the ticket to Bangkok, A van to Hua Hin
: Tour Program Discovery Bangsaphan, Fishing Squid and Fish and others
Yacht
Island tour
Fishing and Squid by an experienced captain
Beach Chair
Sailing
Trekking on the natural way
Beach Volley Ball
Kayaking
Big Bay
RESTAURANT & BAR
- Restaurant: The Terrace Restaurant serves a Thai + Europe Dishes, BBQ. Sea Food (Service properly by Menu Set or Buffet following the customers)
Open time : Breakfast 07.00 - 10.00 a.m.
: Lunch 12.00 - 14.00 p.m.
: Dinner 18.00 - 21.30 p.m.
- Beach Bar: At the center of Big Bay services for many kinds of beverages (DJ or Band Music depending on the customers numbers.) and service for BBQ Sea Food
Open time : In the afternoon 14.30 - 15.30pm.
: In the evening 18.00 - 22.00 pm.
OTHER FACILITIES & SERVICE
- The Shops for Beverage, Snacks, Useful things, and Souveniors.
Commentaires sur Koh Talu Island Resort - Hua Hin - Bangsapan
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2 Fevrier 2012 Bjervik, Marie Elisabeth
A wonderful paradiseisland
8/10
24 Avril 2011 Palle J
Expensive, but worth every Baht. The location, the scenery, the snorkling, the food, the service, the ..., was absolutely great. We had a three day/two night package which is perfect, but could easily have stayed longer. Paradise - no less.
10/10
8 Avril 2011 Etelävuori Patrik Filip
Perfect location for a paradise retreat.
Rooms look ok at first glance but were a bit of a dissapointment after all. The shower is located outside at the back of the room and the toilet cleanliness left big room for hope. Service was good and other faciliteis were also fine after getting over the outside shower and bathroom in the hotel. Koh Talu was however worth the experience and the place has enormous potential with a little investment and effort. How about solar panels, instead of the generators providing power for the island?
6.6/10
24 Mars 2011 Yngve Michael Sem
We travelled to Koh Talu in March with 3 small children (9months, 2,5Years and 4,5 years), and stayed 3 nights. Big Bay.
Short version: It was great, and we look forward to return some day.
The longer version..
When we arrived, it was a lot of tourist on the boat, more than expected, and we anticipated a crowded experience. But luckily for us it was just day trip tourists, and we had the whole beach for ourselves, great :)
Our Thai Style villa was very close to the beach (4 meters from the stairs of our villa), and this is perfect when you have small children, that needs the toilet etc.
The Thai Style Villa:
Very big and nice room. Air Con.
Bath with tiles, and was ok. It s not a 5 star, but worked for us.
Nice porch where you can enjoy the view.
Electricity was switched off a couple of hours during the day, but this was no problem for us..
Food:
First a bit disappointing. We came a bit late for lunch, and much of the food was gone..and with picky kids, that is a challenge..
But this and everything else was effectively fixed by the staff.
I discussed the situation with the staff and said that the food is way too spicy for kids, and there are little food left. The result was that they actually made dishes just for us, and added french fries, spaghetti and meat without spicy sauce. We were also the only tourist in two of the evenings (because of bad weather forecasts), and we could choose our own menu.
Great food for both kids, and adults. The Thai food served there was excellent.
Great placement for the restaurant, close to the sea. Free water, juice and coffee.
Staff:
Fixed everything
Quickly put an extra children’s bed in our room, carried our luggage, played and entertained our smallest kid whenever we ate, so we could enjoy our meals.
Our advice: If something is not as expected, just inform them before you complain, and they fix it right away.
Other:
The massage hut, had a fantastic placement, where you could enjoy the sea/beach view while having a great massage. Great people. The also fixed and colored the nails on our two oldest girls. They loved it.
The beach is beautiful, but you will have to walk very long before it starts to get a bit deep. Perfect for small kids though.
Kayaking was free, and very nice.
Snorkeling:
We went to two spots:
The first was just different corals with little fish, and very shallow water. Ok.
