Sutera Sanctuary Lodges At Manukan Island

Beachfront, with outdoor pool

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Dates

August 2025

September 2025

Overview
Rooms
Location
Policies

Popular amenities

Bar
Breakfast available
Parking available
Pool
Room service
Housekeeping

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Manukan Island, Tunku Abdul Rahman Park, Manukan Island, Sabah

Imago Shopping Mall
Sutera Harbour
Suria Sabah Shopping Mall
Kota Kinabalu (BKI-Kota Kinabalu Intl.)
‪119 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

Bedroom 1

1 King Bed

Spaces

Separate dining area

Number of living rooms

Beach Suite King + Return Boat Transfer

42 sq m
Beach view
Sleeps 2
1 King Bed

Beach Suite Twin + Return Boat Transfer

42 sq m
Beach view
Sleeps 2
2 Single Beds

Hillside Villa Double Storey + Return Boat Transfer

82 sq m
Sea view
Sleeps 2
1 King Bed

Hillside Villa Single Storey + Return Boat Transfer

83 sq m
Sea view
Sleeps 2
1 King Bed

Manukan Villa 2 + Return Boat Transfer

140 sq m
Beach view
Sleeps 6
3 King Beds

Manukan Villa 1 + Return Boat Transfer

145 sq m
Beach view
Sleeps 4
1 King Bed and 2 Single Beds

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includes taxes & fees

1 Sept - 2 Sept

About the area

Manukan Island

Located in Manukan Island, Sutera Sanctuary Lodges At Manukan Island is on the beach. Imago Shopping Mall and Plaza Wawasan are worth checking out if shopping is on the agenda, while those wishing to experience the area's natural beauty can explore Tabin Wildlife Reserve and Mamutik Island. Tunku Abdul Rahman Park and Downbelow Adventure Centre are also worth visiting. Discover the area's water adventures with scuba diving, snorkelling and fishing nearby, or enjoy the great outdoors with hiking/biking trails.

Getting around

Tanjung Aru Station - 8 min drive
Kota Kinabalu (BKI-Kota Kinabalu Intl.) - 16 min drive

Restaurants

Cafe TATU
Coco Joe's Bar & Grill
Pacific Café
Zing Sunset Bar
Lucy's Kitchen KGC

About this property

Sutera Sanctuary Lodges At Manukan Island

Beachfront, with outdoor pool

At Sutera Sanctuary Lodges At Manukan Island, relax by an outdoor pool or hit the beach where you can enjoy snorkelling.

Sutera Sanctuary Lodges At Manukan Island offers 29 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and a safe. Rooms open to balconies. 28-inch flat-screen televisions come with premium cable channels. Bathrooms include a shower with a rainfall showerhead, bathrobes, slippers and bidets. Additionally, rooms include a hairdryer and an iron/ironing board. Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge) are also available. A nightly turndown service is provided and housekeeping is offered on a daily basis.

An outdoor pool and a children's pool are on site. Other recreational amenities include a fitness centre.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on-site or nearby; fees may apply.

Languages

English, Malay

Amenities

Pool

Restaurant

Air conditioning

Gym

Breakfast available

Parking available

House Rules

Check in after 3:00 PM

Minimum age to rent: 18

Check out before noon

Pets

No pets allowed, no service animals permitted

Smoking

Smoking allowed: in designated areas

Important information

Optional extras

Fee for cooked-to-order breakfast: approximately MYR 67 to 67 for adults and MYR 55 to 55 for children
Airport shuttle fee: MYR 150 per vehicle (one-way)
Rollaway bed fee: MYR 245.0 per night

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy

Government-issued photo identification and a credit card may be required at check-in for incidental charges

Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed

The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation

This property accepts credit cards, debit cards and cash

Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector and a first aid kit

This property has outdoor spaces, such as balconies, patios and terraces, which may not be suitable for children; if you have any concerns, we recommend contacting the property prior to your arrival to confirm that they can accommodate you in a suitable room

We should mention

This property does not have any lifts

Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms

The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation

No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property

Frequently asked questions

Does Sutera Sanctuary Lodges At Manukan Island have a pool?

