Sands Villas

Beautiful villa (Hibiscus) in a beautiful setting. The south side of Rarotonga is just an awesome calm beach. In February (low season) there weren't many people... weather was beautiful. Some rain, but we're from the NW USA, so it was warm and not bothersome rain, at least for us. The villa is a comfortable well kept house. The AC units helped make the nights comfortable. Wonderful stay!

A wonderful location on white sand with turquoise water and good snorkelling at your feet. Very good facilities for self catering in this idyllic spot. Easy beach walking in either direction, and set back from the road, so very quiet with empty sections either side.

Unfortunately, the pictures on the website for this unit are a bit deceiving, other than the fabulous location. The kitchen was well stocked and the bathrooms had newer cabinets and sinks but the unit is quite old and not well cared for. The air conditioner didn't work in the master upon arrival, eventually came on but was out the last two days of the trip and it was incredibly hot in the villa as there is no air in the main living area and only one small ceiling fan. Unfortunately the unit apparently had not been fumigated in a while and there were a lot, I mean a lot of really big cockroaches (we know there are bugs in tropical places, that's why fumigation is necessary). After a phone call, it was sprayed the day after our arrival so we dealt with dead and dying roaches each morning. A few days into the trip there was no water which was eventually restored after another call. The wicker furniture had balls of debris and hair caught in the bottom and there were dead bugs under the beds, they'd been there for a while. We were so disappointed after planning for a year for this trip. We would have moved to a different location if we could have found other accommodations and been assured of a refund. We didn't expect luxury, we've stayed at rustic places and we knew it was a small island but a well cared for and clean environment was absolutely expected, especially for the cost. The other 2 villas are much nicer for the same price.