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Malapascua Exotic Island Dive and Beach Resort

3.0 star property
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Exterior
Breakfast, lunch and dinner served
Exterior

Reviews

8.6 out of 10

Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Bar
    Bar
  • Breakfast included
    Breakfast included
  • Air conditioning
    Air conditioning
  • Spa
    Spa
  • Housekeeping
    Housekeeping
  • Room service
    Room service

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Sitio Pasil, Logon, Daanbantayan, Cebu, 6013
  • Bounty Beach
    2 min walk
  • Logon Church
    10 min walk
  • Daanbantayan Ferry Port
    11 min walk

Room options

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Beach Front Deluxe

Beach Front Deluxe

  • 22 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Deluxe Room

Deluxe Room

  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

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Superior Room

Superior Room

  • Partial sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Elite Room

Elite Room

  • 22 sq m
  • Partial sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Super Deluxe

Super Deluxe

  • 30 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Double Beds

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About the area

Daanbantayan

With a stay at Malapascua Exotic Island Dive and Beach Resort in Daanbantayan, you'll be on the beach, just a 2-minute walk from Bounty Beach and 10 minutes by foot from Logon Church. .This beach resort is 0.4 mi (0.7 km) from Daanbantayan Ferry Port and 0.9 mi (1.4 km) from Bagacay Point Lighthouse.
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What's nearby

  • Bounty Beach - 2 min walk - 0.2 km
  • Logon Church - 10 min walk - 0.9 km
  • Daanbantayan Ferry Port - 11 min walk - 1.0 km
  • Bagacay Point Lighthouse - 3 min drive - 1.5 km
  • Guimbitayan Beach - 4 min drive - 1.8 km

Restaurants

  • ‪Langob Beach Bar - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Sugbo Maya - ‬108 min drive
  • ‪Amihan - ‬11 min walk
  • ‪Ocean Vida Beach Restaurant - ‬6 min walk
  • ‪Angelina - ‬11 min walk

About this property

Malapascua Exotic Island Dive and Beach Resort

Beachfront resort with calming spa services
Malapascua Exotic Island Dive and Beach Resort offers 30 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars. Rooms open to balconies. Accommodations offer separate sitting areas and include desks. 32-inch LCD televisions come with satellite channels. Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers. Housekeeping is provided daily.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Guests can pamper themselves with a trip to the onsite spa, which has 1 treatment room. Services include Swedish massages and Thai massages.
Make yourself at home in one of the 30 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars and LCD televisions. Rooms have private balconies. Satellite television is provided for your entertainment. Bathrooms with bathtubs or showers are provided.
Pamper yourself with a visit to the spa, which offers massages. Additional features at this resort include complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and babysitting (surcharge).
Satisfy your appetite for lunch or dinner at the resort's restaurant, or stay in and take advantage of the room service (during limited hours). Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. A complimentary local cuisine breakfast is served daily from 7 AM to 10 AM.
Featured amenities include luggage storage, laundry facilities, and a safe deposit box at the front desk. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available 24 hours).
A complimentary local cuisine breakfast is served each morning between 7 AM and 10 AM.
Onsite venue - This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

Chinese (Mandarin), English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • No on-site parking available
  • 24-hour return airport shuttle (surcharge)
  • Airport shuttle on request

Food and drink

  • Free local cuisine breakfast available daily 7 AM–10 AM
  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 bar
  • Room service available

Things to do

  • Full-service spa
  • Scuba diving
  • Snorkelling

Family friendly

  • Babysitting (surcharge)
  • Laundry facilities
  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • Banquet hall
  • Front-desk safe

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Outdoors

  • BBQ grill(s)
  • Beach loungers
  • Beachfront location

Spa

  • Massage - Swedish
  • Massage - Thai
  • Massage/treatment rooms
  • Treatment room

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • This property does not have any lifts
  • Doorbell and phone notification

More

  • Beach towels

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning
  • Bed sheets

Bathroom

  • Bath or shower
  • Private bathroom
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • 32-inch LCD TV
  • Satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Electric kettle
  • Free tea bags/instant coffee
  • Minibar

More

  • Desk
  • Laptop-friendly workspace
  • Separate sitting area

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 11 PM
Early check-in subject to availability
Early check-in fee: PHP 1500
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Late check-out subject to availability
Late check-out fee: 50 percent of room rate

Special check-in instructions

Guests must transfer via boat to the property; guests must contact the property at least 24 hours before travel, using the contact information on the confirmation received after booking
This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply); to arrange pick-up, guests must contact the property 24 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
The property charges 3.5 percent for credit card payments
The front desk is open daily from 6 AM - 11 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
If you are planning to arrive after 5:00 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
2 children, per adult, up to the age of 4 years, can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Rollaway/extra beds are available for PHP 1500.0 per night
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Airport shuttle fee: PHP 15000 per vehicle (roundtrip, maximum occupancy 2)
  • Early check-in fee: PHP 1500 (subject to availability)
  • Late check-out fee: 50 percent of room rate (subject to availability)
  • Rollaway bed fee: PHP 1500.0 per night
  • Credit card charges are subject to a surcharge of 3.5 percent

