<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by meFIRST:
I'm planning an extraordinary holiday, and Amankila is an option, but the $$, geez . I could get two weeks at the Ritz for a week there.
For those who have stayed there, is it worth the rates they are charging?</font>
You are paying for the exclusivity and the isolation ... worth it to some but not for most people. The top-end resorts in Hawaii are much better value and every bit as nice (Four Seasons, for example). I stayed at the Sheraton Laguna Nusa Dua (butlered 5 star resort, not quite Amankila quality but the next level down) and it was fine but I won't be back. Much better to vacation on the Great Barrier Reef (Heron Island, for example) or New Zealand (for the Amankila price you can get some of the world's best trout fishing with similar accomodation quality).