Dive Review of a swiss company/El Dorado Beach Resort in
Philippines/Dumaguete

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a swiss company/El Dorado Beach Resort, Feb, 2006, by Phil Gans, co, USA ( Sr. Reviewer 7 reports with 2 Helpful votes). Report 2294.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
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Comments	The El Dorado Resort near Dumaguete on the Island of Negros in the Philippines was very nice. The accomodations were simple, clean, comfortable and inexpensive. I opted for the least expensive and it was just fine, and you could upgrade to ocean view, and much nicer accomodations. The beach was dark sand, and you could walk a long ways either direction. There were resorts and squator houses along the shore. The dive operation was well run, though some of the dive masters were more interested in impressing their owner who was there for a few days than providing service. Most of the guests were Germans and Swiss, and there were not a lot of divers from the USA. They were not as friendly a group as I have had before, but that may have jsut been when I was there (or maybe it is jsut me.) One of the dive masters was from the US. He and the Philippine dive master spoke English. The other dive masters spoke very adequate English, but, as I said, they were more interested in the owner, and the German and Swiss guests. My research had indicated that the weather was supposed to be good in February, but it was cloudy most of the time, and even rainy some of the time. The most interesting diving was at Apo Island. Because of the weather, the boat rides there, and mostly back, were time consuming, and could be rough. The boat was only OK, and could not handle the chop on the way back very well. The last few days I took my wind breaker, and was more comfortable. Again, this may not be typical, since they said that the weather was not typical. The dives were interesting and fun. The corals and sponges were beautiful. We saw frog fish, scorpion fish, turtles, lion fish, manta shrimp, rock fish, tons of clown fish, occasional barricuda, nudibranches, sea snakes, and all kinds of reef fish. We got to stay down practically as long as we liked. Of the 16 dives I did, I think that only one was less than an hour. They provide complimentary nitrox, which was very nice. Their prices are very reasonable. I am very picky on food, and the food at the resort was very good and varied. I got a package with all meals included, and I never had a bad meal in the week that I was there. I managed to obtain a good fare to Manila, and reasonable fares to Dumaguette. The charges at the hotel for accomodations, food, and diving were very reasonable (i.e. low).
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Belize, Bay Islands (Honduras), Thailand, Cozumel, Dominican Republic, Komodo
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	cloudy	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	79-80°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	7
Water Visibility	40-80 Ft/ 12-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	no time limit. If some one went up ealrier for lack of air, you could stay down near the boat. Normal depth limits.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	There were no tanks on board the dive boats for cameras.

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Dive Review of a swiss company/El Dorado Beach Resort in Philippines/Dumaguete

a swiss company/El Dorado Beach Resort, Feb, 2006,

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Dive Review of a swiss company/El Dorado Beach Resort in
Philippines/Dumaguete