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, mobile payments, and cash
Mobile payment options include: Alipay and GCash

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

Malapascua Exotic Island Resort Cebu
Malapascua Exotic Island Cebu
Malapascua Exotic Island
Malapascua Exotic Island Resort Daanbantayan
Malapascua Exotic Island Daanbantayan
Malapascua Exotic Island Dive Beach Daanbantayan
Malapascua Exotic Island Dive Beach Resort Daanbantayan
Malapascua Exotic Island Dive Beach Resort
Malapascua Exotic Island Dive Beach
Malapascua Exotic Island Resort
Malapascua Exotic Dive Daanba
Malapascua Exotic Island Dive
Malapascua Exotic Island Dive and Beach Resort Resort
Malapascua Exotic Island Dive and Beach Resort Daanbantayan

Malapascua Exotic Island Dive and Beach Resort Reviews

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 44 out of 107 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 47 out of 107 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 13 out of 107 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 107 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 107 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Daniel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Fantastic Stay
Exotic Beach Resort remains to be a fantastic hotel even after my first visit 7 years ago. Food is of great quality, service is fantastic and the rooms are quite spacious.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Mark

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location Avoid Breakfast
Spacious clean rooms. Hot showers cold air conditioning. Beautiful White sand beach quiet location. 5 minutes walk to local shops and street food. On site restaurant has no ability to cook any hot food. Breakfast looks great but cold even though requested hot !! Avoid the restaurant at all cost. Happy Hour at the bar is only for cocktails NO beer so totally pointless that’s why the bar is always empty… Tried to change for drinks we didn’t order or consume upon check out. The cashier Rude and unapologetic. Lacks any customer service skills.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Mark

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

simon

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It’s a long walk…
It’s 3*, you get what you pay for. The room was perfectly ok. Shower was quirky, but, worked. Bed comfy, WiFi dreadful. Service was hit & miss. It is quite a long slog from what feels like the heart of this area. Maybe 10-15 mins walk along the beach. It may not sound a lot, but, in 30c + it became a chore, u r hot & sweaty before u get anywhere. Other than the service and location, everything else was acceptable.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Victoria

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This was a fantastic place. The beach is breathtaking amazing snorkelling direct from and beach and the dive school were also great. Bar and restaurant attached were good and Malapascua itself is a small and friendly place. Best place we came to in the Philippines.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

6/10 Okay

Gordon

Travelled with family
Disliked: Staff & service
My stay
Overall the rooms were clean and tidy. The shower head could do with changung. The front desk service could do with improvement. Breakfast was good and staff there very friendly. Diving equipment was good and staff great. Just a few refinements required and it would be a pleasure to stay there. Internet in rooms would be a big bonus
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

theStanimal, Port Angeles, WA

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Quiet location at end of developed area, “around the corner,” slightly leeward of the prevailing winds. Menu is large but unreliable. Food okay, but grilled fish always over cooked. Breakfast buffet okay, coffee good. Juice is instant. Usually provided sliced mangoes. Water from tap very salty, regular soap provided does not lather, suggest bringing salt water soap. Room AC slight mildew odor.. Bar upstairs nice but empty of patrons. Found more people enjoying nightlife at other resort up the beach. Great area despite locals trashing their place and amazing island hopping. Nice snorkeling. Chinese scuba fanatics I met there rated it at 9 out of 10.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely island would visit again
I enjoyed the stay the staff were very nice to me
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Location was ideal, right on the beach. Staff was very friendly and my dive master Dulter was very knowledgeable and eager to make all my dives informative and fun
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice Beach Hotel
My friend and I had a great stay at this hotel. We loved the location and being right on the beach. The staff was friendly and the amenities were nice for convenience, such as the dive shop and restaurant. Know that there are not roads on this island and the wifi is not the best anywhere. We definitely would stay here again. Know that salt water is what comes out of the shower head and sink though. I think it is a Malapascua issue though and there isn't anything they can do about it.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Jorunn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It IS exotic!
Beautiful setting "in an exotic environment". Restaurant with lots of choices at a reasonable price. Great buffet breakfast.2 weeks and no need to go anywhere else to eat. Upstairs bar for socializing at the end of the dives. Their own house reef - nice. Spacious rooms, only top floor gets sun (seaview smaller). A/C noisy (plans to change them). Toiletries: Only shampoo in plastic "bag" impossible to open + bars of soap. Kettle provided, but not coffee/tea (can be easily bought just outside the resort). Sand-flies in restaurant (sand needs raking everyday, not done). Soft sand everywhere, so no use of fancy shoes. Private transfer from Maya worth the price.Best if one can share a boat. No internet in rooms, and works intermittently in the joint areas (same all over the island, I believe).
Stayed 15 nights in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
As with most of the hotels on Malapusca, the hotel is right on the beach. We were very grateful for the arrangement of travel for us from out hotel on Mactan Island to the boat to Malapusca, although I feel it was slightly misleading of them to tell us it included a private boat, as it was just the boat everyone else took, which we had to pay for, with added cost for an extra bag. The rooms themselves are very basic but clean, with good airc-onditionning.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Craig, Brisbane AU

