My wife and I kicked off our honeymoon vacation with a couple nights in Ali's "Studio 10" and truly we would have been happy spending a whole week there. We actually never had the pleasure of meeting Ali in person, rather we grew very close with Bud the cat, who greeted us upon arrival and walked us to our room... cuddled with us every night, and waited for us every morning at our door. The room itself is more expansive than you can glean from the photos, and waking up to the floor-to-ceiling view of the jungle and ocean is incomparable. We didn't drive at all during our stay, it's a lovely walk into town for eating and shopping, or hopping on cruises around the Bay of Islands, or taking the ferry over to Russell for a change of scenery... cannot recommend enough!!