Name: Manea On Muri
Address: Muri Beach Rarotonga Cook Island, Rarotonga, 00000, CK

6/10

Pleasant

04 Jul 2026

Adriana

Location was excellent.
Place is old and rundown, matress old and saggy and shower pressure very poor. Ran out of hot water. Sheets were old and I wonder if they were actually changed from the previous guest. Documentation stated it would be serviced every 3 days. But service was not offered ever or done over the 7 days.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

29 Jun 2026

angela

So close to the water, loved it

Partner

8/10

Excellent

29 Jun 2026

Kelly

Great location. It was good to have a kitchen and aircon in the upstairs. Great base for our holiday.

8/10

Excellent

19 Jun 2026

Grace

Everything ok but no reception not friendly for the first time travellers

Friends

6/10

Pleasant

18 Jun 2026

Dianne

Property needs maintenance and updating

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

13 Jun 2026

Sirley

The room was clean, but all the towels were dirty. We couldn’t use the kayak because the paddles were broken. If you are picky I highly recommend you not to book this hotel.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

24 May 2026

Alexandra

Staff were excellent, friendly, and really onto it. Contacted them about an issue and it was resolved very quickly.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

23 May 2026

Samuel M

This is a spacious bungalow. The lagoon is yards away depending on which bungalow. Wendy, the manager is very nice. This is in a very convenient location. Walk to a bakery, coffee shop, Te Rava Nui Village, The market.

8/10

Excellent

30 Apr 2026

Rhys

A bit dated but neat and tidy good location right on the lagoon at Murri Beach.

Cheapest option we could find too.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

27 Apr 2026

Gillian

Accomodation is tired, bed was comfortable! Safe in the bedroom.
Kitchen amenities were good. Aircon was brilliant although located in bedroom
Location to Muri excellent and great view and access of the lagoon.
Pool small but nice, deck surrounds needs urgent maintenance
Accommodation manager was amazing, friendly and happy to help with making our stay comfortable!
Resident dogs were a delight- Jane (dog) was such a pleasure to have around.
Kayaks available for use
Pool shoes and snorkels outside the villa if needed
Overall - the price was good - reflecting the negatives - great stay !!!

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

21 Mar 2026

Michael

Great location!

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

16 Jan 2026

Julie

Room was cute and clean... staff was helpful... location was lovely

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

27 Nov 2025

jim

Beach access with 1 kayak for guests to use.

10/10

Exceptional

16 Nov 2025

Indea

The location, the amenities, the staff! We loved it all. We took our 1 year old and it was perfect. The pool was lovely and newly renovated and looked after. walking distance to so many good spots and right on the beat swimming spot at the lagoon. Rooms are a little run down but kept cleans and tidy and we honestly loved our stay there.

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

09 Nov 2025

Heidi

We had an amazing stay in our 3 bedroom villa. Its homely and everything we needed. The neighborhood dogs looked after us. The pool was great. Walking distances to night market and lots of resorts around to go for a drink. Wifi was a bit here or there at the villa but excellent closer to the pool. Wendy was amazing.. let us move into another villa for our late flight checkout. Cant say enough she was super lively and we appreciated everything she did for us. Ill be back!

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

08 Nov 2025

Carol

Manea bungalows were perfect! Not the most modern but great for our needs. Located superbly close to all amenities we needed. The pool and beach access was great in providing the perfect relaxing holiday.
The staff are amazing, friendly, helpful & for accommadating our needs.

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

31 Oct 2025

Sarah

Great affordable, no frills, self contained option. Incredible location, lagoon and pool basically on your doorstep, plus easy to walk to shops and food options. Super lovely staff available if you need them and service includes wifi and filtered water. Just make sure the AC works when you check in! Will be back xx

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

24 Oct 2025

kylie

We were all very happy with the accommodation, it was perfect for a family of 7. A little rundown but it made it made for a great Raro experience. Lots of room, great location, full kitchen, 2 bathrooms with toilets in each. Wendy our property manager was extremely helpful and accommodating. We had the use of a small pool beach side and a kayak. We would 100% go back!

4/10

Poor

22 Oct 2025

Catherine

The place is reasonably priced, but you can't trust the photos. We booked it based on the location (which is great), the pool, sun loungers, kayaks and view.

When we were there in Sept the pool was out of action, and there was only one sun lounger and one kayak. The view from our lagoon view unit was obstructed by a shed, which often smelt like sewage, making sitting on the deck unpleasant.