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly and fun staff. Delicious food and a peaceful, relaxed environment
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Frederick

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

8/10 Good

Tao, China

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
We stayed in one of the family rooms for a week at Exotic. The place is right on the beach and what I loved about Exotic was the fact it was on the tail end of Bounty Beach so it’s much quieter. The staff were attentive and since my husband and I are plant based the breakfast was catered for our needs, they were very accommodating. The rooms were a good size and the TV worked well. The only thing we didn’t know was the showers are salt water. The rooms were cleaned each day with new towels, but the bathroom wasn’t cleaned that well and smelt of urine. There are sun lounges you can use for free with free beach towels upon request. There is NO pool at Exotic either, but the beach is literally on your doorstep. We came to Malapascua for scuba diving but one area they can improve on is the hospitality from the dive shop which they lacked. We didn’t have a good vibe and feel from the dive shop from the staff working there. They seemed bored and apparently there are two Caucasian guys who are the instructors and not once did they said hello to us. They didn’t sell the dive very well and just gave us the price list. That’s a shame really. We were going to be a family of 5 Divers! Exotic seems to be very popular stay with Chinese tourists from HK and mainland China and we found them very loud/smoking the whole time at the restaurant. The food at the restaurant is not bad either It’s a beautiful spot and an amazing beach with great dives if you are here for scuba diving.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2018

8/10 Good

Victoria, Cebu

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This is a great 3 star resort. Its my favorite on the island and I've been there 3 times and love it. There's a new roof top bar called the One up bar which is a great addition and I heard they'll be building a swimming pool soon. However it's right in the beach for swinging in a hammock or swimming. The restaurant has a great selection of tasty dishes. The rooms are basic and clean. I don't dive but my diving friends say it's the best. The service in the restaurant is way too slow. The staff are lovely and if you walk up to the counter they'll gladly get you what you want. But it's table service and most of the time the staff stand around talking and not attending to their guests. Luckily there are some other great spots to eat. Amihan, Angelina's and Maldito are favorites. Wait staff aside, I'll be back there as soon as I can :)
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

Alex, Hong Kong

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Staff and service very nice, only the Wi-Fi speed
Dive shop staff take care all level diver, I really enjoy diving with them.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beachfront hotel with well operating diving center
But a little far from Main Street, breakfast there is good, the diving cemetery is experienced
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Awesome diving and resort
Best resort on the island!! Only negatives: slow wifi and slow service at the restaurant.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Too expensive for what you get
They put strong air fresheners in the room, and even the sheet and blanket had the strong smell of that, it was awful! Every time when we order food, it took them at least 30 minutes to deliver and 50% of the time you don't get what you ordered. We asked them for the room service and they forgot about it. The shower head is not movable, it's not convenient when you just want a shower without getting the hair wet. The room is big and has a nice TV, nice beach at the hotel, that was one thing very nice about this resort. But overall it's too pricy in terms of the service and facility.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2018

8/10 Good

Ron, Barrie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Relaxing 10 days
The staff were amazing! Resort was quaint, peaceful and relaxing. Would have loved to dive but I caught a cold. Lazed by the beach on a daily basis on the comfy chairs. There was a great selection of meals at the restaurant. Will return again one day.
Stayed 10 nights in Jan 2018

6/10 Okay

Victoria, Cebu, Philippines

Liked: Cleanliness
Rustic Beach front slice of Paradise.
Malapascua is my favorite small Island. There are no roads and no cars and you can take a sandy path from one side of the Island to the other in 20 mins. It’s a favorite for divers, not really for snorkeling. Some great Restaurants and bars. Most accom on the Island is 3 Star with no pool. The beach is soft white sand. Exotic Dive Resort is my pick for hotel.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2018

10/10 Excellent

Helen, Sydney, Aus

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel on the beach
The hotel included a wide choice of breakfast options which you could eat on the sandy dining area with a view of the sea. The staff were always really lovely and happy, albeit a little slow to grab their attention. Our room was spotless and as we were on our honeymoon they went to the effort of putting flowers everywhere which was a lovely touch. Its a little further up the beach from all the other hotels but we found that nice.
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2017

8/10 Good

monty

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Come and dive and relax
Very enjoyable,quiet,comfortable place. Dive shop and personnel top notch. Restaurant pretty good and other options nearby.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2017