Hotel Kaveka

My favourite accommodation by far, the staff were amazing, the accommodation was great and the area was perfect, thank you!

This was our 4th stay at Kaveka. We love the location on Cook’s Bay, and were pleasantly surprised at the new renovations. The restaurant has a good selection and the staff was very attentive.

The location is ideal. Cooks Bay is a great area, walking distance to shops, restaurants, grocery, services and breathtaking beauty. The view is amazing from the restaurant and dock. We stayed in a lanai room, which means the back row by the road. These rooms are half the cost of the front row lagoon view rooms. Some rooms are really old, dated, in questionable condition and smell of mildew. Some cabins are brand new. The first one we stayed in had terrible odor and fired up my husband’s allergies. It also had an ant infestation. They were kind enough to move us to another room that smelled better and no ants. The snorkeling out front off the end of the dock was quite good. There’s a steep drop off and you’ll see a lot there. We saw tons of colorful fish, a giant nurse shark, an octopus, turtles and an eel. The little beach was never crowded and great for floating. The staff at Kaveka was super friendly and accommodating. The breakfast was crazy expensive so we walked to the Maharepa grocery every morning for the best fresh French pastries I have ever had! I hope the walk offset some of the calories! We also walked to pizza place quite close. It was great. We ate at Kaveka restaurant for dinner once and it was a big plate of delicious grilled fish and shrimp… enough for two of us to share. I would probably stay here again. The rooms not fantastic but for the price, it’s pretty good.

Beautiful location and big bungalow Beachfront bungalow has the most incredible view. King bed is great for my tall spouse and it was very comfortable. We slept great all 3 nights as the property was small enough that other guests are spread out and we didn’t hear anything except the sounds of nature. We enjoyed eating dinner there each night too; lots of food options and convenient.

Rather moribund, understaffed and not as described. We had three major issues at Kaveka which tainted our time on Moorea. We had chosen it specifically because it is described as having “a private beach” and our chosen bungalow was “on the lagoon”. This is at best misleading and at worst a deliberate distortion. We found that only one or two of the bungalows have a beach with lagoon access. Our bungalow, and others, have a low sea wall with a patch of sand on the land side of the wall for our loungers. The sand also served as a main walkway for other guests so it is not private space. The hotel description mentions access to “beach umbrellas”. Our “beach” - the sandy area in front of the bungalow but behind the sea wall - received intense afternoon sunshine that mandated at least partial shade. But the staff told us that they do not provide beach umbrellas. The hotel description on ******* is therefore wrong and needs to be updated. The hotel’s guest wi-fi was highly unreliable and intermittent. We complained twice over two days and each time we were told to wait while it was “reset”. I wasn’t going to waste more vacation time complaining more since I had reasonable cellular coverage. You might not have! Do yourself a favor, and avoid the temptation for what seems a good deal and instead pay extra for a better place - the Cook’s Bay Resort next door is modern and lovely - and perhaps just stay fewer days. Your vacation time will be so much better!

We searched Experdia for a hotel on Tahiti. Kaveka came up and looked good so we booked it and paid. We immediately realised the hotel was not on Tahiti and tried to cancel less than 5 minutes after booking. They did not suffer any loss or inconvenience, yet took our money and refused to reimburse one penny. What does that tell you about them?