ag00dtraveller (Hong Kong)
After going through many reviews of hotels in both islands, Besar and Kecil, I decided to stay at Bubu Long Beach resort. I was going to Perhentians with my mom and we wanted a safe choice.
My options were Tuna Bay, Perhentian Island Resort and Bubu. I was a bit confused reading some reviews so I’ll try to put some light J
- Bubu is the best hotel in Long Beach. Rooms are clean, not big but fair enough, you have your king bed, closet, table, chair, clean attached bathroom with hot water and, in my case, a terrace with nice views of the beach. Although rooms don’t have safety box, one of the drawers has a locker and you can keep there your personal belongings and big camera equipment. Wireless is available for free.
- The hotel is right on the beach, located in one of the corners of Long Beach. Breakfast was included on the price, with Malaysian and Western options. I found breakfast pretty good.
- I would recommend not taking a full package as lunch and dinner were provided in a different area than the restaurant, with typical buffet food such as pasta and beef. The restaurant had a la carte menu. However, we never had dinner or lunch at the hotel as we found it extremely expensive compared to other nice restaurants on the beach which had fish bbq, Malayan food, etc.
- If you want to take the snorkeling day trip, try to book somewhere else. Hotel trip was 80 RM, from 11 am to 1 pm, and included just 3 places. However, we booked a day trip at the Moonlight cafe, right beside Bubu and paid 40 RM, for a full day trip which took us to many places, including a marvelous beach on the other island.
- In terms of beach quality, Long Beach is very nice but I would say that Perhentian Island Resort (on the other island) had the greatest beach. Tuna Bay hotel looked really nice but honestly I think the beach was so so, with a couple of horrible buildings right beside. So, if you base your options according to the beach, I would suggest Perhentian Island Resort.
- In terms of room quality, Bubu’s was nice. Don’t expect luxury but the room was nice, very clean, the hotel was very quiet and we really enjoyed our stay. I would say that the hotel is a bit overpriced but management was very nice, everything was in order, and we had no complaints. Anyway, I think that for the price, a couple of things could be improved such as providing toothbrush for example. Anyway, don't expect Thai luxury standards!
- We booked transport with the hotel. A van was waiting for us at Kota Bahru airport. Expect one hour ride to Kuala Besut and then about 30 minutes speed boat. Bear in mind the last boat from the hotel to Kuala Besut departs at 4 pm! Our speedboat seemed to be in much better condition than other water taxis.
Hope this information is useful. I attach a couple of pictures.
Enjoy! Perhentians are just beautiful!
* My ratings for this hotel
o 3 of 5 stars Value
o 3 of 5 stars Rooms
o 4 of 5 stars Location
o 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
o 4 of 5 stars Service
* Date of stay May 2009
* Visit was for Leisure
* Traveled with Extended Family
* Age group 25-34
* Member since April 14, 2009
* Would you recommend this hotel to a friend? Yes
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Diving Malaysia
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