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Tawali Resort

4.0 star property
4-star beach resort with outdoor pool

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Front of property
Deluxe Room, 2 Double Beds, Sea View | 1 bedroom, in-room safe, desk, iron/ironing board
Deluxe Room, 2 Double Beds, Sea View | Mountain view
Outdoor pool, sun loungers
Interior entrance

Reviews

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Pool
  • Room service
  • Breakfast available
  • Housekeeping
  • Laundry

Explore the area

Map
Maramathana Biwa Ward, Alotau, Milne Bay Province
  • Alotau Port
  • Cameron Secondary School
  • Harbour
  • Alotau (GUR-Gurney)

Room options

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Standard Double Room | 1 bedroom, in-room safe, desk, iron/ironing board

Standard Double Room

  • 323 sq ft
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed OR 1 Twin Bed

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Deluxe Room, 2 Double Beds, Sea View | 1 bedroom, in-room safe, desk, iron/ironing board

Deluxe Room, 2 Double Beds, Sea View

  • 430 sq ft
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Double Beds

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Family Villa, 2 Bedrooms, Sea View | 1 bedroom, in-room safe, desk, iron/ironing board

Family Villa, 2 Bedrooms, Sea View

  • 1722 sq ft
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 6
  • 1 Queen Bed, 2 Double Beds and 2 Twin Beds

About the neighborhood

Alotau

On bay.You'll be 27.1 mi (43.6 km) from Alotau Beach with a stay at this Alotau resort.
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About this property

Tawali Resort

4-star beach resort with outdoor pool
There's a restaurant on site, as well as a snack bar/deli. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. WiFi is free in public spaces. An airport shuttle (available 24 hours) is available for a fee. An outdoor pool, a terrace, and barbecue grills are also featured at the business-friendly Tawali Resort. Self parking is free.

Smoking is allowed in designated areas at this 4-star Alotau resort.

  • 22 guestrooms or units
  • Meeting rooms
  • Deli
  • Supervised childcare (surcharge)
  • Childcare (surcharge)
  • Poolside lounge chairs
  • Breakfast available (surcharge)
  • Dry cleaning
  • Self-service laundry
  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Storage area for luggage
  • Front-desk safe
  • Tour and ticket information
  • Concierge
  • Terrace
  • Garden
  • BBQ grill(s)
  • Outdoor picnic space
  • Smoking in designated areas
  • Bar or lounge
  • 1 conference room
  • Dining venue
Tawali Resort offers 22 accommodations with safes and complimentary toiletries. Rooms open to furnished balconies. Televisions come with satellite channels. Bathrooms include showers. Irons/ironing boards and hair dryers can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Languages

English, Filipino, Japanese

Property amenities

Family friendly

  • Babysitting (surcharge)
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Snack bar/deli
  • Supervised activities for children (surcharge)

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • 24-hour roundtrip airport shuttle (surcharge)
  • Free secured self parking on site

Food and drink

  • Daily buffet breakfast available for a fee: PGK 55 for adults and PGK 27.50 for children
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant
  • Snack bar/deli

Things to do

  • Outdoor pool

Accessibility

  • No elevator

Room amenities

Entertainment

  • 40-inch TV with satellite channels

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer (on request)
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Food and drink

  • Limited room service

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Ceiling fan
  • Connecting rooms available
  • Desk
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 9 PM
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply); guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
The front desk is open daily from 6 AM - 9 PM
Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; front desk staffed during limited hours
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property ahead of time using the information on the booking confirmation
If you are planning to arrive after 9 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

  • No pets allowed, but service animals are welcome

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Fee for buffet breakfast: approximately PGK 55 for adults and PGK 27.50 for children
  • Airport shuttle fee: PGK 242.00 per person (roundtrip)
  • Airport shuttle fee per child: PGK 121 (roundtrip), (from 3 to 10 years old)
  • Housekeeping is available for an additional fee

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards and cash
Cashless transactions are available
This property has outdoor spaces, such as balconies, patios, terraces which may not be suitable for children; if you have concerns, we recommend contacting the property prior to your arrival to confirm they can accommodate you in a suitable room
Charges for extra guests may apply and vary according to property policy.
A cash deposit, credit card, or debit card for incidental charges and government-issued photo identification may be required upon check-in.
Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in. Special requests can't be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
    This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession. This property has outdoor spaces, such as balconies, patios, terraces which may not be suitable for children. If you have concerns, we recommend contacting the property prior to your arrival to confirm they can accommodate you in a suitable room. This property accepts Visa, Mastercard, and cash. Cashless payment methods are available for all transactions.

