Panji Panji Tropical Wooden Home

Panji Panji is a gorgeous, small collection of houses set in a lovely gardens with a great coffee cafe. It is situated alongside the river which leads out to the beach and the sea. We were met there to be given our keys and a tour by Wan who was so helpful. He was great through our whole stay, making sure we had everything we needed and that we were comfortable. Our house was lovely - it had plenty of space, a big comfortable bed, and a terrace outside. The pool is set in its own private garden: during our stay it was hardly used by anyone but us and the hummingbirds which come into the garden to feed from the flowers. Breakfast is taken in The Smiling Buffalo coffee house: the food was delicious, plenty of choice, the coffee is excellent, the staff all lovely. Ayisha was super helpful letting us know places of interest and arranging hire car and scooter when needed, these were dropped off outside for our convenience. We loved the location, it is so quiet. We had dusky leaf monkeys visit us during the stay and saw kingfishers and hornbill birds along the river whilst walking to the beach.

Our stay at the Panji Panji Tropical Wooden homes has been perfect. We opted for a garden view room which is a stunning elevated apartment that overlooks the garden from a large veranda or the pool from inside. The apartment is spotless and big! Stuff of dreams. The small resort is beautifully arranged around a buzzing cafe called the Smiling Buffalo which serves great food both Western and Malay. They’re coffee specialists and don’t disappoint! Another winning spot with great food choices and wonderful staff. The site is remoter than others but a great choice for accessing the more commercial strip without being in it. Cabs and walking make that super easy. It’s really close to a beach and a cluster of seaside bars. We hired a little car and headed up to the more remote beaches such as Sandy Skulls Beach. The highlight of the place is the staff. Especially the wonderful Ekin who did everything she could to make our stay as perfect as possible. We love her! Couldn’t recommend this place more if you’re looking for luxury with the informality and intimacy of a highly considered, boutique space with the service to match. Faultless.

Beautiful villas surrounded by rainforest-like trees. All very clean, awesome outdoor shower, and the staff were very friendly. Comfy beds and pillows and great to have the air con and a fan. Breakfast was incredible too.

Ekin and Wan were wonderful hosts, so efficient and friendly all the time. Communication before was excellent and nothing was too much trouble. Room number 1 upstairs was amazing! Spacious, comfortable, spotlessly clean, large comfortable beds. Rainshower amazing, WiFi and air-conditioning excellent. Pool was a bonus and beach and restaurants were in easy walking distance or a very cheap grab taxi! Finally the breakfasts were fantastic and relaxed environment.Strongly recommended!! Wonderful setting and tropical feel. Amazing!!

Amazing tree top apart (definitely get the top floor one if you can). Lovely veranda with a chill out area to read and chat. The rooms are really spacious with high ceilings and was very quiet at night with the sounds of nature around. The pool was nice and usually really quiet. We hired a car which made exploring the island really easy (highly recommended and not expensive if you go through a local company) The cafe is very popular and busy and the staff were very friendly and the food tasty and of good quality. Special shout out to Wan who was our host for the room. He was very friendly, helpful, kind and chatty. The place is a little bit away from the main beach but we liked the walk into town and there were so good restaurants near by especially the Thai restaurant called Pai Kin CFood - we went twice and was vey tasty and good value.