The second place had a lot of fish, and started at 0,5m and gradually got very deep. This is a fantastic snorkeling point. Did not try scuba diving, forgot my certificate back in Norway, and was not allowed to scuba dive...:(
Staff here did not speak English at all.. Free rental of masks, but I would prefer to bring my own..
If you are going there for a daytrip just for snorkeling, make sure the weather has been good for a couple of days before you go, otherwise the visibility is very poor.
The return schedule to the mainland was not clear to us, and we misunderstood it. We had to leave early, because of a long trip directly to Pattaya, but the boat was going six hours later than we expected. We asked about this (the day before we left), and they arranged a boat that fitted our plans.
Improvements:
Things are being washed up to the beach and this should definitely be cleaned more often. Also some garbage lying around.
Too few people speak good English, but still, we managed to understand each other.
The coffee in the container was horrible, and I’m glad I’m still alive after trying that. They clearly don’t know the meaning of fresh coffee.
The dried (powder) coffe was ok.
To sum up: Very very nice experience, and we will definitely go back there. Lovely and peaceful place. The price is high, but we think it is good value for money.
3 nights stay was perfect for us.
8.8/10
14 Fevrier 2011 Dorte Brondum Sorensen
We stayed at the resort for five nights, which was a bit too long for our taste, the reason beeing that there were too little trekking possibilities and the water in the bay was so shalllow, taht you had to walk very far to be able to swim. But there were snokeling trips every day andt this was excellent. ther were two little trekking trips and that vere ok, thougt. The sorrundings in the lodge were kept tidy but we were supprised to see all the rubbish as soon as you went outside to go on the small trekking trips. We had a Thai Bungalow in Big Bay, and it was quite nice and big with two doubble beds and one single and a good teracce with lots of furniture and a beautiful view. The cleaning could be better, as they did not wash the floor and toilet while we vere there. They swept the floor, made the beds, emtied the bins and changed the towels every day, though. The restaurant was good with a beautiful wiev and a friendly service and the drinks not all that expensive. We bought a pakkage which included full board, trips, kayaks, sunbeds, tea, coffee, drinking water and juices, and that was good.
The lodge has many steps and the the landing on the pier a bit difficult, so do not go there if you are not staedy on your feet. There was a beach bar with music every nigth, nothing spectacular, but a lot of peopler seemed to go there every night, as that was all yuo could do.
If you want a place with peace and quiet and excellent snorkling, do not hesitate to go there.
21 Juillet 2010 PEDERSEN
We had rats in the room , paid high rate and got really not value for the money waiting for your feedback,
3.6/10
11 Fevrier 2010 Karin Hegnet Kjærgaard
Koh Talu is a lovely little island. The island s location is fantastic. There are good bathing opportunities in very clean water. Moreover, there are also good opportunities for snorkeling.
There are few tourists and it is easy to find peace and tranquility.
There is served good food.Breakfast Lunch and dinner.Do You Need masage, this is highly recommended.
We have visited the island twice and would like to return.
All the best
Karin Kjærgaard
7.6/10
6 Juillet 2009 Thomas Lidholm
Expensive compared to the standard of the rooms, BUT an absolutely lovely
petite island. If You seek laidback solitude on a paradise beach with very few tourists per day (in july) this is a place to visit, If you dont expect a luxury resort for the money and will cope with genuine thai style cooking
served as set dinner or buffet depending
on the number of tourists on the island,
we can only recomend the resort although
a bit overpriced but with a fantastic scenery, and helpfoul staff (who by the way dont speak very good english but in thai manner and a smile always seem to fix everything to the best anyway)
The snorkeling was ok the prices in the beach bar was ok and the foodprices was
also ok.
