The management is relaxed, the animators bronzed and
friendly, and the children happily supervised.
The resort is not just for families, far from it, but it does
cater for children unusually well. Of first importance is the attitude of the
staff to children and here it’s faultless. Then it’s a matter of facilities and
activities. There isn’t a swimming pool but the lagoon is nice and shallow and
also large enough to be untroubled by waves and currents.
The children’s mini-club has both morning and afternoon
sessions, while the adults are on the beach sunning or, often, getting together
for aqua aerobics, fun and games. Uniquely there’s also a children’s theatre
time immediately after dinner and before the adults’ entertainment, when they
can take part in organised singing and dancing and dressing up. It’s quite
clear that the kids are having a great time. In the restaurant they aid and
abet the convivial flow between the tables.
The buffets are impressive and the restaurant well positioned
near the water’s edge. Its high roof is thatched and the floor either wood or
sand. There is a carafe of wine on the table and the self-service draught beer
and soft drinks are complimentary. Everyone is on the same full board
arrangement.
The main beach is very large and in the right place - facing
south and near the jetty, reception and watersports centre, from where the
music is pumped out. The west side has some beach but the rest of the island
has a low wall between the sand and the water for protection against further
erosion.
Some of the tallest palm trees of any resort are on Alimatha.
The island looks lovely from the sea. The bushes between the rooms and the
beach, however, have been cleared so it is light above and the views to the
lagoon are unimpeded.
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