Stunning place.
Jul 3, 2025 Passport18301091705 Combe Martin, United Kingdom
Well I can say we had a brilliant holiday overall, and it is a majestic place to visit, i do have to mention that there were a couple of issues with reception adding things to our bill which we never had, and also things on the all inclusive minibar not being topped up, so if you're going just check your bill on checkout thoroughly!!, in our case…
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Well I can say we had a brilliant holiday overall, and it is a majestic place to visit, i do have to mention that there were a couple of issues with reception adding things to our bill which we never had, and also things on the all inclusive minibar not being topped up, so if you're going just check your bill on checkout thoroughly!!, in our case in particular on checking out a very expensive excursion had been added to our bill that we never went on, it was sorted after a couple of hours messing around but it should have never happened and unfortunately did leave a bitter taste just before we were leaving, also if you checkout after 12 you can't even get a last all inclusive drink with out it being charged so bear in mind.
On the positive side...
The Staff on the island were outstanding, in particular Ananth who we met on our first day in the main restaurant he was absolutely fantastic, he is so friendly an extremely hard worker and nothing was too much trouble he is an absolute star and in my opinion an asset to the team so much so he deserves a big bonus 🙂, also once we changed to an over water villa the new restaurant that we used the staff there we're also absolutely lovely and very hard working, Rachel and Phatima and ishisis were lovely not sure if i spelt his name correctly were all brilliant!!.
The food was excellent every day, fresh salad, well prepared beautifully presented and plenty of multiple choices to suit all tastes, and it all was very very tasty so a massive thankyou to all the chef's and staff.
There was also a band on the island called the "Duo band they were absolutely fantastic, boy could that girl sing she has an absolutely beautiful voice, and not forgetting her partner brilliant singer and guitarist too .
Anyway overall we had a fantastic holiday swimming with turtles sharks and rays in the beautiful warm sea, stunning scenery and fantastic weather and gin clear ocean water and sunsets to die for!!.
Please bear in mind this is not an adults only resort there were lots of children but you only generally see the kids at meals times and if you frequent the the pool area.
A couple of sad things though I feel that need to be mentioned, the first being on our last day we walked the complete circumference of the island which i have to say is magical!!, and we took it upon ourselves to assist and do our part to do a beach cleanup, as we walked around as we noticed the amount of plastic and rubbish that washes up, there were old flip-flops, polystyrene, plastic bottles etc which washup on the beach and in the middle of the Indian ocean you wouldnt expect it, this is everones responsibility to pick up and dispose of this rubbish correctly and is absolutely criminal and so sad to see in such an idyllic location, we need to treasure our planet and wildlife, this really needs addressing during island cleaning even though the guys that cleanup the island work extremely hard more needs to be done!!. Most of what we picked up was manufactured by Coca Cola TM.
My second thing that shocked me was the amound of bleached and dead coral, it was so sad to see, it would be a great idea if a coral farm could be implemented on the island to help restore the shallow reefs with more hardy varieties to encourage the small beautiful fish back, holiday makers could even get involved to help with this process by recreating reefs, one last thing the water sports and excursion prices are extortionately priced, they'd make more money by dropping these prices to allow more people to access the activities to try, prices like nearly $400 for one hour to hore jet ski really is way overpriced!! we couldn't afford to do any excursions or watersports which was a bit of a downer.
Don't let these things deter you though as this place really is stunning. 🤍❤️
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