Cabilao Sanctuary Beach & Dive Resort

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  Claire

  US · extended_group · Oct 2026

  9/10

  It’s a wonderful, relaxing place with great diving offshore.

  Beautiful pool with lots of options for poolside seating/lounging. The dining room was bright and airy with floor to ceiling glass doors opened to the ocean and the pleasant breeze or ceiling fans were strategically placed and cooling/breezy as needed. Get the ocean front rooms if affordable as these rooms catch the ocean breeze. Beds were very comfortable and the rooms very clean and spacious. The window covering shades worked great and made for privacy/ darkness when needed. The staff were very accommodating to my gluten free dietary needs. The dive shop and services were clean and well organized with lots of room for gear storage. Future plans for a camera room will greatly improve the dive shop. The dive shop staff were very accommodating. My gf and I were the only guests during the four days we were there which was great as we were the only recipients of all the staff’s wonderful hospitality.

  The menu needed descriptions as the staff were not always well versed in the components of the dish and the meals often took awhile to be served. The bathrooms some days had a strong smell of sewer which was unpleasant, but not overwhelming or necessitating of keeping the door closed. The rinse tanks for dive gear at the dive shop had just enough fresh water in them to rinse gear/soak my underwater camera related to the limited freshwater from rain water catchment storage as the island otherwise has no water source, but the resort does have a desalination system. All access from the ocean necessitates walking through the reef flats/ on the beach depending on the tide level as no pier is available so water shoes or dive booties are essential. Do not bother with renting a bicycle as the available bikes are more like racing bikes with uncomfortable seats when. Beach cruiser type bikes with a few gears would be more appropriate. There is really not much to see on the island inland and what roads there are are very poor, but the inhabitants are very friendly. My gf and I are scuba divers and did not do any snorkeling.

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  Abhijit

  AU · family_with_children · Aug 2026

  9/10

  Memorable diving times and watching World Cup games early morning at the beach

  Great place for diving, loved the dive shop and Mati the instructor was amazing for me and my daughters open water training and certification. Do note that this place is probably best for divers, although my partner enjoyed as a snorkeler as well.

  A heads up on the arrival would’ve been nice, but then the weather was unexpected. We had a good adventure taking the bikes from the boat to the resort in pouring rain :)

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  Noemi

  CH · solo_traveller · Jun 2026

  7/10
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  guohua

  CN · couple · May 2026

  7/10

  工作人员友善，设施卫生，环境安静。

  预定了潜水高级课，入住前3天才告知我潜水教练不能返回。而此时我已不能取消住宿订单。对如此低级的管理失误，只有信息道歉，经理不露面，更没有实质性补偿。 很失望。

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  Christopher

  GB · couple · May 2026

  10/10

  Amazing resort on this magical island

  We were originally staying in a bungalow next door but after eating at the resort restaurant we moved in to this place - mainly to use the pool and loungers. The food is very good - the tempura shrimp and the fish curry were both brilliant. The staff are amazing and the room was exceptional by Philippines standards - very spacious, great aircon and a huge outdoor bathroom. Snorkelling the reef was easy and you may see turtles if you're lucky

  The wifi was a bit weak in the room but fine in the main areas