Polaris Beach and Dive Resort Inc

Beautiful seaside location, clean pool, delicious food.

No paved roads, cold shower.

Great Diving school and various diving locations

So far so good - nothing to complain

Great place. Lots of attention to detail very well organised and managed diving. Great staff. New Year’s Eve fireworks. Food ok especially when fresh fish arrived. WiFi excellent in rest, spotty elsewhere.

Ac’s noisy. Some smell from bathroom.

Amazing welcoming staff, catered for our dietary requirement, nice relaxed dive centre.

Ideal

Located on a lovely island which is very authentic. I enjoyed exploring the island; walking to nearby beaches and to the bakery which located about 3km away. Was a delightful island to walk around; the local people were so happy to see me. Hotel has a lovely costal setting looking acros to the hills of Cebu. Staff were extremely nice. Food delicious. Nice clean swimming pool. Loved the treehouse room I stayed in. Hope to visit again one day.

Beautiful spot just off the coast of Bohol. Really lovely crew that can help you organize anything, a nice restaurant, great facilities like the pool, bike rental (very good bikes!) and of course diving. The family room was super spacious with 2 floors and 5 beds, great value. They are still constructing some spots due to the typhoon of 2021.

The restaurant was a little overpriced.

I stayed at and dived with Polaris for 5 nights in January 2024 and had an amazing experience which was the highlight of my 10-night trip to Bohol. I will definitely be returning to Polaris (and would encourage others to visit too) for the reasons described below. Rooms: I stayed in one of the treehouse rooms (fan-only, cold water showers) and it was spacious with a wide balcony which was perfect for lounging during the day. The room itself (from the bedroom to the bathroom) was basic but very clean - the staff obviously take pride in maintaining their rooms to a high standard. The first few nights without AC were a little warm, but I got used to it pretty quickly - it's nice to wake up and not feel cold. Food: Food at the resort was excellent. Everything is prepared fresh-to-order and they even have a wood-fired pizza oven. I tried a variety of dishes (sandwiches / pastas / pizzas / soups) and everything was tasty and fresh. There aren't really any restaurants on Cabilao (aside from at the few neighboring resorts) so I had every meal at Polaris. Prices are reasonable for the quality (remember that a lot of ingredients need to be brought over by boat). Diving: Polaris' dive centre is excellent. There weren't many other divers while I was there, so I dived in a group with just my DM (Lito). Lito was one of the best DMs I have had the pleasure of diving with and an overall great guy - he was excellent at spotting interesting macro / small critters - we saw pygmy seahorses, ghost pipefish, countless nudis. All of the dive sites are within a 5-10 minute speedboat ride away, with mostly wall dives along the steep drop-off surrounding the island. The walls are stunning with healthy coral (huge gorgonia), crevices to explore, and abundant marine life (in terms of larger species we saw turtles, great barracuda, huge titan triggerfish).

Nothing - I had a great stay.

Located in a small island far from the crowds. It's quiet, well maintained with very friendly staffs. The beach is nice, and one can do snorkeling above the reef near the shore.

The food is rather plain and little pricey. Otherwise, there is none.