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Opened in 2020, Romblon Beach Resort is purpose-built for underwater photographers, with comprehensive facilities that satisfy underwater shooters, recreational divers, families looking to unwind, and social media enthusiasts chasing the perfect shot.
The Romblon Beach Resort in Romblon has everything settle for underwater photographers and a diverse facility to meet underwater divers, fun divers and families to relax and internet celebrities to take photos.
Romblon Beach Resort
10 Reasons to Visit Romblon Beach Resort / 10 Reasons to go
1. Clear Pricing and Fast Responses
Communication is available in both Chinese and English. Pricing and quotations are straightforward and transparent, and any questions are answered promptly. The owners are Taiwanese, so you can communicate entirely in Mandarin. Clear price and fast response. The price and quotation are nice and clear. All the questions are responded within a short time.
2. Brand-New and Fully Equipped Facilities
Sometimes when I want to bring family along on a dive trip, I worry about the food and accommodation not being up to scratch — and end up hearing about it for years. That's not a concern at Romblon Beach Resort. It's perfectly suited for a birthday celebration or a marriage proposal. Trust me, the arrangements will be seamless. Your social media-savvy friends will rack up the likes here too. For those who prefer to travel light, diving gear is available to rent. Everything is new and fully set up. Sometimes I want to bring my family to do a dive trip with me. Considering the facility and environment, I give up the option quite often. It's not the case in Romblon Beach Resort. The resort is just fine for a birthday celebration or propose. Trust me, the arrangement would be safe. The photos taken here would receive lots of likes for Internet celebrities. For travel light, the diving gears are able to rent.
3. Spacious Grounds and Rooms
Romblon Beach Resort covers a large area and the whole place exudes a relaxed, leisurely vibe. The rooms and bathrooms are spacious enough to spread out all your diving and camera gear. Sockets in the rooms strike a great balance between aesthetics and functionality — no adapters needed, and USB ports are also provided. Plenty of space. The whole resort is huge. I feel very relax. The space in the room and bathroom are big enough to gear up the diving gears and camera sets. The number of sockets in the room nicely balance between nice looking and functional. The sockets are designed for all countries and there are also USB sockets.
4. Attentive Service
Internal communication at the dive shop is well-organized and the service attitude is warm and thorough. Everything was set up and waiting when we arrived — the classic Southeast Asia essentials of gear assembly assistance and gear rinsing were all taken care of. What really impressed me was that, even though all dive gear looks pretty much the same, when our rinsed equipment was returned to our rooms after drying, the staff remembered exactly which gear belonged to each of us. Oh, and I never mentioned it was my birthday — but somehow they figured it out anyway. Nice service. The communication internal is well organized and so does the service quality. Everything was all set up when we arrived. I was quite surprised that they did remember everyone's gear when gears were brought back to our room. I thought all gears looked the same... Also, I didn't mention it was my birthday, but they knew it...
5. Genuinely Fresh Freshwater
This is real freshwater — not brackish. Romblon Beach Resort purifies all its own water, so after a shower you won't feel that lingering stickiness on your skin. Even after a week of diving, there's no irritation. The pool water and gear-rinsing water are also completely salt-free. Super freshwater. Resort purified water on their own. Thus, water is very fresh and not salty. After the shower, the body feels nice like in the home. The water in the pool and to clean up gear are all not salty.
6. A Dedicated Camera Room
This one is huge! The camera room at Romblon Beach Resort has loads of space and plenty of sockets. You can also rent different camera models on-site — everything from the Olympus TG series and Sony RX series to full-size camera rigs. On top of that, all the resort owners are accomplished underwater photographers themselves, so you can pick their brains whenever you have questions. Camera room. It is very important that my baby camera has its own room and own space. The Camera room in Romblon Beach Resort has lots of space and plenty of sockets. There are different type of camera to rent, such as Olympus TG sets, Sony RX sets and up to big cameras. All the owners in the resort are professional photographers. It is also a nice experience to learn lessons from them.
7. Delicious Food
The cooks tailor the menu and flavours to their guests and make sure no dish is repeated across meals. There are plenty of places where I reckon my own cooking would be better — but here, the kitchen puts my skills to shame by a factor of 500. The resort's website features plenty of food photos, and they even handmade a birthday cake for me. The cream was absolutely divine — my birthday wish to lose weight was doomed from the start. GOOD FOOD. The cooks change menu and favour by guests and try to do different dishes every meal. There are many places provide food that I think I can do better. It's not the case here. The cooks are 500 times better than I do. They post many of the food photos on their website as well. They also made me a cake. The cream was just fine that my birthday wish - to lose weight is not going to happen...
8. Easy Shore Diving
Some sandy shore dive sites are a real struggle to walk through because the sand is so soft. At Romblon Beach Resort, the house reef is so close that even at low tide it takes under 30 seconds to reach the water. Easy shore dive. There are some sandy shore dive is not easy to walk because of the soft sand. The house reef of Romblon beach resort is so short that even during low tide it no need to walk more than 30 seconds to get into the water.
