Himaphan Boutique Resort - SHA EXTRA PLUS

We stayed for three nights at the hotel. The main reason we chose this hotel is the short distance to the airport, local shops and a few places we could visit on the last days of our stay in Thailand. The hotel has a few one-bedroom villas with terraces which are hidden between beautiful trees and other tropical foliage from the main street. There's a good-sized swimming pool to cool down and a short walk to the beach. Our villa was spacious with a big shower and small kitchenette equipped with a kettle, fridge and complimentary coffee and tea. At the reception, we booked a trip to the Phuket Elephant Care and it was the best experience we had so far. We can highly recommend this quiet hotel for short and long stays.

The staff were excellent, pool was a nice size and water temperature perfect. The breakfast was delicious. Our room was huge with floor to ceiling windows on 2 sides and a deck with table and chairs to eat at. A few restaurants close by and the beach was a short walk. You had to pay to go in as it was in a National Park. After 5 pm was free. There were no toilets or food carts here.

Groumds were lovely and peaceful, pool a lovely relief - basic but clean and in a beautiful setting. I could have done with an umbrella or somethig for shade in pool area. Breakfast was just OK - toast and jam, eggs, ham and chicken sausage, OJ and tea/coffee brought to room- would have liked to have had it a bit earlier but there was no phone line to reception in the room, so didn't bother. Waking distance to/from airport -but it was very early morning arrival so hotel picked me us up (this was a bit of a problem too as I had sent thr request and photo and time of arrival, flight details etc. But no one came. I saw the message from the hotel was to call them on arrival, but I didn't have a SIM, and phuket airport has no free WiFi. I ended up asking a local to call and they came immediately. Walking distance to ATM and 7/11, a nice cafe/restaurant, and beautiful beach. Beach was well worth a visit. It is part of a National park and was very clean when we were there. Though tides were quite strong. No spruiker or totes to bug you. I could have stayed here longer, but the planes flying over the beach would have bugged me. After a while. It was PERFECT for my short stopover. I even got a really late check put (I paid extra to checkout at 7pm!!!).

Very nice, large bungalow-style rooms. Very comfortable. Breakfast (extra charge) is delivered to your room, at the time you specify. They also have their own taxi service, to take you to the airport terminals. Also a couple of nice cafes & restaurants nearby.

The room was a really big spacious stand alone bungalow. It was clean , roomy and well presented, while the bed was firm it was comfortable. Attractive pool is probably 10 to 12 metres long. Sophia at reception spoke English well, was very helpful and always had a lovely smile. The Himaphan is a 5 minute drive to the airport, 10 minute walk but still quiet. Highly recommended. Note we did not include breakfast so can't say what the food is like.