La Estancia Busuanga Resort

The resort is beautiful but extremely long drive from the airport and civilization. So imagine my surprise when I arrived and found out I was the only guess on the entire resort for a 5-day solo stay. I'm a female so that was very scary to trust complete strangers who kept popping up. I tried cancelling my reservation long before arriving but I was informed of their no cancellation/refund policy. The staff were accommodating, but they took turns asking lots of questions and felt the need to babysit me even though I told them that I was fine being left alone. Everyday was an additional face. The resort is ideal if you're okay with isolation from people other than the many staff; garden snakes, insects, other reptiles, and mosquitoes 🦟. They were constant blackouts; no cell phone services even with my international plan; the internet went off with the lights including water outages, but the food kept coming and so did the bill at the end‼️

we are a family of 5 from Los Angeles. the private resort feel is good. we almost had the resort all to ourselves for the most part. the private beach is good for swimming and kayaking. we did black sand beach tour on the 2nd day. food is good but we kind of got tired after eating in for 2days. we were craving snacks and something else and they don't have other options. we had to pay extra for everything including water. 3rd and 4th day we had to go to coron for island tour but we had to pay for van and endure 1.5 hrs one way and it was a lot. and we were happy to had something other than Filipino food. overall it was ok, staff courteous and they accommodated our request to eat on the dock/pier area but it was too far away from Coron/airport. if you don't plan to go anywhere else and you want privacy- this is it. but if you have plans in Coron, find something close.

Awesome place to stay away from the crowds. Ideal for big families or large groups.

The resort is meant to get away from it all. The main island hopping is in Coron. In this resort it is far for that and 3 hrs from Coron. I did island hoping then came here for rest. The calicut safari is close to this resort and the resort has a very nice island close by to do a day trip. Overall a very nice place. Rooms are very nice. No TV So if you have kids bring a laptop and some shows. I would stay again

A fantastic place to get away from it all with great natural surroundings and island hopping options. Excellent food at a family run resort full of character. A little slice of paradise.

Great place - please note its not a regular resort but a very personal place that is family owned. Our room was amazing and I recommend the boat trip to Black Island.