Diving School Resort Puerto Galera - Best Restaurant & Accomodation

"Really fun dive resort. Great staff all around, from the dive guides, boatmen, chef and kitchen, restaurant, reception, spa, and all the way to Dr. Dave the owner. We did 3-4 dives each day, many great sites in short distance, and once we went to Verde for a 3 dive day trip, about 50min away. Fantastic massages. Fantastic food. All the guests were friendly and good vibes all around. Also child friendly, my 13yo son had a blast. Good location for that as well, a bit far from the Sabang chaos, but still walkable if you wish If you are interested in photography and especially macro, you can rent a fully loaded tg7. Talk to Van the man who is the shop's photography instructor and also a wonderful and caring dive guide. December had medium visibility, but it's a good time to see thresher sharks in Kilima steps which we did"

"Scandi Divers made our diving experience simply perfect in Puerta Galera. I don’t have enough words to recommend enough. We were a family of 4, with 2 teenagers, not very experienced overall. Scandi gave us 2 dive masters just for our group. Many thanks to Freky and Mike, our dive masters. They were great with us and with our kids. They took us to a lot of different dive sites and we had an amazing time every single one. We booked the Verde Island too and that is a must. The entire Scandi Divers crew goes above and beyond to make sure their guests enjoy the dives, the food, and the entire experience. We saw other boats packed with divers and even had an encounter with a group of more than 20 divers at one of the sites. It’s not what I would be happy with. Every dive we were on our own boat and just with our 2 dive masters. It was great. We did not stay at this resort , chose to stay a little closer to the city, so I can’t say much about the accommodations but I am sure it’s 5 stars as the diving experience. We chose our transportation from and to Manila with Scandi and everything went smoothly (shuttle and private taxi). The communication was perfect. We got stuck on the island for an extra night due to tropical storm Ramil and the communication with Scandi was great. They kept us updated with any changes. Overall, I would highly recommend this resort and diving shop."

"I have traveled to many dive resorts and Skandi divers has topped them all. Great service and the food was outstanding. They treat you like you are part of their family. Highly recommend you go."

"Just brilliant. Staff are amazing! Everyone knows your name and the dive team are fabulous. Some of the best diving we have done and it is a bonus being in the next bay around away slightly from the centre of the town. Ocean view room, food etc all exceptional. Thanks Scandi Team!"

"Extraordinary stay ! Two adults plus one 9 years old boy. We stayed in one bedroom suite with one kingsize bed and extra bed for our child. The suite was well equipped, spacious and most important: with wonderful, direct sea view which we really loved. Beds were very comfortable, we slept well. Dive resort is increadible well managed, you can tell in on every step, from first e-mail contact with Angel - resort manager who was very heplful, to welcome at arrival. Diving was wonderful - an underwarter paradise, especially for underwater photographgers. The reef is in great shape, from small and tiny creatures to larger animals and coral reef formations. This is what we missed in Lembeh, for comparison to Puerto Gallera. What we loved the most: 2 moring dives and 2 afternoon dives. After every dive you come back to Scandi, 30 minutes break and go diving again. It was very important for us because we stayed with our 9 years old son who cannot dive yet. But he had good time at resot while parents were diving. Every person from personel was very friendly and helpful. Again, we were very impressed how this resort is managed, perfection I must admit. After diving we loved playing pool/billiards with our son. Food was like in 5 star hotel - no joke. For every breakfast, lunch and dinner you could choose a big variety of food - great solution. For example: 5 choices of breakfast or 3 choices for lunch - NICE! Another great thing: Happy hours in bar start at 5 am to 7 am - nice. Oh, the bar was a huge variety of drinks. Our dive guide: Freky - such a nice person, always smiling. Underwater he showed us incredible critters and fish. The resort has a well equiped camera room. And there are a lot of interesting books which are in camera room - you can educate yourself - I was very impressed with it. Very professional approach I must admit. Another great thing about Scandi Resort: the location in perfect -away from street crowds. We walked to the city and we must say that other resorts were very close to main public street which is quite crowded. Scandi is located further away from the main streets, we really appreciated this. Our trip took place in July: rainy season, but to be honest, for our 7 day stay, only one day was with rain, all other days we had sun. Our recommendations: - to get to Scandi from Manilla/mainland: get yourself a private water taxi - it is quite expensive but very fast. It is really worth it. - book nitrox package in advance - it pays off -go to Verde Island - Scandi goes there once a week. It is a MUST. Huge aggregations of fish. Corals are there outstanding - book yourself a massage after diving. You will feel like in heaven Also worth mentioning: no mosquitoes here. And one more thing: the Philipinians really take care of envirnoment: underwater you do not see any garbage/plastic. During our stay there was "Padi womans day" - it was nice to see people celebrating it. After it, ladies clead up the beach - respect for it. To sum up: Scandi was choosen the best dive operator in Philipines and Pacific Ocean - we can assure you that is is true. You will notice it from the first minutes you get here. A wonderful dive adventure. We will come back here next year when our son gets 10 years old and we will dive together here again. Everybody there is like a family!"