“Far away from everything, basic facilities and wifi not working”

It’s calm and quiet. Overlooking the ocean.

Cosy nice place with a nice shared pool with ocean view

“Simple and remote lodge in Fakarava”

We stayed at the lodge for three nights and we went to Fakarava essentially for diving. The lodge is quite remote from town and most dive centers (7-9 km) but most of them offer pick-up. There are bicycles at the lodge but they don’t have brakes nor handles and the return from the town center can be challenging at night due to strong headwind. The lodge was clean, however - since there are no mosquito nets at the windows - many bugs and gecko can enter the room. Therefore you don’t want to leave the windows open and the room becomes hot quickly - fan is provided. The lodge offers internet connection but - when we stayed - it was impossible to browse the internet possibly due to the bad weather. The owner speaks no English at all and it was very difficult to communicate with him and his staff. However, they were very kind and helped us in any possible way. That said - most structures in Fakarava offer basic services and if your prepared and know what to expect you may enjoy your stay. Small improvements from the owners to the lodge could significantly increase the pleasure of the stay. Also, the price is pretty high for what is offered. If you like simple and remote places, the lodge is quiet and offer amazing ocean view with a private pool.

“Rugged, very quiet, ocean facing”

Its really quiet , the bungalow is big. new fans , surprisingly good internet which is very useful to contact local hire and tour people. bed comfortable. basic cooking facilites but all you need. if we had had any break in the cloud I bet the stars would have been amazing. the people managing the property were quietly helpful and tolerant of our terrible/ non existant french. we hired an electric scooter from faka tere which was good value, they dropped off and picked up the scooter for a small fee and were really friendly- would highly recommend as then its super easy to get around. they let us have late check out which was so appreciated , as somewhat limited options otherwise, unless you arrange to go to the airport direct from a tour. we found everyone we encoutered very friendly and it felt very safe. we wished we had more time to stay for either the weather to clear or to settle in to atol pace of life. the rugged ocean side the bungalow is on does have amazing shells and coral beach and at night all you hear is the waves (and in our case the wind and rain ). we briefly used the pool, even though it was raining it was still quite humid and was a nice way to cool off as its not possible to swim in the ocean due the reef.

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