The 20-room Mahu Lodge offers sizeable, old-fashioned and clean rooms set around a fine garden with a swimming pool and hammocks to laze in while gazing out at the placid bay beyond. Genial owner Paul speaks good English and runs his own dive operation from September to April, specialising in trips to Itawaka, Nusa Laut and Pulau Molana.
Two dives including equipment costs 900,000Rp to 1,200,000Rp, depending on the destination. Snorkelling gear can be hired (50,000Rp per day), as well as motorbikes (100,000Rp per day).