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Soppong River Inn

Splendid riverside spot, great view

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Soppong River Inn is an excellent chalet set up in a pleasant garden overlooking the river. A great cafe and bar area has been set up on top of the low cliff above the Lang, making for a top spot for a cool beer after a hard day's trekking. Accommodation is all very nice and very well appointed (with minibar, free tea and coffee, TV and so on), but rather complicated with a wide array of types: Bamboo Rooms, 'Rice Hut', 'River Rim' cottage, 'Leelawadi' cottage, Champa Room and The Baan. Bamboo Rooms are individual chalets, decorated tastefully and with very nice bathrooms. Rice Huts are similar and of equal quality, but made mostly of teak. River Rim Cottage is the only one of these superb chalets with all the facilities, plus a lovely balcony overlooking the river below. The Baan is a large teak chalet suitable for families. The Champa Room is a large room, also suited to families, and finally the Leelawadi Cottage is an awesome and large, two-storey wooden house with balcony and all the facilities you could ask for. All accommodation has hot showers and all rooms are decorated with care and taste. All in all for the prices -- see below – a great deal! Discounts are offered for stays of more than a week or so. A very informative website as well.

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356 Moo 1 Soppong. T: (053) 617 107, (081) 250 8425
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What we were quoted*

Type of room	Low season	High season	Notes
Standard - Double	700 THB	700 THB	Rice hut
Junior Suite	1,200 THB	1,200 THB	Leelawadi Cottage - two floors
Superior - Double	700 THB	700 THB	Bamboo rooms
Deluxe- Double	950 THB	950 THB	Baan Rim Cottage

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Added to Travelfish on: 13th April, 2005
Last visited or updated on: 15th August, 2009

Soppong River Inn reviews

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Sooo relaxing - 20th January, 2009
An absolutely wonderful place for a couple to loose themselves for a few days. Rooms are thoughtfully designed and furnished -- we loved the openness of the River Rim Cottage. Food was excellent, and the creative cocktails provided a welcome refreshment on hot days. Many hearty kudos to Burt, Joy, and Joy's sisters for making our Songkran stay in Soppong an especially memorable one, we will certainly return!

Soppong River Inn reviewed by CunningMcFar on 20th January, 2009, rated 5 out of 5.
Stayed here 4/2005
This is a Travelfish recommended reviewer
Total reviews submitted: 43.
CunningMcFar also reviewed: A-One Inn, Anouxsa Guesthouse, Auberge Sala Done Khong, Baan Lotus, Bougainvillier Hotel, Cave Lodge, Champasak Palace Hotel, Fern Resort, Golden Gate Hotel, Golden Gate Hotel, Kampot River View Guesthouse, Lai Thai Guest House, Mutmee Guesthouse, New Siam II Guest House, Pakse Hotel, Royal Hotel, Salachampa Hotel, Sang Tong Huts, Sayo Guesthouse, Sri Isan Hotel, Tamarind Village Hotel, Thong Bay Guest House, Thong Bay Guesthouse, Top North Hotel, Two Dragons Guesthouse.

Perfect for nature lovers - 26th October, 2008
A huge forest-like area with excellent rooms. I didn't stay but it looks like the perfect place to relax for a few days.

Soppong River Inn reviewed by RotPickup on 26th October, 2008, rated 5 out of 5.
Stayed here 10/2008
This is a Travelfish recommended reviewer
Total reviews submitted: 31.
RotPickup also reviewed: Baan Lotus, Bai Fern Guest House, Ban Thai Guest House, Bann Kun-Pra Guest House and Restaurant, Bann Kun-Pra Guest House and Restaurant, Chantana House, Jonadda Guest House, Khung Thong Hotel, Little Eden, Lopburi Asia Hotel, Mountain View Guesthouse, Mutmee Guesthouse, Na Na Chart Ban Kruit (YHA), Nakorn Pink Hotel, Pairadise, Piya Guest House, Proudthai Beach Resort, Rattanasin Hotel, River House Hotel, River Side Guest House and Resort, Sintavee Hotel, Sri Isan Hotel, The Atlanta, The Riverside Guest House, Three J Guesthouse, Tony's Place.

perfect place to stay - 14th April, 2007
best place for nature lovers we stay here 3 days in March 2007 was a little dusty ''because of the new road building'' then but in october after rain it must be parasdise here we will be back then, because 3 days was too short thank you Joy for your kind service

Soppong River Inn reviewed by wimpey1946 on 14th April, 2007, rated 5 out of 5.
Stayed here 3/2007
Total reviews submitted: 4.
wimpey1946 also reviewed: Fern Resort, Khoun and Khone Guesthouse, The Countryside Bungalows.

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