Yes, this property has an outdoor pool and a children's pool.

Is Sutera Sanctuary Lodges At Manukan Island pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at Sutera Sanctuary Lodges At Manukan Island?

Self-parking is available for a fee.

What time is check-in at Sutera Sanctuary Lodges At Manukan Island?

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; check-in end time: 10:00 PM. Late check-in is available during limited hours.

What time is check-out at Sutera Sanctuary Lodges At Manukan Island?

Checkout is at noon.

Does Sutera Sanctuary Lodges At Manukan Island provide a shuttle to the airport?

Yes, there's an airport shuttle that runs on request. A fee of MYR 150 per vehicle applies.

Where is Sutera Sanctuary Lodges At Manukan Island located?

Situated on the beach, this resort is 0.2 mi (0.4 km) from Pantai Pulau Mamutik.

Sutera Sanctuary Lodges At Manukan Island Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.

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8.8/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

7.2/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.4/10

Eco-friendliness

8/10 Good

Aleksios

19 Sept, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Nice room and very nice staff. Very limited area to swim and only one restaurant on the island that serves quite bad food.

Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

18 Aug, 2022

Liked: Cleanliness

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort

It's not worth the money. Stay clear of this one.

The shuttle boat leaves at 12:30, and checkin is at 14:00? I can only guess it's a cash grab to force people to get lunch at the hotel's restaurant. Checkin was chaotic. We had to wait for an hour for our room to be ready. Hotel staff put us in an un-airconditioned room to sweat in the heat along with the remanence of that day's breakfast that was still scattered on the floor. When our room was ready, we were taken to the reception to the nicely air-conditioned and scented waiting room to wait... for all of three minutes, before being shown to our accommodation. We couldn't of waited in there before? Our request for a queen bed had been ignored, the only accommodation with a queen bed had broken AC... Guess who slept in the crack between the beds for the next three nights. Shower had two modes, ultra-low-pressure and barely warm, or high pressure and cold. The rainfall shower/handheld head selector knob had disappeared long ago... We found the maintenance log after dinner one night (it's in the letter box), the last entry was June 2020, it shows... Instead of the three restaurants advertised, there's one. It closes between whenever they decided lunch and dinner to be, at which point its sandwiches or overprice snacks from the souvenir store. I don't think there was one meal that didn't make us sick. Not gushing out of both ends sick, just enough to let you know you'd been mildly food poisoned. It's not worth the money. Stay clear of this one.

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

MINKI

31 Dec, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kari

28 Aug, 2023

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Louis

8 Apr, 2023

Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mrs B C

16 Mar, 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2020

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

26 Jan, 2020

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

8/10 Good

Pilwoo

13 Jan, 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Will visit again!

Perfect place for relaxing! Everything was O.K except poor Wi-Fi. Staff members, especially Lin, were very kind and ready to help guests!

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Tyrone

8 Jan, 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

We had a great stay, the accomodation was very nice and with stunning views!

Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Kanghyon

6 Jan, 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

색다른 경험입니다. 깔끔하고 좋습니다. BBQ 파티도 좋습니다. 제셀톤포인트에서 출발하면 30분이면 됩니다~

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Wai

26 Dec, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

An amazing stay. The staff are really friendly and helpful. The chalet that we were staying was very clean and comfortable. The breakfast is fabulous! Good for family trip.

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Nadia

11 Dec, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

A real gem!

Haven’t been to Manukan in a couple of years but it’s always a joy to stay here. They’ve done a really good job maintaining the facilities and the quality of F&B is really good by hotel standards. The beach is a lot cleaner these days as well, which is fantastic.

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Paola

15 Oct, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Excellent!

The experience was amazing. We went in for 1 day and ended up staying for 2. The people were just extremely nice and accommodating. It surpassed our expectations!

