Cabilao Sanctuary Beach & Dive Resort

Great property directly on the beach. Spotless clean 🪥. Nice big pool. Great dive shop for either diving or snorkeling. We are snorkelers. They took us out by boat each morning for 2 hours to a different site. They coordinated our coming and going. They have an onsite restaurant. The food is excellent. The staff is friendly and kind. Easy to communicate with them. The room is great. Nice comfortable king size bed. Nice big shower. Semi outdoors. Safe. Good AC. They gave us a floor fan. The website says there is internet in public areas. The internet worked perfectly fine in our room for the duration of our stay. This place lures you into total relaxation. The snorkeling in front of the resort and by the lighthouse is rather good. We really enjoyed our stay here. Would definitely return. Thank you.

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Quiet resort with exceptional nature and sea view

The transportation is as much as the room cost, everything inside the resort is more expensive, including diving. It’s really really hard to get to this place. They don’t allow you to bring any food or drink, and they don’t sell snacks, so the only you can eat during your stay is their food. But the stuff are very nice

Everything. Staff were incredibly friendly, location was ideal for relaxing, food was the best we had in Philippines. Also did 2 dives on the north side of the island. Looc was a great, relaxing dive site

Cost of transfer. Feels like an unnecessarily expensive cost. We stayed 3 nights and the cost of 2x people return transfer was nearly the same price as the accommodation. Given there is no alternative feel this is a little underhanded. For comparison our private transfer from Caticlan airport to our resort on Boracay was 1/3rd the price

The staff were super friendly and extremely helpful! Make sure you ask for details about the day trips offered: we did not, and while it was interesting, most of the day was spent in the van, driving from one place to another. The bar was well-stocked, and the pool & pool area are comfortable. The view is gorgeous, with lovely sunsets over Cebu Island, in the distance. The resort is on a small island off Bohol, and transport from the airport to the resort was about 2 hours. Make sure you book their transport, we certainly could not have arrived without their pickup! The final leg of the journey is about 30 minutes on a traditional banca. The location is super tranquil and chill, but the beach at the resort is not swimable. There is a nearby public sand beach (3 minute walk) where it is easier to enter the sea. Make sure you have good water shoes for getting to and from the banca when leaving and arriving to the island.

The wifi in the rooms was extremely weak and water pressure in the shower was very weak. There are no kettles or fridges in rooms, and all food and drink is a la carte. The only thing we did not pay extra for was water (and they give refillable metal water bottles). The food was ok, but not great. The kitchen needs to be trained to cook eggs well: we went to the kitchen to explain how to make sunny side-up eggs. We had 2 meals at the resort next door, which had a much better variety and quality of food, and was the only other option for meals that we found.

Really calm and beautiful place, perfect for resting and relaxing. There is not too many people in the island and beaches, perfect for a getaway. The staff was really nice! We also went diving, with Ron Ron and Ta Ta who were very nice, professional, and patient. Finally, the food was amazing!!

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A real haven where you can relax perfectly. Cozy cottages with a wonderful garden. Fantastic cuisine, with a super nice team. The divers are real professionals and very polite, they help in everything. I can only recommend this place to everyone. Rose and Mafette are the nicest people you can't ask for anything they don't help you with.

Not negative at all, just one info: only locals live on Cabilao island, but you can find a lot of attractions on the nearby island of Bohol. (Chocolate hills, Loboc River, Tarsier)

Very exclusive and peaceful. The food is amazing and Mafette’s cocktails a delight. We were treated like family, the diving personnel were amazing. We were very sad to leave this place. A piece of our hearts remained in the Cabilao Sanctuary Beach & Dive Resort. We almost selfishly did not want to review this property so it can remain a hidden treasure…but fair is fair. Come and visit this paradise.

Wifi coverage can be improved so guests can access the internet from their rooms.

The staff was amazing and lucy was very helpful with our travel plans. Organised drivers and boats for excursion. The place is so beautiful we didn’t want to leave. Food was outstanding and the overall vibe was so nice and chilled. A must stay xx

Nothing! It was fantastic