Property Registration Number 500041448

We should mention

  • Connecting/adjoining rooms are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property at the number on your booking confirmation.

Property is also known as

Tawali Resort Milne Bay
Tawali Resort
Tawali Milne Bay
Tawali Resort Resort
Tawali Resort Alotau
Tawali Alotau
Tawali Resort Alotau
Tawali Resort Resort Alotau

Frequently asked questions

Does Tawali Resort have an airport shuttle?

Tawali Resort offers an airport shuttle 24 hours a day, for a charge of PGK 242.00 per person, roundtrip.

Does Tawali Resort offer free breakfast?

Free breakfast isn’t provided at Tawali Resort, but buffet breakfast is offered for a fee of PGK 55 for adults and PGK 27.50 for children.

Is there a casino at Tawali Resort?

No, there is no casino at this resort.

What time is check-in at Tawali Resort?

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 9 PM.

Is there free parking at Tawali Resort?

This resort offers free self parking.

Does Tawali Resort have a pool?

Tawali Resort features an outdoor pool.

Does Tawali Resort have a restaurant?

Yes, there is a restaurant on site.

Does Tawali Resort have a spa?

There are no spa services available at this resort.

How close is Tawali Resort to downtown Alotau?

Tawali Resort is 12.9 mi away from Alotau.

Tawali Resort Reviews

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 16 out of 26 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 7 out of 26 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 2 out of 26 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 26 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 26 reviews

9.6/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Chantal, Noosaville

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Amazing flora and fauna, incredible diving. Amazing scuba team. Very poor reception and management. Food good
Stayed 8 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Steven, honolulu

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful location with reef right off property. A little bit like going back to camp but thats part of what made it so relaxing
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Malcolm

Traveled with partner, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Tawali is amazingly positioned on a remote coastal paradise. All the creature comforts you could hope for, comfortable beds, spectacular balconies and amazing activities. Even as a non-diver there was plenty to do and enjoy. Friendly staff and an impressive chef. What a privilege to experience this place! Thank you Tawali.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

2/10 Terrible

Leanne

Traveled with family
Disliked: Staff & service

Not able to check in

Was not able to make it to the hotel due to airline cancellations. Could you please cancel my itinerary, and if I could get a refund?
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

6/10 Okay

Timothy

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities
The diving
Stayed 8 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Samuel

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Outstanding service, every single staff member made us feel welcome. The resort is spectacular and the diving incredible!!! The food was delicious and the rooms beautiful. Thank you Tawali!!!
Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Judith, TOLL

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Thoroughly enjoyed the weekend. Resort was excellent and Milne Bay is a stunning area to explore.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The staff were very friendly and accommodating. The Diving was excellent. Well run dive operation.
Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Jared

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Amazing spot

Great location.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The location of the resort is in an absolute paradise. Very beautiful, very tranquil. There are a lot of amazing activities to do while there, and my tour guide was great. The resort is nice, and the staff are friendly. The only problem was the female manager. She demanded that I pay for the accommodation, even though I had already paid online at the time of booking with lastminute.com. I showed my receipts for payment and she still demanded that I pay “in cash” for the room. Since the credit card machine wasn’t working I paid for my tours by bank transfer (so there was a record of payment) but refused to pay again for accommodation. The female manager was rude and unprofessional. Beware of her trying to charge again.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Very relaxed atmosphere and beautiful location between jungle and see. A real escape!
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Jo

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We stayed for three nights, primarily for diving. The resort is in a remote location on the beautiful East Cape of Milne Bay. It was an easy journey from the airport to the boat (approximately one hour) through picturesque villages by the coast. The boat ride to Tawali is approximately 15-20 minutes. All the resort staff were very welcoming and made every effort to assist us during our stay. The dive master, Alfred, is very knowledgeable and was great to dive with. Our visit to Hiliwau Village was also a highlight. It included a visit to a skull cave and waterfall. Highly recommended and am looking forward to our next visit.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