Ala carte was also possible in a way, you told the staff att lunch what you wanted for dinner and the fixed it :-)
So if you can live outside five star luxury resorts and want a piece of thailand for your own, go to Talu
7.4/10
29 Decembre 2008 Patrick Preisinger
First I would like to say that we really enjoyed our two night stay at Koh Talu. It is a tropical paradise with a great beach and the room (Big Bay Deluxe) was fantastic. Breakfast was not so good. They could use some decent coffee. Get an espresso maker and charge for a latte. People would pay for good coffee. I have three complaints. First, the boat ride from Baan Saphan is way too expensive - 900 baht per person is ridiculous. Second, when I made the reservation, someone at another resort pointed out to me that this was not a good season in the Gulf of Thailand because of wind. The water would be cloudy. I e-mailed a Mr. Thawatchi about this and he assured me that It s the best time to visit the Gulf of Thailand over Noverber - January since the water is very clear. This was NOT TRUE. The only reason we went to Koh Talu was to snorkel and the snorkeling sucked. The other problem with Koh Talu is that few of the staff speak English and it was very unclear what was going on much of the time. When we would ask, we would get blank stares from the staff. Get someone there who can speak to the guests! For example, we found out by accident that the equipment on the island (snorkeling gear, kayaks, etc.) could be used for free. Very nice, but how would anyone know? The boat had a schedule of 9:00 and 3:00, but seemed to come and go at all times. Very confusing. Lunch and dinner were DELICIOUS, but we didn t find out until we left how much they cost (very reasonable, as it turned out). We were told a snorkeling trip on the boat left at 9:00, told someone we wanted to go, and showed up at 8:45 only to see the boat driving off. Another family was left, as well. Very confusing! BUT, I still say we enjoyed our time there and it was beautiful and our room was amazing and we enjoyed the lunch and dinner. The island needs some decent coffee, someone who can effectively communicate with guests, and an information card that gives details about the island.
12 Octobre 2008 Ulla Hytti
We stayed at the Pearl Bay at Koh Talu, and as far as I understood we were the only foreigners there as they were mainly placed at the Big Bay. We really loved the Pearl Bay, it felt like having been washed away to this sleepy and small village (with excellent food available three times a day and good opportunities for snorkling etc. though). The accommodation was uncomplicated but clean. The only minus was that the electricity was off daily for a couple of hours and there were no fridges in the rooms. Otherwise excellent. We walked also to the Big Bay but it seemd too fancy for us... the Pearl Bay was much more down-to-earth and romantic.
27 Septembre 2008 Anthony Michael Holt
We booked a deluxe room on Pearl Bay beach. We were the only people booked in to this beach. The rooms are extremely basic. Bed was very hard, smelly and covered in sand (not by us). No fridge and only cold running water. No information about facilities, the island or whats on etc. We were in the middle of eating breakfast at 9am (after a really uncomfortable night) when a member of staff approached us to ask us if we wanted to go snorkelling with the boat. When we asked what time, she said 9am!
We found out too late that Pearl Bay is mainly set up for the Thai people (their words, not mine) and Big Bay is for the tourists and is, apparently more comfortable.
We were booked in for 2 nights but gave up after the first night. The prices of the speed boat to the island (20 minute trip - 900baht per person), food, drink and activities were very expensive (snorkelling trip was 200baht per person).
There did not seem to be any way of exploring the island that we could find - just the 2 main beaches and a small beach just south of Big Bay.
We didn t find the staff particularly helpful or friendly and we were very concerned at one point to find a couple of the staff pouring some foul smelling liquid into the beautiful azure waters of Big Bay, just by the restaurant. I dread to think what it was but, going by the smell, I don t think it was very nice.
This place should be paradise but we were very disappointed.
26 Juin 2008 Leif Wicklund
The resort was excellent. Friendly staff, excellent food, good snorkeling and an interesting walk around the island. We will certainly come back. 2-3 nights is an optimal stay.
25 Avril 2008 Mrs Nairn
Simple accommodation, with air con. The island has VG food. It will suit people looking for an away from it all atmosphere. Popular with Thai people and main activities are water based, with lots of snorkleing. The staff were very helpful. If you need shoping & entertainment on tap then this may not be the place for you. You can get a massage, eat well & relax. The beaches are good but some areas have some washed up flotsome which needs to be cleared up. A very simple natural place.
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Commentaires sur Koh Talu Island Resort - Hua Hin - Bangsapan
7.4 (13 reviews)
