The Gaya Island Resort could well be the place where Mother Nature goes to dream. It is easy to imagine her on an overly exuberant day, dipping her artistic brushes into every conceivable colour and texture and with great abandon, cutting great swathes of magnificence across land, sea and air.
The Gaya Island Resort has harnessed all of nature’s magic and offers this splendour to all who choose holidays to Borneo. The absolute beauty of the region has an almost hypnotic effect that challenges even the most committed business person to resist pausing to consider their spiritual being. Holidays to Borneo are nothing less than solace for the overtaxed soul and hotels in Borneo play a significant role in the soul's revival.
Sharing the Splendour
Holidays to Borneo are designed to create a heightened awareness and appreciation of nature’s perfection and also of its vulnerability to human apathy.
The Gaya Island Resort, like most hotels in Borneo, provides resident naturists to guide visitors through the abundant attributes of the region. A stroll through the rainforest will provide a greater insight into the indigenous fauna and flora of this natural wonder, and a marine expert will gladly arrange diving or snorkelling adventures to further enchant visitors with the teeming biodiversity beneath Borneo’s azure waters.
Sandstone outcrops beg travellers to explore the interesting array of caves, crevasses and honeycombs created along the golden shoreline. After a long day of soaking up the local landscape the theme can be continued by immersion in a warm and inviting outdoor bath.
Accommodation
The Gaya Island Resort is one of the five-star jewels that can be found among hotels in Borneo. Its various suites are designed to accommodate a variety of needs, but the views from these suites are uniformly spectacular. The Suria Suite consists of 188 square metres of ultimate luxury. This two-bedroom exercise in refinement sits atop a sloping hillside and offers magnificent views of Mount Kinabalu and of the ocean.
Maximum appreciation is derived by gazing at the glory of this setting from the luxurious comfort of daybeds provided on a large outdoor veranda. The feeling of being at one with nature is greatly enhanced by the harmonious blending of the building materials used, with the natural environment.
As with most hotels in Borneo, nature features strongly in the blueprint of The Gaya Island Resort, both in the interior and the exterior planning. Oversized bathtubs, walk-in wardrobes, TV rooms, powder rooms, lounges, sumptuous bedrooms and private dining rooms all contribute to a stay in paradise that will forever be a treasured memory.
Fine Dining
The variety of mouth-watering regional cuisine is as plentiful as the restaurants that take pride in presenting it. The finest seafood can be savoured at one such establishment: The Fisherman’s Cove restaurant truly appreciates and practices culinary art. It tempts the palate from the rooftop of this spectacular resort and its highly skilled chefs take tremendous pleasure in extracting ecstatic groans from diners.
Feast Village, situated at the lap pool, provides another opportunity to marvel at nature while enjoying the diverse culinary delights of the Asia-Pacific region as well as some Western influences. The open kitchens give the diner an opportunity to admire the skills of renowned Japanese/Korean and Asian master chefs while drowning their taste buds in the irresistible aromas of freshly baked bread and simmering sauces. Reclining at the resorts Pool Bar & Lounge will surely crown a perfect dining experience.