Sunshine Marine Lodge

Good room and view. Overall good experience.

Limited options for breakfast

We thoroughly enjoyed our stay in this beautiful location. The room was perfect, with a gorgeous garden and sea view. The dive centre was great and I would recommend staying here if you're a keen diver/snorkeller. The pool and dining area was lovely. The wifi worked consistently (which we didn't get in any other hotel)

It's a shame not to be able to swim in the sea from this hotel (though you technically can if you are careful and mind the boats). The breakfast wasn't the best and the dinner options are limited (although the dinner food quality is nice and they do mix up the menu each night). The service at the restaurant wasn't the best (the staff don't seem very happy there which is sad to see). I booked a massage on my birthday and it was quite overpriced for the quality of massage. The spa was opposite my room but because of 'maintenance issues' I had to get a taxi with the masseuse to their sister hotel to get a massage in a room there instead, which was a bit of a shame.

The whole lodge is wonderful. The facilities and gardens are great. The staff are so wonderful and friendly. We had an ocean facing room and it was really lovely and spacious. And the food is really excellent too.

You couldn't swim in the sea from the lodge but they did provide a free shuttle to go to their sister resort about 10 minutes away where there was a beach and you could swim. Saying this, I would stay there again and again.

The hotel itself is quite beautiful on a large landscaped ground overlooking a beautiful piece of ocean with an island and a lovely pool area.

Unfortunately the ocean in front of the hotel is no good fro swimming because of an infestation of sea urchins right in front of the hotel and to the left and right - there is a sliver of of beach just to the left of the hotel at low tide and you can swim in a small area of sand but the beach is never tended to or cleaned and fulled with litter everyday. The area is also meant to be a marine protected area but every single morning there are at least 100 local boats racing around taking people to swim with dolphins, snorkel or go sit on the sandbank, this is completely unregulated and out of control. The local boat touts also sit on the resort pier trying to sell hotel guests trips. The drinks service at the hotel is also not great with many items out of stock and no one serving drinks around the pool. The nearby beaches are not great either, again swarming with unregulated and rude people harassing you to buy things including illegals poached shells.