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Andrea

10 Oct, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Wonderful experience on wonderful paradise island

Everything was perfect from transfer from most beautiful ferry harbor we've ever seen to check-in to room to amenities to friendliness and caring of staff to snorkeling to tour offers to food to checkout and staff always attending to us, helping with ferry access and transfer time

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Chin

8 Oct, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Fabulous Stay

Excellent accommodation with beyond expectation service and highly recommended for anyone looking for a wonderful beach getaway holiday.

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Gen

2 Oct, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

It’s so private after 16:00 until 8:00 as all the public boats from mainland and other islands will stop. Highly recommended.

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Daniel, Heilbronn

24 Sept, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Strongly recommend 👍👍👍

All in all a perfect place... The beach Gets a bit busy with day tourists between 9am and 4pm. The villas are super nice with all possible annemities. Housekeeping fills up the fridge every day with water AND plenty of softdrinks. The restaurant is serving delicious foods and staff super friendly in all departments. Resort is well maintained overall and matrases were super good Strongly recommended place... Perfect for your honeymoon or just a few relaxing beach days.

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Daniel, Heilbronn

22 Sept, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Definitely a place to recommend 👍

As a kind of / part of honeymoon me and my gf stayed on beautiful Manukan Island during our travels in borneo and Malaysia... All in all it was superb. Had two bookings... Two nights in hillside villa and one more in a beach villa. Both are very nice and definitely recommended. The hillside villa is more expensive but you get so much more... Its a two storey villa with all you can imagine... Three balcony, bathtub, etc, etc.... The beach villa is only the half size but had still everything what you might need The overall condition is very good... Beach fills up with daytourists between 9am and 3:30pm... The restaurant is delicious and brings good portions with delicate foods at reasonable price. Service couldn't be better...

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

14 Sept, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

SOEUN

4 Sept, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

속세랑 떨어져있기에 좋지만 할거없음..

따로 왕복 뱃값이 든다는 점..프라이빗 비치가 일반 관광객 옆이라 딱히 메리트를 못느끼겠고 오후 4시마감에 인터넷이 잘 안터진다는 점..옆집 애기들 소리지르고 쿵쿵거리는 소리가 너어어무 잘 들린다 빼고는 너무 좋았네요. 직원 친절도가 최상이였어요. 아침에 서로 인사를 주고받고 새소리를 들으면서 속세랑 떨어져 있으니 더할 나위 없네요. 근데 데이터 잘 안돼고 티비 안나와서 저녁 7시부터 할 게 없으니까 그냥 일찍 잘 수 밖에 없어서 너무 아쉬웠어요.. 저녁에 바베큐 말고 뭔가 더 있었으면 좋겠네요..와이파이가 있었으면 좋겠어요..ㅠ

