My partner & I wanted somewhere to relax and enjoy a quiet Xmas & New year whilst visiting my immediate family who all live in Hervey Bay. We stayed in a 2brm ocean view apartment on the 4th floor from Xmas eve 2011 until 2nd Jan 2012 ... we didn't want to leave!

We loved the layout of the apartment with both bedrooms having their own bathrooms and separate to each other plus the large open plan kitchen/living area. All our meals and late afternoons were spent on the large private balcony overlooking the pool area. The best thing was waking up every morning to the view from here ... the ocean and nearby Fraser Island.

One of the surprising things was that the pool & BBQ area were always available and never over-crowded (even on Xmas Day & New Years Eve). We really enjoyed the intimacy of a small resort and the location is great - a few minutes walk to the beach and the Boat Club.

Apartments are sound proof, air-conditioned (not that we used it with the ocean breeze coming in through the open bi-fold doors) and extremely clean. Secure undercover parking gave us peace of mind.

Even though there is no Restaurant on-site we had a lovely meal next door at the Ramada Hotel at Smokey Joe's Cafe Bar & Grill.

What really sold me though on booking Akama Resort was the on-site Managers Matt & Pia who kindly showed me through a 2brm apartment and the rest of the complex when I was up in Hervey Bay in early Oct visiting my Mum. They were so friendly and extremely helpful I booked immediately for our Xmas break. Thank you - we will definitely stay here again!

We had six adults plus a baby in one of the 3 bedroom apartments for a week including Christmas. We had a fantastic week. The apartments are well equipped, very large and very clean. The balconies are huge and have a bbq. The coffee machine was great for everyone except the 2 of us who needed decaf pods. Owners pls have decaf pods available as well as regular for those of us who can't have caffeinated coffee! My only other negative comments -and I note other reviewers have mentioned one of these as well - are the unsuitability of the blinds in the bedrooms for the Qld summer sun and an issue with towels. Because Qld does not have daylight saving, it gets light here at 4am, and it is not a gentle light it is brillant sunlight. The blinds do virtually nothing to stop it and one of the blinds was actually fitted backwards so gaped out from the window badly. I also found that because we were staying for a whole week and the rooms are not serviced, there are not enough towels and hand towels in these large apartments. The towels are quite small and thin and with 4 adults using the main bathroom we definitely needed some more handtowels and also a couple of spare body towels. But even with these comments, it is a terrific place to stay and although I had limited contact with the staff, when I did they were friendly. I would highly recommend this as the best place to stay in Hervey Bay.

My family 4 adults and 2 grand children spent 5 days here and were very happy, clean rooms,
with the rooms being nice and quiet.
Well stocked kitchen and our babies loved being so close to the pool we had no problems with privacy.

My family stayed there in January 2012 as well as my sister and her husband and we all thought Akama Resort was fantastic. We stayed in the 2 bedroom apartments. The apartments were not only huge with a large balcony to sit outside and eat, but were absolutely spotless. The pool was great, there was a secure undercover parking and BBQ facility near the pool area. Akama resort is located next to the Marina which is a lovely area to stay. But best of all were the staff. They were so friendly and so helpful. They booked all our tours, car hire and bike hire. They showed us everywhere to visit and were always so friendly. Nothing was a problem for them. We would highly recommend you stay here. It was so good that whenever we left to go out, all we heard from our daughter was "When are going back to the hotel?”. Amanda and David