Senja Bay Resort
Perhentian Kecil Island, Terengganu
Senja Bay Resort (formerly known as Suria Perhentian Dive Resort) offers calm and tranquility with spectacular sunsets, a perfect paradise for beach and nature lovers. This beautiful pristine resort features clean beaches, picturesque scenery, virgin rainforest, crystal clear turquoise-blue waters and many splendid diving spots. Experience the thrill of seeing manta rays, reef tip sharks, green turtles, colourful fishes and coral gardens at the island.
The virgin jungle cascading down on the resort is home to reticulated phythons, pit vipers, tokay gheckos and red tailed squirrels.
Scuba diving, snorkeling and jungle trekking are some of the adventures we offer. The Dive Shop is certified as a 5 Star PADI resort, offering open water courses and fun dives.
In the southern corner of Coral Bay lies Senja Bay Resort. A 50 room wooden building nestled on the hillslope between the blue sea and the green jungle. Built on 3 distinct levels and connected by wooden walkways, bridges and staircases.
The beachfront level has 10 airconditioned rooms in 5 chalets, a dive shop, a restaurant and a seminar room. The 2nd level has 26 airconditioned rooms in 13 chalets and the 3rd level has 14 fan rooms in 7 chalets. All the rooms are exactly the same 20’ x 20’ with an attached bathroom, water heater and toilet.
A unique 2 water system is used comprising well water for showering and washing with sea water for toilet flushing. The resort uses 2 diesel generators for electricity alternating every 12 hours.
All the rooms have splendid views of the sea and at sunset the higher you are the more spectacular is the view.
To make your stay comfortable there is a Restaurant seating 50 persons serving Western and Asian dishes from 7am to 11m daily.
The Dive Shop caters for scuba diving enthusiasts with underwater visibility of 15 meters and sharks to find and turtles to swim with. Snorkeling equipment and canoes can be rented here.
A karaoke room for those who like to share some light singing section with families and friends.
An Internet area is available from 7am to 11pm and wireless access point allows one to surf the Net from the beach and rooms. Charges are RM4 per 15 minute block.
Travel reservations for airlines and railways can be done online 48 hours before travel.
Bus tickets can be purchased at the Reception which also provides telephone, laundry, money changing and information services from 7am to 11pm. Electric kettles, Mosquitoes nets, beach mats and flashlights can be rented from the Reception.
There is no doctor on the island and mild cases can be treated at the Village clinic by the state registered nurse, severe cases have to be taken to the mainland by ambulance boat. Simple over the counter medication is kept in the First Aid Box at the Reception. Be careful whilst swimming among the corals especially at low tide, many visitor has been cut.
How to get there
A 50 minutes flight from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Bharu, following by another hour by taxi to the fishing village of Kota Besut. From there, it is just 30 minutes speedboat ride to the resort. Fishing boats are also available for charter to take you to the destination in approximately 90 minutes.
Senja Bay Resort Sdn Bhd
Coral Bay, Pulau Perhentian Kecil, 22300 Besut, Terengganu, Malaysia.