yehe's profile and reviews

This is a new resort with a new “1 island, 1 hotel” concept. The resort has a total of 20 chalets up by the hillside and 50 superior and standard rooms by the beach front which makes the total room counts to 70.

A coffee house that serves basic and authentic local cuisines, a pillar-less ballroom that can seats 400 people, otherwise can also be split into 3 smaller conference rooms or turn into banquet halls of various sizes.

A spa area with Balinese massage, open air Jacuzzi and scenic pool which has a spectacular view of opposite Penang Island.

Other outdoor activities include swimming pool, mountain bike trail, jungle hiking trail, rock climbing, BBQ area, camping area, archery, paintball, suspension bridge, obstacle courses such as 'flying fox', etc. A small proposal to the management is that they must impose strict rules that all guests must wear proper swim gear for swimming in the swimming pool and not full suit. Otherwise the nicely designed swimming pool would normally be turned into a big laundry pool.

Another feature I find very interesting is the camping ground, for safety reason, it is quite difficult to find a camping area for the young generations, now, with this mini-size and isolated island, I feel the management should work harder on the potential of getting more campers to come in.

The resort being small in size, is presently catering more to the government and corporate sectors for staff training of 'teamwork building', smaller size workshops and seminars.

Nevertheless, I find this resort a very nice place for a short hideaway. Consider the rates they are charging, this could also be a very cozy and suitable place for a big family reunion. A short 10-15 minutes shuttle ferry ride is usually welcomed by the young and old.

Anyway, the resort is now under the management of AnCasa Hotel chain, hope they can continue to maintain the resort as it is or even do a better job.

This is a luxurious resort with all the obligatory facilities, the renovation well done, and the landscape is magnificently designed and beautifully preserved.

During the ground and rooms inspection of the hotel on 2006-12-19 at 3 pm, I had an eerie feeling of something was amiss. It was only late that night when I was posting the photographs that I realized, I was met with some courteous smiling faces along the whole process of going through the hotel, but long disappeared was the heart-felt warm welcoming greetings of the old era of Rasa Sayang.

Another peculiar feeling that haunted me was, there's no laughter, no merry mood of festive seasons although Christmas is only days away, and there's absolutely no sentiment of holidaying atmosphere in the air.

When told about the odd regulation regarding guests of RASA Wing are allowed to use all the facilities in the hotel and that they are free to roam about the hotel vicinity as they wish, but not those guests of the Garden Wing, I was immediately reminded of the old caste system which I thought had long been abolished.

Heaven forbids, I never want to spend my holiday in a resort where I have paid a handsome price for luxury and then only to find out within an invisible fence there is another territory which is even more luxurious and it is beyond my reach!

All in all, this is a hotel that has everything except for a tiny bit of 'rasa sayang' - 'the feeling of love' atmosphere which makes it a very grim and cold Shangri-La!

This is a luxurious resort with all the obligatory facilities, the renovation was well done and the landscape is magnificently designed and beautifully preserved. This is a hotel that has everything except for a tiny bit of 'Rasa Sayang' atmosphere which makes it a very grim Shangri-La!

This is a new resort with a new one-island one-hotel concept. The resort has a total of 20 chalets up by the hillside, and 50 superior and standard rooms by the beach front which makes the total room counts to 70.

There’s a coffee house that serves basic and authentic local cuisines, a pillar-less ballroom that can seats 400 people, otherwise can also be split into three smaller conference rooms or turn into banquet halls of various sizes.

They have a spa area with Balinese massage, and open air Jacuzzi and a scenic pool which has a spectacular view of opposite Penang Island.

Other outdoor activities include swimming pools, a mountain bike trail, a jungle hiking trail, rock climbing, a BBQ area, camping area, archery, paintball, a suspension bridge, obstacle courses such as the 'flying fox', etc. A small proposal to the management is that they must impose strict rules that all guests must wear proper swim gear for swimming in the swimming pool and not a full suit. Otherwise, the nicely designed swimming pool would normally be turned into a big laundry pool.

Another feature I find very interesting is the camping ground, for safety reasons, it is quite difficult to find a camping area for the young generations, now, with this mini-size and isolated island, I feel the management should work harder on the potential of getting more campers to come in.

The resort being small in size, is presently catering more to the government and corporate sectors for staff training of 'teamwork building', smaller size workshops, and seminars.

Nevertheless, I find this resort a very nice place for a short hideaway. Consider the rates they are charging, this could also be a very cozy and suitable place for a big family reunion. A short 10-15 minutes shuttle ferry ride is usually welcomed by the young and old.

Anyway, the resort is now under the management of AnCasa Hotel chain, and I hope they can continue to maintain the resort as it is or even do a better job.