The unit itself was a bit run down, but was clean with plenty of towels and loo paper - which was good because it wasn't serviced during our 5 night stay.

We applied for a partial refund through hotels.com given the lack of pool, sun loungers, and kayaks but were declined. We wouldn't have stayed if it wasn't for the outdoor photos in the listing so just wanted to warn everyone else.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

20 Oct 2025

Lynette

Value for money and well located for sure. Unfortunately there was no snorkel masks or flippers and swimming gear though advertised was mostly rubbish and should be binned. Cleaner eventually brought 2 masks around but only one didn’t leak. Only one single kayak for entire complex. Overall I would stay again, but would bring my own snorkel gear.

Leisure

8/10

Excellent

20 Oct 2025

ALRICH

Good stuff

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

02 Aug 2025

Verily Linda

The units are quite run down, shower quite dirty. Pillows need to be replaced as they are stained and cover torn. Villa was not ready and we didn’t get there until 4.30 pm. Freezer was all iced up and milk supplied (UHT) best before was three months ago. Room was supposed to have been serviced every three days but wasn’t, though the land lady did apologise and asked if there was anything we needed done. We just requested clean towels. There are boards on the deck that are rotten and warnings on the pool deck not to use as unsafe. Dogs barked most nights. As we were only there to sleep we managed but won’t stay there again. Pluses were the complementary pawpaws on arrival, free wifi, beach towels and a hair dryer.

8/10

Excellent

18 Jun 2025

Jeremy

Budget accomodation with amazing views. Reasonably private and self contained with everything you need. Aircon was a nice touch. Location was great as you can walk right out the front to lagoon. Would stay again.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

21 May 2025

Melanie

The property is very tired and run down, pool looked awesome but had signs saying stay off the deck. We had linen, plenty of towels and kitchen essentials which was handy. Really handy to Muri and all the restaurants.
Would need some serious work before I returned.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

06 May 2025

Sandy

Property is very tired. The location is amazing.

Leisure

4/10

Poor

14 Apr 2025

TREVOR

Nil staff/reception
Poor condition
Only redeeming feature if brilliant view and position on lagoon

6/10

Pleasant

03 Apr 2025

Tracey

While the location was great, the pool was empty

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

08 Mar 2025

Bella

Absolutely loved our stay. Sure it’s not 5 star accommodation, but doesn’t claim to be. But absolutely 5 star for location. It was our home for 8 nights and was just awesome.

Wendy, our host is absolutely lovely too.

Very yummy Asian & Mexican restaurants just down the driveway and Muri night markets for food options if you don’t want to go far.

We will definitely pick this place to come back and stay.

Leisure

6/10

Pleasant

03 Dec 2024

Sela

It was confortable

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

30 Nov 2024

Charles

Great value and convenient to lagoon and shops

The Manea group of houses and cabins is down a driveway (shared with \"The Flametree\") off the main road so quiet and private. An older style of cabin (no. 5) set back a little from the sea front, with a large d'stairs room with an en suite bathroom, 2 king size beds, cooling fans and plenty of room; and two upstairs rooms, one with aircon and their own bathroom (therefore beds for a total of 8 people/4 couples). The kitchen was well set up with fridge, large stove and a microwave. The large sheltered deck was great to sit out on with 2 or 3 tables and easy chairs. I recommend you buy duty free at the airport (about $NZ30/litre of spirits Nov. 2024). Plenty of parking space. Just opposite and 50 metres away is \"My Cousin's place\" which serves excellent coffee and fresh made muesli and fruit breakfasts - highly recommended. On the main road and 200 metres away are a small convenience store and a smoothy shop. Many other shops and the night market are well within walking distance. Manea has a pool beside the lagoon and a selection of sit-on kayaks for general use.
We found it difficult to contact the manager when needed as her phone number seems to be the public phone on the outside office wall, but Wendy is on site most days and she is very helpful and friendly.
The resident dog, Jane, is a lovely old girl who appreciates a pat whenever you feel inclined and she acts as a sentry when you are out.
Not a flash marble-floored apartment but very good value accommodation!

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

30 Oct 2024

Jane

Great service and flexibility from the staff when flights out were delayed. Convenient location and good value.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

29 Sep 2024

Gemma

Great Place near the Lagoon! Wendy was awesome and Jane the dog won our hearts!

10/10

Exceptional

01 Sep 2024

michael

Very friendly support staff.

