Villa and Apartments
for Rent on Koh Tao, Thailand

Koh Tao Star Villa has been uniquely designed to offer you a one bedroom apartment for rent; or a two (three) bedroom penthouse; or a full four/five bedroom, four bathroom villa. So if you are on your own, with your partner, or part of a larger group - family or a group of friends - we can offer you the right sort of accommodation. Welcome to the Koh Tao Star Villa.

If you are looking for high quality, private accommodation on the island of Koh Tao, you have come to the right place. We are delighted to offer you the Koh Tao Star Villa and apartments for rent on the beautiful tropical island of KohTao, Thailand.

Our aim at Koh Tao Star Villa is to provide our guests with a delicate blend of: Thai style with western quality; Tranquility with easy access to nightlife; And modern facilites with a jungle setting.

And whatever style of accommodation you choose, you get, free of charge, panoramic sea and jungle views allowing you to enjoy romantic, breathtaking sunsets.

March 21st and 22nd every year, Koh Tao will hold its 6th annual Save Koh Tao Underwater Festival. Live music, dancing, sporting events, entertainments, competitions, displays, food, drink, beach and reef cleanups, and a whole lot more. All for the benefit of the Save Koh Tao initiative.

Don't forget that on 13th April Thailand celebrates Songkran - Thai New Year. This is public celebration held on the streets of Thailand and is not to be missed. Most noted nowadays for its water throwing, Songkran must be seen and experienced to appreciate how extraordinary the occasion is.

Our Accommodation
Welcome to your luxury holiday home on Koh Tao, the Koh Tao Star Villa. We are pleased to be able to offer you an oasis of peace and comfort just minutes from the life and soul of Koh Tao’s nightlife and tourist epicentre – Sairee Beach.

Our villa has been uniquely designed allowing you to choose the accommodation style that best suits your needs. We have two self-contained one bedroom apartments. These can be rented individually or together. They have interconnecting doors (double doors to improve security and soundproofing). There is a two bedroom, two bathroom apartment with huge lounge/diner, study/library that can by used as a third bedroom, and private entrance (minimum rental period for this apartment is 7 days). Or, if you want, you can rent the entire 4/5 bedroom, 4 bathroom villa (minimum rental period for the villa is 7 days).

Each of our one-bedroom apartments has the following facilities:

- Spacious apartment with a minimum floor space of 66 square meters. - En-suite bathroom with powerful hot water shower, western style toilet and luxury basin with hot and cold water supply. Power point for razor.

- Open plan kitchen providing facilities to cook should your Thai Cooking Class inspire you to test your new skills - or you may just fancy a midnight snack . Either way, cooking utensils, cutlery, plates, gas hob, and toaster are all supplied as standard.

- Air conditioned bedroom with queen sized bed. Air con unit is a very low noise LG unit with 4-way air diffuser. Remote controlled ceiling fan also provided.

- Space to store your clothes and possessions including a large wardrobe with coat hangers (a novelty in Thailand) and bedside cabinets.

- En-suite bathroom with powerful hot water shower, western style toilet and luxury basin with hot and cold water supply. Power point for razor.

Large living room with access to spacious private terrace. Remote control ceiling fans and extensive audio/visual facilities:-
- Wall mounted Samsung 32” HD LCD television.
- High quality home cinema system with Dolby 5.1 surround sound.
- High speed ADSL internet access.
- Satellite TV with a wide choice of TV and music channels will be available soon.
- Access to our network server containing almost 200Gb of Mp3's and assorted movies/TV shows.

- Daily maid service.

- Access to games room providing free pool table; dart board; small ‘home’ gymnasium; seating area; and toilet.

Our two/three bedroom, two bathroom appartment has the following facilities:

- Very spacious apartment with total floor space of 153 square meters.

- Large air conditioned living/dining room with vaulted ceiling and access to office/library. This can also be used as a third bedroom.

- Access to large terrace and front balcony.

- Westerly aspect with panoramic sea view.

- Air conditioned bedrooms. Air con units are very low noise LG units with 4-way air diffuser. Both bedrooms have king sized beds. Remote controlled ceiling fans also provided.

- Space to store your clothes and possessions including large wardrobes with coat hangers and chests of drawers.

