This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.
2/10 Terrible
Ian G.
16 March 2016
Not recommended
We have spent many years travelling around Africa so we know the crack but this is the worst expensive experience to date. We arrived for a three week ‘executive’ break to recharge but left the villa after ten days; enough was enough. If you want to know more – read on:
Important; there are extremely large rocks on the villas private beach so swimming is only possible at high tide and you have to be vigilant especially if the sea is a bit rough. Wouldn’t say it was safe for children.
Overall the ‘luxury’ villa was badly maintained and definitely not ready for us when we arrived. The most significant examples were: w/c’s repeatedly failed to flush and leaked on occasions – not so bad if you know where the mop and bucket is kept! The fans rotated but didn’t fan. The mosquito nets had rips and tears even though it’s a malaria risk area (one of the staff fell ill with malaria while we were there).
Important; the kitchen is separate to the villa and guests are not allowed access at night when the staff leave – so if you like a cuppa or another treat in the evening hard luck!
We chose the ‘local chef’ option but he was frightened of the oven and struggled even with breakfast. He couldn’t organise the food supply so we gained access and found food rotting in the fridge and some of the ‘fresh’ food rotting on the floor, stored in plastic bags. The ‘fresh fish’ came out of a freezer that was turned off at night!
Despite the number of staff promised, we only saw two as the maintenance man was also the maid.
The manager & host who was to take care of our needs and provide a bar and waiter service was a local taxi driver who only called in occasionally and to collect the shopping money.
We hired the car that was offered: its condition was dangerous. So we refused to use it and remained stranded as a result.
