Chivapuri Beach Resort

The place is very nice. The room and services are great. The beach is clean. We have had a nice time at the restaurant, with great cocktail and very good food. We have lived 3 days barefoot, going from the room to the beach to the bar and restaurant. We have had a really great time.

Very nice and relaxed location in the very south of Koh Chang with a nice pool. Beach is great, swimming however is not so easy due to the very shallow coast and some rocks. Kayaks can easily be rented at the resort and are free of charge for 1 hour. The breakfast buffet was rich and good. Nice coffee machine with excellent (!) coffee and a variety of coffee options – the machine has sometimes its ‘own will’ though. Staff was superb: little shy in the beginning, however extremely helpful and friendly – even on challenging topics. Thanks to Natty and the complete Shivapuri team.

Best position on beautiful beach, lots of sunbeds dotted around among the trees, enabling you to have your own space. Lovely, welcoming and friendly staff. Good food including the breakfast. We were absolutely blown away by our spacious beachfront villa, and our view of the sea in the mornings when waking up! The room was a more expensive option but we felt it was well worth it! We appreciated the lush well maintained gardens, the staff were constantly tending them and sweeping both them and the beach, keeping the area spotless! The property also has a lovely, good sized pool. We also enjoyed good massages at a very reasonable price. There are many beach restaurants nearby, which allowed us many different options both for lunch and dinner. There are also some nice eating options on the road at the end of the beach. The area in the evening is generally pretty quiet, which suited us but if you want late night life this beach area may not be for you. You can get a taxi or songthaew nearby during the day quite easily, we went to Bang Bao pier, and had a delicious seafood meal there one evening. Our only slight negatives were the thin sunbed mattresses, not good for those with achey backs, however seem to be the norm on Koh Chang, and accessibility getting in and out of the pool could be improved, which would help older guests or guests with mobility issues. Despite these slight negatives overall we would say this is one of the best beach hotels we have stayed in anywhere.

First let me say that these are our opinions and each person has something that is important to them and not to others. This was our experience. We flew into Bangkok airport as we had an event to attend in Pattaya than went back to Bangkok before heading to the resort. It was less expensive for us to hire a private driver to take us to the resort on Koh Chang than it was to fly. We found out that there was a air ***** on Koh Chang but they can charge whatever they want as there is only one airline that goes there. So we opted to drive, a 6 hour journey, which included a ferry ride over to the island and taken directly to the resort. Our thought was we could sleep and see the landscape on the way. It really wasn't bad there and back. So thankful that we didn't have to deal with a taxi once we were on the island. In the beginning when getting onto the island we were on a normal road, but that change to a very narrow, winding and steep road which turned into a one lane road, then to a gravel road and finally a dusty bumpy road. So don't worry, you are headed in the right direction. I have to say when we first drove up to the resort, I was a little hesitant. This is a small resort. The reception area is wide open (no walls) area with wooden benches with a few throw pillows here and there. The one reception person was kind and friendly, but the other not so much. I would say this was the only unfriendly person we met the entire time at the resort and she was only there for a few days and then was gone. We arrive around noon and were told check in wasn't until 3, I believe, but we did get into our room earlier then they said which was nice after a 6 hour drive. The room was old and tired but spacious. There are maybe a dozen little buildings that had one room up and one room down. I heard there were a few rooms that had two bedrooms for families. We were in a back building on the top floor. The windows on the back of the room lookout onto the area they lay all their debris. Wasn't a nice thing to look at that is for sure. We just kept the blinds closed. When you walked up the steps there as a balcony area with a sliding glass door, but also had a normal door to enter as well. The balcony area had a bench seat along the one area to sit and one chair was provided along with a laundry rack. Some of the wood on the balcony needs replaced as it looked like it was rotten. We also asked for another chair to sit on and was told it was being repaired. Some of the other buildings had chairs and loungers along with big pillows for their bench (these were all the buildings in the front). It would have been nice to have another chair so we could have sat outside like others. Inside the building, there as a king size bed, desk area (which also had a large mirror with a hair dryer (in the desk drawer) as this is where you had to dry your hair as there was no plug in the bathroom, a kettle that made hot water, a wardrobe cabinet, a single bed type thing, I guess