Travelers who want a villa-only bay stay with karst views, and who will treat the boat as the daily border of the trip. Best for: Private-pool villas face Phang Nga Bay’s limestone karsts from a forested hillside on Koh Yao Noi, reached only by speedboat from Phuket or Krabi. Travelers who want a villa-only bay stay with karst views, and who will treat the boat as the daily border of the trip. Private-pool villas face Phang Nga Bay’s limestone karsts from a forested hillside on Koh Yao Noi, reached only by speedboat from Phuket or Krabi.
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Six Senses Yao Noi
Private-pool villas face Phang Nga Bay’s limestone karsts from a forested hillside on Koh Yao Noi, reached only by speedboat from Phuket or Krabi.
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Travelers who want a villa-only bay stay with karst views, and who will treat the boat as the daily border of the trip.
Private-pool villas face Phang Nga Bay’s limestone karsts from a forested hillside on Koh Yao Noi, reached only by speedboat from Phuket or Krabi. Travelers who want a villa-only bay stay with karst views, and who will treat the boat as the daily border of the trip.
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Guests who want walk-out town dining, a Phuket beach they can taxi from, or a Samui cliff farm.
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Yao Noi (Phang Nga Bay), Thailand
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August 31, 2026
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Private-pool villas face Phang Nga Bay’s limestone karsts from a forested hillside on Koh Yao Noi, reached only by speedboat from Phuket or Krabi. Travelers who want a villa-only bay stay with karst views, and who will treat the boat as the daily border of the trip.
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Guests who want walk-out town dining, a Phuket beach they can taxi from, or a Samui cliff farm.
The property
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The resort sits on a hillside on Koh Yao Noi's southern coast, with Phang Nga Bay's limestone karsts rising offshore. All accommodation is villa-based (no standard hotel rooms), and every villa is freestanding, built on stilts in local teak with palm-leaf roofing, facing either the bay or the forested hillside. From Phuket, transfer is a roughly 30-minute drive to Ao Po Grand Marina plus a 40-minute speedboat crossing; from Krabi, a shorter drive to a pier plus roughly a 45-minute crossing.
Dining and bars
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- Nithan: the main Thai restaurant, split-level and built around a central waterfall, serving southern Thai dishes from the resort's own gardens; à la carte or degustation, plus a Chef's Table with tailored six-course menus and daytime cooking classes.
- The Hilltop: an elevated dining room overlooking the bay's limestone formations, serving light lunches and a seasonal dinner menu, with a tasting room, a bamboo-dome lounge, and a bar.
- The Living Room: a casual space above the mangrove walkway for made-to-order breakfasts and periodic zero-waste lunches.
Wellness, pool, and family facilities
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Six Senses Spa Yao Noi is a Thai-style long house with treatment salas set into the hillside, using wearable tracking to personalize sleep, movement, and fitness programming, including a dedicated Sleep Program. An Alchemy Bar lets guests hand-blend scrubs from herbs grown on-site. Beyond the villa pools, Mai Thai Beach hosts outdoor movie nights. Family programming runs through Grow With Six Senses for ages four and up, plus a three-day Junior Eco Warrior program on the organic farm; children five and under eat free, ages six to eleven get a discount, and buffet meals carry a 50 percent child discount.
The resort holds GSTC certification through a third-party Control Union audit, part of a group-wide certification of operating Six Senses properties, and runs a farm-to-table program with an organic garden, a mushroom hut, and small goat, chicken, and duck farms.
Location
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Six Senses Yao Noi sits at 56 Moo 5, Tambol Koh Yao Noi, Amphur Koh Yao, Phang Nga 82160, Thailand, roughly midway between Phuket and Krabi with no bridge onto the island. Private longtail boat trips through the bay's karst and mangrove scenery, kayaking, island-hopping, and yacht charter are the primary ways to explore beyond the resort.
Rooms & categories
Six Senses Yao Noi has no standard rooms. All accommodation is private-pool villas, ranging from 154 sq m one-bedroom units to a 500 sq m signature two-bedroom villa.