- Front bedroom has wall mounted Samsung 32” HD LCD TV with DVD/CD player. There is also access to computer network and internet.

- Rear bedroom has Philips 32” widescreen television with DVD player.

- En-suite bathroom to rear bedroom with powerful hot water shower, western style toilet and luxury basin with hot and cold water supply. Power point for razor.

- Large kitchen providing extensive cooking facilites. All cooking utensils, cutlery, plates, glasses, toaster and sandwich toaster are all supplied as standard.

Extensive audio/visual facilities:-
- Wall mounted Samsung 40” HD LCD television.
- Yamaha home cinema system with Dolby 7.1 surround sound.
- High speed ADSL internet access via computer network.
- Satellite TV with a wide choice of TV and music channels including movie and sport channels will be avialable soon.
- Our computer network also provides to some 300Gb of MP3 music files and a large selection of movies and TV series.

- Mezzanine floor above bedrooms provides wide ranging library, extensive DVD collection and home office space - should you need it.

- Can be used as third bedroom if required.

- Daily maid service.

- Access to games room providing free pool table; dart board; small ‘home’ gymnasium; seating area; and toilet.

Our Other Facilities and Services
Our large games room is available to anybody staying at Koh Tao Star Villa. It provides an excellent communal area where you can enjoy a free game of pool or darts. There is also a small home gym including a x-trainer and loose weights. There is a space to sit and relax, toilet facilities and a mini bar so you can buy beers, soft drinks or a snack .

We provide a free taxi service to Sairee Plaza twice a day and can arrange motorcycle or ATV hire should you require.

The appartments are tended to daily and we can provide a laundry service. We have toiletries available for purchase such as shampoo, conditioner, toothpast, deoderants, ect. All availabe in small sizes. We have a selection of books, DVD's and games available for loan. Rental of the Penthouse or the Villa comes complete with an on-call subsidised taxi service; a pay-as-you-go mobile telephone (with a 100 baht top-up card); and use of our extensive library, DVD and CD collections.

We can arrange a traditional Thai massage or other massage treatments in the privacy of your own room. Breakfast can be served in your apartment. We have a small but exceedingly tasty breakfast menu to choose from. Want to eat 'at home' but don't want to cook? Well, with just a little notice we can arrange for a private delivery from one of Koh Tao's best restaurants.

Location
Koh Tao (Turtle Island) is the northern most island of the Samui peninsular, some 70 km from the east coast of Thailand and about 38 km north of Koh Pha Ngan (home of the Full Moon Party).

A little history
From 1933 to 1947 the island was used as a prison for political prisoners. Its location meant that there was no means of escape by swimming and, in those times, even taking a boat meant taking your life in your own hands. In 1947 the then King of Thailand granted a pardon to all these prisoners and they were transported to the mainland. Soon after a small but steady flow of people began to come to Koh Tao to farm coconuts and fish. Then in the 1980’s adventurous backpackers discovered Koh Tao and tourism has powered growth here ever since.

Preserving Koh Tao
Koh Tao is a tiny island, just 7 km by 3, and to this day it remains a green jewel in the clear blue waters of the Gulf of Thailand. Indeed many of the dive schools, business owners and local government officers on Koh Tao are committed to maintaining its natural beauty and bio diversity. For more information on the ecological work undertaken by the Marine Branch of the Save Koh Tao Community Group. Koh Tao Star Villa would like to pay particular tribute to Dev at New Heaven Dive School and Nathan at Crystal Dive Resort for their efforts in this endeavour.

Koh Tao Star Villa is committed to ‘Eco-tourism’ (a very much over used term in our opinion) and maintaining this tropical paradise. We would like to think that our guests will also play their part in ensuring that their visit here has a positive (rather than a negative) impact on the island.

About Koh Tao
Though it is most renowned for its SCUBA DIVING, Koh Tao can now offer you a wealth of activities to enjoy both in and out of the water. In fact it is difficult to know where to start. Oh, I know – what about the fabulous white sandy beaches and rocky coves that are dotted around its coast. Many of these provide excellent snorkelling and if you get up early enough or go later in the day, you can swim with the baby reef sharks at some of these sites.

