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Kanantik Reef and Jungle Resort Traveler Review :: "Beautiful but DisappointingPreview"

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Summary of All Property Reviews Ratings based on answers from a total of 2 reviews (All Reviews) 10 is best 1 is worst
Feature	Ranking	Feature	Ranking
Cleanliness of Property	10.00	Quality of Property	10.00
Privacy & Quietness	10.00	Quality of Service	10.00
Courtesy & Hospitality of Staff	9.00	Accuracy of Website (marketing hype) VS. Actual Experience	8.00
Food and Dining Experience	8.00	Price/Value of Property	8.50
Safety Factor (Did you feel safe at property)	8.50	Quality of Beach (ranked closest beach if property is located off the beach)	7.50
Total Property Score: 8.95 | Average Star Rating: 4.50 out of 5

• 0% (0 visitors of 2) said they would go back to Kanantik Reef and Jungle Resort again.
• 50% (1 visitors of 2) said they would recommend Kanantik Reef and Jungle Resort to friends.

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We visited Kanantik in January 2003. It had been ranked as a top eco resort by Outside magazine and we decided to follow this recommendation but it seems there are some bugs to work out. The resort is gorgeous. The staff is attentive and warm. There are also many good activities in the area. We felt very jilted by the owner, as he made a habit of fawning over the older, richer looking families at dinner, making his rounds from table to table while systematically ignoring us and another young couple. The cabanas are beautiful. But let me tell you something - things LIVE in thatched roofs. More than once, scorpions fell onto our floor from the roof. When we called the desk to ask someone to help us get the scorpions out of our dressing area, Roberto actually laughed at us. The cabanas are open to the outside (although there is a/c). The first night a tarantula 7 inches across (no kidding) was on our wall. We left it alone and it left us alone. Spiders like that were common in our room during the week. My fiance and I are backpackers and generally comfortable in the outdoors. Yet, being in a strange country in the jungle with an open-aired cabana that is being inhabited by scorpions and tarantulas is NOT our idea of a luxury, 5-star resort. Just like in Arizona where scorpions and spiders live, these rooms could have benefitted from proper ceilings. Finally, our snorkeling trip was incredibly disappointing. We arrived onto the boat with nary a hello. Not once did we receive any instruction, or any education on coral or fish. We weren't even told to not touch the coral or which is fire coral. On the way back to the shore, the drivers of the boat spent their time drinking beer and flirting with the owner's daughter. And as for the beach...the first night we arrived we went walking and almost stepped on 4 syringes and needles. After that, although we lounged on the beach, we NEVER went swimming in the ocean and never saw any other guests do so either.

Property Review
10 is best 1 is worst

Would you stay at this property again?: ... No
Would you recommend this property to your friends?: ... Yes
In your opinion, how would you classify the "style" of this property: ... Family Oriented
Possible Anwswers: Family Oriented, Couples Oriented, Mixed/Diverse in a Good Way, Mixed/Diverse in a Bad Way

• Cleanliness of Property: ... 10
• Quality of Property: ... 10
• Privacy and Quietness: ... 10
• Quality of Service: ... 10
• Courtesy and Hospitality of Staff: ... 8
• Accuracy of Website VS. Actual Experience: ... 6
  
• Food and Dining Experience: ... 8
• Price/Value of Property: ... 7
  
• Safety Factor (Did you feel safe at property): ... 7
• Quality of Beach (ranked closest beach if property is located off the beach): ... 5

Destination/Island Review
10 is best 1 is worst

Would you visit this destination/island again?: ... Yes
Would you recommend this destination/island to your friends?: ... Yes

• Cleanliness of Destination/Island: ... 8
• Options of Activities in the Area: ... 10
• Ease of Transportation (air, taxi, bus, shuttle): ... 8
• Quality of Beaches in the Area: ... 8
• Courtesy & Hospitality of Locals: ... 10
• Safety Factor (Did you feel safe in the Area): ... 6
  
• Local Restaurant Experience/Options: ... 7
• Price/Value of Destination (Does your dollar stretch?): ... 10
  

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