Reviews of EL Homestay Bunaken

All the meals were delicious. Comfortable beds, excellent fans or AC available. Homestay in perfect location in the village. Boat transfers to/from mainland and boat tours were fabulous. Relaxed and quiet to enjoy the dolphins, turtles and corals.

Everything!

Everything is perfect ! The food delicious ! They Will help you for everything !

Steven Is a perfect owner he help me tò organize everything, the homestay its close tò the beach and some bars, the food it's good. I ll recommend

Lovely sunny family. Great stay. Felt like home. We received help and assistance with all questions, always with a smile. Very good food. I highly recommend staying at El Homestay.

The friendliest homestay. Stefan the owner really looks after his guests from leaving Madano ( he helped guide me to the ferry and messaged the owner) to providing great food and arranging and leading activities. Superb.

We stayed 4 nights at El Homestay and it was absolutely awesome ! Stephen is the nicest always ready to help and give great advices. Food is great. Thank you so much ! Can only recommend :)

Location

Small Breakfast and Meals

Stefen was a great host. We arrived on a Sunday so the public boat wasn’t running. Stefen organised pickup for us in his private boat. Great home-cooked food.

Bigger bedsheets would have been nice. We were given individual bedsheets which only just covered us.

Stephen n Missi run a tight ship. Extremely friendly, hospitable couple. Large rooms. Great location. And with Om Ece shop 10 metres away, you can buy cold beer drinks, smokes, snacks, scooter fuel etc right on your doorstep!

Only thing they could maybe improve is choice of breakfast options. It’s the same every day. Stodgy pancakes w Nutella and jam.

I had a wonderful stay at El Homestay, and I was sad when it was time to leave! It really like I was staying with family and I was well taken care of, and the food was delicious! I'd recommend to anyone looking for a homestay experience in Indonesia.

Stephen is amazing host! He will help to manage your stay in Bunaken perfectly And the food was my best food in Sulawesi!

We loved our stay here - Stefen was a great host, great location, great fresh fish & food for a reasonable price, easy scooter & snorkeling gear rental, clean rooms, it’s quiet at night, great snorkeling tour and dolphin tour -

just fyi - the AC costs extra (100.000/day, also a reasonable price), there’s a fan though

Best homestay to stay in Bunaken. Everybody is so nice and can help you with everything. Easy boat charter for snorkeling and directly by the homestay is mc bunaken for diving. The food is amazing, we ate everyday in the homestay.

Stefen is a great host! He is always trying to make your stay as pleasant as possible & doing his utmost to help you with everything. The food is amazing! I highly recommend this homestay.

The rooms are a bit basic & the water pressure is quite low - nothing a bucket shower / mandi shower can't fix. It's part of the experience, try to embrace it!

We had an unbelievable stay at Stephen's place : - Rooms are clean and comfortable. - A/C is available. Yes it costs a little extra but it's very much worth it given the island's high temperatures. - Stephen is an amazing host, nice and genuine. We highly appreciated that he wasn't trying to oversell activities. Instead, he listen to your needs and gives suggestions. - Guests can rent a scooter and snorkeling equipment for the day. - The food prepared by Missi and the rest of the family is exquisite. - El Homestay is a nice spot to meet other travelers. We were lucky to share our stay with an amazing couple of French travelers. We're already looking forward to coming back! Sebastien

Nothing!

The host Stefen is absolutley nice and wants the guests to have a perfect holiday. The food is very good and was always more than enough. You can go snorkeling or watch dolphines, the prices are fair. The room was clean, with shower.

We had 4 pleasant nights. Stephen and missi are really nice. She cooks really well different meals every day. Breakfast with pancakes and topping (jam, chocolate hazelnut,etc) and fruits will make a good start for your day. Room is big and quite new. You have space to hang staff. You have a fan (which was enough for us) and AC if you need The house is quiet and near where the public boat leaves/arrives so no additionnal fee. Stephen can help you with different tours at non excessive prices. Tell him as soon as you arrive (or even before) if you want to do one of the tour so you can make a group with other guests and decrease the price. We did with one of his family a snorkeling tour where many turtles and nice corals live. A good memory, no need to feed them like they do for tourist in some other places. we also made a group with a couple of the homestay for a Dolphins/snorkeling tour which was great. In between we snorkel by ourselves and enjoy the island and its people

The only thing was ants. We had everyday colonies in our room

Super nice host!

It was a really pleasant place to stay in bunaken, 2min walking to the beach. Stephen was a really nice host, always smiling and happy to recommend places to visit. Rooms are big and confortable, meals are delicious and diversified.

Nothing

We give 10 in all categories because this lovely guest house is like to be at home...far away of home. Stephen and his family makes everything in order that you feel happy and enjoy Bunaken. And his aunt is (imho) the best cooker that que found in all Sulawesi after three weeks travelling. Each fish at lunch and dinner has been special and tasty. Terima kashi!

Missi and Stefen are excellent hosts always ready to help

Excellent value for money, but none of the homestays have real places to chill comfortably. Fine for diving though 👌