Hippocampus

Location: Malapascua Island, Daanbantayan, Cebu, 1603, Daanbantayan, PH

Star Rating: 3 Stars

Property Type: Hotels

About this Property

Important Information

Policies

Check-in: 02:00 PM - 12:00 AM

Check-out: 11:00 AM

Instructions: Guests must transfer to the property via boat and must arrange the transfers by contacting the property before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. The front desk is open daily from 7 AM - 11 PM. The front desk is staffed during limited hours.

Amenities & Facilities

• Meeting rooms
• Free WiFi
• Terrace
• Garden
• Luggage storage
• Designated smoking area
• Picnic area
• Free airport transportation
• Snorkeling nearby
• Breakfast available (surcharge)
• Safe-deposit box at front desk
• Multilingual staff
• Front desk (limited hours)
• Meeting rooms
• Scuba diving on site
• Airport transportation - pickup (surcharge)
• Banquet hall
• Food and water bowls

Rooms Available

• Deluxe Room

  1 Queen Bed OR 1 Twin Bed

  194-sq-foot soundproofed room, balcony/patio with ocean views

  
  

  Internet - Free WiFi

  Food & Drink - Electric kettle, minibar (fees may apply), room service (limited hours), and free tea bags/instant coffee

  Sleep - Bed sheets

  Bathroom - Private bathroom, shower, a bidet, and towels

  Practical - Safe and desk

  Comfort - Air conditioning and daily housekeeping

  Non-Smoking

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Minibar
  • Shower
  • Safety deposit box
  • Air conditioning
  • Desk
  • Private bathroom
  • Electric kettle
  • Bidet
  • Toilet paper
  • Shampoo
  • Room service (limited hours)
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Free WiFi
  • Balcony or patio
  • Bedsheets provided
  • Free tea bags/instant coffee
  • Soap

• Superior Room

  1 Queen Bed OR 1 Twin Bed

  172-sq-foot soundproofed room, balcony with garden views

  
  

  Internet - Free WiFi

  Food & Drink - Electric kettle, minibar (fees may apply), room service (limited hours), and free tea bags/instant coffee

  Sleep - Bed sheets

  Bathroom - Private bathroom, shower, a bidet, and towels

  Practical - Safe

  Comfort - Air conditioning and daily housekeeping

  Non-Smoking

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Minibar
  • Shower
  • Safety deposit box
  • Air conditioning
  • Private bathroom
  • Electric kettle
  • Bidet
  • Toilet paper
  • Shampoo
  • Room service (limited hours)
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Free WiFi
  • Bedsheets provided
  • Free tea bags/instant coffee
  • Soap

• Standard Double Room

  1 Double Bed OR 1 Twin Bed

  151-sq-foot soundproofed room, furnished balcony/patio with garden views

  
  

  Internet - Free WiFi

  Food & Drink - Room service (limited)

  Sleep - Bed sheets

  Bathroom - Private bathroom, shower, a bidet, and towels

  Practical - Desk and safe

  Comfort - Air conditioning and daily housekeeping

  Non-Smoking

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Shower
  • Safety deposit box
  • Air conditioning
  • Desk
  • Private bathroom
  • Bidet
  • Toilet paper
  • Shampoo
  • Room service (limited hours)
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Free WiFi
  • Furnished balcony or patio
  • Bedsheets provided
  • Soap

