Banpu Koh Chang Resort

View from our Seaview room was amazing. Location was good walking to restaurants and supermarkets.

We were upgraded to a beach front room which was only a couple of meters from the sea at high tide which was AMAZING. Liked our room. Good air con, reading lights, fridge, safe, kettle and always lots of coffee restocked every day. Comfortable bed. Nice covered terrace with deckchairs. Breakfast included. Good location on one of the nicest beaches for swimming.

We stayed May 2024. Beautiful hotel right on the beach, with a very nice pool that is partly shaded by trees and stays cool so its very refreshing. (The sea gets very warm!) The beach is big pebbles right by the hotel so a little awkward but once you are past the first meter or two you can get on the sand, and you can walk along the sand the whole length on the beach when the tide is out. It was beautiful and there are swings on the trees by the hotel. The cafe/restaurant was OK and a good food selection at breakfast. Our room was very big and a massive comfy bed. Air con very good and quiet. Shower was good, bathroom gets warm but fine. Location was good - whitesands is a long strip of tourist town with lots of restaurants and touristy clothes shops for beach wear. There are nice restaurants on the beach with tables out on the sand when the tide is out in the evening. Turn left /north when leaving the hotel if going on the road to get to the restaurants. For taxis you might need to walk along the road a bit in the same direction and then you see them waiting by the road.

This is definitely a resort of two halves, there is the dark wood, forest side with the pool, reception and restaurant, and then there is a more California beach style side with steps down to the beach. I stayed on the beach side and loved it, I was upgraded to the sea view room (room 328) and it was so lovely to sit out and watch the sunset. The bedroom and bathroom were spacious, had all the amenities I needed, the bed was comfortable. The beach directly in front has had the rocks cleared so you get a whole portion of the beach to yourself because people further along don't really venture up as far (I would even say that those staying in the forest part don't realise that this is part of the same resort and they can access the beach here). Lots of restaurants on this strip of beach. There is even a cute little conservatory bit at the front with garden furniture. I can't comment on the free breakfast, pool or anything from the forest themed side as I kind of forgot they existed - wandered round when I checked out and has a nice layout, sea view, plenty of sun chairs.

our 2nd time here, and no regrets that we split our stay on koh Chang to enable us to again spend a few nights here. Our beachfront bungalow was really nice, with trees covering it. The low balcony is almost on the beach. Lovely to chill there with a book if you don't want to be in the sun. Even though it's a rocky beach in front of accommodation, some rocks have been moved to make a narrow pathway into the ocean. So rocky beach really does not matter. The restaurant serves nice food too.