Butterfly Chalet — Hotel in Lesser Perhentian Island

We stayed here for one weekday night in the last week of July.

I would say this is a 3.5 accommodation on Perhentian Kecil. We got the biggest 'chalet' which is perched on its own a bit higher than the others and cost RM120 a night. The owner (?) Barry was fairly easy to communicate with via Whatsapp, accommodated an early check in and we didn't have to do a deposit or anything like that. Just showed up at noon and got shown the room and we could decide if we want to stay. It was quite nice and personal, kind of an honor system of booking.

The biggest pros of the place is that the view is amazing. The best we had in Perhentian basically. Our walk up to the place was always greeted with a group of beautiful fluttering butterflies, befitting the name. It is a long trek compared to the other accommodation though so if you have a lot of stuff and don't like to walk, it could be a pain. Quite dark as well in the evening. I didn't mind it, because it also meant the place was secluded from others and very private. The room we got was scrubbed clean with lots of closed plastic shelfs for storage. Water pressure for shower and flush was good. Bring your own toilet paper, and other basics, but there were towels provided.

The con is the obvious one, it's fairly basic, lots of bugs, lizards & whathaveyou. The hardest part to deal with is the 8am - 7pm electricity cut because the heat was brutal midday, especially when there was no breeze...

The place has great potential with a little bit more renovation though, and of course with more constant electricity. But for a night's stay, it was well worth the value and was memorable. Give it a shot if you want a...

I went there on 10-12th July 2019||Tips from me . |1. U can't book online|2. This chalet only for walk-in customer|3. U need to stop at Coral Bay Jetty|4. From Jetty you will see Senja Bay Resort then from there you need to walk further up more until you see an old chalet on the rock . That's butterfly chalet !|5. You can stop at Long beach Jetty but you need to walk about 15-20 mnts to Coral Bays by jungle trekking.|6. The price is cheap compare with other chalet .|7. 1night =RM100 but if 2 night =RM140/RM70pernight|8. The room is very basic . Whats in the room?|Clean bed sheet . Bed with net. A fan facing the bed . At night you won't feel hot at all. Toilet is clean . Shower gel, kettle, mug etc please bring your own.|9. Electricity is at 7pm to 7am only . Every room only 1 plug can use . Please bring extra power bank then. 😊|10. No wifi here|11. Phone line also quite difficult to get . I use Umobile . No line at all. For me is fine .|12. The best thing at night while you sleep you will hear sound of waves. And morning you will hear birds chirping . At night amazingly not many mosquito . |13. I bought mosquito qoil brand Fumakilla . I burn 2 qoil, i put inside and outside . I sleep very peacefully. |14. Breakfast not provided .|15. Oh ,I almost forgot .. you need to self check-in .|16. If you see lock with keys at the chalet door meaning the room is yours . If you see one of the door with lock with no keys means someone else already get the room. |||Whats else ? If you want to ask further more feel free to message me . I'm happy to help you guys ✌🤗||I'm helen from Kuala...

This was our third time on this accomodation. Last time 3 and 4 years ago. Now stayed more than one month. Price on March 50 rm per cottage. Best views on the island, quiet but close all service on Coral Bay. Long beach is just opening slowly during March as monsoon season ending. Windy there. Rained only few times during the month.||Butterfly is very simple and mostly old cottages (not much maintained), but behind the front row cottages are newer, the newest ones up there approx 3 years old and nice and spacy. Cannot book in advance, only on site, if someone is checking out. Once you get check in, you can stay as long as you like. This system works well! Always full, even on March. Before this we stayed on April. Summer time prices get up.||Currently kitchen in use, very simple with fridge (might no be electricity during day for it). Electricity for cottages during 19-08 hours. Self service for cleaning or changing towels and linen.||Call Barry on "reception building". No official desk. Note that there is no ATM on island. Cash out with 10 % extra on few places. Exchange possible on Bubu or Amelia (Tropical is most expensive to...