DAMAI & Kuching Hotels

Damai Beach Resort

I visited Damai Beach Resort Kuching – one of many delightful Sarawak hotels, in January 2009 and stayed only for a few days as I was living in Kuching. The first thing to note about this one of the Kuching hotels (or rather, the hotels that are within easy driving distance of Kuching airport – 45 mins)  is the main entrance and check in desk. Lovely!

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Very nicely decorated and decked out mainly in the traditional dark hard wood that is very common in the area – teak – presumably mainly from Indonesia (deforestation, one has to wonder…)

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I found the staff to be friendly and helpful even though the reception area was fairly busy on our arrival.

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As we emerged from the hotel reception we were guided past the main hotel pool and the massage area. There is also an outdoor bar located beside the pool, which is reasonably expensive in my opinion but its the going rate for a 4 star hotel in Sarawak. Alcohol is not cheap here, let that be known! Even in the supermarkets a bottle of red (or white) wine that would commonly cost £4 back in United Kingdom would cost around 50 ringitt, which equates to over £10 ($15 US). Someone is getting very wealthy here!

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Our room was located on the beach front, and again I was really impressed by the beautiful views of the South China Sea and the coast line as we walked along the sea front. Being the rainy season it was not too busy but busy enough to have a pleasant atmosphere.

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The whole area, including the beach, was thoroughly tidy and the gardens were nicely manicured too. Oh, and if you want to eat – there are 2 restaurants within the hotel itself, and quite a number of other seafood style restaurants within about 20 minutes driving of the hotel. The seafood restaurants offer far more affordable fayre to the traveller and if seafood is indeed your thing – its freshly caught that day and its wonderful!

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All in all first impressions for this one of the Kuching hotels would score 4.5 out of 5!
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