8/10

Excellent

01 Aug 2024

Brett

Location is right on muri beach
walking distance to sailing club, night markets, bakery, store and coffee shop
Highly recommend

Leisure Family

2/10

Poor

12 Jun 2024

Verified traveler

Electricity was out for one day

6/10

Pleasant

23 Mar 2024

Francine

Muri Beach itself was wonderful. The snorkeling was good, the beach was great for walking. There were great places to eat, the food market was wonderful. The bus was easily accessed and cheap to ride. The accomodations left us feeling unsatisfied. We chose this place because of the amenities. However, the place itself lacked comfy sitting in the living area, broken pool chairs and deck chair They offered a lagoon view but cabin #2 which we were in had the pool pump shed in front of us which gave a limited view of the lagoon. We would have bbq'd but there was no fuel. You could not sit on the porch in the afternoon as there was no shade, a table umberella would have been usfeul. A few fixes and this place would be great. It's just tired...

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

21 Aug 2023

carey

Property is clean and tidy but slightly run down but is in a great location and good value. Overall I enjoyed my stay

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

25 Jul 2023

Jennifer Elizabeth Gadney and Melanie

We loved our stay at Manea. The bungalow was really clean and by the lagoon. Wendy is very friendly and very hospitable, she has always made sure we had everything we needed and was kind to let us do an early check-in and late check out due to a time mistake with our flight. We will recommend Manea, especially for independent travelers and the ones who would like a self-contained accommodation for a reasonable price.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

23 Oct 2022

Nicola

The property is right on the Muri lagoon and there are awesome tropical fish to be seen right outside your doorstep in the lagoon when snorkelling!

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

28 Aug 2022

Tereapii

Television not working, leaking ceiling that wet our bed, toilet doesn't flush property, sewage smells badly

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

10 May 2022

Micheli

We loved it. Close to others resorts. Very cozy. They give us water bottles some delicious fresh fruits. I will definitely recommend this place to family and friends.
Thanks
Micheli

Leisure Family_with_children

6/10

Pleasant

20 Apr 2022

Natasha Lisa

Our unit was family unit 5, its needs work around the outside and inside of the property. There was rusty nails from a pulled down shed laying around that kids could stand on and old roofing,

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

07 Feb 2022

Hana

Lovely place by the Muri beach, still a bit construction there but I was able to use the swimming pool and beach, free kayaks were provided. Wendy and Sharon who runs the place are two lovely women. There is a grocery shop less than 5 minutes walk, some restaurants as well. I would definitely stay again there.

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

01 Feb 2022

Kamrul

The reception by Wendy was great. The Villa was well prepared for my hubby and me. Fresh fruits, breakfast cereals were provided. However, we were not informed of the construction next to it. The pool could not be used nor the beach accessed because of the demolishing of the building next to the pool. The shower was cold; no hot water. Was looking forward to the pool and the beach.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

14 Oct 2019

Mita

On the lagoon and an easy walk to Muri Beach and shops, nice clean comfortable accommodation. Would recommend to family and friends.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

06 Oct 2019

Cadie

Great location, basic place with perks.

Manea on Muri is in a great location. You can walk to all the main Muri shops and sights. Close to the night market and there are groceries close by.
When we arrived the airport transfer did not show up and we ended up getting a ride with a friendly local. Not really acceptable as it was late at night but it did work out in the end as the key was under the door mat for us and the local contacted Fern the manager as we were on route.
The room is basic but equipped. Bed is ok. Shower pressure and temperature terrible. A cot was supplied free of charge for my daughter. It made the villa a little small but we managed fine. There are no stove tops or ovens in the smaller villas. The listing said there are but I think it must just be for the bigger ones.
Access to free kayaks and snorkel gear was really nice. We used them every day. Villas 2-4 have a tiny view of the lagoon as there is a property next door blocking the view. Pool was nice to have but we never used it as it was windier and cold near the pool most day and we snorkeled elsewhere on the island.
Fern was lovely and chatty. The housekeeping popped by daily with fresh towels but never cleaned the room. She asked but we always said we were ok.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

04 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

Loved the service and location, can't recall not liking anything in particular!

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

20 Apr 2019

Verified traveler

Right on the lagoon - it was perfect being able to wake up each day and go snorkelling straight away and see incredible fish (including a moray eel!)
Close proximity to restaurants and shops :)

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

01 Mar 2019

Verified traveler

Very clean and tidy, use of snorkeling gear and kayaks.
Wifi wasn’t working, asked the manager but it took a few days to get sorted (likely because bluesky didn’t send anyone to fix it)

Leisure Partner