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Region: Eastern Thailand> Province: Trat> Location: Ko Wai
Koh Wai Paradise
Good restaurant, clean huts
9/5 Moo 6 Ko Wai
Trat Province
Tel: (081) 762 2548, (089) 672 8472
Fax: (039) 597 131
Description
Koh Wai Paradise is the westernmost bungalow operation on the island. It's situated on a lovely stretch of beach just next to the first pier boats stop at when coming from Bang Bao or the mainland. Bungalows are reasonably clean, built on stilts perched on the the side of the hill, about 20m away from the beach. The restaurant is probably the most convivial on the island and there's also a small shop selling essentials such as toileteries for about twice as much as they cost on the mainland.
Total rooms: 40
Bungalow fan share b'room
250 THB (low season)
250 THB (high season)
Added to Travelfish on: 31st May, 2006
Last visited or updated on: 1st February, 2007
Guest feedback
Correction - 
By tezza ( total comments: 21 
) Stayed here 2/2008
In my review below this one, for complicated reasons (ie tezza is a bit thick) my star ratings are actually half what I intended. So when I have say 4 stars out of 10, read it as 8. 2 out of 5, read it as 4 out of 5.
The corrected star rating (if I have done it right) is immediately below.
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Still gd value on nicest beach - 
By tezza ( total comments: 21 ) Stayed here 2/2008
The 250b bungalows are basically boxes with double beds and verandahs. Just enough room for 2+gear. No shelves few hooks mattress v firm pillows fluffy mozzie net in gd condition. No fan towel toilet paper or soap. Light just enough for reading. Spacious veranda with great beach bay and southern Chang views. No hammock. Big outside trash bin only. Quiet at night-no long tails and the generator near restaurant cuts out around 2300. Value at 250? Yeah not too many bungalows below 300 these days particularly so close to the beach/water and this beach is a cut above normal. Just about all have nice views, which made hanging on the raised veranda after a day of sun snorkelling swimming a pretty sweet way to spend time. Grounds clean ditto 3 outside bathroom blocks. No daytrippers 3rd beach and 3 other resort's beaches starting 10 mins walk away. Food pretty gd but bit expensive-Good Feeling's restaurant only 200m away for normal budget prices. Paradise also has bigger 300b bungalows.
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too busy in the daytime . . - No rating given
By solero ( total comments: 19 )
yes the daytrippers definitely spoil this resort these days, it's changed a lot since I started coming in 2003. We were staying at Pakarang and walked over one morning and it was already totally packed out by 10am. Still, it doesn't seem to be crowded every day ; on our way back when the boat stopped at the jetty at 1pm on a Sunday, we noticed the beach was almost completely empty.
just beyond the main beach, there is a smaller beach the regulars call '2nd beach' which the daytrippers aren't supposed to go to, and there are signs up to this effect. A little bit further along, there's another tiny beach, sheltered by rocks, that sometimes a few residents 'escape' to for privacy.
Nice, but I wouldn't recommend it or go again. - 
By Tilapia ( total comments: 11 ) Stayed here 1/2007
Stayed for 5 days at the end of our trip in mid-January. Thought I'd go here as a switch from Koh Mak, which I usually visit.
The island is great. The beach is beautiful. The snorkeling is super considering that you don't have to go more than 300 m offshore to see the coral. The bungalows are comfortable (beds are a bit hard, though). Management and staff were very nice, and the regulars there were very ''non-cliquey'' (for a nice change).
BUT, the day traffic from Koh Chang was awful!!! On our first morning there we counted 11 boatloads of people that had arrived between 10:00 am and 1:30 pm. That first day should have been a warning sign, but we really didn't feel like island-hopping.
Each day saw the arrival of at least 100 package tourists from White Sands on Koh Chang. They probably thought they'd arrived on some deserted island from the way they behaved. They were loud and very disrespectful, and didn't clear out until 3:00 in the afternoon. Most people staying on the island disappeared into their bungalows or hammocks when the boats started arriving. Not something one should either expect or have to put up with. All this is done with the full cooperation of Paradise as they make a bundle each day on food and beer sales.
So, the place was amazing , but only before 10:00 am and after 3:00 pm. Note that these are the times when many want to be on the beach.
Lastly, the beach faces Koh Chang. The views are spectacular, but don't expect to see any sunsets or sunrises.
Only to eat - 
By KevinCorr ( total comments: 35 ) Stayed here 1/2005
Cheaper food than Coral. More day traffic from Ko Chang but they don't stay long.
quiet - 
By solero ( total comments: 19 ) Stayed here 1/2006
the bungalows are a little overpriced at 250 baht, but it's hard to fault the restrauant. All in all this is a great place to relax for a few days. There's no music normally allowed on the resort and even phones are supposedly banned, though this is not enforced.
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