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Balung River Eco Resort - Hostel

2.0 star property
your current months are January, 2025 and February, 2025.
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Outdoor pool
Daily cooked-to-order breakfast (MYR 30.00 per person)
Property entrance
Basic Chalet | Living area
Desk, blackout curtains, iron/ironing board, rollaway beds

Reviews

10 out of 10

Exceptional

Popular amenities

  • Room service
  • Pool
  • Laundry
  • Breakfast available
  • Parking included
  • Air conditioning

Explore the area

Map
Mile 33, Apas Balung, Locked Bag No. 30, Tawau, Sabah, 91009
  • Tawau Hills Park
  • Tawau Tanjung Market
    50 min drive
  • Indo Cafe II
    9 min drive
  • Tawau (TWU)
    32 min drive

Room options

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Desk, blackout curtains, iron/ironing board, rollaway beds

Mixed Dormitory Room

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Desk, blackout curtains, iron/ironing board, rollaway beds

Female Dormitory Room

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Desk, blackout curtains, iron/ironing board, rollaway beds

Junior Suite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Desk, blackout curtains, iron/ironing board, rollaway beds

Basic Chalet

  • Sleeps 6
  • 1 Queen Bed, 1 Double Bed and 2 Twin Beds

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Desk, blackout curtains, iron/ironing board, rollaway beds

Male Dormitory Room

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Desk, blackout curtains, iron/ironing board, rollaway beds

Deluxe Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Desk, blackout curtains, iron/ironing board, rollaway beds

Suite Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Superior Twin Room

Superior Twin Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

About the area

Tawau

With a stay at Balung River Eco Resort - Hostel in Tawau, you'll be 27.2 mi (43.8 km) from St. Patrick's Anglican Church and 27.4 mi (44 km) from Al-Kauthar Mosque. .This hostel is 27.5 mi (44.2 km) from Wisma Persekutuan Tawau and 27.5 mi (44.3 km) from Tawau District Library.
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What's nearby

  • St. Patrick's Anglican Church - 49 min drive
  • Wisma Persekutuan Tawau - 50 min drive
  • Tawau Tanjung Market - 50 min drive
  • Hospital Besar Tawau - 51 min drive
  • Tawau Fish Market - 51 min drive

Getting around

  • Tawau (TWU) - 32 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Indo Cafe II - ‬9 min drive
  • ‪Tawau Cocoa Cafe - ‬20 min drive
  • ‪Restoran Kampungku - ‬31 min drive
  • ‪Unggul Utama Enterprise - ‬16 min drive
  • ‪Cafe UiTM Balung - ‬24 min drive

About this property

Balung River Eco Resort - Hostel

Hostel in Tawau with an outdoor pool and a restaurant
Balung River Eco Resort - Hostel offers 44 air-conditioned accommodations with complimentary bottled water and coffee/tea makers. Bathrooms include showers and complimentary toiletries. Housekeeping is offered on request and irons/ironing boards can be requested. Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge) are also available.
Recreational amenities at the hostel include an outdoor pool.
Make yourself at home in one of the 44 air-conditioned guestrooms. Bathrooms have showers and complimentary toiletries. Conveniences include desks and coffee/tea makers, and housekeeping is provided on request.
Enjoy recreation amenities such as an outdoor pool or take in the view from a garden. Additional amenities at this hostel include a picnic area and barbecue grills.
Satisfy your appetite for lunch or dinner at the hostel's restaurant, or stay in and take advantage of the room service (during limited hours). Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available daily from 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include laundry facilities and a water dispenser. This hostel has 2 meeting rooms available for events. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available on request), and free self parking is available onsite.
Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7:00 AM and 10:00 AM.
Onsite venue - This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

English, Malay

Property amenities

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available
  • Return airport shuttle (surcharge) from 6:00 AM to 11:30 PM
  • Airport shuttle on request

Food and drink

  • Cooked-to-order breakfast available for a fee daily 7:00 AM–10:00 AM: MYR 30.00 for adults and MYR 30.00 for children
  • 1 restaurant
  • Room service available

Things to do

  • Outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)

Conveniences

  • Water dispenser

Guest services

  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Housekeeping (on request)
  • Laundry facilities

Business services

  • Meeting rooms - 2

Outdoors

  • BBQ grill(s)
  • Garden
  • Picnic area

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • This property does not have any lifts
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking

More

  • Designated smoking areas (fines apply)

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning
  • Bed sheets
  • Blackout drapes/curtains
  • Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Free bottled water
  • Free tea bags/instant coffee

More

  • Desk
  • Iron/ironing board (on request)

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 11:00 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 12:30 PM

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply); guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
The front desk is open daily from 6:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; front desk staffed during limited hours
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 24 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • Cash deposit: MYR 50.0 per stay

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Fee for cooked-to-order breakfast: approximately MYR 30.00 for adults and MYR 30.00 for children
  • Airport shuttle fee: MYR 10 per person (one-way)
  • Airport shuttle fee per child: MYR 10 (one-way), (from 1 to 12 years old)
  • Rollaway beds are available for an additional fee

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 cash deposit 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
This property accepts cash
Noise-free guestrooms cannot be guaranteed

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
Pool access available from 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms

Property is also known as

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Balung River Eco Resort - Hostel Reviews

Reviews

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10/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Staff & service

10/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This resort feels like a five star property. It’s a peacefully get away to an old palm oil plantation. It seems like the perfect place to start an artist colony, a research center, or to write a book. It would definitely be a great place for a wedding, or a family reunion. It is very affordable, but has no WiFi, and the cell service is intermittent. Also, sadly you can’t access Tawau Hills Park from here, but is only 15 minutes from, only one of four, columnar basalt formations in the world. The staff is wonderful. They felt like family. I would definitely stay here again
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019