Cove Eco Resort

The Cove Eco Resort is a special place. The rooms are comfortable, the food is amazing, and the location is spectacular. It's a mission to get there, but once you're there, you are surrounded by mesmerizing nature and a super supportive and friendly staff who make it easy on you at every step. They are accommodating to picky eaters and noobie scuba divers. If you are on the fence, just do it, it's unforgettable and this place is an INCREDIBLE value for what you get.

Top of the top! We would like to thank cove resort crew for making our trip the best experience. Amazing location, bungalows, food (especially chocolate lava dessert:) and diving (equipment, spots and top instructors), snorkeling and travel back and forth. We felt super cared especially when our flight back was cancelled and postponed earlier you made sure everything was ok and we made it on time. We would love to come back and repeat!

have travelled all over the world in the last 40 years, and cove was one of the best places i have ever stayed! everything was exceptional. A special mention must go to staff members Celine, iin, obin for going way over and above in guest service. Highly recommended.

Just back from a hot, steamy, and sparklingly delightful week at Cove Eco. Other reviews are spot on about the good food, asking for more or different, and the lovely attitude of the staff. We enjoyed this locally staffed and run resort, the casual atmosphere, and its authenticity. What comes with that are a few glitches that I point out only to be useful to those who need this info. We rented one of the larger units. Lovely interior, comfy bed. BUT the AC unit in these units is the same size as the ones in the much smaller units. It couldn’t begin to keep up. It is outside the mosquito net (which we did not use because of this). There is a ceiling fan but it sits above the roof of the mosquito canopy so is also not much use. If we were to go again we’d get a smaller unit. We managed to keep our room largely free of sand flies by keeping a beach towel on the floor to block the gap there and recommend this technique! Sandflies are present. We used deep woods off wipes with good results. The snorkeling schedule seems to be a set weekly rotation with limited flexibility based on weather, currents, tides, etc. This was a bit frustrating to us. Our boat was well staffed with 4 employees for just 2-6 of us, but often there was a language barrier when asking for information other than the basics. Just had to trust and go with it. Speaking of trust - our biggest concern, and the reason we won’t return, is that the boats often left us for 45-60 minutes and went out of site. We had our guide with us, but this is just really poor form. The “coffee” breaks are generally in beautiful places, but are a full hour in length regardless of the group energy level or needs. During these breaks the staff play, chat, nap among themselves. Just know that and be prepared to chill. The included excursion is a bit of a circus. During our stay every guest went along spread across four boats. We were all dropped in the water at Fam Channel together and it ruined one of the most beautiful sites. Imagine snorkeling in a long line Disney theme park style. I’m not sure why they couldn’t split the groups. Our entire boat wanted to opt out of the second lagoon stop - rather than offering to take us snorkeling nearby or back to the resort earlier we just had to wait in the boat and sweat it out. This is another example of where language seemed to limit communication. This is the right resort for some people. Just go in knowing, stay safe, and enjoy.

I had an amazing experience and the best dives of my life. I would go back a million times as I don’t think someone can never get tired of this place.

The perfect holidays. The staff is very caring and speak good English, the food is very good and the facilities are the best in the area. The resort is situated in Yeben Island (which is amazing and has some.amazing hidden beaches) and is very close to Pyainemo. Special shout out to the snorkeling tours, which take us all around the area including to swim with the mantas. Only thing needing improvement is wifi, which is very slow and the telephone signal non-existent (even with Indonesia sim card).

We have just returned from a wonderful two week family stay at Cove Eco, travelling with our 12 year old son. The resort has a friendly atmosphere, we were made to feel very much at home with the staff going out of their way to help. The food was excellent and the menu adapted to suit as and when required. We booked one of the larger cabins which was more than adequate for the 3 of us. The diving and snorkelling were really fabulous with the most amazing marine life present. Obin the dive leader did his best to accommodate any requests to dive/snorkel specific sites and kept groups small with the same dive/snorkel guides and boatman for each trip which really added to the experience - we really loved our dive and snorkel guides Edo and Agus and our ever happy boat captain.

Exceptional good place to stay at Raja Ampat. Excellent staff, best diving and snorkeling place! Nice and tasty food. Beautiful housing near the beach where you can see the baby sharks swimming in the crystal clear waters. Every trip to the diving spots were amazing.

We spent ten blissful days on Yeben Island, and had the most amazing diving experience of our lives. The diving is beyond anything either of us has ever seen after many years diving in the Caribbean. In fact, it has pretty much ruined us for Caribbean diving. Cove Eco Resort’s diving staff were outstanding. They took excellent care of us over some eight days of diving. Equipment was well cared for and set up for us every single day. All we had to do was walk down to the dive boat, and we were off to another adventure. The dive masters were experienced, thoughtful, and provided good briefings. I was also impressed that they provided a dive master to accompany anyone who was snorkeling instead of diving - can’t say I’ve seen that before. As for the resort itself, it was really nice. Completely private island with about a dozen cabanas. Each had air conditioning, a safe, and other amenities one might expect. The bed was comfortable and the room a nice size. They weren’t super fancy, but they had everything we needed and were spotlessly clean. Meals were great, especially when they served Indonesian fare, which we love. There was a set menu each meal, but if it didn’t suit, we could ask for almost anything we liked instead, and they were very accommodating. There was plenty of very fresh, local fish and vegetables. The service was wonderful. The only real option for alcoholic beverages was beer - no hard alcohol was available, and the wine offerings were too expensive for us (€80 a bottle!). I did on occasion wish I could order a gin and tonic. We did hear that we could have brought our own liquor, though, which is certainly an option. This resort is not easy to get to, but it is an extraordinary experience and well worth the effort to get there. The health and abundance of the underwater world there were beyond comparison. And the warmth and caring of the staff were as well.