Dive Review of Solitude Acacia Resort in
Philippines/Anilao

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Solitude Acacia Resort: "Superb Resort with the Best Photographers Amenities I Have Seen", Jan, 2024, by Rene Cote, VA, US ( Sr. Reviewer 11 reports with 14 Helpful votes). Report 12881.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	I traveled to Anilao in January ’24 to spend a week filming the small stuff. With the help of Bluewater Dive Travel, I selected Solitude Acacia Resort – it had recently gone through a major renovation, reviews looked favorable, and the pictures seemed to be the ideal place for me. To get there I flew in to Manila and the resort arranged van transfer, which took about 2 ½ hours. When I finally arrived at the resort, I was impressed! The resort complex is attractive, clean and has plentiful ocean views. There is one restaurant and the resort is typically full board. The outside seating area of the restaurant is small, but right at the edge overlooking the ocean, and sunset. The menu was basically the same for lunch and dinner, but they did have specials that changed every few days. I found the food to be tasty, but not over-the-top exquisite; and not a lot of vegetarian options from what I could tell. They had very limited wine (some of which was rather unpleasant), Red Horse beer, and of course San Miguel; the bar offered othe ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	Solitude Acacia Resort Solitude Acacia Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Florida, Morehead City NC, Hawaii, most of the Caribbean including Cuba, Cenotes MX, Sea of Cortez, Socorro, Okinawa, French Polynesia, Komodo Islands, Bali, Raja Ampat, Maldives, Palau, Yap, Fiji, Philippines
Closest Airport	MNL	Getting There	From Manila, private transfer by van to resort - around 2.5 hours
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	calm, choppy
Water Temp	75-78°F / 24-26°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	20-40 Ft/ 6-12 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	60 minute dive time; we dived nitrox usually less than 60 feet
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals	N/A	Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	28 station camera room with 3 electrical outlets per station; and a camera lounge with room to work and large screen TV to display imagess ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

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Dive Review of Solitude Acacia Resort in Philippines/Anilao

Solitude Acacia Resort: "Superb Resort with the Best Photographers Amenities I Have Seen", Jan, 2024,

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Dive Review of Solitude Acacia Resort in
Philippines/Anilao