The Best Affordable Overwater Bungalows in 2026
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As everyone knows overwater bungalows are notoriously expensive, probably the most expensive per-square-foot accommodation type in the world in fact.
But, though very much few and far between, not all are out of the reach of ordinary folk.
If you are prepared to forgo big-budget destinations you can have an overwater experience for not much more than an upper-range hotel room in many other places.
We’ve done the research and so here now are our reviews of what we see as the best affordable overwater bungalows %%in_location%% in 2026.
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Why We Like It: The enormous, 5 Star, Lexis Hibiscus Port Dickson Resort, just south of Kuala Lumpur, is one of Malaysia’s most iconic resorts, and it has the largest number of overwater bungalows of any resort in the world. There are an astonishing 522 overwater of them stretching out nearly a mile into the Strait of Malacca in the shape of a hibiscus flower. On land too there are a further one hundred-plus guest villas. We think each water… > Read More
