Playa La Caleta Bataan

Picturesque location Great beach and view The road to the location is a single track concrete road that looks like it’s been laid by hand, if you’re not a confident driver this will be a problem, without sufficient engine power you won’t be returning as you will not make it back up over one of the rather precarious hairpin bends. Upon arrival, the receptionist was terribly rude and insisted on trying to charge us a room surcharge even though we had prepaid and had the confirmation Be prepared to buy food in the restaurant or if you take food yourself you will be charged a corkage, which is understandable but again communication was the key down here, bring your own BBQ or grille , traveling out to a local eatery is not something that is going to happen, read above re the road. We took the family ‘glamping’ tent, glamorous it wasn’t, apart from the gaping joints in the tent allowing wasps and scorpions in to the tent, the inside was dirty and mouldy in areas . This place could be so much more if only the ownership took pride in service During my wait to check in the same, aforementioned receptionist was have two consecutive arguments with guests also checking in, we went back later to try and get some water only to hear the same lady again arguing with an American chap about additional charges!! Oh and they don’t have WiFi Still, it was cheap and a great private beach 3 hours from manila.

Access to the hotel quite complicated. Food is local. Beach is beautiful. Bedroom is local quality.

Plesant resort to stay. Very nice location and excellent views. Friendly and accomodating staff.

Family and I enjoyed the secluded outdoor activities here and our glamping experience. We may want to try camping there by the beach or perhaps, the tree houses. We kayaked and snorkeled and the kids loved finding shoals of fish, including puffer fish. The trail heading towards the small island along the left side of the bay was great. Food inside the resort is reasonably priced and delicious. We enjoyed the traditional Filipino cuisine offered and our kids thoroughly enjoyed the spam Monte Cristo sandwich. The only pain point and my only critique of our experience was the lack of transparency around parking. As you are about to enter the resort, we were stopped by someone who appeared to be a parking attendant. We were told that our vehicle may be too low to drive up and down the steep entrance into the resort so we took their advice and opted to take a shuttle. Later on, I found out that cars could go inside the resort as we saw two compact cars similar to ours parked there. We were not informed that the shuttle ride would cost 300php per person roundtrip and that if we parked our vehicle just outside the resort that we would be charged overnight parking for 200php. My spouse and I felt misled during that part of the experience and we hope the management could resolve that issue as it really takes a way from the overall pleasant experience staying at the resort. I would recommend visiting Playa La Caleta for its family friendly atmosphere.