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HOTEL STYLE
Quirky Hotels
Family
Languages Spoken
English, Malay
Property amenities
Free breakfast
Restaurant
Breakfast buffet
Special diet menus
Room features
Air conditioning
Room types
Non-smoking rooms
Location
Lot 3A Gr. Floor Block 13, Jalan Tiga, Sandakan 90000 Malaysia
Went here on a 2N trip, great place! Stayed in the dorm (fan) but was the only one there. Booked through Sandakan Backpackers Hostel (385.00 is the walk in rate they offer) and it included 3cruises, all meals, 2nights and transfers. It was quite hot in the room and the fans are a bit noisy taking away of the silence of nature outside. Comfortable beds, friendly staff, great food (and so much). No signal, totally off the grid so great to just relax! Rivercruises were nice and there's some animals around the lodge as well, night walk was also fun!
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Date of stay: February 2020Trip type: Travelled solo
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This is a nice place with nice facilities. There was a bus to pick us up and drop off in the Sandakan area. We really enjoyed the boat rides and we saw plenty of what we wanted to see: orangutans, proboscis monkeys, pygmy elephants, crocodiles, hornbills, kingfishers...Our room was beautiful dark wood, with comfortable beds with mosquito nets, a clean bath, and air con.
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Date of stay: July 2022
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We stayed here for a night whilst on a group tour.
The lodge is located just a short motor boat ride away from Bilit village. The family who run it are very welcoming and can answer any questions.
Bring your insect spray, as it will be needed!
I was allocated a private room, which was well-kept. Although I didn’t find the bed comfortable, it was only a personal preference.
The meals were good quality and had some variation compared with other local offers.
Definitely stay here when in the area.
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Date of stay: January 2020Trip type: Travelled with friends
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The lodge requires 4 hours of bus transfer with a mediocre lunch at Banana Café. The location is excellent, right on the river. From there several excursions by boat or on foot are organized. We see a lot of animals, often from afar. The guides, like all the lodge employees, are very friendly and competent. The negative comes from the lodge itself, whose small rooms are in a pitiful state compared to the price paid. They are dilapidated, smell of humidity, the bedding is used, there are no mosquito nets or wifi, the furniture has deteriorated over the years. A major renovation would be essential. The meals served as a buffet are OK but the buffet is quickly robbed if you don't arrive when it opens. The lodge welcomes large groups from other Asian countries. It is a noisy and undisciplined clientele which greatly disrupts the calm of the place. The groups share the dining room but stay in a nearby annex. The view of the river from the dining room is pleasant. In addition to accommodation with excursions with some locals, there are four other lodges on this part of the river. Surely the Bilit is not the best choice.
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Date of stay: February 2024Trip type: Travelled solo
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It combines modern comfort with the flavor of nature. The room is air-conditioned enough and has a fan. Clothes dry quickly after washing, but the water quality is yellowish. The food is very good. All-you-can-drink tea, coffee and water are available all day long, and the drinking water is clean. As for seeing wild animals, it all depends on luck. This time we saw many monkeys, proboscis monkeys, lizards, small crocodiles, and hornbills, but we did not see orangutans or pygmy elephants. And I know there were 30 pygmy elephants here in the weeks before we went, so it really depends on luck.
We cruised the river at 6:00 in the morning and saw the sunrise on the boat. I photographed a lot of macaques this morning. They live freely in the forest as a family. Of course, there will be enemies in nature (so when they rest and sleep in the trees, they will always face the forest, not their backs), but Compared to monkeys in the zoo, this is life.
After about an hour of river cruise, return to your accommodation for breakfast.
At about nine o'clock, we went on a day forest walking tour. When we entered, we saw a clearing formed in some places. They said it was caused by a group of elephants, but I don't know if it was true or not. I believe that if the tour guide is experienced, there are many plants that can be introduced, because I have seen this trip on YouTube before.
