Dicilingan Island Holidays from AU$1,253

Ekhaya is one of the best, nicest, most delicious, most beautiful properties I've traveled to in Philippines and across the globe, to be honest. From the moment you enter and being greeted by Arnold and his incredible staff you feel like home. The whole experience in staying at Ekhaya feels bespoke - the food, the room, the attention from the staff. I cannot say enough of how wonderful everything was. My partner and I stayed at Ekhaya over the New Years, which was amazing as all neighbor properties had loud parties we were welcomed to attend tom yet our sweet Ekhaya was nice and quiet so we could rest after the night out. Things to do: they offer wonderful island hopping tours - I recommend you making friends with another couple from the resort and go on an adventure together. Or take a complimentary kayak and swim to a little island nearby. Or you can read a book and sip some wine by the pool and watch the sunset. Or walk around a wonderfully curated garden and swing on a hammock. A MUST DO: get a massage! It was the best massage I've ever got. The property is great for a couple getaway or for a 4-6 people crew "rent a villa" type of vacation. All in all - a fantastic experience! Thank you Mel and Arnold and all amazing ladies and gentleman! It was super special to be hosted by you and we cannot wait to come back!

I chose to stay at La Estancia because I knew I wanted to be close to Black Island, and that I was able to do while staying here. We payed 1,500 pesos per person to go out on their private boat and it was just my party staying there at the time. We stayed there for as long as we wanted, and they even brought a kayak for us to use while there, the boat guys were my favorite staff for sure. The lunch while on black island was not included but also another charge and required, and was not anything fresh or special. I will say that if you get car sick or motion sick, the drive to the actual resort is not fun, all dirt road and lots of hills and bumps. Definitely had to take motion sickness pills to survive. The location is also not ideal for exploring, there is nowhere to walk to for miles, it is literally only the resort and beach. So if you’d like to explore the surrounding town, you need to take a van which they provide, and we went to Salvación but this is not tourist area just local village. So ideally, I wouldn’t stay here for more than 2 days really. The staff were super sweet and accommodating and the food was always made fresh and all the things we tried on the menu were super yummy. The room itself was very clean and fairly comfortable, the showers have pretty poor water pressure but the toilets do flush with a lever! I do love how they provided their own van to drive us where we wanted and they dropped us off at our next hotel in Coron as well.