Guest Report
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2017 2:32 pm
Three of us stayed at Carpe Diem in Castara for a week at New Year’s, and enjoyed it immensely. The rooms were big and clean, the view from the balcony was a delight, and at night the bats would do a sky ballet for us if we remembered to put sugar water in the feeder. Chris and Yvonne weren’t there, but their friend Adrian took care of anything we couldn’t manage for ourselves – which was very little, because Castara is sort of a self-service town. It’s very laid-back, used to having lots of foreigners around but still very friendly and with all the services.
We were mostly diving and there is some diving available at Castara, but the best diving is on the another side of the island at the north end. However, there’s a fast road across the mountains and it’s less than an hour door-to-door for the dive ops at Speyside, a bit more to Charlotteville. (We went with Blue Waters Dive'n in Speyside, and were very happy with them.) Despite the driving, we were happy to be staying in Castara, which is just a nicer place. But do remember that there is no petrol available within a half-hour’s drive of Castara, so fill up elsewhere.
Would we go there again? Yes, certainly.
We were mostly diving and there is some diving available at Castara, but the best diving is on the another side of the island at the north end. However, there’s a fast road across the mountains and it’s less than an hour door-to-door for the dive ops at Speyside, a bit more to Charlotteville. (We went with Blue Waters Dive'n in Speyside, and were very happy with them.) Despite the driving, we were happy to be staying in Castara, which is just a nicer place. But do remember that there is no petrol available within a half-hour’s drive of Castara, so fill up elsewhere.
Would we go there again? Yes, certainly.