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Everyone needs a place to lay their weary head. For travellers visiting Tulamben, Ocean View Dive Resort Tulamben is an excellent choice for rest and rejuvenation. Well-known for its family-friendly environment and proximity to great restaurants and attractions, Ocean View Dive Resort Tulamben makes it easy to enjoy the best of Tulamben.
You’ll enjoy relaxing rooms that offer a refrigerator, a kitchenette, and a minibar, and you can stay connected during your stay as Ocean View Dive Resort Tulamben offers guests free wifi.
The small hotel features 24 hour check-in, currency exchange, and beach chairs. Plus, Ocean View Dive Resort Tulamben offers a pool and breakfast, providing a pleasant respite from your busy day. For guests with a vehicle, free parking is available.
If you like fish and chips, Ocean View Dive Resort Tulamben is conveniently located near Safety Stop R&B and Sandya, which are known for serving up this local favourite.
If you’re looking for something to do, USS Liberty Shipwreck (0.4 mi) is a nice way to spend some time, and it is within walking distance of Ocean View Dive Resort Tulamben.
Ocean View Dive Resort Tulamben is sure to make your visit to Tulamben one worth remembering.
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HOTEL STYLE
Family
Ocean View
Languages Spoken
English, Indonesian
Location
Jl. Raya Tulamben - Kubu, Tulamben 80853 Indonesia
Ocean View Dive Resort Tulamben
220 reviews
Getting there
Somewhat walkable
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This was now our fourth time to the pebble beached sleepy town of Tulamben. As per usual we travel with two growing boys (now 6 & 4) and this time around we dragged their Auntie all for the ride.
Our previous 3 trips we stayed at Scuba Seraya and we highly recommend that resort, but we thought we would try something new and stay in town and close to the wreck. After lots of review trawling I ended up at Ocean View Tulamben or OVT from now on. There are tons of good reviews for Liberty Dive Resort and I'm sure it's great BUT they are up the road from the "beach" immediately behind OVT and personally I like staying where I can actually see the sea. Yes the view is restricted from the resort restaurant but at least there is a direct view and you are literally on the rocks.
We stayed in the more budget rooms at the top end of the resort in front of the top pool. The rooms are HUGE and clean. And even have a bath all for a bargain price of USD52 per night!! The AC worked great and the staff are helpful. The bungalows down below are really pretty and If I were travelling sans kids I would definitely go for the. BUT when you need 2 rooms the extra cost was a tad much.
The bottom pool and restaurant area are really pretty. And we ended up spending much of our time down here. The younger one loved the shallow plunge pool at the bottom.
Food at the restaurant was on the whole not bad, some meals definitely better than others. With two very busy kids with dietary restrictions we really do not bother exploring for food! We get the kitchen staff accustomed to what we need and then just stick to it. To their credit the kitchen staff we very accommodating! The only real issue was that they had an extremely limited booze selection!! My wife loves a cocktail to celebrate the sunset but they basically had nothing!! They did have cold Bintang's so I was fine! :wink:
One of the main reasons for staying in Tulamben was so that I could take my eldest out snorkeling to the wreck. And man did he love it!! He is so comfortable in the water, a true fish! The wreck is a 50m walk down the rocky beach and then about 100m swim out.
On to the diving. Firstly the dive team at OVT are extremely easy going and at your service, we dived when we wanted, how we wanted. We had our own guide and often two of them! They were good spotters, but possibly a tad enthusiastic with the critters and I needed to dial him down a little. You travel out to the dive sites by truck and then either kit up on the rocks and stumble in or they will bring your gear into the water and you can kit up in the shallows...still stumbling around! So this brings me back to my initial question "To back roll or to stumble?". I can honestly say that next time I will likely head back to Scuba Seraya! The hassle of stumbling over those rocks and in the shallows gets old quick!! At Seraya you cruise up to the dive spot and just back roll from the boat! Much more civilized!
All in all we had a good time here and would happily recommend it.
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Date of stay: December 2019
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Room Tip:The bungalows are really nice and well spread out. The budget rooms are fine if you are on a budget.
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Response from Komang Agung, General Manager at Ocean View Dive Resort Tulamben
Responded 14 May 2022
Warmest greetings from Ocean View Dive Resort. Hope find you well. Thank you for your valuable review about Ocean View Dive Resort. We are now on the progress to upgrade our facilities, cleanlines, food variety, and service standard. We are also make every single effort to provide comfortable location for dive starting point to ensure your satisfaction. however, we cannot change our rocky beach which are made different experience to other dive spot in the world, We hope to see you in the very near future staying with us. Best regards, Komang Agung
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Amazing! I was rather skeptical when I made the reservation. It all looked and sounded great, but usually the write-up and photos are a lot more impressive than the actual facility. Ocean View Dive Resort was even better than the write-up and photos!
The rooms are very large and comfortable, with huge bathroom and private patios overlooking meticulously landscaped and mainained grounds. Every one of the staff were exceedingly friendly and helpful.
