Turtle Garden Lodge is an intimate paradise. Enjoy our huge deck! Beautiful sunsets! Visiting turtles! Relaxing furnishings! Heartfelt service, indulgent dining, and amazing adventures create a perfect stay. Please join us for an unforgettable experience!
Our rates include:
-Accomodations at Turtle Garden Lodge, Mabul's only private rental house.
-Exquisite full-service meals featuring the day's fresh catch.
-Unlimited guided snorkeling on Mabul's world-class reefs on our private boat.
The space
Turtle Garden Lodge is Mabul's only private full-serviced, all-inclusive house. Your group will have exclusive use of this newly renovated upscale-casual over-the-water house.
Your stay at Turtle Garden Lodge is all-inclusive, so you can relax and not have to worry about additional costs. Your stay includes:
*Accommodations in our three beautiful bedrooms with premium queen mattresses, three types of pillows, luxurious linens, and en-suite bathrooms.
*Exclusive use of our 1200SF patio with a massive dining table for feasts, comfortable seating and hammocks for watching sunsets and turtles swimming below.
*Unlimited guided snorkeling at Mabul's world-class snorkeling spots on our private boat.
*All meals, beverages and snacks. No one complains about a lack of food!
*Unlimited use of our SUP when you want to go for a leisurely paddle and explore above the water.
*A laptop and Starlink satellite wifi.
PERSONAL CONCIERGE.
Our personal concierge will assist you with your local transportation needs and activity booking. We take away the stress!
FOOD AND BEVERAGE.
Our chef will prepare delicious meals with Western, Malaysian, and international inspirations. Meals include:
*Dinner day of arrival.
*Breakfast, lunch and dinner full-day stays.
*Breakfast day of departure.
We take great pride in serving fabulous food. Dinner features fresh fish caught by local Mabul fishermen. We provide snacks and beverages including fresh brewed coffee, gourmet and herbal teas, and lemonade. We take good care of you!
SNORKELING.
We LOVE snorkeling. Only 200 meters in front of our house is Turtle Garden, one of the best snorkeling spots in the world. That's not an exaggeration! You'll swim with so many huge green and hawksbill turtles that you'll lose count of how many you see! Adding to this magical snorkeling is the reef wall, which drops 30 meters and had abundant coral and waters teeming with tropical fish and sea life.
Other Mabul snorkeling spots include:
*Get Smart! with its abundance of schooling pelagic fish and large fish cribs.
*Nemo Alley with a huge variety of clown fish.
*Sling Shot with barracuda, platter-sized bat fish, and schools of migrating fish.
Often considered the gateway to Sipadan Island for scuba divers, Mabul is a world-class snorkeling destination in its own right.
We provide quality snorkeling equipment (mask, snorkel, fins and rash-guard suit), a boat, a captain, and a guide. Best of all, it's included in our rates!
SCUBA DIVING.
We can help arrange diving and lessons with diving companies in Semporna. We know the local dive companies and can make arrangements with companies that best meet your needs, including diving Sipadan Island.
Please let us know your diving interests after you book and we can provide further information and pricing.
BOOKING:
The house sleeps up to 8 persons in three well-appointed bedrooms, each with a private en-suite bathroom. All rooms have queen beds and two rooms can each accommodate another single bed. The rate shown is for the entire house for up to 6 guests. There is an additional rm150 per night for each additional guest. We have a 3-night minimum stay for our guests' benefit (you'll thank us!).
TRANSPORTATION.
Your personal concierge will work with you to arrange your ground and boat transportation based on your needs. Transportation is not included in our rates.
A REALITY CHECK.
Mabul is a tiny tropical island famous for scuba diving, snorkeling, its underwater environment, and nearby Sipadan Island. Even though there are over 18 dive resorts on tiny Mabul, Mabul is very much in the wilderness. It is NOT the city. Other than relaxing and enjoying the vibe of the tropics, activities on Mabul focus on snorkeling and diving. It is not a place you want to go for shopping and clubbing. It is way too chill.
If you are uncomfortable in water or are afraid of the sea, Mabul may not be a good destination for you unless you just want to relax and enjoy the island vibe.
If you love the water and the sea, Mabul is the perfect destination to make once-in-a-lifetime memories!
Other things to note
Our rooms are listed individually on Airbnb. If you rent the entire house, other rooms will not be rented.
MABUL'S ENVIRONMENT
Mabul is a remote tropical island located only 4 degrees from the equator. It does not have an electric company or a water utility. Each property has an electrical generator. While we try to minimize our environmental impact, the reality is that locals and tourists impact the environment. In our idyllic setting, everyone has generators. Most guests are not bothered by the hum of the generators. For our guests who are light sleepers, we happily provide earplugs.
We are not the city. In fact, we are about as far removed from city life as is possible. That is what makes Mabul such an amazing place to visit. We provide an experience far removed from city life. We hope you'll find that the positives of Mabul far outweigh its quirks.
We aren't completely disconnected from the modern world. We have blazing fast Starlink satellite wifi! 😂👍
