Southern Lanta Resort, Koh Lanta (Krabi)

Good place for family and kids holiday in this hotel.. nice pool for the kids and thai foods here are very good.

I loved my stay here. Location was perfect as it was right on the beach and only 10mins from the harbour (ferry) and Saladan Village (local town). Staff were more than friendly and always happy to help with any queries. There were several families with children so bare this in mind if you want to escape and have an adult only holiday. Don't let this put you off staying - it was just an observation, resort seem to cater very well for the kiddies. Good selection for breakfast. Resort offers massages - would highly recommend you treat yourself to one - takes about an hour.

we stayed at Southern Lanta for five days in a beachfront room. the view was incredible, especially the sunsets!! the manager of the hotel was very helpful and informative with any questions we had. We walked the beach practically each day in this area and would say without question that southern Lanta stands out amongst the others.

On arrival the hotel is hard to spot from the main road so need to keep eyes out. I'd booked a 'superior' beach view room but I have to say there was absolutely nothing superior about the room. The room smelt damp, the wallpaper was stained (why have wallpaper in tropical country??!), the decor very outdated, the floor tiles dirty and chipped, the lighting was appalling being dim and dingy with bright yellow plastic things above the bed which shed no light at all, the sheets were worn and old, the bathroom was dreadful in bright turquoise tiles from the 1970s with some kind of metal door, the fridge was dirty, the TV channels only had BBC world and no cable movie channels which most hotels offer (although that's not what you go to Ko Lanta for but if you're on your own and it's raining it's useful...) - all in all a miserable room although adequate in size, and the balcony was nice. The pool was ok, perhaps a bit small for the size of the hotel and definitely not enough sun beds. There were I think 8 around the pool which is far from adequate. I wouldn't stay here again if you paid me. I don't know what the other category of rooms where like but I would not recommend this hotel with the superior beach view rooms. I was only there for 3 nights, but I had a 2 week booked I'd be exceedingly disappointed with the choice. It's a shame as the location is fine on the beach, but if they only put a little money into doing up the rooms they could vastly improve it - doesn't need to be fancy, just clean!

Koh Lanta is a lot quieter than the other islands in Thailand so a great place to stay if you just want to kick back and relax. Long white beach with cooling ocean breeze. Great place to take snorkelling trips.