All West Apartments & Diving

We had booked a much needed two week dive trip through Cindy at the main office. She was so wonderful to work with and communicated quickly despite my email reception issues. I must admit I'm afraid I won't be able to book in again with a great review but hopefully we time our trips and find a vacancy. Our experience here was stellar. It is the perfect set up for people that want convenience diving and don't have to worry about anything. I am usually coordinating everything but the package available online made for one stop shopping and I could relax before I even started my vacation. We loved everything about the apartment and the experience. We have been fortunate and travelled the world but I must admit, for relaxation purposes, this wonderful place enabled us to decompress after years of renovations. We came to dive and dive and sleep. We were successful. We booked 5 boat dive/10day shore dive package. It is great value and we had the junior apartment during our stay with a fabulous balcony that overlooked Kalki Beach. On arrival, a lovely couple was waiting for us and 2 other couples and they transferred us to the apartment in short order but first they made a stop at a smaller grocery store so we could pick up a few supplies. Be sure and get the plantain chips to try...they are the best I've ever had. The truck we received with our rental was new and we were so afraid of getting sand in it but the staff at the apartments told us not to worry and a quick shake of the mats after the two weeks took care of the sand. We made a quick trip into Centrum grocery on our first day and took our gear down to the dive shop. The island is beautiful to traverse. The key had no electronics so it tucked into the BCD jacket quite nicely. We experience no theft and many of the beaches we went to had security guards but we didn't tempt fate and left nothing of value in the car. The bed was so comfortable, even the pillows were good but I always take mine with me just in case. There were two closets to hold your clothes and one contained the safe. The air conditioning units worked well and we were mindful to turn them off when out. The kitchen has everything you need to make a good meal. There are BBQ's on site for you to use. It is charcoal so you have to start cooking before you are hungry! Slow cooking at it's best and it was so delicious. We used the oven once to cook some pumpkin for soup and it worked well. I like to cook so we can spend more money diving! The kitchen had everything I needed to cook a decent meal. One thing about the island is good European cheese is imported and fairly reasonable. We purchased fresh milk once but it spoiled very quickly so used the powdered milk we brought with us. There are many restaurants around this apartment that are quite reasonable but we were pretty tuckered out after 3-4 dives. Since everything is imported groceries can be a little pricier than at home. we took some our our favourite foods with us. Alcoho

We could not have asked for a better location with access to the reef, beach and diving only a few feet from the back door. Brilliant. The apartment was what we needed, fully equipped, very clean and well maintained. The onsite staff could not do enough for us. The access to the dive locker and tanks on site, made it one of the easiest and most relaxing land based diving trips we have done.

Where to start. So disappointed in this place. Late pick up No way to get a hold of anyone Wifi out for 2 days and no one cares Not much hot water. Very small heater that lasts for maybe 5 minutes. My RV does better! Dive set up is a pain, constantly locking and unlocking. There has to be a better setup for upstairs apartments Tanks not completely filled Stair hand rail rotted away (there’s a lawsuit waiting to happen!) Tailgate on truck inop making shore diving tough Dive shop is ok but dive sites are not what they used to be. Parrot fish all gone. Fished out? Did see a local spear fishing. Maybe time to try other dive sites.