Hotels in Tawau

OYO hotels in Tawau feature variously sized and styled affordable room types to accommodate your needs offered at different price points to suit your budget.

Tawau has something to offer to different kinds of tourists:

• Tawau Hills Park: With an immense untapped potential for tourism with numerous hot springs, waterfalls, forests and even the tallest recorded tropical tree anywhere in the world standing at 96.9 meters, this place is also home to rare species of fauna.
• Tawau Monument: This memorial built to commemorate the Indonesian-Malaysian Conflict from 1963 to 1966.
• Tawau Bell Tower: The oldest standing structure in the city that was constructed by the Japanese war prisoners in 1921 to mark the signing of the armistice following World War One.
• The Mahavira Hall: A Buddhist temple that doubles as a multi-purpose auditorium where a seven-storey Pagoda is built next to it with a Buddha statue placed on each floor.

OYO strives to meet your needs by providing top-notch amenities in our hotels, promising comfort and convenience at its best. OYO hotels in Tawau come with air-conditioning, television, and free Wi-Fi as standard in all rooms. Depending on availability, some hotels offer additional amenities such as in-room mini-fridge, CCTV surveillance, cashless payment option, parking facility, elevator, and many more to make the best stay possible. The full list of amenities is available on the property page for further reference on what each hotel has to offer.

• Teck Guan Cocoa Museum: This museum explains the origin, processing, and uses of cocoa and gives you the chance to sample some exotic varieties of cocoa as well.
• The Madai caves of Kanuk: Explore the process of harvesting bird's nests, which can be a delicacy and used for medical purposes in many countries.
• Sibuan Island: Also locally known as' Battleship Island, it boasts mesmerizing sandy beach around this triangular shaped island atop a coral reef.

For adventure lovers, Tawau is a great place to go because there are plenty of interesting places to be explored. Some of them are:

• Tawau Hills Park: With all of its natural aspects, this is the right place for all adventure seekers. Visitors can enjoy camping, jungle trekking, and join the satisfying mountain trail challenge.
• Bukit Gelas Waterfall and Sulphurous Springs: These two natural wonders can be found sited within Tawau Hills Park, which would take 1 and 1.5 hours respectively from the park's entrance.
• Magdalena Mountain: Touted as one of the advanced hiking trails in Tawau, the 14 KM trail includes nerve-wrecking steep slopes to test your outdoor skills. This activity would take a whole day to reach the summit, but so far not many have been to the top.

Tawau is most known for being the largest producer of Cocoa in Malaysia, but it is also home to various great restaurants offering traditional cuisine.

• To get a taste of the authentic local Malaysian cuisine, visit Restoran Haji Tamrin which is famous for its lip-smacking Nasi Kuning.
• Kedai Kopi Yuan Yuan is renowned for its traditional Soto Ayam and seafood.
• You can also try the famous BBQ pork and roasted pork at Chu Chu Roast House.

Tawau is most known for being the largest producer of Cocoa in Malaysia, but it is also home to various great restaurants offering traditional cuisine.

• To get a taste of the authentic local Malaysian cuisine, visit Restoran Haji Tamrin which is famous for its lip-smacking Nasi Kuning.
• Kedai Kopi Yuan Yuan is renowned for its traditional Soto Ayam and seafood.
• You can also try the famous BBQ pork and roasted pork at Chu Chu Roast House.

Whether going on vacations or business trips, finding the right accommodation to suit your needs is the fundamental step to make your stay unlike any other. Consider these three tips before booking a hotel in Tawau and make the most out of your time here.

• Location: Your travel to Tawau is incomplete without visiting its local attractions, which is why a hotel located in the vicinity of these attractions would tremendously make the experience better. Having restaurants and other facilities within reach is a great addition too, offering convenience at your doorstep.
• Amenities: Nothing can go wrong with the presence of an extensive range of amenities at a hotel. OYO hotels in Tawau feature standardized essential amenities for our guests to utilize, taking one step further in providing the best service one could ever ask for.
• Price: Comfort and affordability are the perfect combination for a getaway to remember, especially when you're in need of a break without draining the bank. Be sure to check out OYO official website or application for different deals you surely don't want to miss out on!

• Bus: Tawau has a decent network of local buses which people use to travel long distances.
• Train: Sabah State Railway is the main train service in Tawau that connects different cities from Sembulan to Tenom and vice versa.
• Take a walk/cycle: Many people choose to walk short distances in Tawau and cycling is also quite popular within the city.
• Airport: Tawau Airport is located just on the outskirts of downtown Tawau.

Visit the museums: The Teck Guan Cocoa Museum

Visit the art galleries: Coca Cola House

Visit the historic sites: Tawau Bell Tower, Tawau Monument, Kalabakan Sabah Konfrontasi Memorial

Tawau has a tropical climate with significant rainfall throughout the year. The best time to visit Tawau is in the mid of January to late April and from late June to late September. The highest temperature here is around 32° Celsius and can reach as low as 22° Celsius at night.