The Waterfront Executive Suites have a separate bedroom, lounge room with a dining area, a washing machine, a kitchenette, a bathroom, and private verandah. Two of the suites also have a loft that can be made up for children to sleep in. The Suites have a King bed or a Queen bed in the bedroom. These offer a view of Blanche Bay and can also look across to the volcanoes.
The Waterfront Executive Bungalows are individual buildings, each features a bathroom, air conditioning with a fan, coffee and tea maker, and private verandah. Some of the rooms have a king bed while others have a queen and single bed. These bungalows have an uninterrupted view of Blanche Bay, and views over to the Duke of York Islands and beyond to New Ireland with some looking back to Rabaul Harbor and the volcanoes.
The Executive Bungalows are made up of 4 individual accommodation in the one building, with two rooms upstairs and two rooms downstairs. Each room is air-conditioned with a fan, private bathroom, tea and coffee maker, and a private verandah. Even though these bungalows are set back from the waterfront, guests still enjoy water views. Some rooms also overlook the outdoor pool. The Executive Bungalow rooms have a queen bed and a single bed.
The restaurant is built in an authentic traditional style with local timber poles and a sago roof. The restaurant offers breakfast, lunch and dinner. The restaurant can seat up to one hundred twenty people for a formal meal or private dinner party. The chefs serve a range of delicious cuisines including Asian, Western, and Melanesian. All the meals at the restaurant are prepared with fresh and local ingredients making sure every meal will be a healthy and memorable experience. The well-stocked bar serves guests from one of the best selections of the famous SP Beer brands, wines, liquors and cocktails. Relaxing here, guests watch the passing traffic or take in a magnificent sunset.
The resort has an amazing selection of tours to help guests escape, explore and relax in the beautiful surroundings which Papua New Guinea has to offer. The land tours provide the opportunity to explore old Japanese barge tunnels, get up close and personal with the active and smoking volcano, and contemplate the devastation which now describes the town of Rabaul.
Scuba diving at the resort is provided by Rabaul Dive Adventures with their dive center onsite. Kokopo, Rabaul, and Duke of York islands offer a stunning array of marine species just waiting to be discovered. With barrier reefs, coral walls, fringing reefs, and seagrass beds along with spectacular World War II wrecks, scuba diving in PNG reveal treats around every corner. Rabaul Dive Adventures also offers a variety of guided land tours around Kokopo and overnight village trips. The dive center offers training and courses up to PADI Dive Master certification. Nitrox is not available and the dive center does not support technical diving or rebreathers.
There are more than twenty amazing dive sites within close proximity of the Resort. More than seven of these sites are historical WW II wrecks including ships and fighter planes. There are also stunning coral reefs and wall dives and the variety of the sites will satisfy every diver. Some of the more famous wrecks include the Manko Maru, the Malapau Zero, the Atun, the Avenger, and Yamato Maru.
Narrative text and photographs courtesy of Kokopo Beach Bungalows and Rabaul Dive Adventures.