Review Author: Fern

Review Date: 17 Sep. 2024

Review Body: I stayed at this super cute farmstay for 2 Days and 1 Night, and honestly, it felt like home from the moment I arrived. The sisters who run the place—Jui, Sa, Sun, and Chom—welcomed me like I was part of their family. They are the sweetest people—so friendly, funny, and kind. I loved how they were always joking around, making me laugh, and just being super cute and caring. They treated me like I was their own sister, which made the stay even more special. The farmstay itself is in such a peaceful spot, perfect if you’re looking to just relax and feel at home. After checking in, Jui and Sa took me on a little hike to a nearby monastery. We stumbled upon this gorgeous cliff and a small hidden river—so beautiful! Then, we headed back to the farmstay, where they set up a Thai cooking class for me. Sun gave me a tour of their garden first, and we picked fresh veggies for the class (yep, they grow everything themselves!). The sisters taught me how to make Green Curry, Grilled Chicken, Stir-fried Malindjo Leaves with Egg, and Coconut Balls. It was such a fun class with lots of laughs, and the food turned out amazing! I had the best time and felt so at home with them. I really hope I can come back and visit again soon!

Review rating: 5

Review Author: Shai

Review Date: 03 Okt. 2024

Review Body: Wowee what a beautiful time I had at Ample Forest! This experience was just perfect for me, the scenery is beautiful, room comfortable, and the activities were so fun and wholesome. Thank you so much to Sunny and her sisters who made this stay so memorable, I was smiling and laughing the whole way through. Don’t forget to also take a look at Sunny’s beaded crafty work before you check out! :D

Review rating: 5

Review Author: Christopher Stoehr

Review Date: 16 Sep. 2024

Review Body: A great place, away from the hustle and bustle. The owner is really super friendly and helpful. The houses you live in are also absolutely sufficient and perfect for this location. Even without air conditioning, it's really manageable at night. You can eat there in the small restaurant, which is really recommended. All in all we felt really comfortable.

Review rating: 5

Review Author: Carla Lee

Review Date: 16 Sep. 2024

Review Body: Everything was exceptional. What we liked most was the hospitality of the owners, they helped us with everything and we made very good friends. They even let us cook a typical dish from our country!! The only downside is that there was no hot water, but otherwise very good! We will return for sure!!!

Review rating: 5

Review Author: Ning Yeo

Review Date: 24 Juni 2025

Review Body: A very local farm stay and you’ll actually be surprised how much peace you’ll be able to enjoy away from the bustling city. The cooking session was really fun too and I can’t help but to shout about the dish banana in coconut milk! The hut comes with private bathroom so it has everything you need!

Review rating: 5

Review Author: Vikanda HappyBellyThai

Review Date: 16 Sep. 2024

Review Body: Very peaceful place to stay! We really enjoyed staying here. The staff were really helpful and gave us a lot of information about the area. We also did a short trekking tour provided by the resort and it was super cool! We will surely come back here again!

Review rating: 5

Review Author: Elodie Desbarres

Review Date: 16 Sep. 2024

Review Body: A timeless place, an incredible family and welcome, not to mention the food which is exceptional!!! We have been traveling for 6 months and have rarely experienced welcome like here. Our favorite in Thailand for sure. Thanks again !

Review rating: 5

Review Author: KAM RON (กีกี้T_T)

Review Date: 16 Sep. 2024

Review Body: It's so good, the staff is very friendly, we have a new experience that we have never met.

Review rating: 5

Review Author: Alana

Review Date: 20 Aug. 2026

Review Body: We had the best time with our wonderful hosts at Ample forest. They were playful and fun and looked after us so well, even picking us up and dropping us off at our other accommodation in Khao Sok. Our rooms were air conditioned and comfortable. Our meals were delicious and we learned so much during our cooking class and had a fabulous time. My three kids loved making our feast from scratch, and finding giant snails and fireflies in the garden at night! Sunni made every aspect heaps of fun for the kids. She and her sisters were so warm and caring. If you stay at the floating raft house, pack spare clothes and underwear and raincoats. We stayed in the wet season and were caught short in the rain with not enough dry clothes. The waterfall excursion was more epic than we were expecting. We climbed up and back down a slippery running waterfall very quickly. You need to have a good level of fitness and be prepared to get soaked! Wear shoes with good grip or hire the rubber shoes from the raft houses. Don’t change your clothes/swimmers between after lunch swimming and your afternoon excursion. The showers are located within the toilet cubicles at the raft houses so we didn’t shower. The facilities were otherwise clean and our hosts and tour guides were knowledgable, friendly, responsive and fun. We saw an elephant on the morning safari, which was a real treat (and quite rare according to our tour guide). We would highly recommend Ample Forest to anyone looking for a more connected and engaging visit, away from the usual tourist trails! Thank you to our wonderful hosts!

