The Blue Orchid Resort

Since is in the end of the island the area is more preserved and reserved. The pool environment is nice with trees surrounding it.

Generally we felt “prisioners” in this “resort”. It is 20 min apart from the village, and through a really bad sandy and bumpy road that even the local ”moto/ taxis” were concerned to go there. I think the resort should keep their accesses better. Host people smiled but weren’t friendly, always trying to sell us their packages, that were a lot (!) more expensive than any price in the village. For a resort, is really over priced and the room is poor, since didn’t had TV, only one big towel for shower and a little towel (hand size), 2 out of 3 nights dirty sheets, 2 out of 3 nights the air conditioning was leaking hard and since it was in the head of the bed when we were layed down we felt it, so I had to put my shower towel to soak the water. Next day if I didn’t ask, they wouldn’t change it, even after cleaning the room. It doesn’t have internet or local phone network for the hole 3 nights/days that we stayed there (eventhough I saw the “host” accessing facebook while I never could access anything. So they have 2 networks). All the materials were for rent, for example kayaks or bicycles. For the price that you paid I think it would be nice to have something free. Besides you paid in average 200pesos to travel one way between the resort and the village (expensive considering other trips that we did for the same distance). The price was expensive because of the road or because it was negotiated with the resort (since you didn’t had internet or local phone network, they were the ones to call the “moto/taxi”, and negotiate the price. Once we waited 1hour) I wouldn’t recommend stay there, unless you want to be exclusively in the resort and are available to spend a lot in food or activities. I would rather stay near Panagsama beach. It had beach, restaurants, the hotels are cheaper for a better location and similar conditions.