Lumbalumba Resort - Manado

Beautiful resort with a beautifully landscaped garden. You are amazed. The food is delicious. The dives are very varied and beautiful. There are two boats, 1 large and 1 slightly smaller. Both super comfortable. The atmosphere is very nice and personal. Definitely recommended to go diving there. And oh yes.... they have a beautiful swimming pool😀

What an amazing place.Leave nothing to be desired because they really do their best to fulfill your wishes. The perfect place for a very special diving and/or snorkeling holiday.The People, the Resort, the Food, the Service, the Diving, couldn't be better.Highly recommended.

Very beautiful small scale 'family like resort' with great hospitality, delicious food and most of all: excellent diving and a super friendly team that truly goes the extra mile. What else can you wish for? …

Lovely facilities, very hospitable and accommodating. The daily housekeeping was very much appreciated. The food is very good. The diving and the boat service was excellent. Very relaxed and cosy atmosphere at the resort, with the ability to be as private or social as you like. The story behind the building of the resort is inspiring.

Beautiful, clean and very neat resort. With very friendly and passionate staff. A beautifully landscaped garden with a lot of love in it. …

I spent a week at the Lumbalumba resort, Manado on a swim and dive trip. ||Firstly the resort itself is lovely. …

A very fine resort built on the slope of a former plantation. The eight or so nice buildings (bungalows featuring terraces with a view, open restaurant...) are set in a tropical, colorful and very well maintained garden. …

With a whole world to see, there isn't really a need to visit a place more than once. Unless it's Lumbalumba...I first stayed here in 2005, and this recent trip was my 4th visit.The small resort here was imagined and built by Roel and Juud. The cottages are set in the most amazing tropical gardens - if you aren't a diver I think that the gardens alone could keep you well entertained. Each cottage has its own verandah which looks out over the ocean, and I think that it's my favourite view in the world.The day starts with breakfast. A casual affair with tropical fruits, eggs and pancakes. I'm a diver so I wander down to the dive boat and at around 8.30 we head off to the days dive sites. Often there are dolphins to spot on the way. The diving here is very relaxed and the dive guides (Aldhy, Rico, Maxi and Kres) are very knowledgeable, friendly and just make the whole experience perfect. If you love turtles then this is a great place to dive! But also if you love macro diving then there is a lot to see, on my first day of diving Aldhy found a beautiful seahorse just hanging out in the sand. I have also seen pygmy seahorses here too.Lunch on the boat is whatever you ordered from a menu of Indonesian favourites or sandwiches. My favourite is the fried rice with vegetables.After diving there is plenty of time to relax in the hammock or look over the underwater pictures that you have captured that day. I like to head to the pool just before sunset as it is a truly spectacular view every single night. Then it's time for dinner, buffet style with the other guests and Roel and Juud. I eat plant based and my dietary requirements were very well looked after. In fact I ate some of the best vegan dishes that I've ever had. Thank you Revel and the kitchen team! I really want to get my hands on the recipes for some of the fresh soups that are served every evening.If you aren't a diver or don't want to dive every day there is the beautiful infinity pool (probably the best pool in all of Indonesia) and trips can also be organised. This is definitely a place where you can forget about the stresses of the world and recharge your batteries.Lumbalumba really is "diving with a difference" Every member of staff, from the wonderful people that look after the gardens, to the dive guides, to the people that make your room spotless everyday - they all care and they all make you want to come back and visit again.And so now I'm back in the UK, wondering when I might be able to plan my next trip here and when I'll get to see that view again.

From the first moment you arrive at LumbaLumba Resort you will feel at home. …