Makani Luxury Wanderlust

Fantastic Hotel & Resort Highly recommended, we arrived on a Friday left on a Monday, the hotel provide a boat for the hotel guests it leaves from the beach behind Nuevo Hospital De Bocagrande (see dropped pin on photo) The boat crew help with your luggage. The hotel contact via WhatsApp a day before hand. The boat takes approximately 25 to reach the resort, wear shorts as you will get feet wet getting on the boat. Checking in was effortlessly we were a few hours before check in so the staff kept of luggage & had 2 loungers by the pool ready for us. We were shown to our sundeck villa which is absolutely stunning inside with excellent air conditioning, ice machine, minibar has room for additional items if you bring something additional, easily takes full size bottles of spirits. The upper level of the villa has a large jacuzzi easily enough room for 5-6 people & seating with an amazing sea view. Breakfast is complementary for hotel guests & it has a variety of hot and cold dishes la carte. Some of the staff speak ok English & I found it no problem. When we went down for breakfast you can speak to the pool staff and reserve any position at the pool you want for that day, they will keep it for you. Drinks & poolside food was excellent staff were super helpful & always smiling. In the evening the day trippers leave & the resort became truly tranquil, sitting near the pool bar sipping cocktails. The reception keep in contact via WhatsApp for me this was in English language no issues. The day before we departed they contacted us and offered various departure times for the boat with option to stay at the resort for the day. Boat back to the mainland crew help with luggage & there are taxis waiting.

The property is beautiful, there is a public beach basically to yourself. The rooms are spacious and beautiful.

Rooms looked as good as the pictures, we had a sundeck room. The design was spacious and thoughtful with lots of little touches such as automated lights and a very spacious bathroom and shower. The jacuzzi upstairs was awesome, felt like we were in the forest canopy watching the sunset. Service was excellent across the board, especially Dairo who took care of us. The place felt luxurious and the food and drink were good. We had full access to the facilities including the beautiful pool and lounge beds. Breakfast was especially good. Although it's a la carte (i.e. pay as you go) It was a step up from 4.5 and 5 star all inclusives we have been to and the level of quality justified the price.

We booked the suite with see view which was amazing and the best they have probably. Very much enjoyed lounging in our balcony and enjoying the sunsets from the private pool. Staff were friendly but spoke no English. There were a few very cute and kind stray dogs that stole our hearts and never bothered us. The pool area is very nice too, not too busy when we were there but at night it was very quiet, almost deserted.

The property is stunning. Incredible design in the main areas and rooms. Whoever the architect was has done an amazing job. *The staff don’t speak much English so please bring a translation app.