Pura Vida Dauin, Dumaguete and Apo Island

Boutique family-friendly dive resort surrounded by nature and boasting Dauin’s best diving close-by

from$105 /night

per room, breakfast only

Overview

  • Stylish guest rooms perfect for couples, families, and dive groups
  • Facilities include a pool complex, spa, and tranquil tropical gardens
  • Range of activities including diving, trekking, wildlife watching, and more
  • State of the art dive centre and over 30 world-class sites to explore

Pura Vida is located on a beautiful beach-front location in Dauin, Negros, and boasts a state of the art dive centre and access to truly world-class macro diving. This family-friendly and wheelchair accessible resort features multiple accommodation options to suit every travel style, plus childcare and daily activities for non-divers. Guests here can also take advantage of first-class facilities such as a pool, spa, gym and conference room, making it the ideal base for any dive trip to the region. Top it all off with a modern dive centre catering to all skill levels, thrilling underwater experiences like fluo night diving, and amenities for all your dive gear and electronics - and you’ve got a dedicated scuba diver’s dream come true!

Rooms

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    Garden room

    1 x King bed or 2 x single beds, sleeps 2

    Air conditioning, Ensuite bathroom, TV...
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    from $105 /night

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    Deluxe room

    1 x Queen bed or 2 x single beds, sleeps 2

    Air conditioning, Ensuite bathroom, TV...
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    from $140 /night

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    Suite

    1 x King bed, sleeps 2

    Air conditioning, Ensuite bathroom, TV...
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    from $175 /night

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    Family room

    1 x Queen bed, 2 x single beds, sleeps 4

    Air conditioning, Ensuite bathroom, TV...
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    from $210 /night

Resort checklist

Number of rooms:28
Restaurants and bars:2

Meal plans:

  • Breakfast
  • Half Board
  • Full Board
Official dive center rating:PADI 5-Star CDC Resort
Nitrox:Yes

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Diving in Dumaguete and Apo Island

  • Rare Octopus
    Rare Octopus
    From October to January
  • Flamboyant cuttlefish
    Flamboyant cuttlefish
    From October to January
  • Seahorses
    Seahorses
    Year round
  • Frogfish
    Frogfish
    Year round
  • Unique crabs & shrimps
    Unique crabs & shrimps
    Year round
  • Exotic Nudis
    Exotic Nudis
    Year round
  • Marine turtles
    Marine turtles
    Year round
  • Trevally
    Trevally
    Not frequently
  • Healthy reefs
    Healthy reefs
    Year round
  • Plentiful reef life
    Plentiful reef life
    within December
  • Schooling reef fish
    Schooling reef fish
    Year round

Located in the southern Visayas, along the heel of Negros Island, the waters around Dauin and Dumaguete continually provide some of SE Asia’s best encounters for critter-loving enthusiasts. Its gently sloping sand plains, dotted with coral patches, are home to the rare, the bizarre and the ugly. From yawning frogfish to camouflaged ghostpipefish, mating flamboyant cuttlefish to hunting coconut octopuses, Dumaguete is a dream location to start crossing off things on that diving bucket list. Other critter highlights include thorny and pygmy seahorses, exotic nudibranchs and flatworms, velvet ghostpipefish, Ambon scorpionfish and mating mandarinfish.

Apart from muck diving, nearby Apo island is surrounded by coral walls and bustling reefs, and makes a great day trip. Just 30 minutes on a traditional Filipino banca, divers visiting Apo Island can see large schools of jacks, plenty of turtles and the occasional roaming pelagic, a testament to the conservation efforts that have protected these reefs for so long. Keep an eye out for the volcanic gases bubbling up through the sand - it is not every day you can say you have dived a geothermal vent.