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Region: Southern Thailand> Province: Surat Thani> Location: Ko Pha Ngan/Ko Pha Ngan West Coast
Island View Cabana
Cheap beachfront huts
Mae Haad, Ko Pha Ngan
Surat Thani Province
Tel: (077) 374 172-3
Description
Ideal for shoestring travellers or those who value a sea view more than the highest quality accommodations, Island View Cabana boasts a prime beachfront location but not the finest bungalows. Guests can choose between two sizes of affordable huts, many of them at the beach's edge, with the second row huts offered for the same price. The paper-thin bamboo walls on one side and wooden slats of the smaller huts provide adequate shelter from most tropical storms with minimal leakage, while the larger units are slightly sturdier. The linens are soft and white but add little comfort to hard mattresses and thin, floppy pillows. The rooms are generally clean, if you don't count lizard turds and a stale urine smell in the bathroom. All said, not the finest huts on the beach, but they're cheap. Facilities include a small shop, laundry service (40B/kilo) and beachside massage in addition to a well-placed restaurant offering inexpensive Thai food with lovely views of the sea and Ko Ma. PADI certification and fun diving and snorkelling are offered at the connected dive shop, but if the condition of the rest of this dive are any indication of the condition of their boats and equipment, you may want to shop around a bit.
Total rooms: 35
Beachfront bungalow
400 THB (low season)
400 THB (high season)
Bungalow fan private b'room
300 THB (low season)
300 THB (high season)
Added to Travelfish on: 31st March, 2004
Last visited or updated on: 24th June, 2007
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