Chivapuri Beach Resort

The Good: Great staff. Great managers. Great Housekeepers. Good food and bar at reasonable prices. Great location, right on beach - down a dirt road so you really feel that "get away, tropical escape" feeling. Huge rooms in the villas at a very reasonable cost. Nice clean, quiet small swimming pool - not infested with screaming children. Right ocean front on great looking beach. Typical shallow reef off shore so bring booties and swimming is better at high tide. Could improve: No furniture in huge room. Please. Some chests of drawers. Some real chairs. A couch. Everything is designed local style I guess to live on the floor. Bad smell, sewer gas in bathoom, weak on hot water. AC is weak - had to move the bed under the AC unit to sleep. Room is also too dark - needs some bright lights for when guest wants to work or see. Wifi was very poor. Mix: You will suffer a 30 minute often horrible drive down a road that is not wide enough to get to the resort. However, once there you will have a much better isolated, tropical paradise feeling than the big developments closer to the ferry port/town center.