Utungake Village, Neiafu, 5555 Utungake, Tonga
#1 of 3 hotels in Utungake
Guests' ChoiceBased on 31 hotel reviews
9.2Cleanliness
9.6
Comfort
9.5
Location
9.4
Facilities
9.6
Staff
9.8
Value for money
9.0
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Reviewed: 2 August 2025
Jessica
AustraliaPeaceful, great facilities, friendly service and great food. I look forward to coming back one day, I highly recommend.
Stayed in July 2025
Reviewed: 31 July 2025
Sue
New ZealandNothing
We had an awesome time at Mystic Sands. Peta, Mau and Kel were fantastic hosts and went out of their way to make our holiday a memorable one. The sett and accommodation are fabulous. Thanks Mystic Sands.
Stayed in July 2025
Reviewed: 15 July 2025
Anna
New ZealandPerfect location. The best staff always making sure we have everything we need. We were spending all days swimming, snorkeling and kayaking.
Stayed in July 2025
Reviewed: 7 June 2025
Deb
United StatesNothing
This property is very comfortable, relaxing, and quiet. The staff, Peta and Mau, were very helpful and accommodating with transportation to town for shopping and dinner. The owner, Kjell, was fantastic. We enjoyed conversation and learning about the culture of Tonga. Breakfast was wonderful. We loved sitting on the deck for breakfast. The reef was just off the boat dock. It is a beautiful, healthy reef with many species of fish and coral. The bay was perfect for kayaking. Thank you to Mystic Sands for a wonderful stay.
Stayed in June 2025
Reviewed: 2 June 2025
Francis
New ZealandLovely breakfast every morning Relaxing nice deck with awsome view into habour. Little wharf with tropical fish to look at. Kayaks are available to use, We did and it was great. Snorkeling was really good straight out front. We definitely will be comming back
Stayed in May 2025
Reviewed: 6 December 2024
Marcel
Switzerlandcomfortable deck chairs were missing, unfortunately the cook became ill and we had to be driven to the nearby town to eat
very friendly staff, nice location, high quality infrastructure, free airport transfer
Stayed in December 2024
Reviewed: 18 August 2024
Elena
United StatesEverything was great!
Awesome stay, thank you 😊
Stayed in August 2024
Reviewed: 22 July 2024
Peter
New ZealandNothing negative to say about this place.
A welcoming and relaxed setting. Room was spacious, clean and well appointed and the grounds and facilities well maintained. Friendly and unobtrusive service from an attentive team. Location is also sheltered from trade winds.
Stayed in July 2024
Reviewed: 19 July 2024
Jeffeager
AustraliaThe area has a local dog problem, it feels incredibly unsafe if you want to go for walks. Proven by 2 people being bitten whilst we stayed in the area. Not Mystic sands fault tho
Mystic sands is a very quiet, almost isolated mini resort away from just about everything
Stayed in June 2024
Reviewed: 7 June 2024
Lynette
AustraliaThe property is a long way out of town i.e. 20 minutes by car. You really need to hire a car to enjoy it.
Thoroughly enjoyed our time at Mystic Sands. The owners and staff are lovely and made a huge effort for us. The location is very pretty and you can snorkel off the jetty.
Stayed in June 2024
Reviewed: 4 June 2024
Gary
United KingdomVery friendly staff with room extremely comfortable and well equipped with good WiFi at a lovely spot.
Stayed in June 2024
Reviewed: 24 May 2024
Karen
AustraliaPeta aand Mau were attentive and responsive to all of our needs on behalf of the owners. It was a relaxing place to stay with the ability to snorkel, swim and kayak from the wharf. We would stay again in a eartbeat.
Stayed in May 2024
Reviewed: 9 January 2024
John
AustraliaMau and his wife were amazing, view and location was remote and awesome. Felt like the only tourist on the island.
Stayed in January 2024
Reviewed: 6 November 2023
Mary-jane
United Kingdomlocation is fantastic, very peaceful
Stayed in November 2023
Reviewed: 19 July 2023
Hayley
United KingdomA little far from town but not necessarily a bad thing
Quiet, beach front, nice rooms, great breakfast. Super friendly and helpful staff!
Stayed in July 2023
Reviewed: 16 July 2023
Karen
AustraliaI cannot think of a single thing that could be improved, understanding that this resort is in Vava’u where there is limited access to goods and produce.
The most beautiful, small, relaxed, tropical resort you could imagine. Amazing, friendly service! No restaurant or bar but tasty food delivered to your room on request and the staff offered to shop for alcohol in town if we wanted. We could have stayed so much longer
Stayed in July 2023
Reviewed: 23 May 2023
Anna
Australiavery peaceful, beautiful and a wonderful pool for our 2 year old
Stayed in May 2023
Reviewed: 18 February 2023
Sara
United Statesants & termites in the bed. no soap in bathroom , no AC, wifi was spotty, no phone, clock, TV, no place to walk to-restaurant or bar. no pool- just a shallow kiddie pool.make sure you bring a book, take away food and some thing to drink.owners are very nice
the room had plenty of space to move around. Peta picked me up from the airport $$60top.Make sure you converted money to tonga $$ because you can't at the hotel. There is water, and that is it. no restaurants or bars anywhere near, no AC but an overhead fan. It was raining and muggy . Peta stopped in the small town, so I got bottled water,cheese,crackers, and a poweraide .we walked to a restaurant to order a pizza to bring to room- canned mushrooms. It probably would have been better if I could have eaten it hot. As the only guest, my check-in was a little long. Cal, the owner was very nice ,explaining he just got electricity on They're planning on getting AC in the near future - will make it much better. no soap in the bathroom, but small shampoo
Stayed in February 2023
Reviewed: 7 December 2022
Christian
New Zealandfriendly staff, very well managed property, very quiet, snorkeling and kayaking directly in front of the hotel, pickup at the hotel pier for snorkeling trips, thank you for the great time!
Stayed in November 2022
Reviewed: 4 November 2022
Sandi
AustraliaIf there was a restaurant I would never leave the place
The room was perfect, clean and very comfortable with a gorgeous little private deck to eat breakfast and enjoy the ocean view. Infinity pool a bonus. Owners and staff were very nice and helpful. Kitchenette was very handy as there was limited lunch and dinner options nearby. Swimming with whales boat picked us up from their private jetty and took my son and I on the most magical whale swimming adventure you could ever imagine and made this holiday one we will remember for a lifetime
Stayed in October 2022
Reviewed: 17 July 2025
Matthew
New ZealandThere are no comments available for this review
Stayed in July 2025
Reviewed: 19 May 2025
Alex
IsraelThere are no comments available for this review
Stayed in May 2025
Reviewed: 8 November 2024
Steve
New ZealandThere are no comments available for this review
Stayed in November 2024
Reviewed: 4 September 2024
Southern
AustraliaThere are no comments available for this review
Stayed in August 2024
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