Koref Desaru Leisure Farm - Kota Tinggi, Johor Darul Ta'zim

Oppo O.

Memang best

Toh M.

We had a good time. Mr Yap was our guide and he was attentive to my senior parents’ needs while encouraging the kids to have good time. The activities we enjoyed include kayaking and obstacle course in one of the lakes, flying fox and float slide, visiting the ducks and chicken, fishing, learning about the farm.

Chaw K. L.

这边是一个很放松的地方，环境优美和安静，一家大小来这边可以玩半天呢

Krisa Q.

I just spent 4D3N at Koref and with my family of two young children and 2 friends at the stone cottage.

We really love their hospitality, kindness and delicious food with lots of nature activities!

We arrived at 630am and they were so kind to give us an early check in. Stone cottage was homely and comfortable though do note to bring your own toiletries and towel as that is not provided.

Also bring along lots of repellent, sunblock and raincoat!

Siau F. D.

Awesome place to explore with the kids
Back to Natural

Kai

Stayed for 3 nights with my kids. Fun with many activities in this large farm, very well fed by their in-house chef.

Activities we did include
- pick duck eggs
- watch the ducks rushing out from their enclosure to the pond in the mornings
- fed fish pellets to the tilapia in the duck pond
- fish for tilapia (they lent us their fishing equipment)
- harvest vegetables from their farm plot
- pick jambu fruit and coconut from the trees (went to the shorter coconut trees to don’t need to climb)
- plant young rice paddy plants and harvest the mature ones
- kayaking in the shallower pond (they have adult and kid life jackets)
- balancing obstacles over that same kayaking pond
- water slide (sit on a big ring float, ends just before a pond edge)
- flying fox across a pond
- played in the treehouse nets
- tried to build our own mini campfire (if want a proper campfire, can pay their staff to set up)
- climbed up their 6 storey high observation tower to view sunrise/sunset and the surroundings
- watched the swallows fly back at sunset
- toured their agarwood plantation
- tried drinking the water from within the wild rattan stems in the morning (jungle survival skill! Their staff did the chopping.)
- played with their friendly dogs

The host also arranged the transport for us to the nearby Tanjung Buloh sandy beach (we didn’t drive). RM 50 for return trip.

We were allocated the stonehouse unit near the dining hall. The unit we were at had 2 queen size, 1 single bed, sofa, 2 ceiling fans [no aircon], 1 attached toilet with squatting toilet [the dining area has sitting toilets] and shower head with heater).

Meals - the package include breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner. Served at the dining hall to our family’s table. A typical lunch/dinner was 6 dishes + soup + fruit + white rice. Veg, fruit, eggs from their farm, chicken and prawn. Tasty, Chinese-style dishes. Their chef used to run a hawker stall.

Their host Mr Yap was very kind, friendly, sincere and attentive. More fluent in Mandarin than English.

Just to note that they don’t sell packaged snacks/chips and cold drinks so might want to bring your own. Otherwise they’ve been very kind in helping with our requests e.g. to have a small kettle and cups in our room.

Contact them via WhatsApp to book.

Vayne K.

很喜欢这里！离开城市！享受大自然😘

chow H.

Recently I was looking for a getaway trip with my furkid, and I found this hidden gems alike Hobbit stone house in Johor - Koref Desaru Lesiure Farm. We were grateful and would like to share some of our experiences:
1/ Pet-friendly staycation
- you can enjoy the nature and lots of activities with your furkid, eg swimming, kayaking, flying fox.
- we were excited and grateful that could travel and staycation with our pet and this was its very first staycation!

2/vegetarian food option available
- we enjoyed self picked organic vegetables as our meal
- The chef Mr.Ang was very friendly and customized all meals for us (ovo-lacto vegetarian with allium free)

3/Room
-spacious,cosy and clean ( able to occupy 4-5pax per room)
-we r happy with the hobbit house alike stone house. It has a small little garden for each unit that we felt relaxed and enjoyed our supper snack time there.
- they have unique tree house too(in our next bucket list)
- nightime very cooling even with just fans.

4/Staffs
- Mr.Yap is very friendly, helpful and passionate about his job
- others staffs are very friendly too

Highly recommended if you would like to travel with your furkid and escape from the city life or your are a nature lover - you may spot Malayan tapir at night if you are lucky!!