Review rating: 5

Review Author: Paul

Review Date: 08 Apr. 2025

Review Body: I would give the first part of the trip 5-stars. We really enjoyed the farmstay and cooking class. The family who runs it were so fun, funny and welcoming. We have done one Thai food cooking class before, but this one was unique and that nearly all ingredients came from the farm, e.g. you will hand grate a coconut and squeeze it to create coconut milk. Nice place to stay in Khao Sok National Park. The next day was the tour of the lake. I would rate this part 3-stars. This was not run by the family on the farm stay. Instead, we were merged with another large tour group of about 50 people. We stayed at Krai Son Lake House, which you can look up on Google and read reviews there. You will see the reviews are quite mixed. That's because the tour group is large, there really isn't any education provided, the food is fine but pretty bland (made for a large group), the huts are minimal with very firm mattresses, etc. That being said, I appreciated spending time on the lake and the rock formations are stunning. The tour guides were also well intentioned and friendly. I think how much you enjoy this experience will depend a lot on your expectations.

Review rating: 5

Review Author: Jari Polm

Review Date: 16 Apr. 2026

Review Body: My girlfriend and I had a great stay at Ample Forest. We did the cooking class with Sonny, which was great. My favorite part was the inventive way of cooking rice and making a coconut milk. Sonny showed us around the garden and my girlfriend loved seeing all the different plants, which we use for cooking. The food was great. The stay also was really comfortable in the bungalows and we had a nice night of rest. They easily arranged pick-up for us from the Khao Sok Bus Station as well. We had a very good time and would recommend this to anyone staying in Khao Sok. As for the bungalow trip, we did not have the best time. We would have done fine with just booking a day trip onto the water instead of staying there overnight. But that was not organized by Ample Forest.

Review rating: 5

Review Author: Dean da silva

Review Date: 02 Sep. 2026

Review Body: The farm stay with The sisters was an amazing experience, they made sure to pick us up and drop us off afterwards. The farm is in a really peaceful area with a nice little Temple close by where you can walk to and go for a bit of a nature swim. The cooking class was a lot of fun and an experience of its own. The sisters are real characters and made us laugh while we enjoyed the learning experience, the food was good too. After that the boat experience and lake house for us was amazing, the waterfall hike was adventurous, maybe be careful if you are not confident of hiking through water and slippery areas but it was a hilight for us. We saw a buffalo and an elephant and the Views on the lake are spectacular. You won't regeret booking this experience! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Review rating: 5

Review Author: Georgie

Review Date: 18 Sep. 2026

Review Body: I had the most wonderful stay at Ample Forest farmstay. The four sisters are incredible hosts and took care of everything for me with a smile on their faces. The fasmstay is gorgeous, beautiful cabin rooms and incredible views of the forest and the lovely herb and vegetable garden. I cannot recommend this experience enough. Sonny's cooking class was so fun and hilarious, she is an absolute gem. The khao sok floating bungalows were so fun, definitely very basic but had the best time with my group and enjoyed the boat ride and waterfall and cave excursions. The sisters were so kind and happy to drop me into the main town without batting an eye - genuinely the most lovely people ever! Definitely sign yourself up for this experience.

Review rating: 5

Review Author: Hadi

Review Date: 29 Apr. 2026

Review Body: Amazing stay - everyone was so wonderful and friendly and took care of everything we needed. The rooms themselves were fantastic - super comfortable and clean - one of the cosiest stays of our whole trip. The surrounding area was beautiful and the food was delicious. We had such a wonderful time and enjoyed every moment. Thank you to our wonderful hosts who even picked us up from the bus station and thank you especially to Sunny who took us on a night safari tour herself. We loved it, she showed us so much we had never seen before, was so bubbly and cheerful and made us laugh very very hard. We had a great time and thank you again!!

