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22-01-2010Welcome to our Guest book.
Feel free to mail your comments about the Bunaken SeaGarden resort. Your opinion is important, words of guests say more than a nice website and a few pictures. So we would like to invite you to give your opinion, let others know what your experiences are.
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Thanks for your understanding. Sonya and Harrie
June 2010Clay Deb & Erin Sketchley.
Canada
I'll start by saying I've been all over Bunaken looking at all the resorts and stayed at some, Sea Garden is the BEST!!
It was recommended to us by a Dive Instructor who worked on Bunaken for 3 years Sonya and her staff are very friendly and very helpful. The food is FANTASTIC!! Sonya loves to cook and it shows with her varied menu and attention to detail (flowers and candles on the tables even for breakfast). The rooms are well appointed and spotless, cleaned every day! The meticulously maintained grounds are open and breezy which keeps away the mozzies. Some places on the island it is hard to relax in the evening unless you are covered in deet.
The location is perfect for snorkeling at all tides,with thousands of fish and coral.I watched a Banded Sea Snake for 20 min right in front of the resort but then lost him because I was distracted by a Turtle, AMAZING!! If you tire of snorkeling and diving, there is badminton set up on the grounds, not an option at most places! All this within a backpackers budget, I'm serious it's the best deal on the Island. It truly is Champagne lifestyle on a Beer budget, CHECK IT OUT!!!
Thank you Sonya and staff for making us feel special!!!!
April 2010Birgitta Tam
Dr Sze Chai Kwok
Dear Sonya and Harrie, How are you?
As for some comments for Bunaken SeaGarden Resort, here you are:
Bunaken Island is a special place. It is a place where you can spend hours without any interruption immersing yourself in the Nature - be it watching ants, shooting pictures of flora, counting stars at night, or snorkeling with literally thousands of fish and coral species, and a place where you will find romance (of course, it helps only if you're travelling with a beautiful woman). I am well travelled but I can tell you this is among the very few places where you will be closest to the Mother Nature.
On the Island where you stay is important, and I recommend Bunaken SeaGarden Resort. At the Cottage you will find, above all, prodigious hospitality. Ask Harrie to show his amazing underwater shots, ask him to show you how he designs his 2nd world Cottages, and builds them in the real world, and if you're lucky, you will be invited to sample the (in)famous local Rum! I am glad that Sonya and Harrie, had the foresight to come to Bunaken before many others else. And the bottom line is we enjoyed our stay, and ourselves, very much.
Happy Travelling!