scott, Monroe, NC USA

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Tawali is paradise. They pick you up at little airport and take you by van and boat to secluded resort cut out of jungle. They treat you Sooo good. I had a fishing expedition planned with an Aussie outfitter that got cancelled due to weather so cousin and I went to Tawali as we were already in Alotau. Great choice! They took us 2 fishing everyday and we smashed them! Captain Charlie and mates are awesome and know the waters. Just the views of island mountains take your breath away. We caught trevally, yes GT’s, coral trout, red bass, list goes on. Bring fish back and they cook them for you. It’s a dive resort but they cater to whatever you want. I did a mountain hike. They have great security and keep you very safe. I read some reviews about bandits but Tawali has a bunch of guys now nobody is going to mess with. We fished 20 to 40 miles of coastline and offshore, safe as could be. My cousin left after his stay but I stayed and got PADI scuba dive certified and went diving which was incredible! Nosaki was my instructor, very tough and thorough as it should be but she made it sooo much fun. They took me back to airport after my 11 day stay, png air flight was delayed and I would have missed Port Moresby connection but Nosaki stayed with me and helped get flight changed and I made it. PNG is an out there place do if you go, go to Tawali. It is an established gem with a strong reliable local network of locals to take care of you!
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Trent, Coleambally, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pristine Tranquility !!! When You look at the website, sometimes You have to downgrade Your expectations of a place when You get there, Not with Tawali, this place is set in one of the most beautiful places we've ever been to. The rainforest comes down to the water and the Resort is perched up on a limestone cliff about 60 feet above the house reef, (a great place to snorkel) the rooms were very spacious and comfortable and looked out over a quiet bay that was just Gorgeous, add to that the Dolphin pods that played there a couple of mornings at about 6.30 am and We were in a slice of paradise. You can't get there by road, which is a good thing (helps keep it unspoilt). The 15 minute boat ride was fine and All the Staff were Very helpful and courteous, nothing was too much trouble the whole week we were there, We could not fault Anyone or Anything, Well done to the whole team !!! We did the Skull cave and waterfall wall with the 2 hour walk back through the Villages on the way back, Gilbert Our guide was from one of the villages and did an excellent job of answering all Our questions and telling us all the history of the area along the way. The diving experience was Breath taking, with All of the spots We went to were amazing !!! Clear water !!! No broken coral, a wide range and plenty of critters, with All the Staff on the boats looking after Us both in and out of the water. We will be going back in two years. Well done Management !!! you have a great Team !!!
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Miroslav

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent staff and service. Had a great time doing 10 dives on their main dive boat. Local dive crew were excellent giving proper briefings with maps of dive sites and you felt that safety was a priority for them. Great place to stay.
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing place with world class snorkelling on the door step
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

Steve, England

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great food, great staff, great accommodation.

It's a very relaxing resort. You can kayak, snorkel and dive. Like most of PNG it's safe but you can only go out of the resort with a guide. Skull caves are worth a visit.
Stayed 6 nights in Sep 2017

8/10 Good

N.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
ホスピタリティが素晴らしい！アロタウが大好きになりました。食事も美味しかった。
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

HIROMI

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

素晴らしいハウスリーフ

ここは何と言ってもハウスリーフが素晴らしいです。 スノーケリングで十分楽しめます。 スノーケリングで、ナポレオンやイルカが見られました。 私は見れていませんが、運がよければ、クジラやジュゴンも現れるようです。 周辺のダイビングポイントももちろん素晴らしいのですが、ダイビング時は天候に恵まれず、残念でした。 それでも、モブラやバッファロー、サメ（オグロメジロザメ？）などが見られました。 無料でカヤックも借りられ、近くの無人島まで行くことが出来ました。 8歳の息子は大喜びでした。 アクセスは、アロタウ空港から陸路1時間半、船で20分くらいと不便ではありますが、これもアドベンチャーと割り切ればそれはそれで楽しいです。 お湯の出はあまりよくなく、食事は高いです。プールは塩水です。 リゾーターの方にはお勧めしませんが、キレイな海を求めている方にはお勧めします。 子供にはとてもやさしいです。
Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

tan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Miroslav

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Excellent

Best location, excelent food, on room a little bit noisy aircondition. PNG Digicell 3G covering OK
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Hans Frank

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Fint resort for å dykke

Tawali er en greit resort men på rommene kunne man gjøre noe. Belysning var kalt og alt for mye (2 nakne neonrør). Mannen på nabohus (18) jobbet helle natt, vi hørte hver og en telefon han fikk. Kunne ønske at man fikk en village-stay eller Sing Sing.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2018