the hotel is exotic. While the rooms are average but clean, the grounds are wonderful, in the middle of a jungle with birds and crocodiles in residence. The food is very nice. The out of town location provides for a quite stay after a long visit to the ruins. The pool is great and so is the service. Many tour groups stay there as well.

Right in the rain forest with wildlife around. Do spare the time to walk around the like early in the morning, if you are lucky you can see monkeys, crocodiles etc.

The hotel is actually a set of various types of bungalows spreading alongside the lagoon where you can hear incredible jungle sounds (most prominent are ubiquitous howler monkeys). If you are lucky enough, you can take a picture of a roe feeding outside the fence or a crocodile resting on a lakefront. So you'll forgive this place tired and worn rooms (at least in double bungalows), but I just couldn't stop wondering that Villa Maya could have been so much better if they invested in a decent refurbishment. So there are rooms where you get inobtrusive split type aircon with remote control and there are others where you get noisy through-the-wall type aircon with no remote whatsoever. I have to mention the honesty of staff as I forgot my brand new SLR camera with 2 lenses and other equipment at the reception in the evening and guess what - it awaited me at the reception desk in the morning. The receptionist also refused a tip - so this is kind of THANK YOU again. For internet addicts - there is approx. 2 Mbit/s FREE wi-fi in the reception area, which is nice bonus. So to sum it up - try Villa Maya, it is something different, away from town of Flores. The beautiful location will outweigh certain flaws of the hotel.

Fantastic setting; at breakfast we sat on the restaurant balcony and watch the crocodiles coming to the bank of the lake to be fed. Room damp and cold but otherwise comfortable, no coffee, tea, TV or bathroom toiletries and too dark to read a book in bed. Half board is based on a minimalist, limited menu. Female receptionist not particulary helpful and irritatingly changed our departure arrangements made earlier with her predecessor. Children's behaviour was particularly loud and unconcerning for others. All that said, we would specially recommend this hotel because of its location on the lake, the new accommodation and beautiful setting - but ask for a room facing the lake. Morning and evening crocodile feeding by the restaurant staff should not be missed.