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4.5 Stars - 11 Reviews and 194 Opinions
Teluk Bandung, Santubong PO Box 2870, Damai Beach (Formerly Holiday Inn), Kuching, Sarawak 93756
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hanspeter_W.
- Reviews: 1091
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luxury hotel at beach near rainforest
beautiful surrounded luxury hotel outside of kuching at beach with nice walks not far sarawak culture village
- Opinion of Price: about average
Damai Beach Resort Photo: infront of chalets of damai beach
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Latecomer
- Reviews: 11
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Damai Beach Resort
Big spacious room. Plenty of games to keep you & children occupied. They have mini-golf, table tennis, swimming pools, BBQ, gym, etc. Beautiful white sandy beach.
Unique Quality: Air-conditioned hut & chalet. The hut provides good privacy, & they are not so cramp from each other.
- Opinion of Price: about average
- Related to: Spa and Resort, Family Travel, Beaches
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Emile72
- Reviews: 253
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Tropical Heaven
Our intention was to stay a couple of days in Kuching and from there explore the surroundings. However, the hotel we chose in Kuching, the Holiday Inn was booked. However, there is a little travel agency inside Holiday Inn Kuching, who recommend us to go to Holiday Inn Damai Beach. As a travel agency they could give us a far better rate. We paid about 50 Euros a night and we stay in Damai Beach for 5 nights. It was perfect. What a beautiful place. You can enjoy the wonderful nature by making daytrips and the beach is wonderful, the cabins are very nice (even though no 5 star material) and the sunset is most likely the most beautiful in the world. It is fairly quiet with guests and the beach is basically empty. What a pleasure. Breakfast is good, reception friendly. The minus things are that there is no ATM, there are no "entertaining" activities outside the hotel as it is basically surrounded by jungle, so no shops, etc. There is another Holiday Inn next to Damai Beach where you could go once for dinner. All in all, a great experience!
- Opinion of Price: less expensive than average
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ANGELINEW90
- Reviews: 38
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Great Relaxation
This is the only luxury hotel that i stayed at when i was travelling in Kuching. Damai Beach is not one of those beaches in Malaysia with crystal clear sea water and white sand. But the hotel's beautiful interior still made me feel like i was in paradise.
- Opinion of Price: about average
- Related to: Family Travel, Romantic Travel and Honeymoons
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bumpychick
- Reviews: 183
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Christmas stay
This is a good quality hotel, located some distance away from the centre of Kuching. Our room was on the second floor in one of the two story buildings in the grounds and was large, well appointed and quiet. We found the swimming pool area to be very crowded, with lots of children, although this may have been due to the time of year. The hotel has two restaurants. Treez cafe is located on the hill and provides a much quieter dining experience than the main restaurant. A shuttle bus takes you up the hill so you don't have to walk.
The hotel did a really good job of Christmas. everything was decorated and the staff really got in to the Christmas spirit. There was a big international buffet on Christmas eve, they even had turkey!
In general we found the service to be friendly but a bit slow. The restaurant couldn't cope with the number of people wanting breakfast at 9am on Christmas morning, everyone seemed to be waiting at least half an hour.
- Opinion of Price: about average
- Related to: Spa and Resort
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longsanborn
- Reviews: 421
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Hotel within lush tropical forest
Holiday Inn Damai Beach Resort (4-star hotel) is an award winning resort and it is sprawled over 90 acres of prime sea-front land, complemented by the lush tropical forest and the majestic Mount Santubong, which overlooks the South China Sea. The Hotel Resort is quite far from the Kuching city but the location is beautiful, close to nature, peaceful and quiet. The Hotel is also close to the Sarawak Cultural Village.
The hotel staff were nice and friendly. However the services were quite slow; if you are not in a hurry, it is in tune with the relax atmosphere around there. The hotel restaurant and cafes serve local and western cuisines. However, I would suggest that you visit the seafood restaurants outside the Hotel, and you will get better food at better (cheaper) prices.
Unique Quality: The Resort has 256 comfortably furnished rooms with magnificent views of the sea or the lush greenery of Mount Santubong. You can have choices of rooms in the main buildings and in chalets on hillsides. All rooms are complete with air-conditioning, private bathrooms, telephone, personal safe, hair dryer, TV with in-house movies and satellites, and in-room mini-bar complimentary coffee/tea making facilities.
You can swim in the large swimming pool or spend relaxing time by the beach and the sea.
