We stayed in the hotel in Manado. I'ts a nice quite hotel with an excellent dinner buffet. They even have a lot of variety in food for vegetarians. The hotel has a great quite house reef with little current and there are daily trips to Bunaken if you want. More

October 2009 We combined Kuala Lumpur, Langkawi (MY) and North Sulawesi (IND) for the entire October 2009. Langkawi we have assessed already. We stayed on a small island north of Sulawesi, called Bangka. Organised by Murex. They also have a resort on the mainland near Bunaken NP, where we stayed a few nights too. Both resorts a nice. After one... More

Long time reader and first time contributor I felt it was necessary to write about how perfect our stay in Murex was. My fiancée and I consider ourselves to be quite demanding about everything related to our holidays but for the first time ever everything exceeded our expectations. There are two Murex resorts. The Mainland resort is on Manado island... More

The resort is located at Bangka island. Getting there from Manado city would take 50 minutes by car and 30 minutes by boat. Resort with 8 cottages. Electricity is turned on from 5pm to 7am (and so is the air con). Daisy, the hostess there is very friendly. She helped take care of my 4.5 and 1.5 year olds. Two... More

Traveling with a large group of friends, we stayed at Murex for the majority of our stay in Manado with a couple nights just down the beach in a "posh" resort. While the other resort had better kept lawns, they could not touch the atmosphere, the family-style meals, or the focus on diving provided by Murex. If you're looking to... More

just returned from diving at murex. we stayed at 2 different resorts over 11 days and have to say that the staff at murex was more willing to mix with us and talk compared to the other resort (nad in lembeh island). our room was beautiful-it was #7-a cottage. the pool there is wonderful, however they didnt have the fountains... More

This is a comfortable resort with a homely atmosphere. If you are looking for a 5-star environment, it is probably best to look elsewhere. But if you are looking for a laid back place, with friendly staff, then you will be well pleased with this choice. There is also a fresh water pool, which I believe was built back in... More

My husband and I are repeat visitors to Manado’s Dive Resort MUREX, owned and run by the Batuna family for many years. We just returned from a five day stay and as always we both had a very good time at Murex. The combination of abundant nature, warm and family-like atmosphere, clean and cozy rooms and excellent food just makes... More

We stayed at Murex Manado for recent dive trip. The room was simple but nice and had AC, king bed, and a mini-bar. The resort was simple but beautiful with lots of trees and flowers. As the other review said, the resort is primarily for diving and not much else. They have a nice pool and free Wi-Fi. Meals were... More