Sand Island Beach and Dive Resort

Friendly and attentive staff

Menu choices

I liked that it was secluded and near the shipwrecks. My husband was able to enjoy doing scuba diving. Overall we were also able to just chill and relax. The view was also really beautiful!

For light sleepers such as my husband, the sound of the generator somehow impacted the quality of his sleep. I know that they have done the best they knew how, but perhaps for future improvement: the generator noise could be much more reduced for example by containing it around an insulated structure, to have a noise barrier of some sort. It will already make a lot of difference. Also, it was not possible to lock our rooms for when we would go away, so I suggest that to improve on this one as well. The choice of food could also be improved a bit more - especially for those guests who are conscious about their diet. And then for better appeal, it would help to have a round of garbage collection around the beach daily for garbage that gets into the shore from who knows where. And rake the beach regularly.

L'emplacement est vraiment parfait, calme absolu, on était dans les bungalows un peu en hauteur, vue sur les iles en face. La barrière de corail devant est super pour du snorkeling. Les bungalows en eux-même sont bien équipés, on peut faire à manger sans problème, la salle de bain est ok, le lit aussi. Il y a de grandes fenêtres très agréables. A l'aller comme au retour pour l'île, on a profité des trajets en speedboat pour faire des arrêts dans les iles Linapacan (trajet El Nido vers l'hotel), puis sur Coron Island (trajet hotel - Coron city) et ca a été vraiment des journées incroyables. Plages de rêve, très peu de monde, capitaine de bateau super gentils, bref, des journées inoubliables. Tout ça avec une organisation super souple de la part de l'hotel.

Le débit d'eau dans la salle de bain est pas incroyable mais vu la situation de l'hôtel c'est tout à fait compréhensible. A ce jour aucune "partie commune" dans l'hotel (pas de restaurant en tant que tel même si on peut commander des repas, pas de bar...), c'est bien pour se sentir vraiment isolé, mais faut le savoir si on n'aime pas trop ça. Aussi il faut prévoir dans le budget les trajets aller/retour de l'ile, qui sont très rapides avec les speedboat de l'hôtel, mais n'oubliez pas de les prendre en compte.

The views were spectacular, with incredible sunsets, and sunrise, stars at night were amazing. The bed was super comfortable and the service staff were great always smiling and happy to help. They have a lot of Marine life too, we managed to see a Dugong which was very special, and they have turtles arpund 60m from the beach, its so far away from the hustle and bustle do excellent for peace and quiet away from crazy nights.

The prices of the food were very high and the flavours were lacking. Only 5 options available for breakfast, lunch and dinner, which didn't give much choice for us at all compared to the original menu we received. Room got super hot at night and the fans just didnt cool the rooms down enough. Power did also cut out at night sometimes meaning we were left with no fan at all. You are very secluded on this island so unless you want to dive daily then you are basically stranded their. It was low season so they only had 1 captain who was on another excursion with other guests and the other captain unfortunately became ill, which meant we couldn't leave the island until the afternoon and for a short period of time due to the super low tide. AC is in one of the rooms but is not available to be used as the resort is run on renewable energy, apart from at night where there is a generator but not sure if that powers the rooms. Area still looked to be under construction a little bit also. This place is run on renewable energy so energy conservation is paramount, would recommend if you go here to bring a torch as a back up incase the power goes during the night.