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kenari
- Reviews: 267
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The Cultural village Resort
Within 90 acres of seafront land, This location is also one mile from the Damai Rainforest and Damai Golf & Country Club, three miles from Santubong Fishing Village, eight miles from Buntal Fishing Village, 13 miles from Satang Island (by boat only), and 25 miles from Bako National Park, Sarawak Museum, Kuching waterfront, Tua Pek Kong Chinese Temple, Main Bazaar, and Kuching Mosque.
Hotel amenities include the swimming pool, beauty salon, gift shop, cocktail lounge, and two restaurants. The hotel also offers room service, valet laundry service, babysitting, and a concierge.
All rooms feature satellite TV, in-room movies, coffeemakers, hairdryers, and voicemail.
- Opinion of Price: about average
- Related to: Arts and Culture, Family Travel, School Holidays
Damai Beach Resort Photo: The Chalet
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craigt3365
- Reviews: 4
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Great Beach Resort.
I was here for 4 nights in June, 2006. Great resort. Had a room by the pool and only meters from the beach. Great beach! Great sunsets. Nice rooms. Good staff. Treez had very good food. Nice place to relax and chill for a few days on the beach. It is remote, so you will probably eat at the resort every meal. Which is OK if you are only there for a few days.
Unique Quality: Great beach and great pool.
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13scorpio
- Reviews: 7
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Leisure stay at beach side
The place is nice especially with shutter van to Damai Lagoon, to enjoy beautiful pools & sceneries. Regretted that the child centre was closed & could further improved the playground.
- Opinion of Price: more expensive than average
- Related to: Family Travel
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D4AAO
- Reviews: 5
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STAY WELL WELL AWAY!!!!
When there's nothing good to say usually it's best to say nothing at all, but in this case.......
First impressions are very good when you arrive, there's a nice reception area which looks over a nice pool & restaurant with an outside veranda. Then there's beach & the amazing views of the South China Sea (shame about the murky water & BOX JELLY FISH).
A superior pool side room is quite large & comfortable, but that's about as good as it gets really.
The Santabong Cafe is the only place to eat in the main complex of Damai Beach, but unfortunately you take your life into your own hands. My advice is stay well; well clear of ANY meat/fish or anything that has to be properly cooked to be eaten.
I was only here for four days, but after the second day I was eating chips & vegetable spring rolls. Several people in our party were ill & one was hospitalized through food poisoning, I personally had uncooked chicken and a burger that tasted of disinfectant. As for the fish it was cooked hours before and left on trays for the buffet for the rest of the night. The staff at Damai Beach are pleasant & very apologetic which is a lot more than can be said for the staff Damai Lagoon.
The Damai Lagoon is an annex to Damai Beach accessible via the free shuttle bus or a 10 minute walk. They also have the one restaurant which is very big & spacious, the food at the Lagoon is excellent & cannot be faulted, but this cannot be said of the staff.
It's almost like the hotel dragged people off the street a few hours before & asked them to go be waiter/waitresses. I ate there twice & both times the meal took in excess of 3 HOURS to complete with approximately 30-45 mins eating time. We had to clear our own plates away on one occasion. But the thing that really gets to you is the compulsory 10% service charge.
So it's which is the lesser of two evils 1) Get food poisoning at Damai Beach or 2) Die of starvation at Damai Lagoon.
Unique Quality: Just DON'T go!
- Opinion of Price: most expensive
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We managed to exchange for a week of timeshre in Kuching for the first week of August. What is the best to do and spend our time?
Re: Club Asia International - Damai Beach Resort
You can see alot of things in Kuching in one week. You can go on a river cruise at the waterfront,if you don't fancy a cruise just take a sampan ride across the river, or if you wish to go a little further out of town is Damai beach about 35 km north of Kuching and the Sarawak Cultural Village in the vicinity. If you fancy some shoppings go to Serikin a market in the Malaysia/Indonesian border about 90km from Kuching. Visitors can buy Indonesian products such as rattan mat, batik and handicrafts at a bargain. Serikin is only open on Saturday and Sunday. Getting close to nature you can also visit Matang Wildlife Centre with the main attraction being the Orang Utan training program. There are many other things to do in Kuching for a week. Please visit some of these websites: http://www.kuching.net.my; www.forestry.sarawak.gov.my/; www.catscity.com.my among others.
Re: Club Asia International - Damai Beach Resort
Thanks Abdulaziz, sounds like there are lots to do. Will probably skip the shopping trip as I lived in Indonesia last year and still have lots of stuff from there. The nature tour and beaches sounds good.
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hi pollartraveller
if you like adventure do not miss the Bako National Park where you are one with nature and get to see lots of wile life, proboscis monkeys,orang utan etc
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Address: Teluk Bandung, Santubong PO Box 2870, Damai Beach (Formerly Holiday Inn), Kuching, Sarawak 93756