My friends and I booked a 5D4N diving package with Avillion Resort at Palau Layang Layang for Easter weekend. I missed my connecting flight from Kota Kinabalu to the Resort due to adverse weather in Hong Kong. The next available flight was two days later. I was saddened by fact that I would miss half of my package. I couldn’t... More

This place was awesome to go to, the staff was beyond friendly and went out of there way to make the stay enjoyable. The diving was beyond amazing from the first dive we saw hammerheads and every other day but one, we were up close and personal with them a few times, but, it is nature and a lot of... More

This resort is mainly set up for divers, there is nothing else to do here. The diving is nice but it is obvious that the resort, dive site and the staff are not well maintained. As the only resort on the island there can be so much that can be done to maximise this exclusivity, these are the items that... More

Lots of previously good press about Layang Layang...hammerheads, whale sharks, more hammerheads. Well in the years we have been going there (5 in total) all these magnificent creatures are becoming less evident despite all the cynical money-making hype the owners/employees pump out. "Ah but you should have been here last week/weekend/month... Well we HAVE been going every year at the... More

Layang Layang is an island off the coast of Borneo Island - the Malaysian owned part. It is accessible for plane or by LoB. Its primary activity is scuba diving. You will get to see sharks, manta rays, dolphins, plenty of small coral fish, and coral reefs. Its got a pleasant house reef with its own resident moray Eels. I... More

I loved layang layang for the ease and standard of the beautiful wall dives one after the other. 10 mins to most dive sites in seaworthy craft with ample room and good guides. I never expect western style accommodation before I go to any remote dive destination, and that saves disappointment, however, I make that part of the adventure, the... More

OK, first and foremost, only go if you want to dive. The resort has seen better days and although the staff are friendly and helpful, the rooms and food are average. Second, seeing the hammerheads is NOT guaranteed. We were the only group to see them - but when we did it was spectacular and who really cares what the... More

Since Avillon is the only hotel on Layang Layang there seems to be no incentive for the business to make any effort to provide anything that resembles a decent resort. People will still come to dive and pay the extortionate rates. The service is terrible, all the time. The room was old and shabby, the aircon struggles, the shower is... More

We did 42 dives here during the last part of May 12, and saw an impressive selection of both big stuff and critters, including a few hammerheads. The trouble with hammerhead sitings is the tendency of those with cameras to swim straight at them the moment they are spotted, which results in them disappearing rapidly before anybody can see them... More