There are mountain trails for the more active, ten-pin bowling, mini golf, rock climbing, Muay Thai (Thai boxing), yoga, all sort of adventure sports, or, for the less energetic, Koh Tao is blessed with fantastic scenery, great sunsets and many idyllic hideaways where you can watch the natural world go by.

And then, to follow you hectic (or maybe not so hectic) day, perhaps a massage or some other spa treatment.

All this, and there is a range of bars and clubs to suit all tastes, just as there are different cuisines from around the world on offer from a host of restaurants. Truely an island with something for everyone.

Koh Tao Star Villa and its place in the natural order
Koh Tao Star Villa is set in just under an acre of grounds about a kilometre from the hubhub of Sairee. The surrounding jungle is dotted with banana, mango, papaya and coconut trees; and from the vantage point provided by your terrace, you will be able to enjoy the daily spectacle of the sea eagles cavorting in the clear blue skies of early morning and late evening; enjoy balmy evenings playing pool or chess and listen to the daytime sounds of the tropical jungle become even more evocative at night.

Watch the sun go down from your terrace (about 80 meters above sea level) and on clearer days you can see the mountains of the mainland in the distance. And at night, turn the lights off, lie back and watch the splendour of the universe wheel across the night sky. On a good night when the moon is new, you might see 3 or 4 shooting stars - except October when you can see a whole lot more. We have even had the pleasure of watching the space shuttle pass above our heads.

Behind KTSV is a Buddhist temple, preserved as a retreat for monks on strict sabbatical from around Thailand and Myanmar. It is even possible to climb the rock behind the Villa (from the temple side) to see a fantastic 360 degree panorama of the island.

Getting Here
In the past Koh Tao was a very difficult place to get to and boat crossing were often delayed for days at a time. Fortunately travel links with the island are now, you will be glad to know, much better. After arriving at Bangkok airport you have a number of travel options:

The easiest is to catch an internal flight to Koh Samui airport.

If you wish to fly with Thai Airways, it is possible to fly from your home country to Koh Samui without having to collect your luggage and check it in again at Bangkok. Be careful, though, to ensure you land in Koh Samui in time to catch the ferry, otherwise you will have to spend the night in Samui.

Bangkok Airways also offer flights from Bangkok to Koh Samui.

To check out these flights : Thai Airways (www.thaiair.com) , Bangkok Airways (www.bangkokair.com) Watch the sun go down from your terrace (about 80 meters above sea level) and on clearer days you can see the mountains of the mainland in the distance. And at night, turn the lights off, lie back and watch the splendour of the universe wheel across the night sky. On a good night when the moon is new, you might see 3 or 4 shooting stars - except October when you can see a whole lot more. We have even had the pleasure of watching the space shuttle pass above our heads.

From Samui to Koh Tao takes about two hours and there are two operators: Seatran Discovery have two crossings each day: 8.00 am and 1.30 pm. Lomprayah also offer two services each day: 8.00 am and 12.30 pm. The Seatran pier is about 10 minutes from the airport whilst the Lomprayah pier takes about 30 minutes to get to. Both companies offer a free taxi service from the airport to their pier. If sea conditions are bad, you should know that the Seatran ferry stays more upright that the Catamaran but the Catamaran will work in higher seas than the Seatran ferry. October and November tend to be the season for higher winds and, therefore, higher seas.

To check out these ferry crossings click : Seatran Discovery , Lomprayah High Speed Catamaran

As an alternative to the domestic flight to Koh Samui, you can make your way from Bangkok to Chumporn overland. We have found that the best way to do this is by first class air con overnight sleeper train. It does get you to Chumporn at an unearthly time in the morning (about 4.30ish) but at least you can go for a walk, stretch your legs, there is a buffet car, and you can lie down and have a nap (depending on how well you sleep normally). Unfortunately we cannot book these in advance for you, but if you are planning a short stay in Bangkok, they can be easily obtained there For an excellent service when making domestic travel plans from Bangkok, we suggest you speak to Dave at Buddha View Dive Center

Or you can travel by first class coach from Bangkok to Chumporn. Both ferry companies run these coaches and sell combined coach/ferry tickets. Again, these can be arranged very easily once you arrive in Bangkok.

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