Sogod Bay Scuba Resort

Analyn was very accommodating and helpful. She did just about everything. Front desk, server, looked for whale sharks on our tour while getting stung by jelly fish, and answering to a million questions each day. Dave also did his best to find a whale shark but no luck. Regardless, the staff made our stay awesome. We stayed in the deluxe room with a king bed and a single bed. Everything was great, my only suggestion is to not flush toilet paper down the toilet. It may take awhile to flush down so just wait a bit if you can help it. The view of the ocean is beautiful and we were located steps away from the front desk/dining area/meeting area for the tour. Thank you Analyn for being attentive and making our stray an awesome one and for the late checkout option!

Sogod Bay Scuba Resort is an amazing place. The location is perfect for beautiful dives and the staff is very friendly. I came here to get my Open Water certification and Pedro was my instructor. I could not have wished for a better teacher! He is so kind and explains everything calmly. He made my first experience with diving unforgettable. I can highly recommend this place!

I am an underwater photographer and visited Sogod Bay Scuba Resort again in January. I have dived at many places around the World and Sogod Bay Scuba Resort is my favorite place to come back to. The diving there is fantastic and varied: some of the best wall/reef diving anywhere plus lots of macro/muck subjects. Also lots of turtles, whalesharks and we often get to see dolphins while crossing the bay. As good as the diving is, the people are what really makes the place special for me. The staff at Sogod Bay Scuba resort are friendly, warm, hard-working and fun loving! The resort itself is just steps from the water with clean comfortable rooms and fantastic views. The restaurant is also fantastic with a large menu and reasonable prices. It takes some travel to get there, but it is well worth it as the diving is not crowded and the locale not over-tourist-ed. I look forward to visiting there again soon!

Sogod Bay on the island of Leyte is located off the main tourist routes, requiring a bit more travel planning. The advice from Annalyn, the reservation officer at Sogod Bay Scuba Resort, was very helpful. The hospitality of the Filipinos was remarkable at the resort, on the boats, and in the nearby village of Padre Burgos. The dive bangka crew made our dive trips comfortable and safe throughout the stay. The essential Nitrox checks were carried out meticulously under the supervision of the divers. Sogod Bay offers several splendid dive sites with healthy corals and muck sites inhabited by intriguing critters. And with the top-notch spotters Dave and Pedro we had the chance to see and photograph an astounding variety of underwater life. The Internet connection worked well. We liked the servings of the kitchen. The housekeeping was taken nicely care. I recommend to check the ways to pay the bill well before leaving the resort, since the money transfers from abroad may be complicated. The absence of cats and Russian Putinists at the resort was an extra plus. Whale sharks are treated better here than, for example, around Cebu, where they are fed by people. Therefore, we recommend our fellow travellers to go for whale shark trips here. The villagers on the opposite side of Sogod Bay guided us to encounter these magnificent animals. In the end, I am not surprised that many people choose to return here again and again. So did I.

What can I say! This is one of the most welcoming DIVE resorts around. The owners are present every day, and often join dives. Food is great and the staff very nice. Diving is relaxed, safe and well organized, with a great variety of dive sites, all the way from stunning reefs with a LOT of fish to black sand diving. No crowds, you and your group will probably never meet another diver when diving. Furthermore, the resort is doing a lot of reef restoration work, and sometimes organizes broken coral transplantation with guests. So if you haven’t already been there, go!

Sogod Bay Scuba Resort is a cosy little place with the kindest staff. The helped us arrange trips and we were originally only going to do some snorkeling. However after our first trip, the other residents at the resort convinced us to go for a scuba dive. We were beyond grateful that we did! We went with our instructor Pedro* and he showed us a world of un imaginable beauty on 4 peaceful dives over 2 days around Sogod Bay. The life and colors were fantastic. We went on a trial dive but everything was controlled, professional and very very serene and beautiful. *our dive instructor Pedro is a peaceful soul and very nice and extremely skilled diver. However! We believe that all the divers at Sogod Bay Scuba Resort at equally professional and good at what they do! So whoever you get as your instructor, we are certain you are gonna have a great experience. Though we also really loved our dives with Pedro. Beside the dives! The rooms were nice and food was good at the resort. Staff is friendly and helpful!