The One Tenggol Island Resort

The One Tenggol Island Resort is the other resort on Pulau Tenggol, at the south end of the west-coast bay, a few hundred metres from Tenggol Coral Beach Resort. Rooms are in White House and Timber House blocks, plus a Zenith Suite with two bathrooms; the resort says its White House Seaview rooms are 10 steps from the beach.

It runs its own SSI dive centre and sells two kinds of package with three meals a day: Free & Easy, with snorkelling sessions, and Scuba. A 3D2N Free & Easy package starts at RM1,310 per person for Malaysians and RM1,500 for foreigners, two sharing a Timber House room; 3D2N with four dives starts at RM1,620 and RM1,850. It also lists clear-bottom kayaks, stand-up paddleboards, night dives, SSI courses from Try Scuba to Open Water, and AIDA freediving courses. The food is halal.

The catch is price and terms. It costs more than Tenggol Coral Beach Resort like for like, weekends add RM60 per adult and holidays RM100, and children are charged RM250 a night. Bookings cannot be cancelled once confirmed, and guests must be 18 or over to check in. Its own pages give both 8:30 am and 12 pm as check-out and both 8:30 am and 9 am for the boat home, and it publishes no season dates; like the rest of Tenggol, expect it to open roughly March to October and confirm before you book.