Great home stay and diving! We stayed for 3 nights and would loved to have the time to stay even longer.
Thanks to Mario and stuff, the kitchen ladies and everyone for the overall organization of everything we asked for.
Especially big thanks to Jed for the amazing dives! We enjoyed a lot our time at Apo
I came here originally to stay one or two nights for some scuba diving, but already while heading into the bay I could tell that I would end up staying longer and ended up doing my advanced open water diver here.
Apo Island is just something else. The way the village is built into the treeline and how friendly everyone here is - you owe it to yourself to stay on the island for at least a night and not just to pass by on a boat.
As for Mario‘s - it‘s everything I could have asked for. Accomodations are clean and comfortable (though note that the entire island has limited times for electricity, it never became an issue but maybe don‘t plan on working remotely here or sth). Also, the entire Team of divemasters and Mario himself are just caring, competent and generally super likeable.
Amazing place!
Gorgeous diving, awesome snorkelling with turtles and a homey stay at Mario’s resulted in the perfect Apo Island experience. Would absolutely recommend this to anyone who is interested in diving (they also offer PADI courses)
Hello, Maggie!
Thank you so much for taking the time to review our place. And we’re so glad you had a great time on the island! It was a pleasure having you and Isabell stay and dive with us!
Looking forward to welcoming you when you visit the Philippines in the future.
All the best,
Mario’s Scuba Diving and Homestay Team
Mario’s diving center and Homestay on Apo Island was such a great experience.
When we reached the place we directly went for a diving refresher with dive master Lindton, he is great and was very patient with us.
The whole crew in the Homestay was lovely, food was nice and we felt at home right away.
We met with Mario who shared his experience about marine sanctuaries and how important it is to take care of the sea life, and how he passes on his knowledge with the next generation.
I could tell that the coral reefs is being well take care of and saw so many colorful fishes and will leave with beautiful memories.
Would definitely try to come back to dive some more! Highly recommended
We had an amazing time there, unlimited coffea at breakfast, amazing pancakes. All the staff and diving instructors are amazing. We saw turtles every day. Super for snorkeling and diving. There's a short walk around the island that's nice too.
The food is basic but just what you need. Cerfew at 10pm which we apreceate. Be sure to take earplugs as there are many chickens on the island that like to wake up from 4am!
We didn't want to leave. Would definitely go back!
