Formerly known as the Reef Motel, Turtle Bay Resort, Santo will open its doors this July after 
undergoing extensive renovations. All rooms, restaurant, outdoor areas and pools are being 
completely refurbished and redecorated to give the old Reef a great face lift. The new owners, 
Matt Yates and Patricia Gil will provide the new resort not only with tasteful decor but an array 
of activities, regular entertainment and circus.

Back in Australia Matt is the founder/director of Lunar Circus and of the WA Circus Festival, 
held during January each year. Lunar Circus is well known throughout Australia not only for 
its performances but for its popular circus training programs. At Turtle Bay Resort, Santo, 
they will incorporate circus to give their guests something quite unique. This initiative was 
born from their experience with parents that find holidays with children generally stressful 
as children need to be constantly amused. Their idea is to give families the opportunity to 
have a great holiday by providing kids with an activity that they will love and give parents the 
space to enjoy their holiday at their own leisurely pace, without stress. 

As part of their circus program, they will be running week long circus workshops for children 
during the school holidays. These workshops will run in five-day blocks and children will 
have the opportunity to learn a variety of circus skills such as juggling, acrobatics, trapeze 
and aerial silk in a safe and fun environment. The workshops are facilitated by highly 
experienced and accomplished circus performers and tutors and children not only have 
fun but learn many new skills whilst improvings their strength, flexibility, and fitness. 
Beside the school holidays circus workshops, resort guests will have the opportunity all 
year around to participate in daily classes in yoga, juggling and aerials. 

It’s not just for the circus lovers however. Situated on 2 acres of gardens and 120 metres 
of beautiful waterfront in Turtle Bay, the resort offers canoeing, cycling, snorkelling or 
simply relaxing by the bar in the peaceful tropical surroundings.

The resort will also have the facilities to hold conferences and other functions with a large 
marquee, lighting, sound and entertainment available for such events.   
With over 20 years in the entertainment and event management industry, Turtle Bay 
Resort owners Matt and Patricia plan to use their experience and existing networks to 
host regular entertainment with artists coming from Australia and around the world.

For more information about what Turtle Bay Resort, Santo has to offer, visit their 
website www.turtlebayresort.vu