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Forra Dive Resort Sunrise Beach
Sunrise Beach, Ko Lipe, Thailand - See map
Conveniently situated in the Sunrise Beach part of Ko Lipe, this property puts you close to attractions and interesting dining options. Be sure to set some time aside to visit Koh Sawang as well as Sunrise Beach nearby. This 5-star property features restaurant to make your stay more indulgent and memorable.
Highlights
Facilities
Pets allowed
Car park
Free Wi-Fi in all rooms!
Front desk [24-hour]
Luggage storage
Check-in/out [private]
Game room
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Exceptional”
We absolutely loved our stay here, such lovely people and a relaxed happy feel about the whole place. The diving was incredible too! Would 100% return!
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Nice Bangolow and good service. Clean ”
Nice will recommend to friend and come back again
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Authentic Dive resort”
The bungalows ate fully made of bamboo and its convenient to stay. Most people that go here are divers so if you're not in diving it's hard to socialise. Besides that all good
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Very good”
Close to the beach. Very friendly and helpful owners!
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Good”
Cleanliness is poor : A thick layer of dust on the floor, toilet seat and bed sheet. Have a rash and feeling itchy in the morning. Facilities: The mosquito net cannot work effectively to prevent us from the mosquitoes. We were bitten. Loud music and karaoke by the local people until 11 pm
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Calm location, great staff, well maintained, nice looking”
The forra resort is a bit remote from the buzz of the walking street (about 5 min walk), in the village very calm area with less tourists. It is just 50 meters from Sunrise beach, you can easily reach it. The resort and bamboo bungalows are very clean and looks very well maintained, the outdoor bathroom is nice. Staff is very friendly, helping and provide a lot of good advice. The little resort is very peaceful and great to let children go and play in the main area.
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SO GOOD”
Thanks for Vallerie , Claimant and all staff of Forra Dive Resort , Sunrise Beach , I hope to be there again <3
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Excellent apart from the loud music”
We stayed there for 5 nights. Pros: located 150m away from the best beach on the island (sunrise beach), friendliest staff, bungalows are not fancy but are comfortable and there is everything you need, nice cozy area to hangout with hamacs, library,etc , their dive shop in right on the beach and you can stay there for a nap or breakfast with view on the beach. Cons: the hotel is just next to a local village where they have very loud music every day, until past midnight. Forget about a quiet late afternoon chill in your hamac and forget about sleeping before they turn off the music...the hotel staff isn’t responsible and there is nothing they can do but unfortunately it was very annoying and exhausting by the end of our stay...despite all the pros above I would not stay there again because of this... :/
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the good and the bad...”
Overall our stay at Forra was grand- The French girls who works there is not hospitable and I imagine she only works at Forra for the diving. The French women who is married to the owner is fantastic !!! She is the soul of Forra and when she's around the place is a little brighter. Armed with a fantastic smile and her daughter she really gives the place a family friendly surrounding. The thai women who work there are also lovely but honestly the rest of the staff could benefit from saying hello or good morning. Saying that, Forra is on the best part of the beach and the location is perfect, 5 minutes from the main strip and a lovely walk through the local village. However things that could be improved....... Due to Forra not been a hostel but a resort hand-wash or a body wash could have been provided. A bigger or stronger fan would have been fantastic. You kind of have a little hairdryer blowing at you in a very hot bungalow. The mozzie nets are taped to cover the holes in them which look ugly. Lastly, it's lovely been with nature but the bungalows themselves could be a little more enclosed, there's openings everywhere so expect cockroaches, mosquitos, frogs, lizards and we had a rat in the bathroom.
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Thank you for your review. We are sad to know that you didn't liked our staff, in fact this person was in replacement and usually works in diving. We are happy that you had a good filling with Valou, the owner's wife and their children who gave you a family friendly sentiment. Regarding the fan, you would simply have to ask for an extra, we have provisions if the one provided is not enough. Best regards,
nice location but a bit expensive ”
Our bungalow was nice, we stayed there for 5 nights. The first 2 night was a nightmare as it was a wedding just behind the hotel and the music was very Lound from 10am to midnight! After that, the place was more quiet only some music for a bar not far away. The mattress was a bit hard, but the bungalow was very big with very nice terrace and a nice open bathroom: you can admir the sky when you take the shower! Not fare away from the beach, just 100m from the nicest and quiet beach in koh lipe. After being in Thailand 5 times, the price of the bungalow was a bit too expensive... 1600bath when you can find half price on sunrise beach also. But all the accommodation look pretty expensive anyway on the island. The girl in reception is here all day if you need anything. Food are also good at the restaurant. Nice place and nice location.
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Hello Alexandra, Thank you for taking the time to give us your feedback. We are very happy to hear you had a good experience and enjoyed your stay despite the wedding music coming from the village during the first two days. We hope to see you again in the future.
Really nice stay!!”
When we were looking where to book it was so difficult. But when we came to the resort and after we walked around the island, we saw the difference in bungalow resorts. The bungalow was really nice, it was clean, the matress seemed new and was really comfortable. The bathroom was new and clean - they came every day to clean it. The whole resort is clean and really nice with all the palm trees. Only the wifi wasnt working that well, but it happens in many places. There were no strange animals, except two small frogs in the bathroom, but they went away. When you come to the island you have to walk around 1km to this resort, but after you know the island roads you see that it is not that far away. For us - the most beautyfull beach is 100m far...so 1min walking...even less. For us - worth the money we paid. Really nice stay. Hope you will enjoy the stay the same as we did.
