Tupi's Beachfront Minihouse

Me gustó todo! En especial las personas que viven aquí ellas son muy amables y muy buena gente… muchas gracias Casie, Maricel me sentí como en casa y me ayudaron con mi perrito. Recomiendo 💯 este sitio para desconectar y descansar, se come muy rico y las noches son hermosas a pie de playa.

Me gustó todo

Sehr gute Lage, direkt am Strand!

Kein Strom! Das steht nicht in der Anzeige. Es gibt nur sehr schlechtes Solar Licht und es ist unglaublich dunkel in der Unterkunft. Kein fließend Wasser! Es kommt kein Wasser aus der Dusche, man muss das Klo mit einer Schüssel spähten, das ist wirklich nicht komfortabel. Wahnsinnig eng und klein.

L'emplacement est superbe... L'arbre sur la plage apporte l'ombre nécessaire pour se détendre sur le sable... La plage est un spot de surf reconnu ce qui permet de s'amuser dans les vagues en famille. La gentillesse et l'amabilité de Cassis.

Pas grand chose.

Top Lage am Strand und extrem freundliche und hilfsbereite Managerin. Leckeres Essen auf Wunsch.

dunkles Bad und sehr steile Treppe zum Schlafraum.

Everything

The property is right in front of the beach, in a serene location

Description on remoteness could be better. Signal is really zero, hence really need to be sure on check in times otherwise you'll wait. Better to have a backpack and no luggage, as need to cross a small river

The property is at the end of a beautiful beach that is only 45 minutes by car from Puerto Princessa. Cassie and Mariselle met us at the beach parking area and looked after us very well. We especially enjoyed the barbeques and good conversations with them. The beach also has some nice waves for body surfing. It was also fun to drive our car on the beach to get to the property (as there is no road from the beach parking area to the property). Cassie acquired an ATV during our stay to collect guests and their luggage from the beach parking area. Be sure to notify Cassie of your arrival time so that you don't have to walk down the beach to the property.

The mini house is very small (as the name implies) and the bathroom is very basic. The water pressure is too low to use the shower, so one has to bathe by scooping water with a pail from a large bucket. This is however not unusual for Palawan Island. The staircase to the bedroom is very narrow and steep (not suitable for large or physically impaired individuals). Only solar power is available and there is no mobile phone reception or internet. From the other reviews, this is what we expected, and it did not bother us, as we are used to "roughing it" a bit from time to time. Some more comfortable seating and some beach chairs would be a welcome addition.

It was very clean. We got beach towels. Owners seem to be nice. There were some clotheslines where we could hang our wet bathing clothes.

To come to the place you have to cross a river at the beach which is quite deep at high tide. The other house which is part of the place blocks the sea view which looked way different in the pictures. You have a small porch but there is no real seating area and you feel a little bit crammed. There were no power sockets in the mini house to charge your electrical devices. The kitchen isn't a shared kitchen (or we haven't been told). But it didn't seem that we could have used it. There is a showerhead but it has no pressure at all and you will have to shower by pouring water from a small bucket over your body. In former reviews we read that food is served at the accommodation. We also got breakfast once but we had the impression that it was a burden to the owner and that she wanted us to go to one of the limited restaurants at the beach to have our meals. All in all it's overpriced.

The location on the beach was fantastic, everyday we lounged around on the beach and in the evenings we ate lovely home cooked meals by Cassy and Marisel. Although we spent most of the time not doing much there was still plenty of other things to do around, boat tours, walks, surfing and general exploring were very fun. Can’t recommend this place enough if you’re looking for a cheap beach shack in a beautiful, isolated location.

One of the downsides to being so isolated is that the water is sometimes sparse and there isn’t much signal (depending on the provider). However this can be seen as a positive if you’re looking for real isolation.