Pimalai Resort & Spa is one of the best resorts on the pristine island of Kho Lanta in Krabi province, Thailand. Built within the rainforest of Kho Lanta, the Pimalai Resort & Spa meets the silver sand of the nearby beach. The boutique resort occupies 100 acres of tropical vegetation with a direct access to a 900 meters stretch of pristine sandy beach and offers 82 elegantly appointed rooms, suites and villas.
Great thoughts have been placed by the architects in the resort lay out, ensuring that the contrast between architectural space and the lush embrace of nature is inspirational. The little buildings of southern Thai style design complete this natural environment allowing guest to be as close to nature as they wish.
Our superior rooms are set in sixteen low-rise southern Thai style houses, each containing 4 rooms.
The Bayfront Deluxe are individual Pavilion standing some 12 meters above sea level. They provide great living space (70 sq.m.) including a large balcony offering partial view of the beach, the bay and the surrounding lush tropical nature.
These fully air-conditioned elegant suites are available in combination of one or two bedrooms, with either 110, or 160 square meters of living space. Nestled amongst the trees they offered partial view of the beach, the bay and the surrounding lush tropical nature.
Spectacularly located, hidden away among coconut palms and lush tropical vegetation and adjacent to the main resort are the seven Beach Villas. In line with the resort southern style architecture, the superb villas set peacefully within landscaped garden and with direct access to Ba Kan Tiang pristine sandy beach.
Spacious, thoughtfully designed with refined elegance and comfort, the villas one, two and three bedrooms offer privacy and unrivaled views of the beach and the Andaman sea towards a brilliant Thai sunset.
Restaurants & bars offers an extensive variety of cuisines to suit everyone’s tastes.
Baan Pimilai Restuarant
The main restaurant offers an outdoor dining area with sweeping views of the resort’s infinity-edge swimming pool, the landscaped gardens and the bay. A great breakfast buffet is served daily whilst lunch and dinner "a la carte" menus offer both Thai and Western dining choices.
Spice N’ Rice Thai Restuarant
This air-conditioned Thai restaurant offers classic Thai food dining. Authentic around Thailand fare and traditional favorites such as ’Tom Yum Goong’, are prepared with the freshest ingredients, artfully presented and full of flavor.
Rak Talay Beach Bar & Restuarant
This bar and restaurant, is located right on the beach, nestled beneath towering trees from where guest can take in the sweeping views of the Andaman Sea and gentle southern breezes. The menu features casual light snacks, including salads, pasta pizzas and great sandwiches. In the evenings guest can choose from an abundant array of fresh, succulent seafood caught locally. Grilled, steamed or fried the chefs are there to prepare your favorite dish to your liking.
Pimalai Spa
Set in a lush sloping valley, lies Pimalai Spa, where the winds bring flashes of light fragrances to the small walled treatment rooms, each named after a local flower.
The Spa aims at bringing back guests to nature; built in the shape of a village style, the pretty small straw roofed ’Salas’ blend totally with the natural beauty of the jungle.
The seven treatment huts equipped with double or single beds are mainly used for aromatherapy massages and body wraps or body scrub treatments.
An imposing open-air pavilion standing at the bottom of the small valley is home to the Thai traditional massage whilst just across, the outdoor Jacuzzi with the adjacent herbal sauna just awaits for you to dip in, refresh and cleanse your body before your selected treatment.
A range of activities and excursions are available from the resort. Our guest relation officer will be delighted to arrange to guide you in your choice.
Available free of charge, are canoes, windsurfs, sailing boat and boggy boards. There are no motorized water sports (jet skis, water ski) available on the island.
Our classes have become hugely popular; Learn a few famous recipes that you can take back home; you will cook yourself under the guidance of one of our Head Chef; you will also receive a recipe guide booklet, a souvenir Pimalai cooking apron to take home and if you do really well, our Chef will hand over to you an official "Arroy Dee" cooking certificate! This could lead you to set up your own Thai restaurant back home!
Bicycles are available at the resort with our compliments. A brand new 8 kms road has now been completed slicing through the existing jungle; up, down with some great view points; you may also encounter the sight of monkeys and huge lizards.
The Pimalai Dive center is a PADI associated diving facilities. It offers high standards of services, high quality of diving equipments and very good training facilities for those who wish to learn this great sport. The Dive center offers a comprehensive range of PADI diving and special courses from beginner to assistant instructor; one can learn how to dive how to dive in a small group or on a one-to-one basis.
Experienced instructors (English and German natives) and qualified boat crews are there to provide maximum care to our divers. At last, our fleet of boats are available to whisk divers at comfort, at great speed and before anybody else to the highly rated dive sites located from 45 minutes to 1hr and 30 minutes approximately from Pimalai jetty. Koh Lanta’s dive season is from November to April. Our Dive center still operates from May through October (closed all month of September); however diving trips, usually towards Koh Haa and Koh Bida Nok are subject to weather and sea conditions.
A stunning refreshing fresh-water infinity-edge swimming pool awaits you to deep in; just lay on one of the sun-loungers and enjoy the infinity view.
Young child under 6 years old are not allowed in the large pool and should deep in the small shallow water pool that is allocated to them.
Meanwhile adults can enjoy a relaxing back massage in the Jacuzzi which is integrated in the large swimming pool.
An informal spot for refreshing drinks and light snacks whilst sunbathing around our stunning infinity-edge swimming pool.
The Fitness Room features small gym functions with high quality fitness equipments to either relax or power up yourself. You can also enjoy a superb view of Ba Kan Tiang bay whilst exercising.
The gym equipment includes, Lifecycle upright bike, Stair climber, Life fitness 3 stack multi-gyms, Adjustable Incline bench, Twin tier dumbbell rack and a treadmill; the 900 meters long beach and the newly concreted road that slices through the tropical vegetation are also ideal training grounds!
A casual elegant open pavilion style lounge, set up 45 meters above sea level serving cocktails, pre and after dinner drinks. The Lobby Bar offers unrivaled views across the Ba Kan Tiang bay towards a brilliant Thai sunset.
The Library Room, adjacent to the resort shop, has an extensive selection of reading materials as well as computers with Internet access so guests can keep in touch with their family and friends. There are many books on Krabi province and Thailand, and on various aspects of Thai arts, culture and history. A choice of CD’s and DVD’s is also available free of charge for your own entertainment in your room.
The Resort is the perfect location for private celebrations, weddings, executive meetings, weekend retreats and small incentive events. Pimalai Resort & Spa has the flexibility and the support team in place to ensure the professional management of your event from beginning to end. The Resort offers a Boardroom sitting 8 people and a meeting room sitting up to 36 people in theater style (24 in classroom style).
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