Guest Reviews

• Yale (8/5): - It’s on the beach, which is of course, great. Room is clean. Water is hot. Air is cold. Fan in room was broken. While the drinks are good there find another place to eat. Very disappointing. Dive resort personnel were rather rude and acted like you were bothering them when you asked a question. So needless to say I went somewhere else to dive. Overall the place isn’t bad, but next time I’ll definitely stay so where else. So many options.
• lionel (10/5): Amazing - Perfect hotel right on the beach Dive center few metres away from my room Great food and great staff too
• Jack (8/5): Good value - Exactly what we paid for. It was basic, but did the job. The staff were nice and we bought food from the restaurant which was good
• YONGHO (4/5): - 청소상태 불결..
• Verified traveler (10/5): Best place - Bedste sted på øen. Mest chillede vibe, og ligger i gåafstand til alt. Man kan fra Hippo udforske alt, samt bare hænge ud. De har den dejligste dykkerskole tilknyttet, og de gør meget for lokale mennesker og dyr. 100 hjerter til dette sted!
• Verified traveler (10/5): - Get location and friendly helpful staff. Goid was also great, included breakfast menu was the best i've had in the Philippines to date.
• Anthony (10/5): Sejour au top - super sejour dans cet hotel. Nous avions booké les plongées avec le dive center partenaire et tout etait absolument parfait. Restau sur la plage avec beaucoup de choix et tres bon. Literie confortable. Très propre.
• Svein-Ove Sorheim (10/5): Recommended for divers - Great location, nice rooms, friendly staff and a great dive centre at the hotel, Devocean Divers.
• Verified traveler (8/5): Cozy - Cozy rooms
• SO MAN (8/5): - 面對海灘，出遊方便、酒店隔壁就是碼頭。早餐非常美味！
• Moira (10/5): Good location, nice food, clean - The management at Hippocampus we’re excellent. We booked the room less than 24 hours before arriving but they responded to emails immediately and organised our transfer from Cebu airport. The rooms at Hippocampus are fairly basic but still some of nicest on the island from what I saw. The rooms are clean and comfortable and the ac works well. The balcony is also really nice especially if there is a rainy patch. WiFi didn’t work in our room but you can just walk down the stairs and it connects in the restaurant or on the beach although can be slow. The shower water is slightly salty however we extended our stay and moved hotel (Hippocampus was booked up) and their water was the same. This is just how it is on malapascua. The water was nice and warm though and the pressure was ok and you get used to the slight saltiness!
• Karl (8/5): - Very nice hotel on the beach. Having salt water piped into my shower and sink was very strange and not enjoyable at all. Showering in salt water? No thanks. Next time I'll stay in a hotel that has Fresh Water.
• Verified traveler (8/5): Malapasqua - War schöner Aufthalt, direkt am Strand, angenehme Livemusik bis 22 Uhr. WiFi nur beim Restaurant. Grosser Frühstückteller, am zweiten Tag dauerte es aber eine Stunde. Sonst alles Okay.
• Morten Christian (10/5): Lovely - Lovely Island cant wait to get back
• Yuan Chieh (8/5): - 早餐多樣化
• YUAN-CHIEH (8/5): - 早餐超好吃
• julien (10/5): Malapascua - comme dans beaucoup de clubs de plongée, l'hébergement est simple mais très correct. Nous avions réservé une chambre sans climatisation ni eau chaude mais avons été immédiatement "upgradé" gratuitement. Service très efficace, staff sympathique. Très bon séjour.
• herman m (10/5): - Very nice location and clean comfy room
• Shrikant (8/5): Great place Great value! - Had a great stay at Hippocampus, incredible value for money and one of the best restaurants on the island! They are also right next to Devocean Divers which is a great dive shop!
• Verified traveler (8/5): - Great location over the main beach line of Malapascua. Delicious sandwiches and very kind and attentive staff.
• Pratush (8/5): Hippocampus is the best option in the Island - I saw many reviews elsewhere and couldn't find any good hotel in the price range. So I went ahead and booked this hotel feeling that my stay would be average in my mind. But it turned out to be totally opposite of what was expected. Rooms were nice though you can say condition were not that good but not that bad too. Welcomes drinks were offered and hotels had a nice vibe as you can go directly to the beach plus they have a lovely restaurant too.
