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See why so many travelers make Cousin Resort their inn of choice when visiting Khuk Khak. Providing an ideal mix of value, comfort and convenience, it offers a family-friendly setting with an array of amenities designed for travelers like you.
Cousin Resort offers guests an array of room amenities including a minibar, a refrigerator, and air conditioning, and getting online is possible, as free wifi is available.
The inn offers a 24 hour front desk, a concierge, and room service, to make your visit even more pleasant. The property also features a pool and an on-site restaurant. Guests arriving by vehicle have access to free parking.
If you like cafes, Cousin Resort is conveniently located near Tony Loft Cafe'&Restaurant., Juice From Mars, and Duo Cafe.
We’re sure you’ll enjoy your stay at Cousin Resort as you experience all of the things Khuk Khak has to offer.
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HOTEL STYLE
Quiet
Romantic
Languages Spoken
English, Thai
Location
56/12 Moo 5 Petchakasem Road Bang Niang Beach, Khuk Khak, Khao Lak 82190 Thailand
Name/address in local language
Cousin Resort
4 reviews
Getting there
Great for walkers
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We stayed at Cousin Resort for 16 nights in November in a poolside bungalow and it is a clean and lovely property in khuak khuk, Khao Lak. The rooms are spacious and clean with big balcony. The rooms are soundproof and the resort is so lovely and quiet with whistling birds in the beautifully landscaped gardens. The pool is great to refresh and nice temperature. Hairdryer available on request. The wifi was excellent with 5G. The resort is handy to a minimart (2min walk) and several bars and food options within 3 min walk. The main is about 7 min walk although there is a short cut if you look on google maps. Head towards Mol thai food (which has excellent food) and turn right on dirt track and this will bring you out on main road). The resort has motorbikes for rent and can buy water at reception. Two beaches to choose from one on heading to the right as you come out of cousin resort and one on left which is nicer to swim (near Chong Fah Restaurant). The staff are all very lovely especially the cleaning ladies who are such happy little souls always smiling and laughing and the gardener does a wonderful job keeping the pool and grounds under control and very happy and lovely person. Overall would come back and stay longer in future as we had a very relaxing stay and probably one of our best stays in all of our 14 stays in Thailand. Thanks to everyone at Cousin Resort🙏
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Date of stay: November 2024Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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We have stayed every year since 2008 in the Cousin Resort so admit to being prejudiced in its favour. However, as we know Khao Lak so well we believe the resort still represents great value for money with its clean and comfortable accommodation with a variety of options for different party sizes; its lovely pool and decent restaurant; its location just 5 minutes back from Bang Niang Beach; its proximity to the many restaurants, bars, shops and Bang Niang Market; and its friendly and efficient staff. You can also arrange to go over for the day or longer to the new Cousin Koh Kho Khao Resort to enjoy a completely different experience.
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Date of stay: April 2014
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Room Tip:Even number garden view bungalows get sun from after lunch, odd numbers before lunch so cooler in...
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My friend and stayed here for 9 nights while in Khao lak for a two week holiday . We had a great time the staff very friendly & helpful . Our bungalow was clean very comfy twin beds , spacious , big fridge filled with water , beer, soda, at a good price . Nice veranda to sit out on . The grounds are lovely as is the pool very clean.. It's close to the beach a 5 min walk .. Only ate in the restaurant once it was ok .. Very close to the main drag of bars & rests , shopping . But the resort itself very quite & peaceful . So glad we stayed here and will be going back Asap.. It's very good value . And we felt very safe .. We bought a plug in for the room as there are mozzies about it worked fine .. Did a trip with Lora at Dior travel she is a lovely lady and we had a great time with her .. She also does airport runs that is cheaper than hotel by 300 Bart .. We also did a three day snorklling trip with the poseidon bungalows and had a great time well worth a look .. All in all i cant say anything bad about the cousins resort we had a great time .. I'd also want to thank Alan from the Khao Lak forum for all his help it was very nice meeting you and Barbara .. See you again soon at the cousins ..
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Date of stay: March 2015Trip type: Traveled with friends
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In March we stayed at Cousins Resort for 9 nights in a family room (me, my husband and 3 kids 7, 5 & 2yrs old). My parents also travelled with us and stayed in a standard bungalow which was overlooking the pool. Cousins was perfect for us and our room was plenty big to fit us all in – the family room consists of two bedrooms, two bathrooms, small kitchen type area (no cooking facilities but who needs them in Thailand!!) and a sitting area. We also had a toaster and kettle which was perfect for a quick breaky. Cousins had also included a cot for our 2yr old which we put in between the two single beds in the kids room. The kids loved this small resort and could run around with a bit of freedom and you didn't have to worry about them breaking something or annoying too many other people. Perfect price too – around Aud$120 per night. Definitely recommend this resort to anyone who is after a quiet little place with great service but not too ritzy :) Also located only a short stroll to the beach through the Sudala Resort or walk up past Ayara Resort to the quieter and nicer in my opinion northern end of Bang Niang near the Power Restaurant etc.
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Date of stay: March 2010
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Trip type: Traveled with family
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Well what can we say that hasn't been said. We stayed here for 17 nights and from the moment we arrived after a long flight from the UK via Doho / Bangkok the Cousin felt just the place we wanted to be the bungalow was very clean air condition on to make it cool nice big bed and plenty of wardrobe space. The swimming pool & gardens are so peaceful and well kept. When we came home ( it did feel like it ) we were greeted by a member of staff who would walk to meet us from our car with the key to the Bungalow and ask how we were. Whilst we were there it was our 25th wedding anniversary so we booked the J. W. Marriott for two nights, and although we enjoyed it we were glad to get back to the peace and quite of the Cousin, cant wait for next April.
