Labuan Bajo, Indonesia

TA’AKTANA, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa, Labuan Bajo

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About the hotel

On Wae Rana’s shore in Labuan Bajo, TA’AKTANA looks across the Flores Sea from a 16-hectare resort between forested slopes and the coast. Its 70 accommodations range from private villas to overwater stays, with local Manggarai and Bajo influences carried into the design. The property opened in May 2024. A private jetty connects the resort to sea-based outings, including island-hopping, snorkeling and diving around the Flores archipelago.

Choose it if

Island explorers — private-jetty departures connect the stay to boat trips, snorkeling and diving.
Design-minded travelers — accommodation details draw on Manggarai and Bajo heritage.
Families seeking villa space — the resort lists family villas and a Kids Club.

The property

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Guest discussion

What real people are saying.

Reddit excerpts · separate from Rex’s editorial judgment

Guests praise the villa, rooms, property and service, with one guest describing a stay in a one-bedroom standard villa. Another calls the hotel nice but overpriced, and singles out the 50-metre pool as a surprise; they found the snorkelling site poor, with barnacle-covered cement steps.

Discussion is limited; these accounts offer a glimpse rather than a broad verdict.

“The service is exceptional, the property is beautiful with many interesting features and the rooms are fantastic. we stayed in a one bedroom standard villa”

r/marriott ↗ · Apr 20, 2026

“I stayed there last year. It’s a nice hotel, but severely overpriced. Olympic size swimming pool truly surprised- never seen a 50m pool in any hotel. The snorkelling site is horrible, cement stairs covered in barnacles.”

r/awardtravel ↗ · Jul 18, 2026

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