Journey12783800547
May 2, 2024
Been home now for nearly a week after our trip to the beautiful Cocoon island. I will say it happend to be one of our best holidays ever !! Let's start with the natural beauty of the island, it is stunning, beaches, pure white sand, lush vegetation and some beautiful flowers especially entering / around the main dining area. The management have spent some time and thought to add little niceties around the island, the hammock in the sea, the swing on the beach to name a few, and gives the perfect spot for a great photo. We spent a couple of hours most afternoons snorkeling at the other end of the island, there is a small currant, so I advise using fins. Plenty of sharks , turtles, a mirriad of fish, stingrays, and was fortunate enough to see 3 Eagle ray's. Now to the staff, we made some new friends 🧡 I cannot do the people I will mention justice, they were all perfect, but we did have our favorites, pradeep looked after us from the bar never leaving us without a drink and was very professional and friendly . Vashani, looked after us so well in the restaurant and always had time for a smile and a chat. Our lovely Mriyana, we talked and had fun at least 2 times a day, she's a star. Nizam, Tushar and Meesam were our friendly bar staff who were perfect 👌. Lastly our room man could not of had a better name Jewel.. my my what a lovely man and such a hard worker ( defo need a pay rise as do all I have mention ) these guys all helped make our holiday. Food, in the restaurant was of a really good standard and plenty of choice, I could not seen the reason to try the Manta restaurant. I feel I cant leave a review without something constructive, so here it is, the all inclusive cocktail menu, every island I've been to in the past will include the obvious pina colada !! And it doesn't. If you want one it's $13, I believe, but if you take into account every free cocktail is around $10, then it should actually be $3 !!, something to think about guys. So finally, would we come back ?? Yes we most certainly will be. 😁😁 thanks for everything. Mark & Cath