Sarawak
As comfortable as it is central, with large, bright rooms, a small fitness centre and an open-air pool. Eating opportunities include an air-conditioned…
Must-see hotels in Sarawak
Sarawak
This family home is a peaceful spot to relax after a hike. After dinner, host Mado (a guide) likes to sit at the kitchen fire and tell stories of tourists…
Sarawak
Ensconced in Limbang’s tallest building (12 storeys), this uninspiring hotel – ornamented with rainbow-hued balconies – has 218 spacious but aesthetically…
Sarawak
'Type 5' accommodation is in either two-room wooden lodges (three single beds in each) with a shared bathroom, or a newer concrete terraced block (four…
Sarawak
Not much to look at from the outside, the Hiap Chiong has 15 passably clean rooms with outdated furniture and tiny flat-screen TVs. Cash only. A sign on…
Kuching
A welcoming hotel popular with domestic travellers that exudes an old-school feel. The rooms are a little old-fashioned, with ageing furniture, but the…
Kuching
This nonsmoking hotel offers 80 rooms that are stylish but not luxurious; the cheaper ones look out onto an air well. The name – like that of the street…
Miri
The city centre’s poshest multistorey hotel has business and fitness centres, restaurants, a sauna and a swimming pool. Try to book a more modern room in…
Sarawak
Built of wood, the old hostel buildings are scuffed and dented but perfectly serviceable. Rooms have four single-storey beds lined up in a row, fridges…
Kuching
If it’s modern comforts you’re after, this 243-room tower, 13 storeys high, offers decent facilities for reasonable prices. Breakfast is RM20 per person…
Sarawak
Each of the six simple but comfortable cabins has two rooms: one air-conditioned bedroom and a fan-cooled living room, each with a double and single bed …
Kuching
A comfortable, modern hotel housed in a redesigned commercial building (painted an unmissable orange) that offers good-value rooms in a convenient…
Sarawak
These attractive cabins have a living room with couch, chairs and dining table, and three bedrooms with a total of 10 beds. Fan cooled.
Sarawak
The longhouse-style Forest Hostel is fan cooled and has an attached bathroom. Rooms sleep four in bunk beds or double beds.
Sarawak
The two cabins each sleep eight (there are two double beds in each room), and have attached bathrooms and air-con.
Sarawak
A large family house in the village's grassy main square opposite the church. Electricity from 6pm to 11pm only.
Bawang Assan Homestay Programme
Sarawak
A homestay program at an Iban longhouse a 40-minute drive from Sibu.
Sarawak
Each rustic, two-bed room has a wood-plank floor, a private bathroom, a fridge and a fan.
Sarawak
A comfortable, homey hostel with three small rooms containing four beds. Fan cooled.
Gunung Mulu National Park
All 20 beds are in a clean, spacious dormitory-style room with ceiling fans.
Gunung Mulu National Park
This basic wooden 'forest hostel' or large hut is divided into four dorms with sleeping platforms and mats, a kitchen (with gas for cooking and boiled…
Sarawak
To avoid falling prey to raiding monkeys, tents can be set up at park HQ’s fenced-in camping zone only after 6pm and must be taken down again early in the…
Gunung Mulu National Park
The four rooms here, housed in a wooden outbuilding near the family house, have attached bathrooms and mosquito screens. There's electricity from 6pm to…
Sarawak
This rambling place has seven guest rooms, a lovely verandah, a library-equipped lounge and endearingly tacky floor coverings. Situated 250m along a dirt…
Sarawak
These open-sided huts are as basic as they come, but the location – almost on the beach, looking out at the sea – makes a night here pretty special. The…
Sarawak
Each room has four beds (bunks in the case of Hostel 3) and a wall fan. Hostels 1 and 2 have attached bathrooms. Hostel 3 was partially refurbished in…
Sarawak
The four basic rooms here have tile floors and rudimentary furnishings. Bathrooms are attached but lack hot water. Situated 150m inland from the…
Sarawak
Open-air rain shelters in the jungle. There's no need to bring a tent, just bedding and a mosquito net.
