A great spot but too far from town down a terrible road. No infrastructure on the island leaves this resort and others lacking the wow factor the stunning location deserve. Nicer places to holiday but the locals need our tourist dollars
Had a great experience with Benjor - the accommodation was a little tired but the resort location, snorkelling, food and staff more than made up for this (and to be honest so did the price we paid which was outstanding compared to what our friends who also travelled at teh same time paid staying in Port Vila town at one of the so-called 4 star big resorts). We had great views from our decks - we stayed in 2 of the one bedroom villas - spacious with fridge and own bathroom and good size deck. As said a little tired abut it was clean and the views were all we really wanted after a full day of sight seeing and swimming. We did have a some problems with getting consistant hotwater but mainteance was pretty quick at trying to sort the problem. The staff are truly outstanding - loved "Big Fred' who has apparently been there for at least 10 years and certainly gave us some great advice of what to do and see. Can highly recommend Nono and Sam - two of the bus drivers from the Village - we just arranged our own day fare with them on two occasions - cheaper than doing a prepaid tour and more personal. This was a very relaxing and beautiful stay and we fell in love with Vanuatu. Would look at coming back.…
Our family of 5 stayed at Benjor for 10 nights - we absolutely loved it. we actually had booked a 2 bedroom Villa with a request for an extra bed and were really surprised and delighted when Miranda (hostess with the mostess!) gave us a complimentary upgrade to a four bedroom Villa (actually 2 x 2 bedroom villas with an interconnecting door). This meant the kids had privacy and so did we!!!!! The location is fantastic - huge grounds with beautiful (slightly wild) gardens and absolute ocean front. We snorkelled and kayaked everyday but only at high tide as the low tides were very low and the coral a bit exposed. Great fish and the sand island is great to visit. Pretty much all of the things the kids wanted to do were in the area of Mele Bay where Benjor is - Hideaway Island (go to the underwater post office - great fun), Wet and Wild (zorbing a huge hit with the 10 year old) and the Jungle Ziplining - really fun!! The restaurant was good - pizza night a stand out. because our Villa was selfcontained we also did some cooking outselves with great produce from the local market in town. All in alla great trip with great hosts. Thanks we will be back with more ofour family next year. …
We stayed for a week in Benjor and as much as it is a very basic resort, it has all we needed. We had a two bedroom apartment, with kitchenette - which was a plus to make simple meals. The restaurant is basic as well but the service was good. The beach is suitable to snorkel straight off of - but make sure you wear reef shoes! It has a drop beach which the reef drops at least 6+ metres deep with plenty of fish. We stayed here in January and the weather was lovely - Tip the resort is a little remote and we hired a car which was the best thing we did!
The resort is very far from the airport & downtown.Half of the time power cut. They did not even bother to inform us that there would be long power cut on the next day, as they got the notice before. We had a booked tour from 8am.When we got up at 7am there was not even water in flush. We could not even take shower, just sprayed deo & went out.After a long dusty day when we came back, still there was no water.Next day also same thing power cut & no water supply. We had to go to the common washroom which is in reception to get ready. The resort is in an abandoned place so food, trasport everything is dependant on the hotel authority.Food options are limited. On the Menu book, few words are mentioned in local language like PIKININI, that means kids meal. So unknowingly we ordered fish & chips from pikinini because price was good. But when we got the final bill during check out, we were shocked.When we ordered it showed really reasonable, but the bill was huge. Then they said that we ordered from PIKININI,means kids meal.We stayed there for 3 days & everytime we ordered food from them, but none even bothered to tell us that before. The local reception guy was extremely rude. When asked to call the owner of the property he said he is everything. However the owner is an Australian family & they also live in one of the cottages. & we met them on the first day. The reception person is different each day, & they have 0 co ordination.Sea facing swimming pool & the grove are the only good things about the hotel.…
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