The resort also offers day tours from 8am to 5pm and the pricing for meals ranges from P200-P300 per meal. Guests can enjoy a white sand beach, various water sports facilities, and a swimming pool.

For more details on the resort, you can check out their website: www.bluecoral.org

Guests can choose from 3 types of rooms: standard, family room, and deluxe. These rooms can accommodate from 2 to 6 people, depending on the room type chosen. The resort has function rooms and guests can enjoy other facilities like: a swimming pool and jacuzzi and various aqua sports. They can also go scuba diving or island hopping. They can even have a picnic at Sombrero Island.

For single occupancy, the rate for a room per night, with breakfast, ranges from P2,810 to P3,410. Rates are lower, on a per person basis, if the room is shared with several people. For an overnight stay with all four meals included, the most expensive rate is P4,590.

Kids aged 5 years old and below are not charged anything. Kids aged 6-11 are charged 50% of the adult rate. Driver and nanny rates, as well as daytrip or day visit rates, are likewise available.

To get more details, you can visit their website: www.outrigger.com.ph

La Luz Resort offers 5 types of room accommodations and each room (depending on the type) can hold anywhere from 2 to 6 people. The nightly rate ranges from P1,800 to P4,100, depending on the type of room. Guests will also need to avail of P900 in buffet meals per head for each overnight stay. Guests are not allowed to bring food into the resort.

Guests may also opt to go for a day trip at P700 per head, inclusive of meals and use of facilities.

To learn more about the resort and to view photos, please visit their website at www.laluzresort.com

Sabangan Resort is located about 3 hours away from Manila (by land). At the resort, guests can enjoy a white beach, hiking to Mt. Daguldol, scuba diving, boating, getting a massage, and other sports and water activities.

The resort offers one bedroom and two bedroom airconditioned bungalows. Guests have a choice of bungalows which face the beach or the courtyard. Each bungalow has its own kitchenette. Bungalows can accommodate anywhere from 4 to 9 people and peak rates range from P6,000 to P9,000 per night (or roughly P1,000 per person a night — using each room’s maximum capacity).

The resort also has native bahay kubos (or nipa huts) which can be used for day trips. The cost is P3,000 for the day and the nipa hut can accommodate up to 15 people. The bahay kubo has 2 beds, a fan, and a long picnic table. This arrangement may then be ideal for big groups looking for a resort which will allow them to enjoy while watching their budget.

To learn more about the resort, please visit their website at www.sabangan.com

The hotel has two food outlets: Robusta (featuring Filipino food, among others) and Pastorelli (focusing on what they call Asian Freestyle Cuisine). Guests can enjoy the hotel’s set menu for P350++, which is a complete meal from starter to main course and a dessert.

Hotel Pontefino has not one, but two (!) infinity pools. It also has an outdoor gym with jogging path, as well as a children’s playground. The hotel also offers massage services (e.g. hot lava stone massage, four hand massage). Car rental services and an Adventure Challenge Course for team-building purposes are also available.

To learn more about the hotel, you can visit their website at www.pontefino.com.ph

Guests can choose from 3 types of accommodations to choose from: open-air bamboo cabanas (good for 6 people); airconditioned casitas (good for 4 people); and parasols (good for 2 people). The cabanas and the casitas both have verandas while the parasols are canopied bamboo beds which are set up on the beachfront. It can be enclosed with catcha (a kind of cloth) curtains.

Peak rates range from P4,500 to P12,000 for the different accommodations for a 3 day/2 night package. The rates apply to the whole group. If the maximum number of people per accommodation is exceeded, there are charges per extra person.

Adults are charged P1,100 for meals per day. There are also different rates for meals for kids, as well as drivers and/or nannies. The resort likewise offers day tours and corporate packages.

To learn more about the resort, you can visit: www.virginbeachresort.com

They offer about 4 kinds of accommodations, which can house 1-3 people. There are beachfront and hillside rooms or suites.

Unfortunately, their website does not provide any information on room rates. You will need to inquire with them for that. You can get in touch with them at www.divesolana.com

The Laiya resort appears to be more straightforward. The pictures are not as inviting although it also appears to be a good place to go to when you want to get away from the city. There’s a game area and a beach which families can enjoy.

There are several rooms and cottages to choose from. There are diver and non-diver packages, which come with accommodations, buffet meals and transfers. Non-diver packages range from about P2,000 to P3,000 per person per night while diver packages range from P3,500 to P4,300. The diver packages already include 2 dives a day for 2 days.

The resorts have rooms for as many as 4 to 8 people. Kids 8 years old and above are charged the full price while those who are 4-7 years old get 50% off. There’s also a day trip package (including lunch) for P700.

For more information and details, you can check out: www.balai-resort.com

The place offers white beaches, adult and kiddie pools (with slide), various water sports facilities, a floating spa, a sauna, a ropes course and boat trips to Fortune Island. It likewise has 5 food outlets.

You have a choice of several types of rooms and the villas. Depending on the type of room you choose, the room can accommodate anywhere from 2 to 8 guests. Rates range from USD 40 to USD 75 a night (single or double occupancy)

To learn more about the offerings of the place, you can visit: www.matabungkay.net

You can waterski, play golf, go fishing, ride a carabao down the beach during low tide, swim in the South China Sea, and have lunch in a balsa (something like a floating raft?), among others. Room rates are reasonable at about P3,800 per night. They likewise have special rates and accommodations for drivers and householdhelp so you can have a more relaxing vacation. Children below 12 years old are free of charge.

To get hold of more details and to see the map on how to get there, you may visit: www.lago-de-oro.com