9. Outstanding Critter Diversity
You can find butterfly sea slugs, all kinds of pipefish and seahorses, Mandarin fish, Pikachu nudibranchs, sushi shrimps, Harlequin shrimps, Pink eye gobies, hairy gobies, and much more. Top favor critters to see. There is a diversity of critters to see, like butterfly sea slugs, all kinds of sea dragons and horses, Mandarin fish, Pikachu, Sushi shrimps, Harlequin shrimps, Pink eye goby, hairy goby and more to see.
10. Strong Crisis Management and Rapid Response
This is actually the main reason I decided to write this post. Our group was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic — first, all flights from Taiwan to the Philippines were suspended, and then Manila went into lockdown. We were already at the resort when the press conference aired the news. The dive shop not only kept a close eye on local updates but also went above and beyond to help arrange our transportation out of the Philippines. Throughout the entire ordeal, their composure and reliability gave us genuine peace of mind. Risk management and quick response. This is actually the main reason that I do a post for them. Affected by the CoronaVirus, there were two big crisis that we faced. A. All Taiwan airlines were banned to travel to the Philippines. B. The Manila lockdown took placed on the 12th of March. It was our first day of diving when the Press confluence released the news. Romblon beach resort provided us with the first-hand local news in time and helped us to rearrange the transportation. The way that they deal with the situation was really reliable and powerful.
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Getting There
If there is one drawback, it's the journey — Romblon is remote. From Taipei it takes roughly 13 hours to reach the resort: 2.2 hours from Taipei to Manila, then a shuttle bus between Terminal 1 and Terminal 4, then a 1-hour 25-minute flight to Tablas Airport, then a 1.5-hour drive to the port, then an hour by boat to Romblon Island town (a mandatory temperature check stop due to COVID-19 regulations), and finally a short outrigger boat ride to the resort. For the return journey, we boarded an overnight ferry from Romblon Island at 8
pm and arrived in Batangas at 5 am the following morning, followed by a 3-hour drive back to Manila airport. If you're departing from Taipei, we recommend flying in and taking the ferry back — the connections work out more smoothly that way.Flight Information
Airline: Cebu airline
Tablas Airport code: TBH
MNL - TBH Every Wednesday, Friday, Sunday 13:15-14
TBH - MNL Every Wednesday, Friday, Sunday 15:05-16
Ferry Information
Ferry operator: 2Go
Batangas to Romblon port: Every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 21:00-06
(+1)Romblon to Batangas port: Every Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, 20:00-05
(+1)The ferry has both large open dormitory-style bunks for hundreds of passengers as well as private four-person cabins with en-suite bathrooms. I strongly recommend letting Romblon Beach Resort book your ferry tickets rather than doing it yourself online. When the Manila lockdown was announced, the resort immediately helped us switch to the earliest available departure. We heard that tickets booked independently online could not be changed.
One key lesson from this trip: always buy your airline tickets directly through the airline's official website. On the night of 12 March, the moment we heard a lockdown was imminent, we jumped on the website and changed our tickets, then headed to the airport early to standby for the 10
departure. Group members who hadn't booked through the official website had a much harder time sorting things out. How to get there. The only disadvantage is that Romblon is so remote. I spent almost 13 hours from Taipei to Romblon Beach resort. It took 2.2 hours from Taipei to Manila, then hopped on the shuttle bus to change terminal from 1 to 4, then a 1.25-hours flight from Manila to Tablas, then a 1.5-hour car ride, then an hour boat trip to Romblon island to check-in and check body temperature (new rule due to the CoronaVirus) then eventually a small boat to get to the resort. As for the return, we caught to evening ship at 8 from Romblon and got to Batangas at 5 am the next morning. Then a 3-hours ride back to the airport. Flight information Cebu airline Tablas airport code: TBHMNL - TBH Every Wednesday, Friday, Sunday 13:15-14
TBH - MNL Every Wednesday, Friday, Sunday 15:05-16
Ship information 2 Go Batangas to Romblon port: Every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 21:00-06 (+1)Romblon to Batangas port: Every Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, 20:00-05
(+1)There are private rooms with bathroom and hundreds of open bunk beds. I personally recommend having the resort book for you instead of to book on the internet on your own. Because of Manila lockdown, Romblon Beach Resort helped us to change the earliest departure. It is said that people purchase through the internet were not able to change their ticket schedule.
Romblon Beach Resort
Dive Sites
Water temperature: 27–31°C Visibility: 15–25 m Best season: Year-round except during typhoon season in August–September
Dive site Water temperature: 27-31 degree Celsius Visibility: 15-25 meters Best season: all years but not typhoon season during Aug-Sep
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