Five bedrooms. An infinity pool. Elephants 150 metres away. And an entire private estate where your family — or your favourite people — write the rules.
Plan your family holidayVilla Unity is a five-bedroom private estate in Bophut Hills, Koh Samui, built for multigenerational family holidays and friend groups of up to ten — five ensuite suites across five levels, a 15-metre infinity pool with a shallow ledge and jacuzzi, a cinema, games room and kids’ playroom, a sunken garden trampoline, private chef service, and an ethical elephant sanctuary a 150-metre walk from the gate.
Someone wakes early — it’s usually a child — and by seven you’re all walking the lane, coffee in hand, to watch the elephants take their breakfast before you take yours. Back at the villa the long table is laid for twelve, and the papaya was picked thirty metres from your chair. The afternoon belongs to the pool: the shallow ledge for the smallest, the jacuzzi for the grandparents, the horizon edge for everyone showing off. The evening belongs to the cinema, or the pool table, or nothing at all. Somewhere around day three you’ll notice what isn’t happening: nobody has asked about the Wi-Fi since Tuesday.
The architecture does the quiet work of keeping ten people happy. Five levels create natural separation — teenagers disappear downward to the games room, grandparents settle into the Garden Suite with its own front door and no stairs to manage, and parents finally read a book on a terrace nobody else has found yet. Different generations, different rhythms, one table at dinner.
Five ensuite suites across five levels: teenagers claim the lower floors, grandparents take the Garden Suite with its own entrance and no stairs, parents get a floor of their own.
A 15-metre infinity pool with a shallow ledge for little ones, an integrated jacuzzi for the not-so-little, and a horizon edge over the canopy for everyone showing off.
The Samui Elephant Haven is a 150-metre stroll from the gate — morning feedings, an on-site café, and no transfers, coaches or queues between your children and the herd.
Cinema, pool table and bar on the entertainment level — movie nights for the kids, late rounds for the adults, and a plan B the weather cannot beat.
A dedicated study and playroom on the living level, a sunken trampoline set into the gardens, and secure grounds where children roam while you actually relax.
A private chef cooking Thai classics and international favourites from two professional kitchens — including, crucially, food the kids will actually eat.
A fiftieth. A reunion twenty years in the planning. An anniversary the whole family flies in for. Villa Unity hosts friend groups and milestone gatherings the way it hosts families — exclusively. The chef sets the long table for twelve, the rooftop takes the toast at sunset, the cinema takes the speeches and the old photographs, and nobody calls a taxi at the end of the night. Tell us the occasion and we’ll help you stage it — quietly, and exactly your way.
Five en-suite bedrooms across five levels provide privacy and separation. The 15m infinity pool is the heart of daytime activity, while the ground-floor cinema doubles as a rainy-day hub. A kids study and playroom plus a sunken trampoline keep younger ones busy. Cots and high chairs are available on request, a pool fence can be installed, and the secure grounds mean children explore freely while you relax.
We walked the site with Richard and straight away you could see how it works for a family. Five levels, the kids playroom, a trampoline in the gardens — and then an elephant sanctuary you can walk to. We’ve never seen anything like it on Samui.
— James & Laura M. · Site visit, Surrey, UKAn impression from a guest who visited during construction. Villa Unity opens to its first staying guests in December 2026.
The practical answers — for anything else, we reply personally, usually within a few hours.
Yes — deliberately so. The Garden Suite has its own entrance at garden level with no stairs, cots and high chairs are arranged in advance, and the grounds are secure. The pool has a shallow ledge and integrated jacuzzi; it is unfenced by default and unsupervised, so constant adult supervision is essential — pool floats and a life ring are provided, and a pool fence can be discussed ahead of your stay.
That’s exactly how it’s designed. Five ensuite double suites sleep up to ten, dining seats twelve, and the five levels give every family — or every couple in a friend group — its own territory. The estate is only ever booked by one group at a time.
Yes. Milestone stays are some of our favourites to host: private-chef dinners for the full table, sunset toasts on the rooftop deck, speeches and old photographs in the cinema. Tell us the occasion when you enquire and we’ll help you plan it.
The Samui Elephant Haven is a 150-metre walk from the gate — an ethical sanctuary with no riding and no performances. Children watch the herd forage and bathe, and the café serves breakfast and lunch in direct view of the elephants. Sessions are booked directly with the sanctuary; fees apply and support the care of rescued elephants.
Travelling with children, grandparents, or another family alongside you? Tell us who’s coming and when. Pick your dates on the live availability calendar, see an instant estimate, and send your enquiry straight to us — no agency, no intermediary. We reply personally, usually within a few hours.
Villa Unity opens this December, and we’re welcoming reservations for our inaugural season. As a thank-you to our founding guests, every stay between December 2026 and August 2027 includes, with our compliments:
Included on confirmed inaugural-season stays (December 2026–August 2027). The chef’s service is complimentary; groceries are billed at cost plus 20%. No code required.
The imagery throughout this site shows architectural renders of the completed estate.