Where to stay in Surat Thani?
9 Stays Chosen
from Khao Sok to the City!

The highest score in this list at 9.5 from 3,220 reviews — Elephant Hills is Thailand's first Luxury Tented Camp, set inside Khao Sok National Park. It sells all-inclusive tour packages of 2–4 days that cover transport, all meals, guides and activities. The centrepiece is the floating tents on Cheow Lan Lake, reachable only by boat with no road access and no Wi-Fi, plus an elephant experience built around bathing and feeding — not riding, by design. Tents are genuine Safari-style with real beds, en-suite bathrooms and hot water, though fans rather than air conditioning.

Scoring 9.1 from 198 reviews and ranked #4 of 58 hotels in the province on TripAdvisor — Evergreen Suite Hotel is the city-centre pick that road-trippers talk about most. Open since 2018, rooms run from 28 to 48 sqm, and every single room has a private balcony. The detail guests mention most is the free underground parking with a lift that goes directly to each floor — a genuinely rare perk in central Surat Thani. A 5-minute walk reaches the City Pillar Shrine; Central Plaza is a 5-minute drive.

The most-reviewed property in this list with 1,177 reviews and a score of 9.0 — Khao Sok Riverside Cottages is the Khao Sok jungle lodge that travellers mention most. Wooden stilt cottages face the river with ceiling fans and mosquito nets but no air conditioning — wake up to jungle and river sounds instead. The standout is the open-sided restaurant built out over the water, and the fact that this place acts as a Cheow Lan Lake tour base, arranging everything from lake overnight trips to kayaking and night walks, with transfers from right outside your door. A 5-minute drive reaches the national park gate.

Scoring 9.0 from 146 reviews — Diamond Plaza is the tallest building in Surat Thani at 20 floors, with rooms from the 10th floor up giving unexpected city-and-mountain panoramas. The headline perk is the Diamond Pool — a 16 × 10-metre outdoor pool with a separate children's pool, rare at this price in a provincial city. Add free parking with EV charging points and a location 850 metres from Central Plaza Surat Thani and this hotel overdelivers on the rate.

Scoring 8.7 from 779 reviews — B2 Surat Thani Premier is one of the cleanest and freshest budget options in the city, part of the B2 hotel chain. The 79-room building is new, with brand-specific mattresses and imported bedding that guests consistently say sleeps far above its price. It has free in-house parking, a Wake Up coffee corner and a 24-hour front desk. A 14-minute walk reaches Central Plaza Surat Thani, and there's a 7-Eleven directly across the street.

Scoring 8.5 from 50 reviews with a Travelife Gold certification and the 2019 SKÅL Sustainable Tourism award — Anurak Community Lodge sells genuine Khao Sok rainforest atmosphere above all else. Twelve wooden bungalows are spread across a garden with the park's limestone cliffs as a backdrop; wake up, open the curtains and that wall of rock is right there. The Hornbill restaurant is open-sided with full cliff views, serves locally sourced Thai food including vegetarian options, and is where most guests say they genuinely want to linger. Mountain bikes and kayaks are free to borrow, and Cheow Lan Lake tour packages are available.

Scoring 8.4 from 357 reviews — 500 Rai is the floating raft resort that comes up most often when people ask about Cheow Lan Lake. Wooden raft rooms float in a row on the lake; open the balcony door and you're looking straight at emerald water and limestone karsts. The signature is the pool floating on the lake itself, plus free kayaks you can take straight from your veranda. Getting there requires a 1.5-hour longtail boat from the pier. No mobile signal, no Wi-Fi — this is a genuine screen-free stay.

Scoring 8.3 from 67 reviews — Wangtai Hotel is a long-established riverside property on the Tapee River that the locals simply call Wang Tai. The rooms guests talk about most are the upper-floor river-view rooms facing the suspension bridge, which lights up every evening. The building is old and the décor shows its age, but reviewers consistently confirm it is clean, the air conditioning works well, and the rooms are surprisingly large for the rate. There is also an outdoor garden pool, a sauna and a gym — uncommon at this price point in a provincial city. A 5-minute walk reaches the riverfront market.

Scoring 7.8 from 234 reviews — The Cliff & River Jungle Resort is a nature-first property where the limestone cliffs of Khao Sok National Park form an actual wall behind every bungalow. About 60 wooden bungalows step down a grassy slope to the Sok River, with a mountain-view outdoor pool, a Thai massage spa and the resort's own kayak launch. The restaurant has two parts — the main deck above, and a raised riverside platform where you can eat listening to the water. Be aware: the resort is about 12 km from the Khao Sok park gate and relies heavily on its own in-house transport for day trips.