• Alexander (6/5): Fin placering - Väldigt bra restaurang som höjer betyget! Men rummen var inte jättetrevliga. Fick tyvärr både fläckiga handdukar och lakan ett par dagar. Sen var hotellet i ganska bra skick och helt okej bekvämt. Ligger jättefint på bounty Beach, som är den bästa på Malapascua.
• Olivier (10/5): Great Hotel. Perfect for diving - Great staff, ideally located. Also good food
• Silvi (10/5): - The hotel was amazing and perfect. Right in front of the beach and close to everything! The staff was amazing and helpful in everything. Food was awesome and the room was very clean and the bed super comfy! I would totally recomend this place!
• Vicki (10/5): 10+ all the way around - Awesome hotel with happy, friendly staff and efficient service. The beach location, sunset views, a/c clean and comfortable rooms, views, entertainment, fabulous food, drinks and dive shop are all a 10+. We have stayed here twice and have not been disappointed with anything. Very well priced for the luxury. Damz the dive master is very thorough with safety and knowledgeable of the creatures of the sea. Christy the owner is a beautiful person and takes pride in making sure the visitor enjoy their time at Hippocampus.
• Kathrin (10/5): Mysigt hotell med tillhörande dykcenter - Väldigt mysigt och framför allt prisvärt hotell som har trevlig personal, kanonbra frukost och god service för dykare. Kunniga guider och Nitrox. Happy hours som man inte glömmer så lätt!
• yongrae (8/5): 몇가지만 빼면 전반적으로 만족 - 방도 넓은 편이고 깨끗하고 직원들도 친절하고 전반적으로 좋았어요 단지 방에 있는 세이프티박스가 작동안해서 해달라고 했는데 체크아웃할때까지 안왔고, 말라파스쿠아 수도 사정은 알지만 씻기 불편할 정도로 물이 잘 안나왓어요 그래도 따뜻한 물은 잘 나왔음 조식은 조금 느렸지만 그냥그냥 먹을만은 했으나 많이 기대하지는 말길 특히 주스에는 물을 너무타서 이맛저맛아니고 팬케이크나 프렌치토스는 너무 시럽이 많아 달았음 그래도 먹을만했어요 와이파이는 기대하지 않는것이 좋아요 대부분의 룸안에서는 안잡힘
• Verified traveler (8/5): Siisti sukeltajien suosima hotelli hyvällä sijainn - Edullisimmat huoneet yhtä pienet kuin odotimme, ei kovin viihtyisät, mutta siistit. Henkilökunta mukavaa ja ystävällistä sekä hotellin että baarin/ravintolan ja sukelluskeskuksen osalta. Hotelli sopiikin erityisesti sukelluksesta kiinnostuineille. Jääkaappi olisi hyvä lisä huonevarusteluun.
• Alice (8/5): Good vibe - We enjoyed our stay. Its very basic but has got what you need. Breakfast is nice. Bar has a good wibe. Great live music during the weekend. Staff very friendly. Bad thing, wifi was slow and didnt reached our room. Check your bill, plenty of things were wrong and things that we did pay directly when ordering was still left as unpaid on our bill when checkout.
• ANDREI (4/5): - Полторы звезды максимум.
• Verified traveler (8/5): helt ok rum. - Malapascua är en ö för dykning. Finns inte mycket annat att göra. Bredvid Hippocampus ligger Devocean Divers som jag dök med. Riktigt trevlig personal, instruktörer och divemaster. Rummet i sig var välstädat, dock inget varmvatten i badrummet, vilket skulle vart skönt efter vissa dyk.
• Christopher (6/5): OK rooms - premium price charged for good location - Room was clean but felt like it needed to be freshened up a bit - I can't quite work out if that's because it's starting to get a bit old, or just the way it was decorated and presented. In any case, the room was fine - no complaints. I think they charge a bit of a premium for their location - right in the middle of the main restaurants. You can find better rooms for the same price a few hundred metres either side.
• Verified traveler (6/5): not worth your money... - when we arrived we got a twinn bed room insted of double room, so the next day they moved us to the double room. we didnt have hot water in the shower, and the toilet didnt flush...... and the most upsetting part was that evry time that we want to pay for our orders from the restaurant they included to the bill things that we didnt order or we already paid for. the room is nice, and the location is good, but its just not worth the cost of it
• Jimmy (8/5): On the beach - Overall it was a good experience! I had a standard room which I believe is overpriced not having air conditioning, a refrigerator, hot water or wifi! The staff were amazing and the superior rooms looked good if you are willing to pay the price!
• Pertti (8/5): Ranta - Kaksi yötä ensi tässä hotellissa. Viihdyttiin niin hyvin että otimme kuusi yötä lisää.