I expected the diving to be nearby, but was not expecting to walk 150', enter the water, swim 5 minutes, and be diving on the USS Liberty shipwreck. Other dive sites, including the really nice Boga Wreck, were only a few minutes in the courtesy shuttle.
My personal guide was super friendly and knowledgable, pointing out an amazing array of fish, corals, etc. that I would never have seen without his experienced, keen eye.
At checkout I was expecting a lot of hidden charges for little extras here and there. Surprise again, there were none!
I couldn't have been happier with my experience. I whole-heartedly recommend Ocean View Dive Resort, and assure you that you will not be dissapointed if you book a visit with them.
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Date of stay: January 2023
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Trip type: Travelled solo
Room Tip:Make sure to indulge in the Balinese massages!
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Response from Komang Agung, General Manager at Ocean View Dive Resort Tulamben
Responded 5 Mar 2023
Dear Mike, Thank you very much for choosing Ocean View for your holiday in Bali; it was our genuine pleasure hosting you during your stay here. We would like to thank you for taking your precious time to write a such a wonderful review about Ocean View Tulamben Dive & Resort and we are very happy to hear that you enjoyed your stay as well as our diving center service. I will of course share your feedback with the team especially your dive guide – who I know will be delighted to receive your feedback. We truly hope of having the pleasure to welcoming you again as our guest in the near future. Sincere regards on behalf of the Ocean View team, Made Yudha
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Very good place, very nice employee, rooms are ok, and close to the pools, the high pool was awesome, and dive center is just in the hotel. The food was ok with quite choices. Easy to find and park, access to the beach is easy and wreck is walking distance if you want to snorkel
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Date of stay: September 2022Trip type: Travelled with family
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We stayed at Ocean View Tulamben December 3rd and 4th 2022. The resort looked good, 2 nice pools to enjoy and the rooms looked okay until problems started. First day there was no hot water and the tv wasn’t working, we informed the staff at the reception and said that both issues would be resolved in an hour. We went out to eat while we waited for the staff to fix the hot water, when we came back there was still not hot water and the tv wasn’t fixed. We again informed the staff and all they had to say was “Sorry”. But not a sorry we will fix it, and we continued with no hot water or TV. Next day we went diving, we came back around 3 pm and the room wasn’t clean and still no hot water. We again mentioned politely to the staff and they offered to change us rooms. The next room had the same issues, they said they will fix it but never did. HORRIBLE SERVICE, this is coming from a person that works in the hospitality industry. Besides all this issues that were ignored in our faces, the restaurant also was a disappointment, they forgot our breakfast while there was no other guests waiting and all the staff was just sitting in the kitchen, again “Sorry” but I guess they were not sorry at all. On our last day, when we came back from diving, we found toiletries in our bathroom that didn’t belong to us, this was very alarming because it could only mean that somebody had entered our room and took a shower. We went straight to the reception all we got was a “sorry” and here is your bill. For me this is a safety issue that should have been dealt with seriously. If you decide to stay here, be aware that even if the hotel amenities are decent and the location too, you will not receive any help from the staff, they do not care about your experience let along your safety.
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Date of stay: December 2022Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Response from Komang Agung, General Manager at Ocean View Dive Resort Tulamben
Responded 9 Dec 2022
Dear Hotel Management, Please be aware with this person. They are very demanding costumer and mostly create a problem and complaint to get free room. Yes, the hot water was not worked properly at the first night. Hot water only work for about 10 minute then need sometime to wait to get another hot water. We cannot fixed it immediately because our maintenance is freelance company which is out of contact in the night. TV was not working at all but some channel are blocked due to billing expired but she keep saying TV doesn't work at all. And start keep saying everything was not working. Then next day she start to create all the problem as mentioned in their bad comment above. Hope we never had a guest like this in the future time.
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This resort is a diamond in the rough. Everything from the driver collecting us from the airport to the staff waiting for us to arrive in the early hours of the morning was seamless.
We had a standard ocean view room which was massive! My friend and I were able to put everything away with an enormous amount of storage and hanging space.
The breakfast could do with more choices (sorry guys) but that’s my only gripe.
We spent 8 days diving with Ratok and Olly who were just the best, it’s not the first time we’ve dived with these guys, and it certainly won’t be the last.
Nothing is any trouble, they helped us get some groceries and took us to watch the sunset in Amed (a must do)
Shout out to Komang (the manager) who helped us with daily massages and the staff who are incredible!
Can’t wait until April when we return!
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Date of stay: September 2022Trip type: Travelled with friends
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Stayed a week at Ocean View Dive Resort while diving in Tulamben area. We were very impressed with the resort. We had room 01 which was very private, well equiped, had great aircon and close to restaurant and pool. The staff were all very friendly and helpful and all tried to please. Unfortunately my wife was under the weather with a bad cold, the women in the restaurant were very attentive and kind. Our experience in the restaurant, both food and service was great. We enjoyed excellent massages from the in-house staff. Totally recommend. For us the quality of a resort is all about the quality of the staff. Can’t fault Ocean View in that respect. Next time we dive in Tulamben we will certainly stay again.
