Traditional Longhouse Rooms
With View Of The Lake
by D4AAO
I mean there are not too many hotels in the world that are only accessible by boat and that have are gorgeous warm crystal clear waters surrounding them.
The rooms are built in traditional Longhouse style & are very comfortable. The facilities are excellent with nice reasonable size pool.
The hotel organizes local trips one being to traditional Iban village & another excellent trip is the Batang National Park. This involves a 2 hour trip on Longboat up and down rapids and deep into the rainforest by river, then a 2 hour trek through the forest to see the wildlife.
If it were not for staff letting the hotel & Hilton brand down in a big way this would one of the best.
The staff are recruited from local villages and trained at the hotel (not in its sister hotel in Kuching as they should be). As a consequence bad staff trains the new staff that just follow suit.
As you have no choice but to eat & drink in the hotel personally I think that they have raised the prices, it's not in comparison to the Hilton Kuching
One vital tip is, buy your own bottled water from the supermarket in Kuching or one the villages on four hour trip to Batang from Kuching. The hotel will charge you 13MYR for a 1.5 litre bottle, but you can pick up the same brand in a shop for 2MYR. The same also goes for soft drinks & beer.
The best views you could ever wish for.
Amazing local and international food.
Gorgeous pool.
Excellent rooms & facilities. Theme: HotelComparison: more expensive than average
