This is an excellent place to base oneself for trips to the Thung Salaeng Luang and Phu Hin Rong Kla National Parks, both of which are well worth a visit. The hotel itself is starting to show some signs of age, but is well maintained and the setting is lovely (if a little gloomy under the canopy of trees, but hey, this is meant to be a 'rainforest'!). Weather cool in December, but still humid so the rooms can smell a bit damp and nothing dries quickly - but again this is a very rainforesty and atmospheric setting so this is all in keeping with the theme! Service very friendly with excellent English spoken by the ever-present Manager, Khun Phunee, who understands the foibles of Western visitors and does her best to accommodate them! There's no pool but you can swim in the river as lng as there's been no recent torrential rain upstream - a very refreshing experience after a long day of hiking!

we stayed 1 night (as a stop from our trip Chiang Mai- Bangkok). The food wasn't so good. Ok, accomodation (restaurant, rooms.)) is good but not what you expect after visiting their website. 45 Km from Pitsanoulok, but Nothing to do. We were very happy to leave after 1 night, we would be so bored.. The host was very very friendly, nothing wrong about here...
The big problem is that the website gives you so much expectations. The real thing isn't even close ...

We were swayed by the Frenchman's review and decide to go out of our way to book this hotel for two nights. We drove 60 KM from Phitsanulok to find this place. They are destroying the forest they are built in the middle of!
We found that this hotel is NOT at all environmentally friendly with huge airconditioning units in the middle of the open air restaurant in the fores, as well as each and every room. 3 sad looking parrots are chained to the entrance of the restaurants, and they are clearly distressed and crying out. Slow service, mediocre food, a staff that speaks no english, nothing to do. The waterfalls and trails they advertise on their website are pityful and 50 Km away. You can't go rafting if the river is almost dry and anyway it is a brown uninviting muck. The hotel looks nothing like their website, which is very misleading. The rooms are worse for wear, and all this for about 65 euros per night. We left after one night and still haven't been refunded the prepaid second night. Oh, and we found out that the Frenchman reviewing the hotel on this site is actually an owner. Don't go!

It took me approx. 4 hours to drive there. The resort is located 45 km. from Phitsanulok city.

We booked a room in advance and decided to get a "Save Rain Forest Member Card" which allows us to have 3 complimentary nights with other discounts for rooms, food & drinks, tour packages, massage or rafting. I would suggest people to go there in the rainy season so you could go rafting because we didn't get to do that!

The resort is small & cozy, with only 17 villas. Nice simple decorations in the rooms. We stayed in two room types; superior river view and river front suite, with colourful flower paintings on the wall in every room. The bathroom is also nice. I like this place that they tried to build everything to suit to the environment, you get a big stone in your bathroom because they just built the villa over it. From your balcony, you can see the river with lots of big stones that you can jump from one to another. It was quite fun :)

The food is quite good. We ordered some Thai dishes like "Gaeng Som Cha-Om-Khai" (Tamarind Curry with Cha-Om omlette) and "Laab Pla Dook" (Spicy Catfish Salad), really tasty. A lot of people just stop by for lunch before they head back to Bangkok.