Koh Jum Hostel

The owners are lovely and happy to help with anything, and you can rent bicycles or motorbikes there. The location is excellent, with an excellent cafe across the street, another good cafe behind it, and a market nearby. The rooms are spacious and have good air conditioning. The bed wasn’t the most comfortable, but it was adequate. The shower water wasn’t hot, though in that heat it might actually be better that way. Highly recommended.

The location was ideal, just a short walk from the best beach on the island, with a cafe 50 metres away for our morning coffees. Our private room had everything we needed, and we felt safe and secure. The owner made everything easy and enjoyable. He helped us hire scooters, book tours to Koh Phi Phi, and find restaurants, and he did our laundry for a very affordable price. Couldn’t recommend this place enough.

The private room had air conditioning, and the area was peaceful with easy access to all parts of the island. Staff were friendly, and the owner is a nice guy. You can do laundry and rent a motorbike right there. There are good, cheap cafes and a convenience store nearby. I’d come back.

Sharing this as a warning. After a long trip to Krabi, we got a boilerplate email from booking at 6.45pm saying our accommodation here for the following day had been cancelled. We were meant to take the boat to the island that morning, so thank goodness we were still in town and saw the email. There was no explanation for the last-minute cancellation, and it left us in a difficult spot because we couldn’t find any other accommodation on the island at such short notice. We wasted a day travelling, plus a few unnecessary tickets to get there. This has never happened to me before, but after that experience it’s hard to recommend the place. You could be left rolling the dice on whether you’ll have somewhere to stay.