Review: Hamilton Island Beach Club is paradise found – Executive Traveller

Introduction

Part of the Whitsundays, and in the heart of the Great Barrier Reef, Hamilton Island is noted for its unspoiled beaches, captivating sunsets and plethora of dining choices, from high-end restaurants to laid-back cafes and takeaways.

Of the numerous accommodation options dotted throughout the five square kilometre island, Hamilton Island Beach Club is consistently rated among the best. And it lives up in order to the hype.

Expansive guest rooms plus eevated dining, not to mention a sleek day spa in order to jumpstart the holiday vibes, are just a taste of the resort’s trademark barefoot indulgence.   Yet there’s more to the story.  

Location & Impressions

Hamilton Island Seaside Club is located on Catseye beach, around five minutes’ golf buggy drive (the island will be car-free, aside from service vehicles) from Hamilton Island’s Airport.  

Section of the Beach Club offering is an airport meet and greet service, with staff waiting for us to arrive and ferrying us straight to the hotel. We didn’t even have to collect our bags, which makes this experience incredibly seamless.

The location also means you can be out of the particular airport and relaxing at the resort in under 10 minutes, depending on when your flight lands.

The Marina Village is close to a 10 minute walk, while One Tree Hill  –  Hamilton Island’s renowned hilltop lookout (and a popular spot to view the sunset)  –  is a similar buggy ride away.  

Many visitors plus residents hire buggys in order to get about, but The particular Beach Golf club offers chauffeured pickup and dropoff anywhere on the tropical isle included in the space rate.  

The vacation resort itself is definitely small plus intimate, perched on a pocket from the coast adjacent to Catseye Beach. With an ocean-facing infinity pool, a private restaurant and lounge, it’s a place for grown-up escapes which are memorable and restful, though there is plenty to keep kids entertained as well.

Space

Hamilton Island Beach Club offers 57 spacious open-planned visitor rooms, each appointed along with blonde wood furnishings, nautical artworks plus a calming palette associated with blue, grey and white to really highlight that fresh, beachy ambience.  

While ground floor accommodations open up to the private beachfront terrace, the room on the upper floor gave access to a generously-sized balcony, also with direct views over Hamilton Island’s reef and turquoise glowing blue sea. Here, our only gripe is that the outdoor furniture feels quite worn plus dated.  

The room also features a plush, king-size bed that will rests against a freestanding padded headboard. Angled to face the window, it indicates you’re greeted by palm-fringed sea views the moment you open your eyes.

Behind the bed is a sideboard with some extra amenities including a coffee machine well-stocked with a variety of capsules for your morning brew.  

Wardrobes on either side house either an iron and ironing board or the particular safe plus minibar, whilst in front are  two oversized American oak armchairs perfect to sink into for an afternoon with a good book.

In the bathroom are twin vanities, a rain shower and sizeable egg-shaped bathtub, paired with quality Aesop Australia-made amenities.

So the rooms are usually nice, but their standout feature isn’t actually listed on the website. It’s the proximity towards the beach, meaning gentle waves lapping around the shoreline are your soundtrack when a person close your own eyes every night. It’s the ideal way to drift into that deep, restorative sleep so often desired holiday.  

Work

If you’ve come to Hamilton Isle to work, you’re in the wrong place. The lifestyle here can be ‘all play and no work’,   Along with more than 60 activities on offer throughout the isle, from helicopter flights above the Great Barrier Saltwater to scenic walking trails and snorkelling, there really is no shortage of things to see and do.    

Golfers are within for a treat, with the incredible $50m Peter Thomson-designed Hamilton Island golf course available for public have fun with.  

Located on the adjacent Dent Island plus accessed simply by ferry, it is one of the world’s most beautiful courses and Australia’s just championship course situated upon its own island.

Teeing off here is unlike anywhere else. The elevated perspective provides sensational 360-views of the surrounding Whitsunday Islands, while thrilling changes in fairway plus green undulation guarantees a hefty challenge for professionals and casual players alike.