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Date of stay: May 2022Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Response from Komang Agung, General Manager at Ocean View Dive Resort Tulamben
Responded 1 July 2022
Dear Mr Merv Wilson, Thank you for taking your time to write a precious review about Ocean View Dive Resort in Tulamben. We believe that your comment would help us to promote our place. It was our great pleasure to serve you during your stay with us. We will definitely keep up our hospitality and quality of service standard to meet our costumer satisfaction. We are certainly looking forward to see you soon in the near future. Best Regards, Made Yudha
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This resort was a major disappointment on a fantastic Bali trip. In our view, this resort did not fit into the trip at all. This resort is max 2 stars. Poorly maintained rooms. We started in a standard room, which was like a dressing room of a run-down football club. Broken tiles, mold on the walls and zero atmosphere. Then got a deluxe room, which was slightly better. Still a very atmospheric room and still very poorly maintained. I would stay away from here
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Date of stay: August 2023Trip type: Travelled with family
Room Tip:Vermijdt dit hotel, slecht onderhouden
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Great value for price. Strongly recommended. I had a great time. Swimming pool was hyper clean. And 20 meters way from the legendary liberty ship wreck. Super friendly staff. Amazing dawns. No sunset though. Bring your best reading book: it is full relax place
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Date of stay: August 2022Trip type: Travelled with family
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Had a great room, clean and spacious. Staff were great and made the stay very enjoyable. Dive shop was fantastic and the shortest walk to the Liberty dive site. Would definately stay again next time. 5 out of 5 stars.
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Date of stay: June 2022Trip type: Travelled solo
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Response from Komang Agung, General Manager at Ocean View Dive Resort Tulamben
Responded 1 July 2022
Thank you for your valuable review about Ocean View Dive Resort. We really appreciate your support us by write a great comment about us. We will keep our service standard and well maintain all of our dive equipment to achieve all guest expectation. We are looking forward to see you in the very near future. Thank You And Best Regards, Made Yudha for
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We visited Tulumben for diving and stayed at a family room at this resort. The family room was quite far in the resort (note to those who want to carry gear), but the room is spacious, toilets relatively clean. The pipe at the sink broke and one of the lights blew, but they managed to fix it relatively quickly. Towels sometimes had dirt marks, but nothing major.
The food at the restaurant was less good – we had three meals there, service was very slow and most of the time the staff seemed annoyed that we were even there to order anything. When we wanted to borrow a wine opener, they also gave us one that was broken...
They are quick at collecting money though, and will follow you around to ask constantly when you want to settle the bill. Would suggest not putting the room spending on a tab to avoid this. They were also always asking if we needed a massage – once we were woken up while napping by the pool to ask if we needed a massage.
What we were most unhappy about was when we were advised to leave our belongings (including they money to pay for a trip) at an area at the resort while we went on a dive. When we returned, we had lost USD$700 and around another SGD$100 worth of Rupiah.
The hotel staff first allowed us to watch the CCTV, although the CCTV does not show the exact area where the bag was placed. Where the bag was placed is entirely out of view. They then told us the police station would have people that speak english and is around 300m away.
However, the police officer did not speak English. Long story short, we were told to return to the hotel and wait for the police to come and see the manager. At which point we had no idea what was going on and the resort staff collectively ignored us and all of a sudden couldn't speak English and we could never figure out if what we had said was ever communicated to the police.
When the manager finally arrived somewhere within an hour later, he explained: - If we make a report, we will need to be able to return to Bali anytime the police want to do any questioning for the investigation (we said ok) - If we make a report, it is done on a computer, not on a paper and and as such we will not be able to have a record/case number etc printed out or told to us. So we will have nothing to confirm we have made a statement until they close their investigation in months (we said we could risk it) - If we make a report, they can't do it at their police station, we need to go to a different one further out, and make an appointment to make a report. this can take a few days to a few weeks - The resort does not believe we have a right to make a report as it makes them look bad - The manager would not be our translator if we were to make a report as he is "involved" in the situation, he would ask our dive guide (despite that the guide who saw the money being kept is technically involved in the situation) to help us translate – this being the dive guide that showed up unasked at the police station and also suddenly, couldn't speak english besides saying to go back to the resort. - If we change our minds, we are unable to make a report unless they escort us there
Basically, they found lots of reasons to deter us from making this report, despite us saying each time that it was fine, we wanted to go ahead. We finally gave up to think of other solutions, and they resumed asking us multiple times to confirm we would be checking out and to settle the bill – in perfectly understandable english.
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Date of stay: December 2016
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Trip type: Travelled with friends
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AU$62 - AU$82 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
LOCATION
IndonesiaBaliTulamben
NUMBER OF ROOMS
25
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