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Region: Southern Thailand> Province: Krabi> Location: Ko Phi Phi
Viking Place Resort
Beautiful bamboo bungalows
Between Ton Sai Beach and Long Beach, Ko Phi Phi
Krabi Province
Tel: (081) 930 8866, (075) 819 399
Email them at: Tak_blonk@hotmail.com
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Description
Continuing past the end of Ton Sai Beach up and over the hill is this merger of Viking and Maprao Resorts. The new management has fixed up some old bungalows and are adding new ones -- its inevitable that in the future the whole hillside will be developed here as the new owners paid top dollar for the land (we heard 300m baht for 60 rai!). For now though, it maintains its original style and beauty. Despite the name, the decorative theme here is not so much Viking as Tikki -- with huge wooden posts everywhere, carved into colourfully painted totem-like heads. The bungalows are of the standard bamboo thatch variety, but a lot of care has been taken to furnish and decorate the interiors, and they all have great mosquito nets and balconies. Unfortunately, most rooms have share bathrooms, and the cheaper units have the lesser views and fewer furnishings. The bathrooms are bordering on the exquisite and are a good example of what you can do with a little creativity. There's a beautiful bay with a private beach and not-so-many long-tails as elsewhere -- the location is good and quiet at night as well. They have a huge, rather impressive reception area for such a small outfit, with a restaurant on premises serving mostly Thai food, and water-sports equipment is available for rent. This place is an up-and-comer among bungalow outfits along the coast, and they're getting off to a great start. We've had some reports of them not answering emails so be patient.
Bungalow fan private b'room
1,000 THB (low season)
1,600 THB (high season)
Upto 2,500B
Bungalow fan share b'room
500 THB (low season)
800 THB (high season)
Up to 1,000B depending on location
Added to Travelfish on: 28th August, 2006
Last visited or updated on: 26th November, 2007
Guest feedback
Great place, but... - 
By chihyingbb ( total comments: 3 
) Stayed here 2/2008
It's in a great place. I phoned them several days before I arrive (and of course, I phoned them one day before I arrive), yet when I arrive, the manager wouldn't admit my call and the price I got from the telephone. He raises the room price. The whole check-in process upset me. Other staffs are great and friendly. Yet, the spot is great, but again, it's noisy at night with the music from the bars at near beach. They turn off the music at 3:00 AM...
nice place to stay on Phi Phi - 
By sommer ( total comments: 2 ) Stayed here 1/2008
VIking is a great spot for hanging on their private beach during the day. Nice friendly staff, Tak the Manager is great. During the night it can be very very loud depending where your room is located, because of the bars and the echo across water: this can be remedied with earplugs. Room 3 is very nice for the price, room 10 is much less so. The restaurant is good there. You will need to take boat taxis everywhere else though and don't be surprised when the price increases at night.
Great Views but... -
By ElisabethGliesche ( total comments: 6 ) Stayed here 9/2007
Stayed here as a kind of end-of-travel splurge for three nights last september. Great place, nice people (true: maybe a bit too laid back sometimes) and most of all wonderful views of the sea and Phi Phi Ley in the background, even from our porch hammock. Too bad all the peace and quiet was sometimes disturbed by loud music played by the Viking staff. Food was a bit pricy, that's true (though breakfast was pretty good), but you can easily walk to town and eat there. In short: a good compromise if you want to be able to reach town on foot without too much hassle but yet still have some idyllic privacy at your accomodation.
Ab-so-lute-ly fantastic - 
By Peter100 ( total comments: 2 ) Stayed here 3/2007
Stayed with my girlfriend for seven or so nights in March. The place is so nice it almost hurts! Very warm and welcoming, helpful, family like staff, greatly decorated bungalows with loads of funny little wood-things dangling in the wind, paintings, sculpture like items, everywhere. The architect of viking has his workplace down at the beach and has a MASSIVE output of fantastic things of all kinds. Exceptionally clean and nicely propped bathrooms (loads of soaps, shampoos, and baths free to use), always hundreds of candles & torches lit all over the place during night-time, snorkel gear and great prices for rental kayaks, excellent snorkel conditions just right at their beach. Beware the STEEP jungle trails leading to some of the bungalows, that's definitely not meant for people who refuse to move on anything that's not a paved walkway. And yes: You hear the longtail boats that travel to and from Long beach all day. Thanks Tom and all staff. Simply perfect!
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