We spent a very fine week here in fall of 2011. Squadrons of mantas, thresher sharks, barracuda, blue ring octopus, turtles by the trainloads, the jellyfish, mandarins, muck diving, phenomenal night dives every night off your deck, just an amazing variety and number of large and small undersea marvels. No crowds no distractions, just an incredible setting and some of... More

A little tip before we start: bring your own equipment (fins, mask, life jacket, snorkel, etc), bring drink supplies (mineral water), and rupiah bills. Draw your cash at ATMs in Tarakan airport, or change your foreign bills to rupiah in Jakarta. The only working cellular provider is Telkomsel (EDGE network), so either you roam on Telkomsel or buy Telkomsel SIM... More

I had a 3 week diving stay here and it was just so nice it can be, in all aspects. Bungalow on the water was fabulous, superb food and excellent diving! Peaceful, quite (except for the moske in the morning :-). You never meet other divers under or on the water, amazing. I have over 1000 dives and this place... More

This is one of the hidden paradise on earth literally! Located near to Kakaban Island with its stingless jellyfish lake, Maratua Resort has such a beautiful white sand beach with colorful fish underneath so that we can just do the snorkeling under this resort bungalows. One of my great experience in life! More

I have just left the resort and I have to say that I was very disappointed with the service and the resort conditions..... they said that it opened only 6 years ago but it seems 20 years older. All the structure is falling down! There are some building that are really broken and I also fell down on a stairs... More

After reading the various reviews, my husband and I went to this place prepared for cautious diving ("take care of ourselves diving". Thanks for the advice, Grevich), not too fancy amenities and facilities. Sadly, despite the good diving, our holiday was spoilt by the tour operator. Our flight from Balikpapan to Berau was delayed by 5 hours. We were put... More

My wife and I went for our honeymoon early December, 2009. What a beautiful place! All of the resort was on stilts over the crystal clear water and looked out to the sea. When you look down into the water you can see lots of fish, bat fish, ocasional turtle and stingray, and in front of the restaurant area lots... More

I have been lucky enough to get to travel for the last 10 years regularly, more than 4 faraway trips a year. If you like an adventure this is a great resort. If you want something fancy and just like home, this might not be for you. We had incredible dive conditions. We had 40 or more Mantas for over... More

We had already booked this resort when we saw the review written previously and were horrified that maybe we had a made a huge mistake, but not so. This resort may not be the best we have been to in Indonesia (and we are comparing with around 20) but it certainly isn't as awful as the other writer says. The... More