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Anatolii

24 Aug, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

17 Aug, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Javier

13 Aug, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Weekend getaway

Fantastic stay and place

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

8 Aug, 2019

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

나는 자연을 느끼고 싶어서 이 리조트에 예약했었다. 하지만 야생을 보았다. 그것도 방 안에서. 나는 7월 31일 부터 8월 2일까지 2박을 예약했지만 8월 1일 밤에 도망치듯 나왔다. 8월 1일 상쾌한 아침을 느끼며 일어났지만 그 순간뿐이었다. 갈갈이 찢겨진 슬리퍼를 본 후 악몽이 시작됐다. 범인은 쥐란다. 요즘 시대에? 리조트에서? 너무 놀래 씻지도 못하고 대처만 기다렸지만 답이 없다. 기다리다 연락이 없어 인셉션으로 갔다. 방 담당 직원을 찾으니 없다고 했다. 그 이후로도 본 적도 없다 다른 직원이 해결책으로 쥐가 나온 구멍을 잘 막아줄테니 그방을 쓰거나 옮겨준다고 했다. 나는 매니져를 불러달라고 했다 회의중이란다. 한시간 넘게 기다려야된다고 했다. 십여분 기다리니 매니져도 아닌 인셉션 고참 직원이 왔다. 해결책은 너무도 똑같았다. 사과도 없다. 환불을 요청했으나 그건 자기 영역이 아닌 예약업체에서 해줘야 한다고 했다. 그리고 3-4개월 기다려야 된다고 했다. 숙소도 알아서 예약해야 된다고 했다. 말도 안되는 선택 중 어쩔 수 없이 방을 옮겼다. 조금이나마 섬에 대해 기대가 남아 있었나보다. 방을 옮겨도 바로 사용할 수는 없었다. 방 청소하는 시간이 필요해 2시까지 기다려야 했다. 2시가 넘어서야 겨우 방에 들어 갈 수 있었다. 방의 쥐가 들어올 구멍을 막아달라고 했다. 직원들은 그 구멍을 대충 정위치에만 두고는 배관들은 잘 막혀있으니 쥐가 들어올리는 없다고 했다. 알겠다고 한 후 해변의 썬베드에서 시간을 보냈다. 썬베드에서도 직원의 인종차별적 행위가 있었지만 이후의 사건이 커 이거넘어가겠다. 그 후 저녁을 먹고 숙소로 들어갔다. 불꺼진 방의 문를 열고 불을 켰다. 뭔가 재빨리 움직였다. 정체를 알 수 없는 것은 소파 밑으로 들어갔다. 아내에게는 잠깐 나가있으라고 한 후 상황을 살폈다. 일전의 도마뱀이었으면 좋겠다고 생각했다. 하지만 너무 크고 빨랐다. 상황을 살피기 위해 한 발 내딫는 순간 그것이 튀어나왔다. 쥐였다. 쥐는 침실로 들어갔다. 믿을 수 없는 일들로 사고가 정지된 후 다시 정신을 차리니 쥐는 없었다. 침실 옆 화장실 배수구 구멍만 열린체였다. 직원을 불렀다. 직원들이 와 방을 살폈고 배솬까지도 살폈다. 배관을 쥐가 파먹어 구멍이 뚫려있었단다. 그리고 쥐는 안보인단다. 쥐가 도망쳤을수도 방에 있을 수도 있다고 했다. 매니져를 불러달라고 했다. 10분 가량 후 매니져가 왔다 매니져는 먼저 사과를 했다. 그러고 보니 제대로 사과를 들은건 처음이었다. 하지만 해결 방안도 제대로 없었다. 이 섬에 1초도 더 있고 싶지 않아 환뷸을 요청했다. 환불은 3-4개월 걸린단다. 그래도 해달라고 했다. 보트는 자신이 불러준단다. 그리고 그날 정신없어 지갑을 못챙겨 룸차지로 했던 점심 저녁을 내준단다. 하지만 나가서 숙소는 알아서 정해라고 했다 환불 리포트를 써달라고 해서 또 써줬다. 보트는 직원들 퇴근용 보트에 같이 타고 시티로 나갔다. 그리고 환불을 못해준다고 지금 들었다. 환장하겠다.

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

5 Aug, 2019

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

최근들어 가장 불쾌하고 무서웠던 이틀 힐 빌라를 이틀 예약하고 멋진 뷰를 가지고 가격대비 넓고 쾌적한 환경에 예약을 잘 했다고 생각했습니다. 그리고 화장실을 사용하려고 문을 열었는데 뭔가 움직임이 느껴져 벽면을 보니.. 도마뱀이... 깜짝 놀라

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

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Sutera Sanctuary Lodges At Manukan Island Reviews

Reviews

Excellent

8.8/10

8.8/10

7.2/10

8.6/10

7.4/10

Reviews

8/10 Good

Aleksios

Aleksios

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

It's not worth the money. Stay clear of this one.

Verified traveller

10/10 Excellent

MINKI

MINKI

10/10 Excellent

Kari

Kari

10/10 Excellent

Louis

Louis

10/10 Excellent

Mrs B C

Mrs B C

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Verified traveller

8/10 Good

Pilwoo

Will visit again!

Pilwoo

10/10 Excellent

Tyrone

Tyrone

10/10 Excellent

Kanghyon