Cave Beach Bungalow

A friend and I stayed here for a night. We ended up with one ocean view room and one "garden view" room due to availability. The ocean view room seemed pretty nice, good view next to the pool etc. I stayed in the garden room and I would not recommend it. The room was extremely basic (no table, for example), though it did have a cute towel and flower display set up on the bed upon arrival. The bathroom had a very strong aroma of mold, the walls were missing large chunks of plaster and crumbling off, and the garden view was a few plants and then a giant open lot full of local wild dogs. Unfortunately, the dogs bark and fight all night long. I travel with ear plugs and white noise but it just wasn't possible to block out all of the noise, so I barely slept at all. Apparently you cannot hear the dogs from the ocean view rooms, so perhaps those rooms are a better deal. On the upside, the rooms are fairly cheap, they provide a few small bottles of water, and the banana pancake was decent for breakfast (though probably a bit overpriced at $10 AUD for one pancake).

A great place for a couple to relax. Well-groomed territory. Swimming pool is right on the shore. Beautiful sunrises. The beach is not for swimming. Corals are visible at low tide. But a super place for snorkeling and diving! Clear water, even after rains. Rich coral reef, many underwater inhabitants. I saw octopuses, lobsters, large fish, a lot of turtles. Groups of divers are brought here every day by boats, they dive right in front of the hotel. Caring staff, clean, new air conditioners. We liked everything very much, at first we booked only for four days, but we constantly extended it, and in total we lived here for 2 weeks!