• Jeff (4/5): Wonderful diving Experience - All hotels in Philippines are Aircon as it is a tropical country. If hotel is non aircon it clearly specify in its description. That is standard i all philippines. However, in this hotel they do not specify which rooms are aircon and which ones not. But once upon arrival they tell that the one booked was non aircon. Then they charge extra for turning on the aircon switch ( the rooms actally have aircon but is disconnected from main switch if not paid additional).
• Verified traveler (8/5): BEACH FRONT 房就在沙灘前,還不錯 - 酒店房間不錯,整潔度高,早餐選擇多,在島上算不錯的了,唯一缺點是:星期六晚上酒吧一直在動次動次到凌晨3點鐘,比較難入睡
• YUEN HEI (8/5): 能住人的酒店 - 來到malspsscua島 各種條件都不好，所以無法和別的地方作比較，一般來說 二百多元港幣的房都是沒空調，沒熱水，4點多公雞開始叫，這酒店服務員算是不錯，早餐也很好，我們在這家酒店住了5天，最後兩天因為100元一晚的價格試住過別的酒店，真的比不上之前的酒店，便宜真沒好的，水壓太底不能好好洗澡，床又很不舒服 睡不好，早餐當然沒有，所以總括來說海馬酒店還算不錯了
• John (6/5): - I had a very nice stay there at the hotel and hope to come back soon!
• Verified traveler (6/5): hôtel trop bruyant - Hôtel très bruyant. Impossible de dormir avec le bruit des chiens et des coqs de la ferme voisine. Pas de climatisation. Évitez le french kiss diver à coté de l'hôtel = pas aimable, pour une deuxième plongée en débutant on a vraiment été déçus...
• taro (6/5): - This hotel　dosn't be worth the price.No Aircon only electric fan.
• Jan (6/5): Resort ordentlich mit bemühtem Personal - Zimmer klein und etwas älter, Wasserversorgung etwas schwieriger, Warmwasser war nicht immer vorhanden. Zimmer sind sehr sehr hellhörig, Musik etc von draußen kommen nahezu ungehindert rein. Strand ist mies, nur grobe Steine und Korallenbrocken, nix mit feinem Sand. Hundekacke und Müll sind täglich am Strand. Viele stinkende Flohteppiche rennen frei herum (Hund kann man es nicht mehr nennen). Küche jedoch sehr gut, Personal hilft überall so gut es geht und sind sehr bemüht.
• Verified traveler (6/5): ok but there are definitely better places to stay - we had booked a beachfront room and beachfront it was. Unfortunately, it was very close to the bar (sometimes a bit noisy if you're looking for peace and quiet) and we were next door to a dive shop's store room. This meant that we were woken up by divers collecting their cylinders and equipment for early morning diving (4.30am! ) The manager was very understanding and moved us the following day and was very efficient in resolving the problem with our fridge. on the whole the staff are really lovely and friendly and we were welcomed on arrival. sadly, a couple of the staff were a little unfriendly/miserable. rooms are basic but kept very clean by the housekeeping ladies. food and drinks were of a good standard, great cocktails and a full breakfast was included in the price of our stay.
• Alain (4/5): Ne correspond pas à un Hotel 3 étoiles - L'hotel est très bien situé, sur le bord de plage. L'équipement de la chambre est sommaire et ne correspond vraiment pas à un hotel 3 étoiles : il n'y a pas d'eau chaude ! cela n'est pas précisé dans le descriptif, également il n'y a pas : de climatisation, de coffre, de réfrigérateur. La wifi n'est disponible que dans la salle de restaurant. Dommage car à part ce manque d'équipement l'Hotel pourrait être très bien. Le personnel est très sympathique.
• Josef (6/5): Currywurst - Mycket trevligt ställe där man välkomnas av den tillmötesgående ägaren och en fruktdrink. Fick bra tips om dykning och info om ön. Rummet var ganska basic men snyggt och rent (vårat hade enbart fläkt). Bra mat och extra kudos för en förvånansvärt bra currywurst. Det stora minuset var ljudet som orsakades av antagligen svårt torterade hundar och djävulsavkomma i tuppformat. Boka inte rummet längst bort från stranden men annars ett mycket bra hotel.
• Cecilia (10/5): Jättebra vistelse - Bra läge på bounty beach. Solstolar att låna. God frukost. Trevlig och hjälpsam personal. Daglig städning med nya handdukar, rent och fräscht. Trevlig bar och restaurang som hör till hotellet. Det som drar ner betyget är att vårt rum låg mot baksidan av hotellet och alldeles bredvid fanns tuppar och andra djur som lät jättemycket på natten. Öronproppar är ett måste för att kunna sova! Ligger även ett partyställe i närheten som var mycket högljutt fredag och lördag. Vi var på det stora hela väldigt nöjda med vistelsen och skulle rekommendera andra art bo på hippocampus!

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