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Date of stay: April 2010
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Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Cousin Resort has risen, not from the ashes, but from the rubble that was once Ban Bangniang Beach. The tsunami of 2014 totally devastated this area - the pool at Cousin Resort was used as the reference point to work out where every other resort or restaurant once stood.
It is so peaceful lying by the pool outside our bungalow: the trees have all grown; the palms stand straight and tall, the heliconias add a gorgeous splash of red. There's no noise of traffic, although CC is on a quiet Soi (road) a small block back from the beach and so you sit by the pool and read, listen to music, blog or keep in touch with the world of your tablet. The Internet here is excellent.
The restaurant isn't open as it's the off season and to be expected. They can't have fresh food sitting around waiting to be purchased when there are so few tourists around. But they can make fruit smoothies and these are a great way to start the day, so have one for brekky. They are totally refreshing after a day walking around town too so have one on your return.
Market days are Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. If you check with the staff about the cost and if they're available to cook a meal for you, buy a fish, some prawns or calamari or whatever takes your fancy and you'll have a fabulous dinner.
Times are still tough for many people post-tsunami. If you think about it - people had a mortgage pre-tsunami and still had that mortgage to pay after the tsunami but without any means of paying it - so another loan had to be taken out in order to rebuild. In effect many people have two mortgages now on one property.
So, although it's easy to go to the local supermarket for beer and water - think about drinkng the ones in the bar fridge - they are so very reasonably priced and all the extra baht will help!
It's good to see they're doing maintenance work on the property in the off season, it's a hive of activity.
We love this place and the owners.
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Date of stay: May 2015
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Trip type: Traveled as a couple
Room Tip:Poolside rooms cater for two. Garden view rooms offer family suites.
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We have stayed in very cheap and very expensive places in Thailand, and felt this place was excellent value for money. It is a 5 min walk from the beach and a large variety of restaurants, bars, shops and the market (mon, weds, sat) is within a 15 min walk. We booked 3 nights but ended up staying longer, and then returning after a live aboard diving trip. As a result we stayed in 3 different bungalows, all with large comfy beds, clean and good air con. Each room had a large fridge with reasonable priced beers and soft drinks, but we just bought our own from the shop. The wifi works consistently in all of the rooms and by the pool. The porches are nice to sit out on and the swimming pool cool and refreshing. The staff are cheerful and helpful and the resort was quiet and felt very safe. We paid around £35 a night which was much cheaper than anywhere else in this area. Would definitely return and have recommended to others.
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Date of stay: February 2015Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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We stayed at Cousin Resort for a total of 6 nights during March 2011. Since we would be away on a couple of 3-day tours, and only wanted to pay for the days we actually stayed at the resort, we had to check in and checkout 3 times. Some resorts don’t like you doing that, but that was no problem at Cousin’s. The staff was very kind, smiling and always helpful. The rooms we had, lived up to our expectations, they were clean and with nice fans (we don’t like air conditioning). There is free wireless internet in the reception area (good speed) and there is a nice restaurant in the resort (especially we liked their Phad Mama with chicken). The resort is like one big garden with lots of trees, bushes and flowers. There is a nice looking pool – we didn’t try it, since the beach is only a 5 minute walk away. A good tip: instead of just going through the Sudala resort and using their beach – try turning right (north) and go to the last bar/restaurant on the beach (can’t remember the name, it is something like 500 – 700 meters from Cousin’s). This is a really nice place and a lot less touristic And if you like “beach trekking” then continue further north along the beach. There is a couple of rivers to cross (wear swim suit) but it is really beautiful and you won’t meet many people. There are a couple of nice bars/restaurants, so you won’t starve!
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Date of stay: March 2011
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Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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We made a reservation for a family bungalow, but when we arrived they wanted to give us two family rooms in an appartment, at the outside corner of their site. When we refused, they gave us the family bungalow, but without any excuses, it was more as if they did us a favour and we had made a mistake. The bungalow was clean and comfortable, the pool not very big but ok. As we did not appreciate their welcome, we did not use any of their other services, but the location is ok and their are plenty of restaurants in the neighbourhood. Most tourists in Khao Lak are German or Swedish, which reflects in the offer of food in the restaurants.
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Date of stay: February 2009
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Trip type: Traveled with family
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I could probably leave it at “incredibly average” and that would just about cover everything for you.
The rooms are mind numbingly basic, but very clean, and cleaned every day.
Pool area, is small, but again very clean, and plenty of loungers available without the 6am towel dash by our German friends.
Food/restaurant, really bad, I mean pretty much inedible, sooooooooooooo glad we didn’t include breakfast in our room rate.
Service, well, wasn’t any really, apart from “Smiley” who seemed to be ploughing a lone furrow. We went down with food poisoning on our first day (not suggesting for a second this was Cousin resorts fault) and so we were largely confined to the resort grounds for about a week. As the hotel doesn’t provide tea coffee etc, I asked if I could have a sachet of sugar to make a cup of tea in the room, using a tea bag left by previous guest, and was told no, and to go to the supermarket!
I know hotel margins are very tight and not paying attention to them can mean the difference between profit and loss, but ONE sachet of sugar when badly ill and you cant get out????
I mean, come on guys!!!
Would I come back? Well for me, and for the above reason alone, of course not. However the real question you need to consider, is, are you looking for a stop off for old folks before the big sleep sets in, or, are you looking for a holiday/vacation? If the former, you’ll love the community feel, if the latter, try elsewhere.
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Date of stay: February 2018Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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There are more places to choose from in the Khuk Khak area.
PRICE RANGE
$24 - $63 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
ALSO KNOWN AS
cousin hotel khao lak
LOCATION
ThailandPhang Nga ProvinceTakua PaKhao LakKhuk Khak
NUMBER OF ROOMS
22
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