Signature Experiences

Step aboard a wooden boat and sip on a glass of Champagne as the sun sets on the horizon. When you arrive at Ao Salat fishing village, you’ll be welcomed by a local family into their traditional house to experience their way of life, and indulge in a seafood barbecue, prepared by our chef from the freshest locally-sourced ingredients.

Set sail on a culinary adventure from the Soneva Kiri jetty on a traditional wooden boat. Start the day with a sunrise breakfast, prepared by the onboard chef. Enjoy a long lunch as you soak up the sunshine. Toast the setting sun with a glass of Champagne and delectable canapés. Dine on an unforgettable dinner with the gentle sea breeze on your skin, or explore the heavens with your own on-board Astronomer with an Astronomy Dinner Cruise under the stars.

Discover some of Thailand’s most remarkable dive sites with our experienced Dive Team, just a short boat ride from Soneva Kiri. Swim amongst colourful shoals of tropical fish, vibrant corals and majestic whale sharks or explore sunken wrecks and the hidden secrets of the seabed. The PADI Dive Team works with divers of all abilities and experience levels, from discovery dives to open water.

Let us bring breakfast, lunch or high tea to you, delivered straight to your private pool on a floating tray, laden with delectable treats. Enjoy tropical fruits and freshly-baked pastries, petit fours, sandwiches and more, and raise a toast with an optional bottle of chilled Champagne. We can also bring the experience beachside, with a floating Champagne lunch at South Beach.

Dine under the stars or a full moon, with this personalised gastronomic experience on the soft sands of South Beach. Your personal chef and waiter will set up a table and present you with freshly caught seafood, grilled to perfection, served with an array of accompaniments and a chilled bottle of Champagne. This dining experience can be customised for marriage proposals.

Explore the lush jungles and stunning waterfalls of Koh Kood island, the home of Soneva Kiri, where you’ll also get the chance to spot rare oriental pied hornbills and their nests. Learn more about these special birds and their impact on forest biodiversity, thanks to a special reintroduction project by Soneva Foundation and the Thailand Hornbill Research Foundation. Tours are conducted in small groups of no more than five people at a time.  

Learn the culinary arts from our talented team of chefs. Discover the secrets of authentic Thai cuisine with Chef Tuk, which includes a visit to the Ao Salat fishing village to source the freshest ingredients. Take a tour around our organic gardens with a cooking class at Colours of the Garden, including medicinal mixology with our Botanical Bartender. Or take your place at our Chef’s Table to learn how to recreate some of your favourite dishes from our menus. Advanced reservation required.

Explore the island home of Soneva Kiri and its lush rainforest trails. Catch a glimpse of the rustic Thai way of life with a visit to Ao Yai fishing village. Dine on Thai delicacies at a local restaurant for lunch, made with seafood caught in the surrounding waters that morning. Here, time stands still, allowing you to get lost in the aromas of home-cooked cuisine and the mesmerising views of the bay.

Learn more about the local way of life on Koh Kood. Visit the Ao Salat fishing village, lose yourself in the natural beauty of the lush mangrove forest, and take a dip in the magnificent Klong Chao waterfall and its cooling freshwater pools.

Soneva Kiri’s Solar reef garden, a man-made Eco solar powered reef. An artificial structure with coral transplantation grafted to it. This naturally attracts numerous species of fish which will settle and then choose it as a place for reproduction. The sculpture garden just off Koh Raet’s south coast is definitely one of the most unique dive sites around Koh Kood. Koh Raet, just 5 minutes from Soneva Kiri by boat, is one of Koh Kood’s most unique dive and snorkelling sites – with a dense natural reef, teeming with fish and crustacea, and a sunken sculpture garden, where you can spot an elephant, tiger, horse, cow and a dog on the sandy seabed.

Join us for this dining experience, for a maximum of four guests, which features a menu that has been specially designed around our mushrooms. Take your time and savour a healthy and delicious five-course vegetarian Thai menu or a non-vegetarian Western menu made with more than six different varieties of mushrooms, all of which have been grown in Soneva Kiri’s Mushroom Hut. The main dish will be prepared live by one of our chefs, who will explain the nutritional benefits of mushrooms.

Discover the underwater world of Koh Kood by night. Catch a glimpse of amazing nocturnal marine creatures who spring to life when the sun goes down. You may also get the chance to swim with rare bioluminescent plankton – a nighttime adventure that will truly leave you with memories to last a lifetime. *Season Dependant