คุ้มกะลาหัวฟาร์มสเตย์ (Khumkalahua Farmstay)

Very comfortable location and great stay if playing golf near bye

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Nice location, very good base to go see Khao Sok. Late check in is possible and the staff are very nice.

The room is not large enough to bring suitcases inside, it is really just a bed. There are a crazy amount of mosquitos but luckily they provide a mosquito net for above the mattress. The toilet and shower are a short walk away but are in one room, which means everything is wet all the time. Breakfast starts at 08:30 which is too late because many boat tours on the lake start at 08:00.

The staff were so incredibly helpful whenever I reached out to them with questions like booking a lake tour, washing clothes and booking transportation they responded very quickly through whatsapp. They let me park my motorcycle for free too :) The owner was very accommodating to our vegetarian diet and offered some helpful recommendations. My absolute favorite part of this property was how many different species of butterflies there were! 🦋 As someone who studies and researches pollinators in my free time - I was having so much fun documenting the incredible diversity of butterfly species here.

The bathroom ceiling for the bamboo houses is open so moths and other flying insects fly in while you're taking a shower and using the bathroom. If I come back here I would pay extra for the nicer rooms with the private bathrooms. It was quite amazing seeing the abundance of insect diversity and various species that would end up in the bathroom actually! I just didn't like being bit by ants while using the bathroom haha They did not clean our room when we put the make up room sign on our door handle. Their restaurant is a Thai/Western fusion which is expensive for me but they have a lot of dinner options no matter your preference. Road noise is very frequent especially being at the top of a hill, motorcycles will rev their engines hard to climb the hill echoing across the canyon making it difficult to find anywhere with a quiet space.

Bungalows were nice . Even if very small, it was super clean and cozy. IC works properly. Despite the bathroom is shared and very basic, it is super clean. Plus the property is very close to the national park entrance (15 mins by car)

Everything is really overpriced ( the taxi that they offer, restaurants, tours). There is nothing around that you can reach by foot and Grab don t work there. The restaurant is super super slow, almost no vegan / vegetarian options . Plus breakfast is supposed to be available from 9 am , which is super late ( but my last day restaurant opened at 9,30)