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Thank you very much Gregor for your feedback. We are happy to know that you enjoyed your stay with us, that you found our place nice and clean. We hope welcoming you again. Best regards, Laurie
Good location and back to nature”
Location is perfect, near sunrise beach. Walking distance few minute. Suitable for diver because a lot of diving promotion stuff. No soap / drinking water. Only towel provided. Not suitable for those who afraid of insect. Saw few cockroach and a toad in toilet! Very hot because the fan is too small and the bed is cover with mosquito tent. Must bring more mosquito repellent! The water pressure is extremely low sometimes, probably other people using as well. Water heater provided. Staff is very friendly and offer to help call taxi if needed, the guy also offer to help keep your important stuff in safe for you.
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Thank you Low for your review. We are happy to know that you enjoyed your stay with us and fund our staff friendly and helpfull. We improved the pressure of water this season, the problem did not happen again. We take your remark into consideration and make sure we improve.
Great place to stay in Koh Lipe”
NIce place to stay here for vacation, a few min to walk to sunrise beach, big bungalows, clean , staff was friendly and very helpfull, we enjoy our vacation here
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Thank you very much Marko for your feedback, it is much appreciate! We are glad to hear from you that you had a great time with us, enjoyed our place, found our bungalow clean and big and found our staff friendly. We hope to see you again in the future. Best regards, Laurie, Forra Dive Resort Sunrise, Koh Lipe
Excellent budget option”
Perfect stay considering the price for snorkeling/diving trips on Lipe. Outdoor bathroom ***** Spray to clean foot at entrance ****** Spray for toilet ****** Big bed ***** Wifi common area in the centre of the site ***
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Thank you Antony for your feedback. We are happy to know that you enjoyed your stay with us. It's nice to know that you liked our open-air bathroom, the spray system and the big bed. We hope to see you again. Best regards,
a real beach bure experience”
we had a family room in bamboo bure. the room was clean and nice outdoor bathroom. Everything on Lipe is expensive, but still a lot to pay for a simple bure. The location is not right on beach as you may think. 150 m away. a 5 min walk to the beginning of walking street. not much cheap food closeby but on the best part of sunrise beach. you can swim right in front or head north to top of island.
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Thank you for your review. We are happy to know that you enjoyed your stay with us and the location next to the best part of sunrise beach with a good snorkelling in front. As you know everything is expensive on the island, food, room and as well lands and electricity... Hope to see you again.
improve your customer service”
Stayed for 3 nights as a group of 6 travelling to Koh Lipe from M'sia. Forra is first and foremost a dive center so their priorities are to customers that pay them for diving trips. First day we arrived, a Thai lady staffed there brought two of us to the dive center (note that the resort and dive center are located apart but near to each other) to check in. A guy greeted us, took a look at my booking doc, and after learning that we were not there to dive repeatedly told us to deal with the Thai lady with any issues we had. We asked if they provide snorkeling packages and he told us their boat was broken and is in repair...huh.. The kind Thai lady (irritated at times from handling all resort guests by herself) was clearly pleading to her superior for assistance but he couldn't be bothered with us. Heck, even during check-out he couldn't even bother to collect the room key. The poor Thai lady was missing during half our stay anyways, there was close to no one who could help.
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Location is perfect”
It's quite near sunrise beach. But it is not easy to get there for the first time. You'd better take a taxi.
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good resort with reasonable price”
Staffs are very friendly and welcome. The location is great. It is close the center of this island, approximately 5-10 minutes waking to the center to the night market. It's price is very reasonable. A little bit warm at night which this hotel has only a fan available. And one more important thing is don't forget a mosquito repellent.
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Thank you for your very good review. We are happy to know that you liked your stay with us and with our staff. We understand that you think one fan is not enough, we take your note and make sure we improve. Best regards,
Nice bamboo bungalows ”
Pros: close to the beach, beautiful set up, quiet, nice staff, clean, charming bamboo style bungalows in a lovely garden, outdoor bathroom Cons: extra hard mattress, a
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Thank you Alexandra for your feedback. We are happy to know that you had a great time here with us and found our place clean and charming. Also that you found our staff nice. We hope you had a safe journey and hope to see you again. Best regards
Sleeping on wooden mat...”
The stay was not as expected; pictures suggest a beach resort which it is not, there is a bar at the beach but the huts are a few minutes walk (not too far but still). The place has very much laid back staff which is not necessarily a good thing, it's not a hostel. Our real issues were with the bed, noise and insects. The noise came from neighboring locals, I just can't get used to their daily schedule. The insects can be a nuisance in the form of biting flies and Musquitos. It gets worse when you have to fight cockroaches out of your cloths each morning. For us the thing that decided to leave the place was the sleeping conditions; there was no matras! Don't let them kid you with saying its a Thai matras: this means a piece of hard insulation foam with some cardboard stuck to it! We did complain about it and the matras was indeed changed, too bad it was changed for exactly the same thing. We gave up on our money (still hoping for a refund) and quickly found another place close by; right on the beach with correct conditions and basically the same price. The place reminded me in te end of the huts where you use to sleep for a dollar or two 10 years ago, now apparently they afford to ask 50-60 (cause you can book online?) To me it was crazy bad value for money. If you want to stay like this go to the locals. They are nicer and you pay a fraction, I am sure they would have addressed the sleeping mats better too
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Hi Ronald, Thank you for your review. I am sorry to hear you found our property did not offer you a satisfactory stay. I'd like to remind that it is advised on the description that the property is not located directly on the beach but 100m walk to it and all the bungalows offer garden view only, as advertised. Then, for the story of your mattress, I remember it as if it were yesterday : You only came to speak of it on the day you decide to leave, I had your mattress change for a more comfortable but you did not take the time to try it because when you came back you came to tell me you were leaving right now and didn't ask for any refund and now I see that you are waiting for... I don't understand...