Reviews of Chalets Bougainville
Hopton Road, Takamaka, Seychelles

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Reviewed: 14 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewWell kept spaces, spacious, nice view
Basics could be added: like showergel and beach towels
Reviewed: 16 July 2025 · Stayed in July 2025
Verified reviewLovely clean spacious apartment. Overlooking the sea. Small pool at side of apartment, joe cleans it every morning. Local shop 5 mins walk. Restaurant/bar 5 mins walk the opposite way. Quiet and calm area. Lovely for a chill or walk.
Nothing to not like.
Thank you for the review. We hope you arrived well home. All the best
Reviewed: 7 May 2025 · Stayed in May 2025
Verified reviewAmazing property facing the sea. Well accessible and cleaned every day with fresh flowers all over the apartment. The host Maggie was incredible and so lovely. Always available, gave us good tips on the places to visit around the island.
Thank you very much for the review, we miss you ! Hope to see you soon again.
Reviewed: 4 May 2025 · Stayed in May 2025
Verified reviewThe view was beautiful and nice area close to pretty beaches but you definitely need a car. Good stay if you are exploring the island.
Our chalet was pretty outdated and should be renovated, the shower was very old and the space could be optimized. They have new chalets so those might be better. Also, it is not the best place if you want to fully relax or have privacy so we were out exploring most of the time.
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Reviewed: 13 April 2025 · Stayed in April 2025
Verified reviewGood secluded beaches are nearby within 5 min drive and a grocery shop within 5 min walking distance. View and house is beautiful
Thank you very much for the kind review. It was nice having you with us.
Reviewed: 8 April 2025 · Stayed in April 2025
Verified reviewThe location, cleaning, staff and the owner was perfeect.. If you are reading all the comment you will see some bad review and as a hotel owner myself I wanted check this place as well. It was really good, I really recommend this hotel, you will find perfect place to stay.
Thank you very much for the kind review. We are happy that you liked our property. Regarding bad reviews, I think this is very normal as we are dealing with a lot of different people. You as a hotel owner know it by your self that almost all Hotel and Establishments are having not only good reviews, also bad ones. We wish you all the best and hopefully a lot of guests in your Hotel.
Thank you very much for the kind review. We are happy that you liked our property. Regarding bad reviews, I think this is very normal as we are dealing with a lot of different people. You as a hotel owner know it by your self that almost al… Show more
Reviewed: 11 March 2025 · Stayed in March 2025
Verified reviewNice hosts, spaciousness, beautiful beach in front of the house, peacefulness…
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Reviewed: 6 March 2025 · Stayed in February 2025
Verified reviewThe apartment was very clean, well decorated, and equipped with everything for self catering. It has an amazing view to the ocean and great terrace to enjoy it. The place was quite and beautiful. Perfect to watch the sunrise.
The reception of the host. We arrive close to 21hrs and she was not very happy with it. It was not a good first impression. Then she turned out to be very nice and helpful though. The pressure of the shower was a bit low.
Thank you for the kind review. We are happy that you liked our property, thank you again that you choosed our place. We wish you all the best. About the reception, you changed your arrival time several times, and it is clear written that last check-in is at 8pm as we are not having a reception like in a Hotel.
Thank you for the kind review. We are happy that you liked our property, thank you again that you choosed our place. We wish you all the best. About the reception, you changed your arrival time several times, and it is clear written that l… Show more
Reviewed: 6 March 2025 · Stayed in March 2025
Verified reviewVery nice view and clean
Thank you
Reviewed: 22 February 2025 · Stayed in February 2025
Verified reviewWe stayed in Lemon upper for 7 nights. Wow. Way better than the photos. Beautiful apartment, everything of a very high quality, ultra clean and great little touches like the flowers. The view we never got bored with and it was a really hard to leave such a wonderful place. Maggi and Joe you should be really proud. Thank you.
Nothing.
Thank you very much for the kind review, we also thank you for keeping the appartment that clean. It was a pleasure having you with us,hopefully we can welcome you once again on our property. We are very happy that you liked our property and you had a very good week with us. All the best, thank you once again that you choosed our property.
Thank you very much for the kind review, we also thank you for keeping the appartment that clean. It was a pleasure having you with us,hopefully we can welcome you once again on our property. We are very happy that you liked our property a… Show more
Reviewed: 15 February 2025 · Stayed in February 2025
Verified reviewWe chose maggi as our host for our honeymoon and it was the best decision! What a beautifully maintained property at the most scenic location in Mahe. Great hospitality, good people, amazing experience. Thank you maggi and joe!
Thank you very much for the kind review. It was a pleasure having you with us, you are a very nice couple. Wish you all the best
Reviewed: 8 February 2025 · Stayed in January 2025
Verified reviewThe view from the room was great!
The owner of the property seemed friendy, but not very welcoming: there were too many rules to follow (every time it was necessary to turn off the air conditioner, all sockets and so on), it was not very convenient.
