Reviews of Water Lily #6 @ Caribe Island

Following our 3-day stay in central San Pedro, our group which included four adults, headed a couple of miles south of central San Pedro, to stay in the 3-bedroom/3 bathroom Caribe Island – Water Lily #6 condo. We had reserved the condo on Booking.com, and the booking went very smoothly (this was our first experience booking a privately owned condo through a management company). The condo was a large two-storey with three bedrooms located on the upper floor (a primary bedroom with an ensuite and ocean-view balcony, two additional bedrooms with a shared full bathroom). The main level contained a kitchen, dining room, living room and another full bathroom. The three bedrooms had an air-conditioning unit in each room, and there was an air-conditioning unit in the dining room to cool the lower level. We found the condo very nice, clean and spacious. We enjoyed preparing our breakfasts and lunch, as well as the occasional dinner and snacks. There was a small convenience store within walking distance of the condo, as well as a restaurant/bar called Someplace South Cafebar (it had nightly live music), and we ended up there each night of our stay. The Hula Bar is also located a short walk at the end of the pier in front of the hotel. We had rented a golf cart, and there was plenty of parking for golf-carts located beside the condo complex. We used the golf-cart to drive a short distance to a grocery store, a fresh fruit stand, as well as some other nearby restaurants. It was more relaxing driving the golf cart around this end of the island – as it was much less busy than in central San Pedro. The Caribe Island had a very nice, good sized, clean pool. We enjoyed swimming in the pool and brought a cooler with a few drinks to enjoy poolside. As well, we enjoyed walking in both directions along the beach. We borrowed the kayaks/lifejackets/paddles at Caribe Island (no charge to use the kayaks), and enjoyed paddling along the shoreline.

We did not swim in the ocean, as there was sargassum (seaweed) that had come in during our time there (however, note, that it tends to be sargassum free on the other side of the island at Secret Beach – where we had enjoyed swimming in the ocean on the previous days). A con of the unit was it seemed difficult to lock the entrance door from the inside. Also, only one key was provided – and as there were four of us, we tended just to keep the key in the lock box beside the front door. We were pleased with the pool (however, a con of the pool, is there is limited shade when laying in the loungers around the pool). The ocean-front and being able to walk along the beach was good (however, note that there is a very long cement break wall along the shoreline and there is not a natural sandy slope to access the water. It was nice to be able to use the kayaks (there were single as well as 2-person kayaks – however, you had to lift them over the two-foot break wall, to access the ocean).

Location

Bugs inside room

Location was beautiful, pool was wonderful

Ants in the kitchen, refrigerator froze most of the food, very few hooks to hang towels and swim suits, kitchen needs a knife sharpener, ran out of water (contacted staff and they never responded :( ) Need additional kitchen towels for drying dishes, cooking etc……

View of the water