Malapascua Exotic Island Dive and Beach Resort

How To Get There

Located on Malapascua Island, the resort can arrange private road and water transfer from the Mactan International Airport.

Dive Overview

The Philippines are home to a dense population of marine life, boasting colorful reefs and incredible macro life. Malapascua, in particular, boasts encounters with thresher sharks and schooling hammerheads, making this area of the Philippines very special.

[Read More: Malapascua Dive Travel Guide]

Accommodation Overview

Guests choose from Super Deluxe Rooms, Deluxe Rooms, Standard Rooms, or Gopro Lodges, all of which have private bath, balcony and 24 hour power year round. Most of the rooms can accommodate 2 persons though it is possible to add an extra mattress to sleep 3.

Premier Room

• The spacious 26-sq-meter room elegantly designed with a comfortable 2 queen sized bed, with an individually controlled air condition, a fully stocked Mini Bar that offers you snacks and drinks for refreshment while watching satellite cable TV, Hot and Cold shower and with sliding doors open onto a private balcony to enjoy the relaxed atmosphere. Price per room per night, max 4 persons.

Deluxe Room

• The spacious 21-sq-metre room comes with a twin single/double bed (subject to availability), with an individual controlled air condition, a fully stocked Mini bar that offers you snacks and drinks for refreshment while watching satellite cable TV, Hot and Cold shower and with sliding doors that open onto a private balcony to enjoy the overlooking of the lush tropical flowers and garden. Price per room per night based on double occupancy.

Superior Room

• The spacious 13-sq-meter room offers twin single, with an individually controlled air condition with an extended private balcony. Its located near the beachfront, restaurant and bar. Price per room per night based on double occupancy.

Suite

• Nestled near the beachfront, the generously sized 13-square-meter room provides twin single beds, ensuring a comfortable stay for guests. The room is equipped with individually controlled air conditioning, allowing guests to personalize their climate preferences. To enhance the overall experience, the room boasts an extended private balcony, offering a tranquil space to unwind and enjoy the surroundings.

Ocean Suite

• This luxurious and well-appointed accommodation option, spanning 22 square meters. This inviting suite offers a perfect blend of comfort and coastal elegance. Guests are welcomed with the convenience of a complimentary breakfast, ensuring a delightful start to their day.

Food & Drinks

The highly acclaimed international restaurant offers an extensive range of mouth-watering dishes from fresh salads and sandwiches served on freshly baked bread to local Philippine and international specialties. The acclaimed breakfast menu offers a wide choice from homemade pancakes to freshly made croissants and is available all day long

The coffee corner boasts the best and freshest brewed coffee on the island. Treat yourself to a cappuccino, latte oriced coffee while relaxing in the garden setting.

The sea view bar and restaurant is the ideal place to relax and have a beer or sample one of their Exotic Special Cocktails or fruit shakes. They have a wide variety of Alcoholic Drinks on the fully stocked Bar including their Draft Beer which is first on the Island. Happy Hour is from 5:00PM to 7:00PM, buy 1 and get 1 for free on selected cocktail drinks.

Dive Information

Malapascua Dive Overview

Malapascua is known for some of the best shark diving in the Philippines, famous for the thresher sharks which can be seen at any time of year at Monad Shoal and Kemod Shoal. This area is reputedly the only place in the world where the thresher shark can be seen within recreational diver limits on a regular basis.

Exotics owners Dik and Cora de Boer carried out the first encounters with the thresher sharks in 1997. Later, film crews and dive magazines from all over the world came to visit Malapascua and Exotic just to see this phenomenon.

At other times of the year, it is also possible to encounter schooling hammerheads and giant manta rays that also frequent the cleaning stations at Monad and Kemod Shoal.

Malapascua also has a reputation for first-class macro diving. It is almost guaranteed that you will witness, amongst other things, a plethora of nudibranch, frogfish, mandarin fish, cuttlefish, sea horses, sea moths, octopus,gunards and pipefish while diving.

Typical Dive Schedule

The usual day starts with a 5.00am dive to Monad Shoal or Kemod Shoal to see the thresher sharks.

Yes its early but it really is the best time to spot the thresher sharks! The boat gets back at around 8.00am and then they have morning boats leaving at between 8.30am and 10.00am. Some boats go for one dive and are back by lunchtime, others go for a 2-dive trip and are back by 3.00pm to 4.00 pm. They also have one-dive trips in the afternoon, too. Then they have their dusk dive which leaves at around 5.00pm the best time to see mandarin fish as well as other critters such as frogfish and seahorses.

As the largest and most established dive shop on Malapascua, they also offer 3-dive trips or even their dive safaris to remote locations such as Camotes Island and Maripipipi Island, where over the years their dive shop staff have explored and logged the best of these previously un-dived, pristine reefs. These safaris can be pre-arranged or organized a few days in advance at the dive shop.

Dive Center Information

Malapascua Exotic Island Dive Center Overview

The dive center is the first on the island and the pioneer of the thresher shark encounters. They have the largest fleet of dive boats on the island, meaning that they can accommodate all of guests different diving experience and preferences.

The experienced dive guides lead small groups of divers making sure you get the most of out of your dives.

The PADI Dive Shop is staffed by friendly yet professional instructors offering a wide range of courses from Open Water and try-dives as well as many PADI Specialties including our exclusive Thresher Shark Specialty course. For those divers thinking of going pro, they offer the Divemaster course and Instructor Development Course.

Dive Center Features

• 4 large traditional banka boats and one smaller boat plus our new speedboat
• Small groups of divers led by experienced, qualified guides
• Dive schedules to suit all ranges of diver preferences and experience
• Quality, well-maintained equipment for rental
• Underwater digital cameras for rental
• Great variety of dive sites
• Daily dives to see the thresher sharks
• Nitrox, Wreck and Night dives available
• Courses from Open Water through to Instructor