Mataking Island Resort

As the only resort on leaf-shaped Pulau Mataking, this hotel is something special. With its deluxe villas, some with private balcony, and attractive lounge, spa, bar and restaurant, it's a cut above much of the archipelago's competition. The resort also employs a full-time marine-biologist team and manages a green and hawksbill turtle hatchery. Seven Sipadan places daily.