Gilligans Port Barton Beach Resort

Everything is great

The place is like heaven. A big private villa on a private sandy beach. The only accommodation which they have. Erika makes breakfast and dinner as you wish for a reasonable extra. Water sports equipment are complementary just for you. There are no corals directly from the beach, which is typical in Palawan, but after kayaking 15-20 minutes out to the sea I found a shallow spot with many fish and living corals. It's a remote place with privacy and silence. Inter was good. Private island hopping tours are available with much better quality and price to El Nido. Last night they organized a beach campfire. We (a Finnish family of four that lives in China) spent four nights in this place before moving closer to El Nido to a place with the same price, but far less nicer.

This is hard. Every coin has two sides. A remote location means there are no services or shops nearby, but you may bring your drinks and snacks with you and they have a fridge in the villa. They were building a beach bar on a tiny public beach next to the private area and even if it wasn't open yet, they were nice and sold some beer and soft drinks from the storage for us. Do you see? It's very hard to write anything we don't like when everything turns positive in the end. The road is very challenging and in early October, right after the rainy season, you must have a 2x4 or 4x4 car to make it through. Or you may ask the host for boat transportation from Port Barton. Please be aware they don't have aircon, but the ceiling fans were good enough for us.

The location was fantastic, very friendly and helpful staff. Erika was cooking for us lovely meals,. The beach was really nice and clean. The house was very well maintained and had everything we needed.

I would put 10/10, but one night there was a party right near at the beach bar and we couldn't sleep all night because of the noise.

The window in our room can see us from outside, at night. could have placed a curtain or some sticker/cover on the window glass to prevent seeing u from outside

We really enjoyed our stay at the resort. The house was amazing, the beach was amazing and staff was amazing. I hope we could have stay more but every good moment has an end. For sure we will be back one day!

The hosts Erika and Regi are exceptional and go to any length to meet any special requests. The location is second to none and it's a place where friends who stay with me never want to leave. As my daughter puts it: it's the only place where the place exceeds the expectations of the promotional photographs.

going back home

very nice place, especially the beach, which was “ours”. Erika was not only an excellent cook but also helpful in any case. The private island hoping with Baron was fun as well. The owner, Mal, regularly inquired about our well-being. overall we highly recommend the place.

the shower had very low pressure, but it’s certainly not easy to improve the n that area. it didn’t bothered us too much.