Gaya Island Hotels

very nice place to just stay and relex. If they can have more entertainment options, that would be better.

From the moment you arrive you feel in paradise. I loved that people is always kind and smiling paying attention to every little detail. Nature is amazing there. Great snorkeling in the beach which they keep clean and neat. We had monkeys visiting our roof and birds and flowers everywhere. Just remember to close the windows when you leave the room and don´t leave valuable stuff outside or else monkeys might take them.

We stayed for a week and loved every bit of it. The resort is beautifully locatated on Palau Gaya Island with views to the spectacular Mt Kinabalu and the Borneo mainland. The experience of staying in over water bungalows is magical especially at night with the relaxing sound of water lapping all around. The resort staff are welcoming and friendly, plus the food and wine choices are surprisingly diverse with a broad range of dining styles and choices. There are two high quality restaurants and a well stocked bar with very reasonable food and drink prices. We often stayed in rather than journey to KK, but it is well worth the 15 minute speed boat trip to go shopping, sightseeing or exploring the handicrafts or food markets. Other activities are the Marine Centre and a visit the sister resort at Bunga Raya, for a bit of soft adventure, the canopy walk takes you up into the trees. Best of all there were free boat transfers day and night to the mainland. Otherwise do as we did and take a cheap boat ride to visit some of the smaller islands where they have many water based activities. We visited in mid-January and even though it was monsoon season the afternoon rain was refreshing with daily temperatures around 30 C or 90 F. Also watch out for the cheeky Macac monkeys. As others have mentioned, we did see some debris carried into shore by the prevailing winds but we also regularly saw a busy clean up team make the place gorgeous again. Overall we loved it and will return one day.