located on Palm Loop facing Nevis in the distance, and perched about 15m above the sea, this ideal setting offers the sea's roar, a small beach less than 5 minutes' walk away, and grounds alive with birds. Palm Loom is the best early morning walk with at least ten different species visible daily; from the sea cliff one secures downward looks at brown boobies, brown pelicans, and sometimes a bit off shore the white-tailed tropicbird and magnificent frigatebird. on the property's gardens are many bananaquits, American kestrels, green herons, Antillean crested hummingbird and the green-throated carib.
the room was super: comfortable, clean and with the sounds of the birds, frogs and sea. having a kitchen is a real plus for early breakfasts before heading to the trails. on the oriole trail [about 15 minutes' walk away] one soon finds the rare endemic Montserrat oriole. each hiking trail around the island offers stunning views and different ecologies. we've already booked another 8 days for january 2012.

If you're planning a trip to Montserrat (and you really should), then I strongly recommend you consider this guest house. It has a wonderful cliff top location, nice pool, fully equipped kitchen, large gardens, iguanas that you can hand feed and a lovely host, Sun.

We took the larger bedroom and had the villa to ourselves the first week and a half. For our remaining week, the other rooms where occupied by two friendly botanists from Kew gardens there to study the rain forests plants.

Sun, worked hard (despite the heat) to keep the place clean, bringing fresh flowers every few days. She was happy to engage in discussions about life on the island and proved an invaluable source of information to ensure we got the best from our time there.

Sun also provides a lift to and from the airport and took us shopping on arrival as well as arranging a hire car and boat trip for us. Her guest house is a home away from home and we will certainly be back.

Without any doubt, this trip was our best holiday in a decade. Montserrat is a wonderful place, friendly, peaceful and entirely recommended, as is Bunkum Bay guest house.

My Husband and I stayed at Bunkum Beach for 2 weeks this past spring and it was not nearly long enough! What a lovely guest house, clean and spacious with the most amazing ocean views, really special, ocean in front and mountains behind! Sun, the owner/host was just great, met us off the plane, organized a rental vehicle and driving license. She had shopped previously for us and gotten in some lovely local Roti so we didn't have to leave the guest house for two days! Just relaxed by the pool and in the garden with the tame iguanas and birds until the jet lag had worn off. And then we were off hiking and exploring this amazing little gem of an island.

Sun was great with helping us find the best hiking trails, beaches and the best times to view the volcano (from a safe distance!) And she was there for us a a moments notice if we needed anything. And although she was at our beck and call, she was very unobtrusive, we would often come home from a long hard day of laying on the beach to find our room had been cleaned top to bottom with fresh flowers, towels and often fruit left for us. We felt completely at home at this guest house, something which is not easily found at a lot of places.

It was lovely to have such a nice big kitchen to use when we didn't feel like going out and we used the BBQ out in the lovely courtyard a lot. Location was great and very quiet, slept better than at home! And wireless interent so I was able to keep tabs on work e-mail which was really convenient. We plan on going back next spring so maybe I should not make this review too good as we want to make sure Sun has room for us again!

Sum it up? Wow! Location is perfect whatever you're looking for from the island. House beautiful, grounds spacious and beautiful, view nothing short of stunning. Several species of mangos, coconut palms, tree frogs (night birds!) and quiet-yet-highly-entertaining neighbours when they're about. A pool deck that's not overlooked to sit out and watch the sun set over the ocean. And if that's not enough, and if you can tear yourself away from the view and the wildlife in the yard alone, not one but two beaches both under 5 minutes away, and you can check out in advance if Woodlands beach is just a bit too busy/too quiet for your taste from the pool deck, saving you 5 minutes unnecessary interruption to your liming.

I stayed 5 weeks in all and still I didn't want to leave, long story, the island kind of gets you like that. Stayed in just two of the three bedrooms (since my mum wouldn't part with the room on the pool deck!), both very comfortable and quiet, slept like a brick! The beds in both double rooms are big enough to warp time and space so if you don't get on with whoever you're sharing it with it's unlikely to be a problem since they'll actually be in a different time zone!

All the house and grounds are kept spic and span by Sun who is an absolute star, will help sort everything you need to settle in and have a very comfortable stay. She works far too hard in the heat frankly, I don't know where she gets the energy. I've stayed on the island twice before, each time re-learning how little I know about the place but Sun is the font of so much local knowledge which she's happy to share if you ask.

I could go on. Of course other accomodation is available on the island, but really, why would you want to if you had the chance to stay at Bunkum?