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Six Senses Yao Noi
Six Senses Yao Noi
Fronting Phang Nga Bay, easily one of the world’s most surreal seascapes, this is a place that is unfailingly flawless when it comes to mellowed island discovery.
Fronting Phang Nga Bay, easily one of the world’s most surreal seascapes, this is a place that is unfailingly flawless when it comes to mellowed island discovery.
Mix friendly island locals, a brand dedicated to authenticity, traditional Thai thatched bamboo villas and humbling views of limestone pinnacles, and you have the conscious, rustic essence of Six Senses Yao Noi.
A small but mighty institution of intrinsically incorporated villas clinging to the rocks, its widespread social and environmental impact means it feels almost impossible to envisage the island without its presence.
- 56 villas all with personal infinity pools
- 4 restaurants, private dining pavilions and chef’s table
- Six Senses Spa in the forested hillside, styled after a traditional Asian long-house
- Complimentary home-made ice cream and open-air cinema each night
- Daily boat shuttle to Phuket
- Supporting the community with clean water projects and farm-to-table initiative encompasses an organic garden, mushroom hut, goat, chicken and duck farms
- Hilltop infinity pool with views across the bay
- 56 villas all with personal infinity pools
- 4 restaurants, private dining pavilions and chef’s table
- Six Senses Spa in the forested hillside, styled after a traditional Asian long-house
- Complimentary home-made ice cream and open-air cinema each night
- Daily boat shuttle to Phuket
- Supporting the community with clean water projects and farm-to-table initiative encompasses an organic garden, mushroom hut, goat, chicken and duck farms
- Hilltop infinity pool with views across the bay
A sense of
place
Location was definitely on the brain when Six Senses Yao Noi was designed. An alluring untouched island mid-way between Phuket and Krabi, no matter where you are at here it feels as though a glimpse of Phang Nga’s foliage-crowned edifices are always around the corner.
Jutting out across the horizon, their mesmerising configurations are all you’re able to focus on during the 45 minute speedboat journey to the island (and the rest of your stay).
Its essence...
In pursuit of...
This is a place that cares, not just about the environment or wildlife on the island (that too, Six Senses are responsible for restoring Koh Yao Noi’s population of rare hornbills), but about those who call it home. Local wellness concerns, educational funding and growing businesses are consistently taken into consideration here. Favouring artisans, farmers, fishermen and suppliers who live nearby, an on-site carpentry workshop employs 16 school leavers, while the hotel’s pastry chef is a local who has been serving up his creations for more than a decade.
On location
When a front-and-centre commitment to eco-consciousness transcends to an environmental passion, there’s few things left to do but shout about it, which Six Senses does in the form of their Earth Lab. The secret to Yao Noi’s sustainability credentials, it is equipped with on-site glass crushing and recycling, candle making from leftover wax, composting and water filtration, so the hotel’s zero-waste-future feels more tangible each visit.
A Carrier
curation
With all Thailand’s islands have to offer, there’s always an excuse to go and explore something; thankfully, design-your-own cruises mean no more sacrificing any must-see sights in favour of others.
And, with a dedicated captain at the helm of a luxury speedboat, few spots are off limits; follow in 007’s footsteps visiting the filming location for The Man with the Golden Gun or simply drop anchor wherever the impulse strikes and swim in the warm open water.
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