Fisherman's Cottage El Nido

Nice beach.

Stay away from this place! It isn't a hotel, more like a hostel. The toilet/shower room is located outside, shared by the three bedrooms, and you can't go there in your underwear because the housekeeper is also there. The toilet stinks, The shower has no hot water and a very poor water pressure. They actually put a disgusting container of water with a pot to manually pour on yourself. The high price doesn't match the reward. We paid more than 21,000php for two nights, escaped after one night, and the owner refused to refund us. I've visited lots of hotels, using Booking.com, including several in the Philippines, and it never happened to me before.

The place is fantastic if you are looking for away from civilization time. The cottage is basic, clean and well maintained. The description of the property is very honest and detailed, doesn't overpromise things, so you really know what you are getting. Rhea and her brother Justin are managing the property and are very kind and attentive to the guests' needs. Well ahead of our arrival Rhea reached out to us, confirming our preferences and requests. They helped to arrange boat tours for island and beach hopping. The cottage has a wide variety of board games, snorkels and kayaks, that you can use during the stay.

this is not property related, but very saddening. Quite a few coral reefs are destroyed due to dynamite fishing during COVID. I hope the government and private initiatives can put effort into better protection of marine life and its restoration.

The place is a little bit isolated but its definately worth the ride. Amazing experience in local village with great people. The beach is so nice and Rhea and Justin are such good people who are always there to help. They definately made our stay there perfect and we will come back for sure.

The property is next to the beach. The host @RHEA and her brother JUSTIN are very nice and friendly and was helping us all throughout our stay.

On the way to the resort is quite dissappointing, so long journey in the rough rocky road. I mean the roads to go there is really bad. Some facilities listed in there page is not available, no karaoke, no hammock, and some board games aren’t available. During our island hopping, it says snorkling gear was included in out package u fortunately they are not provided, luckily the boat has 3 spares but 1 of that is broken.

The beach and the staff

The road

The place is amazing and the host Rhea and her brother are very hospitable.

road going to the place

Location is amazing, set in front of a beautiful beach with amazing sunsets. Caretakers went above and beyond to make our stay comfortable and were always on hand. Amazing people.

Difficult to get to the location, Road is a dirt track and incredibly bumpy but adds to the experience I guess.

The location was amazing, right on the beachfront. It's very quiet and the beach is beautiful and clean. It's a tough rocky/dirt road to get there so there are very few tourists. They provided kayaks also which was a nice surprise. The staff were very friendly and helpful.

Compared to other nice stays the price was high given the facilities. No wifi, poor water pressure (we showered using buckets) and no breakfast included. We would still stay again given the beach and seclusion but we stayed at other nice places for half the price (granted they weren't beachfront). There isn't really any food in town, it's a modest fishing village with only one place to buy food, when we went they had already sold out so we ate baked goods for dinner from the local bakery. The property offers food options but their pricing is comparable to El Nido tourist restaurants. Cheap by western standards but expensive for the Philippines, we're traveling long term so are always checking pricing. The beds were comfy but the pillows were very uncomfortable, we just didn't use them, they were very large and hard.

We like everything one of them is privacy. Accomadating staff specially to Rhea and Justin we love how they taking care of us and the food they prepare for us so delicious. Even they don't have heater in the shower still can manage. All day have electricity. Fresh caught fish from the fisherman every morning and evening you can buy to them cheap price😊.Have some small mini store nearby nothing to worry if you forgot to buy some essentials needs. You can buy fresh local bread just beside of the cottage☺. Maybe we will comeback next year with the tea tree oil or virgin coconut oil for the Nik-NiK. 😁 Once again Thank you so much to Rhea and Justin your the best😘

The niknik (sands fly) after they bite you is horrible must have insect repellant.Also the service transfer so expensive, I understand because of the rough road really difficult for cars to access except if you have 4X4 or a good driver like Kuya Aga high recommend just request to Rhea☺. But you should provide company vehicle and driver at least to be pick up at Brgy. Teneguiban for free or reasonable price for your guest.4,000php one way is too much if the pick up area is near around Teneguiban. It is understandable the amount of 4,000php if from El nido town or from the Lio Airport. Or I suggest if the weather is good must have free boat transfer with in check in Time like for example from Teneguiban port the pick up location since it is quite near.Also if you avail there Internet connection need to pay for us it is a bit pricey should be given FREE to there guest since the transfer service and per day for there rent of the villa is expensive and no network in the area please be considerable on your guest. In case of emergency no one can contact them I Hope you understand what I mean. By this your guest is happy after long hour drive in the rough road. I suggest to put some fence in your property the neighbood can just walk in and out. But there are all nice just for the privacy of your guest is better.