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This was a package with trips on the River, jungle hiking and other activities, meals included and it was the best part of our trip to the Borneo Jungle. I highly recommend a stay here if you're interested in Borneo Wildlife. We saw, Pygmy Elephants, Orangutans, Proboscios Monkeys, Macaques, Hornbills, Crocodiles and lots more.
We had a wonderful guide Leo and his boatman Nelson was just the best guy. The food provided was excellent quality, nice variety but sometimes there wasn't enough.
The accomodation was comfortable, had a good bed and shower and good working air conditioning. I would highly recommend a stay at Bilit for a trip to Borneo.
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Date of stay: July 2023
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Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Booked through Sepilok tropical wildlife adventure .. This was included as part of the 4 night package,, What an amazing way to experience the wildlife in the area , from clean comfty aircon roomed, buffet meals and lots of boat cruises & jungles walks . And aircon bus transfers ...Saw everything from beautiful birds variety's of monkeys , crocodiles and was lucky enough to see orangutan and pygmy elephants .. would happily return
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Date of stay: March 2023
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Trip type: Travelled solo
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Fantastic lodge right on the Kinabantangan River where they provided dawn and dusk boat cruises down the river and we saw so much wildlife! Night jungle walks too The main area is right on the river and where the wifi is. You have to pay for wifi. Our room was along raised wooded walkways surrounded by forest!. Our room was so nice and the bathroom had been renovated and modern. Great water pressure. King sized be and little sitting area. Air conditioned. Bed was super firm and great. Meals were Chinese style and ok. Great stay for 2 nights
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Date of stay: March 2023
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Trip type: Travelled as a couple
Room Tip:choose air conditioned and renovated rooms
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What a wonderful experience. Includes all meals and activities, drinks, you have to pay in cash separately (there was free water machine but not very cold). Staff are pretty friendly For jungle walks, you have to rent boots for 10 rings that you also pay in cash. If you are not wearing binoculars, you can rent them for 30 rings for each cruise. We were lucky enough to see the Big 5, something that we will never forget and that dedicates the necessary time for you to enjoy it. We were in a standard room and it's probably the but room I've never been in. There was air conditioning but at a super cold temperature and could not be modulated, the hot water of the shower (if it can be called shower) was broken, the toilet stuck and the bathroom door broken, so all the mosquitoes entered and my daughter's bed full of ants....we went because we did not want to miss the opportunity, but if you can choose, certainly to a superior room. Food good, acceptable I insist, the worst room in the world, but the experience was so good, I would come back
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Date of stay: August 2024Trip type: Travelled with family
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Amazing experience! Excellent trip! I was travelling with my daughter and nervous about going into the jungle. But we had an excellent guide called Japra, “Jeff” who met us at Sandakan airport, escorted us round the Orangutang and Sun bear sanctuaries and drove us 2 hours off road to the jungle with his driver Basit. The Bilit adventure lodge was clean and comfortable and the staff were very helpful. Jeff was very kind and made us feel immediately at ease and was extremely knowledgeable about all the wildlife we saw on the morning and evening river cruises. We saw proboscis monkeys, silver macaques, long tail macaques, crocodiles, amazing birds such as the black horn bill, kingfishers and egrets. Jeff drove us back to Sandakan and even showed us round the town to see the sights at our request before we boarded our plane back to Kota Kinabalu. We arranged the trip through Mr Bong at Borneo tracker tours - big thank you! I highly recommend Jeff as your guide - he works for all the tour companies in Saba and is also freelance. Altogether a great jungle adventure!
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Date of stay: April 2023Trip type: Travelled with family
Room Tip:Get a good guide, very important!
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Not that I remember but it was one of the most beautiful places we stayed on our trip. Make sure you plant a tree whilst you’re there - can’t remember how much it was but wasn’t expensive
There are more places to choose from in the Sandakan area.
PRICE RANGE
RM 1,605 - RM 1,712 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
ALSO KNOWN AS
bilit adventure hotel sandakan
LOCATION
MalaysiaSabahSandakan DivisionSandakan
NUMBER OF ROOMS
16
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