Review rating: 5

Review Author: Rotem

Review Date: 09 März 2026

Review Body: Loved our stay at the farm , notice that the farm is not the one operating the tour to the lake , so while the stay in the farm and the cooking class were very nice and in a small group, the lake stay is in a larger group. The family in the farm were very friendly and welcoming, the room is more than enough with ac and comfortable beds. Sunny was our guide in the cooking class and was so funny and energetic Also notice that the bunglows at the lake are very veryyy humble , its almost like camping😅 but we were fine with it because the view was beautiful. Overall we had a great time on the farm and in the forest 👍🏻👍🏻

Review rating: 5

Review Author: Anja

Review Date: 03 Jan. 2026

Review Body: Ample Forest is a beautiful little farmstay, run by three sisters. All of them three did a great job hosting us. The tent shaped rooms are spacious, comfortable, clean and surrounded by lush green forest. The Ample Forest offers great breakfast, as well as lunch and dinner. Everything we ate was delicious and prepared with love. On our first evening we did a cooking class directly at the farmstay. We picked up all the ingredients in the garden and cooked a wonderful meal. On our second day we did the lake experience, which was perfectly organised. We finished our third day with bamboo rafting, which was also great.

Review rating: 5

Review Author: Kristina

Review Date: 18 Nov. 2025

Review Body: Ample Forest is truly a magical place to stay. It’s incredibly peaceful, and the owner family is wonderfully warm and attentive. I took a cooking class with Sunny where we prepared everything completely from scratch, and it was honestly the best food I’ve ever had. It was so much fun to see how everything is traditionally made. You have everything you need, everything is clean, and you feel comfortable from the very first moment. I will definitely come back one day. Absolutely recommended and again, just a magical place to slow down, unwind, and relax.

Review rating: 5

Review Author: Stella

Review Date: 22 Apr. 2026

Review Body: We had such a lovely stay at this farm! The bungalows were really clean, comfortable, and had everything we needed to relax. Getting to make homemade Thai food together – such a fun and authentic experience, and the food was tasty. The family who run the farm truly made it special. They were so warm, welcoming, and funny – we felt more like guests in their home than visitors. It was the perfect mix of peaceful surroundings, great food, and good company. Highly recommend to anyone looking for a more personal and memorable stay!

Review rating: 5

Review Author: Romain

Review Date: 14 Mai 2026

Review Body: This 2 day trip was one of the highlights of our Thailand trip as we received such a warming welcome from the hosts of Ample Forest, which are a friendly and welcoming family who embarked us in their daily life as if we were at home. The cooking class was amazing as we picked ourselves all the ingredients from the garden and learned how to empty a coconut. The recipes shown were absolutely delicious and it was such a pleasurable experience to laugh as we cooked with the family. Don’t hesitate to book it, you will not regret it!

Review rating: 5

Review Author: Erin O’Neil

Review Date: 27 Aug. 2026

Review Body: This farmstay was an absolutely incredible experience. I would totally recommend this to anyone we had such a good time. The rooms and common areas are great. We did a cooking class with the sisters who own the farmstay and it was one of our favorite things of our trip. They’re hilarious and made cooking dinner so much fun. The meal was also absolutely unreal. The sisters were so helpful With picking us up or dropping us off wherever we needed to go for the buses. Cannot thank and recommend them enough. Miss it already!!

Review rating: 5

Itinerary Day 1

Itinerary Summary: Farmstay check-in, relax, Thai cooking class using fresh garden ingredients, enjoy dinner.

Itinerary Description: 2:00 PM – Arrive and check in @ Farmstay 3:00 PM – Kick back and soak in the farm vibes. Relax and get ready for a fun-filled afternoon of cooking! 4:00 PM – Time to roll up your sleeves! Join us for a hands-on cooking class where we’ll take you on a tour of our garden. Pick your own fresh veggies and learn how to make 4 delicious Thai dishes. (The menu will depend on what’s in season and ready to harvest!) 6:00 PM – Time to feast! Enjoy the tasty meal you helped create and savor every bite.

Itinerary Day 2

Itinerary Summary: Morning temple visit, followed by breakfast and an afternoon of bamboo rafting or tubing.

Itinerary Description: 7:30 AM – Start your day with morning temple visit 8:45 AM – Head back to the farmstay for a delicious breakfast. 9:30 AM – It’s time for river fun! Choose between bamboo rafting or tubing (Note: Tubing is available only from July to February). 9:45 - 10:30 AM – Enjoy your chosen river adventure, whether it’s a thrilling tubing ride or a relaxing bamboo raft. 10:30 AM – Return to the farmstay. 12:00 PM – Check out and say goodbye!