Since the Sentosa Villa website is down, I will also include their Facebook page for reference.  You can easily get there from KLIA by bus to Taiping’s bus station, then taxi to the lodge.  Sentosa Villa is located in a residential area near a bird-rich forest and there is no public transport here.

They are on top of a hill so you can walk down the hill to get to Taiping Lake Gardens and the town centre, then get a taxi back for around 15 ringgits.  Get the taxi driver’s phone number so you can have reception call him if you need to go elsewhere and don’t want to walk to town.

Here you can see the beauty of the local area surrounding Sentosa Villa.

Reception is in a separate building just as you come in.

We were in the main building (booked the cheapest room) which is linked to reception by a covered area.  It does rain a lot here so this is a good thing!

The room was simply furnished and spotless.

The restaurant is about 5 minutes walk from the main buildings.  We had dinner and breakfast here and the food is excellent!

We did cop some rain so I had to leave the walkways when birding and take shelter here.  They have wifi in the restaurant.

Root beer floats!  I couldn’t believe how huge they were!

I had lamb chops which were amazing and my husband said the seafood was equally delicious.

This is a really amazing lodge which is off the main birding trail for the usual groups visiting Malaysia but it shouldn’t be.  There are plenty of birds in the lodge grounds as you will see on the birding posts and even more just a short walk down hill to Taiping Lake Gardens.  I booked it on Hotels.com to add to my list of 10 nights for a free night but you can also book direct if you prefer.