Name: L'Aquarius Marina 2000
Address: Youpwe, Douala, Douala, Douala, 3344, Cameroon
Rating: 7

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L'Aquarius Marina 2000

Good situation with airport close by and impeccable shuttle service and also during our stay.

A comfortable retreat well away from the busyness of Douala. We used the pool and enjoyed the offerings at the riverside restaurant. No wifi in our room facing the riding ring across the road or at the restaurant. Staff was courteous but not exceptionally friendly. Bilingual and room service available. Pleasant grounds with playground and picnic areas. The local community has terrible roads, possible flooding in the rainy season. It was relaxing sitting by the river and close enough to the airport to make it work for us.

Nice place to relax before or after traveling. Friendly staff, everything works. The riverside location with breeze makes Douala climate easier to take.  Rooms are clean, good mattress, warm shower with good water pressure.  AC works- power backup by generator. Wifi in some areas (lobby worked for us). The food was very good at the restaurant. Continental breakfast was included, can be upgraded. There are clean bathrooms everywhere on the property. There are spaces for large groups- open terrace for up to 300. Conference room and indoor restaurant. Plus large restaurant terrace. 
A large play area for children and a pool. The pool was pleasant and realaxing t in the morning.
Quick connection to airport and pick-up/ drop-off is offered. No worries- you only occasionally hear sounds of airplanes. 
Unfortunately, the surrounding village doesn't have much to offer and the road is unpleasant to walk (or drive).  
I can very well imagine having a small conference or meeting at this facility- the quiet surrounding would support good focus and few distractions.

I stayed in this hotel for 3 different nights whilst travelling to and around different parts of Cameroon.

Its quite a nice place to stay. It is convenient for the airport, though it is located in a really mixed part of town that you probably wouldn't really want to wander around at night (though perfectly safe within the hotel grounds). The hotel is at the end of an incredibly bumpy track which looks improbable.

There is plenty of hot water and the air conditioning works well. All rooms have a TV but there is no fixed terminal for the internet-though there is WIFI if you have brought your own computer (only works in the lobby).

The reception staff were smiley and as helpful as you could expect with the language barrier. 

The bar and restaurant are located on decking overlooking the river. The food was really good, but its always worth asking whats fresh. The sea food should be fresh as the fish market is fairly close by.

There is a swimming pool but I didn't use it so can't comment.

Photography is sensitive in Doula and I managed to incur the wrath of several boatmen-despite the fact that they were several hundred metres away in the middle of the river channel and would be lost within the detail of any photograph. The nearby fishmarket would similarlymake for many fabulous photographs -if you were able to do so, but what what I experienced I wouldn't recommend this.

Overall a good place to stay but you need to prearrange a pick up from the airport if coming in at night.

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Quiet spot on the river

Great Douala oasis

An oasis of calm...

Handy to the airport and friendly service

Some things worked really well concerning this hotel.

The shuttle service from the airport worked perfectly. I was welcomed very warmly. 
The rooms are clean, nice, with great air-condition.
Beds are big and soft.
People working at the hotel are friendly and try a lot so you are content with your stay.

Unfortunately when I needed to get back to the airport to catch a flight, the transfer didn't work - which resulted in quite some waiting time which left me a nervous wrack that I would miss my flight.
The hotel advertises a pool - however, there isn't one, just an inflatable, shallow one for children.
The place could be beautiful as it is situated directly at the river, unfortunately the river bank is full of rubbish that nobody cleans away.

Good stay - some things improvable

Like other reviewers, we stayed here on three occasions in the  course of touring around Cameroon; it is used by the local tour agency Cameroun Horizon.  We were much less impressed than other reviewers seem to have been.  The hotel is located quite close to the airport, but far outside the main part of Douala so is useless as a base for exploring the city.  None of the Douala taxi drivers that anyone in our tour-group used had heard of the hotel, or even the district (the shanty-town of Youpwe) where it is located, which made getting there very problematic.  The hotel felt desultory rather than tranquil, and seemed to be run primarily for the benefit of the owners, whose noisy children were allowed to run riot in the corridor.  A main problem was the water supply, which was off more often than it was on, and on several occasions stopped suddenly in the middle of taking a shower; not sure how far this is a city-wide problem, but it certainly marred our experience of the hotel.  The restaurant, while attractively located by the waterfront, was pricey and the set meal offered very limited options; we also came across one instance of deliberate over-charging.

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