Darna Divers Village Beach Hotel & Dive Center

Darna Divers at South Beach is a place where you can truly relax. From the very first moment, you are welcomed into a warm, family-like atmosphere created by the most wonderful owners you could imagine - kind, caring, and genuinely passionate about what they do. The food is absolutely delicious, prepared with heart, and the swimming pool is clean and inviting. The location is simply ideal - close to the beach and the beauty of the calm Red Sea. Sunsets here are captivating. What truly sets Darna Divers apart is the people. In most hotels, you have staff — here, you have friends. You are treated with sincerity, warmth, and care that cannot be taught or fake. And when it’s time to leave, you don’t just say goodbye to another holiday stay. You leave with the feeling that you are leaving your own family home behind. It’s a place that stays in your heart long after you’re gone — and one you will always want to return to. Highly recommend with all my heart.

Truely enjoyed our stay here. Beach is right across the street, beds are great service is on point. Great for the price point! We loved: - at 2200 music was turned down, peace and quiet is appreciated - the closeness to the beach and the hotel’s own dive Center - the shared family business Areas I would recommend improving upon: - cleanliness of the pool could be approved upon - some juice at breakfast would be nice - in some rooms the water pumps on the roof are quite loud - the hot water can be really hot, we turned off our boiler - even though there is an in house restaurant (prices are fair), be so kind to provide info on other establishments when asked. - did not bother us: WiFi in the room was weak to not existant

Staff at the hotel very friendly and helpful. Nice ambience in the pool area. Room was basic but adequate. We didn't do any of the water activities on offer so can't comment on that. The kitchen staff will cook you a meal anytime you want. Overall good value for money

We had an amazing Time here. The Host was very welcoming and even took us snorkeling with him in the evening. The location is so nice, right by the beach with very few other tourists. They cook the food fresh & it was very delicious! Definitely worth visiting!

A simple hotel managed by a nice Jordanian family. We spent 5 nights there and we loved : |- the location of the hotel : just near the beach where you can go snorkeling and see wonderful coral reefs full of fishes;|- the terrace with the sea view and the swimming-pool;|- the kindness of our hosts;|- the good food;|- the diving center and its friendly monitors who organised dives on beautiful sites and enabled us to create unforgettable memories with our daughter.||Just be aware that the beach near the hotel is a public beach (so not ultra clean as often in Jordan, but it is not a problem in the sea where you can easily enjoy snorkeling with multicolored fishes): with this in mind, you will enjoy your stay!

I stayed at this place last week (5nights), booking 2 rooms (Family 2+2), and also stayed here back in summer 2019. It was great to see how much the place has improved since then! The rooms are spotless, recently refurbished with new furniture and renewed bathrooms — everything feels fresh and comfortable. Even in the colder months, there’s always plenty of hot water, as each bathroom has its own electric boiler, which is really convenient. All the rooms have air-conditioning, and it works perfectly. There’s also a small fridge in the room, which is very handy. WiFi could be improved, at the moment there is no reception in the rooms with the sea view. WiFi available only by reception and pool side. What really made our stay special was the warm hospitality from Mahdi and his brothers. They went out of their way to help us with anything we needed. We could rent snorkeling gear for a small fee, and they even arranged diving lessons for three of us at just two hours’ notice! Mohamed was fantastic — he made sure we felt completely safe and made the whole diving experience really enjoyable. We had a great time and truly appreciated the personal care and attention from the whole team. Highly recommended!

Great, cosy place, close to the South Beach with comfortable rooms and excellent breakfast. We enjoyed our stay.

Didn’t stay here, but highly recommend the dive centre. I turned up late in the afternoon, worked out that I couldn’t dive the next morning (travelling to altitude area), and the team made a special effort to take me for a solo dive later in the afternoon. Great gear, professional set up, amazing location and the dive was awesome. Thanks to the whole team, don’t look anywhere else for a dive company in Aqaba.