A game here is only $165 including trolley and transfer, and you don’t even have in order to lug your sticks around with the particular course offering premium Titleist clubs with a Scotty Cameron putter for a good additional $70.  

Hamilton Island also serves as the pick-up point for several Excellent Barrier Reef day-cruise operators.

Upsize your own snorkelling experience with a day trip to one of many outer reefs, some of which usually feature a permanently-moored pontoon where you can view coral dancing inside the currents and watch schools associated with fish meandering about.

Some of these pontoons also allow you to enjoy actions such as glass-bottom boat rides and even semi-submersibles where a person can explore the underwater world in air-conditioned comfort.

If you want in order to get your heart rate up, try your hand at wakeboarding, water skiing or tubing behind a powerful speedboat.

Eat

Seaside Club Restaurant is the hotel’s all-day diner. It is an intimate plus contemporary seaside front venue with a focus on modern Australian cuisine made from seasonal and locally sourced produce.  

The à la carte breakfast menu — with daily chef’s specials on offer – is certainly complemented by a small buffet associated with cereals plus pastries.  

Those who prefer to venture outside the hotel’s confines will be surprised at the choices available in a limited space, along with a broad selection of restaurants scattered through the island.

Whether you’re looking for a sophisticated meal out there, a casual and relaxed setting or a romantic picnic simply by the beach, the tropical isle has a person covered.

We enjoyed dinner in Manta Ray, the island’s relaxed modern Australian meets Mediterranean restaurant; The Beach Club Restaurant, which offers an upscale tasting menu for dinner; plus Coca Chu, a modern Asian offering with  fresh hawker-style menu and a broad selection associated with cocktails.

The salt plus pepper squid with red nahm jim, and the massaman curry with braised beef, were genuine highlights.

Seaside Club staff can book you a table at any cafe for the isle but as availability will be strictly limited, it is always wise to secure your table in advance (we recommend doing it because soon since you guide your stay).  

Bookings can be made upon the Hamilton Island web site under its ‘Food & Wine’ page.

Keep within mind too that Hamilton Island is a cashless environment and won’t accept cash payments any kind of time of the dining outlets.

That said, dining bills can easily also end up being charged in order to your area account and settled when you check out.

Relax

Whether you prefer to relax in the beach, take a seat by the swimming pool or even sit under a tree on the grass, each space from the Beach Club Hotel is perfectly designed for much needed R& R.

Ideal for soaking up the tropical sunshine, the particular hotel’s private pool deck boasts a good infinity pool – heated in winter – fronting Catseye Seaside.  

Exclusively for the use of hotel guests, the sun lounges and hammocks are available on a first-come-first-served basis, and we always found a spot.    

In case you’d like to actually get away from it all, head in order to the secluded Escape Beach in the south from the island, or visit Spa Wumurdaylin for a pampering session associated with rejuvenating plus soothing LaGaia treatments.

Note that due to consistently high demand, the health spa can be booked out weeks in advance, so make a look at the particular treatment menus one of your first stops after booking your stay. There’s also a  waitlist you may join to make use of any late cancellations.

Alternatively, work upward a sweat in the Hamilton Isla nd Sports Golf club. Located just across the road from your resort, it boasts a fully-equipped gym decked out with a range of equipment.

The fitness centre furthermore offers three full-size tennis courts and a wide range of group activities such as Body Pump, Yoga and Pilates.

Verdict

Paradise. Whether looking to get active or just slip in to holiday mode and unwind, the Seaside Club Resort at Hamilton Island provides a perfect balance associated with both.

The particular recently refurbished rooms are spacious and well appointed, with personnel going out there of their way in order to ensure you are satisfied.  

With something for almost everyone, and a wide range of dining stores to choose from, the particular Beach Membership Hotel is usually both relaxing and stimulating.