تالاسا ستار بادي دايف ريزورت

Hidden Gem. Kita sekelurga ga menyangka tempat yang kita pilih adalah tempat terbaik selama di manado. Areanya asri sekali. Masih natural dan banyak pohon, tapi bungalownya modern, nyaman dan bersih. Facility : ada kolam renang, bilyard, dart untuk mengisi waktu, Staff : The best. Semua staff ramah sekali. Terutama Arjen. Kalau ada waktu, selalu menyempatkan lunch brg dan banyak cerita lucu. Hari terakhir kami bertemu Simone. She was a very nice lady with 2 dogs follow her around. Food : speechless. Semua menu enak sekali. Kami disuguhkan beberapa menu khas manado yang surprisingly enak sekali. Yang lain juga tidak kalah enak. Snorkeling : their equipment, staff’s knowledge ga perlu diragukan untuk snorkling dan diving. Kita dibawa ke area yang bagus sekali. We were very happy. Surely will come back again when visit manado.

Second visit to this area. This is the new resort with a very different feel to the previous resort. Excellent dive staff and the diving was brilliant. Great skipper and dive guides. The food at lunch on the boat was delicious. The coral reefs very healthy. So much sea life and so many relaxed chill turtles. The water was a beautiful 28C with mostly excellent visibility. The resort isn’t near the water so it’s a quick five to ten minute trip to the boat each day which isn’t a huge problem. Gives you a chance to view the local area which is fascinating. A few things could have improved my stay - the single rooms were up very steep stairs and they were really quite small and pokey. I didn’t enjoy staying in the single room at all compared to my mates that were couples staying in the lovely villas. I would pay more next time to have a villa! The single rooms were also next to the dive shop so there were shenanigans, tanks banging and the compressor running until late and starting early. I wore my headphones to bed. If you book a single room take ear plugs. The food was quite repetitive - I don’t eat seafood but I’m quite happy to eat vegetarian and the vegetarian food turned out to be acceptable most of the time. The fresh fruit for desert was great but otherwise the deserts were an adventure. I would have liked to have more of the local dishes which they cooked at the Lembeh resort. The restaurant was just so hot in the evening - more fans would improve the eating experience vastly - or vents in the roof to let the hot air out. The massage was excellent but if they did them down in the pool pavilion away from the traffic noise it would be so much more relaxing. Overall a good value holiday with everything you need. A couple of tweaks and upgrading to a villa would make all the difference. I will definitely visit again - the diving is really spectacular.

A little gem in the Sulawesi paradise This place is a little gem in north Sulawesi - Simone is a wonderful dutch woman living here for more than 25 years know how to run a diving school with the hotel and villa bungalows. She also sponsors a local school in the village. Arjan is also dutch and helps running the hotel and city tours. Food is great, it’s local and international, huge pool is awesome and the massage is a bonus. We love the place, it was chill for our long weekend (3 nights) including 2 days dive in Bunaken- there you can go up to 25 meters deep and see lots of school fish, huge turtles napping or swimming and beautiful corals. By the way Simone is a dive Instructor ! After exploring Wakatobi in south Sulawesi, we could not be happier: we strongly recommend their place if you want to chill and enjoy a relaxing time not crowded by fancy tourists. Here everyone eats together at one long table (or not if you choose so) and on Sunday evening : you can enjoy the local traditional music (Unesco heritage) of the region.

We had a lovely time at Thalassa dive resort. Staff were super kind and welcoming and always had happy smiley faces. The diving was great with really competent dive staff. Simone and Arjen have done so much for the local community and their passion for the island really shows. They are happy to organise tours for you. We did the Tongkoko national park tour which was amazing, we saw the Tarsier and the Bear cus cus which was a real highlight as well as the Highland tour which was nice to see. Bunaken marine park was incredible, amazingly healthy reef which is hard to find now! So many turtles (huge), soft corals and a wide array of life. Very much looking forward to returning.

What a place! What makes this beautiful lodge so special is a genuine, caring staff, someone who goes out of the way to make sure anything one needs is addressed. Outstanding experience of high quality customer service. Diving- best I ever had ! They take you to the sites with diversity and quality. I dove North Sulawesi before, but this time I experienced it to a different level. I am so impressed- planning to go back this year- because it is excellent.

It has been a fantastic experience. Excellent and super friendly staff, the best food in Sulawesi. We did a Padi open water course with our kids. The Padi course was professionaly managed, the diving experience has been great!!!! Bunaken is a great place for diving. All with all: Well done to the team!