Desaru Johor Holiday Review Y2023

We had our short vacation during the long Hari Raya Haji public holiday from 29/06/2023 till 02/07/2023.

We went to Desaru, Johor. It was our first time went there and decided to stay at Lotus Resort & Spa because other hotels were fully booked.

1) Thursday 29/06/2023

We had our breakfast at Family Mart, Denai Alam before traveling to Desaru around 1030AM.

We arrived at Lotus Resort & Spa around 3.00PM. It was full of visitors at the lobby and hard to get parking.

lotus resort and spa desaru johor - lobby
lotus resort and spa desaru johor – lobby

We stayed at a 3 bedrooms with 2 bathrooms unit. The place was really clean.

While waiting for check in, the kids were looking at the birds cage near the hotel lobby.

living hall 3 bedrooms lotus resort
living hall 3 bedrooms lotus resort
master bedroom lotus resort
master bedroom lotus resort

At night we ate at mamak restaurant called Ehsan and had our icecream at Iceyoo.

icecream milo iceyoo
icecream milo iceyoo

2) Friday – 30/06/2023

After having our breakfast at the hotel, we played at the Splash water park which was located inside the hotel area.

breakfast di lotus resort desaru
breakfast di lotus resort desaru
lotus resort lazy river
lotus resort lazy river

We had our lunch at Marry Brown nearby the Lotus hotel.

Then we went to look around at the public beach, went to Hard Rock and Anantara hotel compound.

We inquired about the entry ticket to Desaru Water park. Then we decided to buy entry tickets for Saturday activity.

After buying the ticket we had paintball target shooting just for fun.

main paintball
main paintball
main paintball target shooting
main paintball target shooting

Then in the evening the kids went to swim at Lotus swimming pool.

mandi di swimming pool lotus resort
mandi di swimming pool lotus resort

At night we ate at different mamak restaurant but the first mamak restaurant @ Ehsan was more delicious.

After that we ate durian at the nearby stalls. They charged RM38 per kg for D24 durian. It was really delicious.

durian d24 di bandar penawar desaru johor
durian d24 di bandar penawar desaru johor
makan durian d24 kat bandar penawar
makan durian d24 kat bandar penawar

3) Saturday – 01/07/2023

We went to Desaru water park, surprisingly not so many visitors to the park but the park was 3 times better than Legoland water park. We really enjoyed it. Entry fee was RM96 per adult and RM92 for kids below 12 years old.

pergi ke desaru waterpark
pergi ke desaru waterpark

For lunch, we had burgers at Desaru water park. The burger was really delicious because it was provided by Hard Rock cafe. The burger meal costs around RM30 – RM38 per meal including soft drinks and wedges.

We played at the water park till around 5PM. It was really tiring but really exciting.

For dinner, we went to SDS Cafe and Bakery. The nasi goreng kampung, spaghetti were really delicious and at affordable price around RM14 per plate.

4) Sunday 02/07/2023

We went to the Lotus private beach. The beach was small not really interesting but my kids love to collect sea shells.

After beach around 930AM, my kids went again to Splash water park.

After checking out, we ate Iceyoo chocholate ice cream and buys lots of SDS breads because it was delicious, you can’t find SDS outlet in Selangor.

For lunch, we went to our favorites Indian restaurant 7 spices and dinner we ate A&W near Ayer Keroh Over bridge.

makan tengahari kat 7 spices
makan tengahari kat 7 spices

We reached home around 12AM and everyone was really tired.