Thank you for the review. We welcomed you as all other guests, but you and your children didn't seem the friendliest. The only person whom communicate with us in a poor english was your wife. We do understand you are coming from a country with cold temperation, but we do not understand that you need the AC on the day long when you are not in the house. It is normal that when you leave the house that you switch of, about the sockets we do not understand what you mean. I am sure you missunderstood.......
Thank you for the review. We welcomed you as all other guests, but you and your children didn't seem the friendliest. The only person whom communicate with us in a poor english was your wife. We do understand you are coming from a co… Show more
Reviewed: 17 January 2025 · Stayed in January 2025
Verified reviewThat was an unforgettable stay. Very special. Thank you Meggi for all the beautiful energy. I can’t wait to come back to your magical place. I’m so touched by the nature in Chalets Bougainville. Meggi is such a kind person, she always wants her guests to feel as good as possible, she takes great care of them. Chalets Bougainville are located on the hill with the most beautiful garden and pool I have ever seen. The view on Indian Ocean is just outstanding . The place is PERFECTLY clean, well-kept and beautifully decorated. It’s just like a dream.
The entire place is just outstanding.
JoJo, Thank you so much for the great review. You have been such a nice person in everything. We hope very much to see you soon again. Take care
Reviewed: 5 January 2025 · Stayed in January 2025
Verified reviewWe arrived quite late on New Years Eve and Joe was there to meet us and show us around the room. Our room was perfect for a comfortable self catering stay on Mahé. Neat patio with loungers and a table and chairs to appreciate the sea view from our room. Incredible central pool with the most beautiful views over the ocean. Perfectly located to explore both the East and West sides of island. A rental car is highly advisable as is the best way to explore the island. Easy parking right at the entrance of the chalets. 10/10 stay!
Thank you very much for the kind review, we are happy that you liked our property. It was a pleasure having you with us. We hope you arrived well at Island Alfons, whising you a wonderful stay in the Island. Take care and all the best
Reviewed: 15 December 2024 · Stayed in November 2024
Verified reviewReviewed: 8 December 2024 · Stayed in December 2024
Verified reviewLovely view, pool was lovely and it felt very cosy!
Bathrooms could do with an upgrade, new showers would make a big difference!
Reviewed: 11 November 2024 · Stayed in November 2024
Verified reviewLage und herzlicher Empfang Maggie is lovely
Thank you
Reviewed: 7 November 2024 · Stayed in November 2024
Verified reviewMaeggi & Jo made us very welcome, everything was perfect, the place in beautiful and the sea view unrivalled
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Thank you for the review and coming to us. It was a pleasure having you two ladies with us.
Reviewed: 13 October 2024 · Stayed in October 2024
Verified reviewMaggi is an amazing host and very helpful. She treats guests like friends and not clients.
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Thank you very much for your kind words.
Reviewed: 2 October 2024 · Stayed in October 2024
Verified reviewProperty was very nice and clean
We stayed at Majo Villa, and when the owner welcomed us, we were told we would have the entire property to ourselves. This was misleading, as there were workers residing in the same building. If you value privacy, I would not recommend this booking. The owner, Maggie, has strict rules—such as prohibiting sunscreen by the pool, even in 30°C weather. She also frequently enters your room if you leave the AC on. After using the washing machine, we found a note stating we would be charged an additional 200 for each cycle. Additionally, the bath in our apartment was not functional, and Maggie dismissed our concerns by saying, “You don’t need to take a bath on vacation.” The description claimed the space was 170 square meters, but it fell short of that measurement, even when including the balcony. Overall, our experience was disappointing.
I have seen you once only when you arrived here for about 15 minutes and I gave you the information. After that I never seen you all the days you have been here with us, not even for the check out as you just left. I gave you the information that the property is all fenced and walled and that there is nobody walking in front of your entrance. There is a little apartment under the house where one (1) worker is living, and I guess he did not disturbing you, you did not even see him as he has another entrance. We have rules as every hotel has the rules. It is mostly clear for the guests not to use sun cream or oil on the body for entering the pool. There are other guests also using the pool and they also like to have a clean water and not full of sun cream swimming on it. We have to enter the house, first of all for cleaning, secondly to switch of the Air Condition and close the windows which you leave on and open aswell the ventilator day for day, windows open, doors open with full power Air Condition on. You switch on the Air Condition lunch time 1pm again on sunday in both rooms, leaving the house and returning about 7pm. This is very respectless, as we gave you the information to use the Air condition in the bedroom only, and the information was to switch it off when you leave the room. In the hotel as soon as you lock the door everything will be switched off, we are not having a system like this so our worker has the right to switch it off, everybody else whom is renting would do the same. You used the washing machine for about 3-4 times, you even used our washing powder. The notice is hanging on the wall on the top of the machine since a long time You can't say you did not see it that you have to pay per load SCR 200. You did not even pay for it and you did not even say anything. It is also written that you should not put cloth or towels with sand in the machine, but the machine is full of Sand, which is breaking a machine for your information. The bath was functioning, you had every day a shower in it. I said you can't take a bath as the tap to close in the bathtub that the water stays in, got broken by the last guest and we could not fix it until now as we had to order a new system abroad. I did not say that you do not nee to take a bath in vacation, I said you will have a bath in the ocean. About the measurement, the measurement is given from the Civil Engineer when he made the valuation and it is even more sqm written on the valuation and this is made on the 01 March 2024. You should not write such wrong information, the house is very spacious and I think our Civil Engineer knows his Job well. Why should we write wrong information in the advert. The dishes, panes etc in the kitchen you never washed, not even the table you would clean. This job has done the worker for you every morning for 1 hour just cleaning your kitchen. In a self catering it is the minimum that when the guests are using the kitchen that they wash the dishes and panes etc. All this information are written in the Information Kit which is in the house and I told you to read it.
