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ROOMS - Tawau, Sabah

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Rooms Hotel is located in Kubota Square, easily accessible to eating places and Tawau Airport is just 30 minutes drive (28km) from the hotel. We decided to stay here for 2 nights after our Pom Pom - Mataking Island trip. Basically it's just a shoplot turn into a hotel. There's only 3 floors and hotel lift is small, which probably can fit 4 person without luggage. Lift requires a room card in order to access guest room floor. We stayed in a deluxe twin room since their superior queen and superior king room are all fully occupied. Our room comes with two single beds, wall mounted fuzzy TV with limited Astro channels, working desk, wall mounted hair dryer, free WiFi (access for 2 devices only), disposable slippers, coffee or tea making facilities, 2 complimentary bottles of drinking water, self controlled air conditioning and toiletries. Room looks modern and stylish but slightly small. Beds and pillows are comfy. However, they only provide one pillow each and we requested additio

Mataking Reef Resort - Mataking Island, Sabah

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Mataking Reef Resort is located at Mataking Island, 15 minutes boat ride from Pom Pom Island Resort. There's 6 types of room - Garden view deluxe, Premium room, King chalet, Semi-D beach chalet, Beach chalet and Villa. All together there's 63 rooms. We booked a 3 days 2 nights non-diving package at a Garden view deluxe room @ RM 1,513 per pax excluding jetty fee of RM 2 per person. Total package is RM 3,030 for 2 person. Package includes transfer from (Mataking Island - Semporna Jetty - Tawau Airport), 2 nights accommodation (double sharing room with air-conditioning, fresh water hot shower & attached bathroom), full board meals (breakfast, lunch & dinner in buffet style), free flow of coffee/tea, chill juice and light snacks at restaurant. Garden view deluxe (west) comes with a double bed, day bed, couch, vanity table & chair, ceiling fan, self controlled air conditioning, in-room safe, hair dryer, coffee or tea making facilities, drinking water (in glass bottle -

Pom Pom Island Resort - Pom Pom Island, Sabah

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Pom Pom Island Resort is approximately 50 minutes boat ride from Jetty Pelancongan Bangau Bangau, Semporna. There's 3 types of villa - Beach Villa (22 units), Garden Villa (19 units) and Water Villa (5 units). We booked a 3 days 2 nights Water Villa non diver package @ RM 2,800 for 2 person. Package includes boat transfer (from Jetty Pelancongan Bangau Bangau - Pom Pom Island Resort - Mataking Reef Resort), jetty levy fee, 2 nights accommodation (twin/triple sharing room with air-conditioning, fresh hot water shower & attached bathroom), full board meals (breakfast, lunch & dinner) with free flow of coffee, tea and chill juice at restaurant (except alcohol, carbonated drinks and fresh juice). Water Villa comes with a king size bed, 1 single bed, in-room safe, mosquito repellent, working desk, couch, ceiling fan, self controlled air conditioning, 2 pairs of slippers, hair dryer, toiletries, coffee or tea making facilities and 4 bottles of drinking water. There's a privat