We had a great time here and the listing awesome
We had some bad luck with timing that definitely soured our stay which would not normally be a concern
The next door intercontinental hotel was ripping apart over water bungalows and repairing all day every day from 7am on. Machine noise all day, wood floating all around the beach was most unfortunate. Add that to the active fishing stations right in front on the beach (which wasn’t in any of the listing photos) cleaning and gutting fish on a hot day is not a fun smell for some people, particularly to hit you when your meant to be chilling in the excellent hammock on the property. Totally get its locals lively hood, but even my wife that is a Marine Biologist said it was a little over powering some days, and just 15 metres up the beach none of this was an issue.
Noise, mess, and smell combined were something i doubt would happen any other week of the year, we just had to deal with it. And you only have to walk 2 minutes to be right on Maitra itself
The rest of the experience, the house, the location, the communication (the help with a water leak) were 10/10. And having 2 ocean kayaks and being able to launch right out front to access some of the better corals in the lagoon and other motu was absolutely awesome
Book this place if you can.