I have seen you once only when you arrived here for about 15 minutes and I gave you the information. After that I never seen you all the days you have been here with us, not even for the check out as you just left. I gave you the informati… Show more
Reviewed: 22 August 2024 · Stayed in August 2024
Verified reviewThis review has been hidden because it doesn't meet our guidelines.
Reviewed: 6 August 2024 · Stayed in August 2024
Verified reviewThe property is beautiful the owners are ugly people
The owners are nosey, they are racist . I have never had a property tell me they’d charge me more if I used air conditioning all day , and the only air is in the bedroom . They came in and turned it off. My husband and I have an age difference and they kept asking personal questions . Maggi proceeded to speak of stories of women who dated men from my husband’s country stating they were all players …. As she elongated every syllable of his name , which he actually told her he is referred to his middle name from the beginning.
We have been more than happy when you left our property. Just to tell you, we are still the most beautiful people, the agliest couple we ever had in our carier is you. What you have donne with our appartment no other person has done this since we are renting all the years. You are not the people suiting a property like ours, You missused everything, the air conditon, 5 days and nights you stayed in the house, 5 days airconditon was on on 16 degrees 48 hours per day. We understood after seeing all your wisky bottels, beer etc that your blood is hot and you need the airconditon very cold. You even throw the beer cans in the garden, the glas beer bottels you break in pieces, Towels full of blood and on the floor as it was full of water on the floor from the airconditon. The water was even outside of the house running down the hole wall which we have to paind new. Your old woman called us fack you, as we said that the appartment is very dirty how they treated. You are racists and throwing us words like this in the face. Your wife has no behaving, very bad talking and insulting us.The bedroom was full of water of the floor from the air condition, the furnitur, mattrress all very wet, we could not accommodate the guest coming the same day in this apartment. You know very well what you have donne, so please you do not have to write such a review, we reported you already as a misconducted guest and that we never would take you anymore. It started from beginning, first your Texas wife phoned me and we could not understand anything it sound like a drank woman. . Secondly you phoned me, telling me only that you speak french, we did not understand what is going on. Somebody else would phone the police to make you pay all the damages you made, you are without any respect, the lowest price you paid with a genius reduction of 15 percent. Once again, it was shoking how dirty, very dirty you left this house, but with a very big arrogancy.
We have been more than happy when you left our property. Just to tell you, we are still the most beautiful people, the agliest couple we ever had in our carier is you. What you have donne with our appartment no other person has done this si… Show more
Reviewed: 29 February 2024 · Stayed in February 2024
Verified reviewGreat sea view
Didn't even offer a glass of water when arrived. Invaded our privacy, approached our bedroom window, which made us leave one day before expected. Changed the location of food and clothes we chose. NO beach towels. Hard old shower towels. Dirty sheets. Can't use pool with sunscreen.
First of all you are not the only one using the pool. It is clear for everybody that you are not going with full of suncream and oel on the body, without taking a shower, in the pool. When we seen you we stoped you to go in the pool and asked you kindly to take shower. Your answer was, if I can not go with suncream and oel on me in the pool, I am not using the pool. And therefor you just got upset, no understanding. We gave you a bottle of water which we puted in the fritch, I even told you when we made the check-in. We never invaded your privacy, why shall we do that. But we had to tell you to close the doors and windows which you had wide open and the air condition on, and this day for day and for a long time. But you did not care, no respect and leave all open and air condition on as your answer was you forget to close doors and windows. You also said, if you have to close all doors and windows I will also close the air condition. Whom ever can understand that.... It is also written in the advert that we are not giving Beach towels. We gave you very clean sheets, it is you whom dirty it !! That was too much for you, and honestly, we had nothing against that you left.... And for that you have to give us for everything the lowest score, if we could give points for you, we would even give lower one than what you give for us and our accommodation.
First of all you are not the only one using the pool. It is clear for everybody that you are not going with full of suncream and oel on the body, without taking a shower, in the pool. When we seen you we stoped you to go in the pool and ask… Show more
Reviewed: 21 February 2024 · Stayed in February 2024
Verified reviewVery clean. Amazing views. Good location. Nice clean pool
Nothing to complain about
thank you :-)