External Reviews
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The Guardian, March 2007: "Barefoot both by name and by nature, this low-key hideaway has welcomed everyone from Kate Winslet to backpackers from the neighbouring Café del Mar camp. There are eight wooden cottages, and nine conical thatched huts. The former have air-conditioning, but there is often insufficient power to drive it, so plump for one of the lovely huts. Wastewater is recycled to water the gardens and 75% of the staff are residents of Havelock and almost all are from the Andamans. A "fine dining" beach restaurant is due to open soon. Barefoot offers excellent boat excursions and scuba diving."
Best Beaches You Can Get To, Time Asia, November 2004: "Once you're there, look at the map and rejoice at your good fortune. By latitude, you're a little south of Vietnam's China Beach, a little north of Phuket and about level with the Philippines - a position that helps explain the stunning combination of white sand and gin-clear sea before you. A quick snorkel confirms the impression that these waters are among the most pristine on earth. That's because in 1998 when El Nino swept the oceans, devastating coral formations such as the Great Barrier Reef, the Andaman Islands were largely spared. Havelock Island is largely untouched by humankind too - visited by a mere 10,000 tourists a year. That means plenty of room on the beach for everyone."