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Perhentian Island Resort
Approached via a rickety wooden walkway from behind Coral View Island Resort, this luxurious option over...
Pulau Perhentian hotels and hostels
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Moonlight Beach
Moonlight’s staff are friendly as hell, their A-frame huts are fairly spruce and their regular rooms, while a bit blocky, are comfortable enough. It’s also likely the only spot on the island partly managed by a lady boy.
Senja Bay Resort
A slight step up from budget blah, the facilities at this cluster of bungalows and huts are a little more polished and pricey than many of the alternatives. Good for travellers who may want a little quiet.
New Cocohut
Cocohuts has a good choice of rooms including pleasant beachside chalets and a two-storey longhouse, which has some great views from the upstairs balcony. The semi-sea-view rooms’ interiors are probably a little nicer than the sea-view rooms.
Impiani Resort
This resort is on the south coast at isolated Pasir Petani. It’s a peaceful, secluded setting, and the pricier chalets facing the beach have great views out over the open sea. There’s an on-site restaurant and diving facilities.
Tuna Bay Island Resort
This gathering of pristine chalets perches on a lovely stretch of white sand, with others set in the pretty gardens or facing the jungle behind.
Matahari Chalets
Set back among the trees with a walkway to the beach, Matahari is one of the better chalet operations. It has a good range of accommodation, from simple huts with shared bathroom to spacious bungalows.
Fauna Beach Chalet
Sitting on an attractive stretch of sand, Fauna has a choice of the usual creaky wooden huts and more comfortable sea-view bungalows. Pricier ones have air-con; there’s no hot water.
Shari La Island Resort
Situated on the northern end of Coral Bay, and sprawling back into the jungle trail, this is a good, clean and relatively posh option for those needing a little luxury while living the backpacker dream. Has 24-hour electricity.
Lemon Grass
At the southern tip of Long Beach, Lemon Grass has 16 no-frills fan huts with shared bathrooms. There are great views from the verandah at reception and nice secluded spots to sit and gaze out to sea.
Everfresh Beach Resort
At the western end of the bay, this is an ageing array of ramshackle A-frames and bungalows set around a pretty garden. It’s quiet and just about OK, but has seen better days.
Flora Bay Resort
This big place has a variety of options at the back of the beach, ranging from garden-view fan huts to ‘deluxe’ air-con beach chalets.
Mira Chalets
On the southwest coast, Mira is an adventurous choice, set on a small secluded beach with the jungle right behind. There are eight rickety chalets set amid banana and coconut trees, in a location Robinson Crusoe would’ve been proud to call home.
Coral View Island Resort
With a great location at the northern end of the beach, Coral View’s accommodation runs from simple fan chalets up to rather smart beachfront suites. There are a couple of good restaurants serving Asian and Western dishes (lunch RM30), and shops.
Rock Garden
Steep steps behind Lemon Grass will get you to this vertiginous place on the rocks, which had just come under new ownership at the time of research and may no longer be called Rock Garden when you read this.
D’Lagoon Chalets
On Teluk Kerma, a small bay on the north-eastern side of the island. This is one of the better places on Kecil, with good coral and a tranquil, isolated location.
Mohsin Chalet
Mohsin has some great chalets sprawling into the sand and up a hill. The receptionist is surreally friendly, and the ambience is tropically languid.
Butterfly Chalet
Reached by a steep clamber over the rocks next to Senja Bay, this end-of-the-line place has a series of basic wooden huts perched precariously on the headland.
Arwana Perhentian Resort
This huge upmarket resort occupies the eastern flank of Teluk Dalam, although it has no beach frontage itself. The broad array of rooms includes, surprisingly, two dorm blocks at the very back. The cheaper ‘standard’ rooms are a bit pokey.
Mama’S Place
Has a choice of reasonably comfortable chalets with or without bathrooms.
D’Ayumni House
A pretty wooden house rises over a series of low-slung, teak-chic chalets and bungalows. Popular with divers and those seeking a bit of budget backpacker vibe in Besar.
Samudera Hotel
Near the jetty, this renovated place is the best option in town, with large simple rooms and private bathrooms.
Abdul’S Chalets
The wooden beach huts at this popular place are pretty ordinary, but all have private bathrooms and there’s a cafe too. Just beyond is the Government Resthouse, reserved for Malaysian government officials.
Bubu Resort
At the northern end of the bay, this is the sole top-end option on Long Beach. It’s a somewhat overpriced, modern three-storey hotel that looks out of scale here, but the rooms catch the sun, and most have balconies.
Reef
Reef’s very basic chalets are set back from the beach amidst a gaggle of lounging, flip-flopped staff. There’s an equally basic cafe and a lazy, laid-back atmosphere.