Buceo Anilao Dive Center

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Philippines

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  5.6 out of 6
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Johannes Höhn & Diana Enkelmann

Travelled in: June 2024, Rated on 19.07.2024, Booked with Aquaventure Tauchreisen
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Top diving center for underwater photographers! Own equipment room where the cameras can be prepared. A maximum of four divers per guide and the guides (better spotters) know the dive sites like the back of their hand and find every little creature! The biodiversity is simply impressive! None of the 50 dive sites is the same and even after 40 dives you still haven't had enough - we will definitely be back.

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Andreas

Travelled in: June 2024, Rated on 27.06.2024, Booked with Dive & Travel
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Perfect macro spots nearby the resort and also near neighbouring islands (maybe 30min boat ride). Small boats offering shadow during surface interval, but no toilet.

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Peter

Travelled in: May 2024, Rated on 25.06.2024, Booked with WeDive
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Diving is well organized, camera room very good.
The leadership qualities of the dive masters vary. From quite good to excellent. A private dive guide is also recommended here, especially if you want to make videos.


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Cornelia und Frank

Travelled in: March 2024, Rated on 14.06.2024, Booked with tourmare
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Fantastic for macro photography

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Urs

Travelled in: April 2024, Rated on 27.05.2024, Booked with Dive & Travel
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Bojan und Selina

Travelled in: April 2024, Rated on 12.05.2024, Booked with WeDive
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Markus

Travelled in: April 2024, Rated on 10.05.2024, Booked with WeDive
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Kurt

Travelled in: April 2024, Rated on 02.05.2024, Booked with Diving World
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Peter und Susanne

Travelled in: March 2024, Rated on 19.04.2024, Booked with WeDive
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Günter Schucht & Anja Mittag

Travelled in: January 2024, Rated on 04.04.2024, Booked with Aquaventure Tauchreisen
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René und Hannelore

Travelled in: February 2024, Rated on 30.03.2024, Booked with WeDive
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Ralf Stefan Ulmer

Travelled in: March 2024, Rated on 27.03.2024, Booked with Aqua Active Agency
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Brigitte und Jürgen

Travelled in: February 2024, Rated on 08.03.2024, Booked with WiroDive
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Gerda

Travelled in: January 2024, Rated on 04.03.2024, Booked with Diving World
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We went to this resort for a week in February 2024.Beautiful resort with beautiful dive sites.
For the macro lover a must.
Mimic octopus, flamboyant cuttlefish, frogfish of all sizes, nudibranchs, pygmy seahorses too many to mention.
The sunset from your balcony, insane.
The rooms are on the small side, but doable.
As for the food, there is something for everyone. Diving with Nitrox is recommended, note that this is not included in the price. You don't have to do much, the dive center takes care of everything.There everything is top notch. Up to towels and a warm towel for your face after diving on the boat.
A Blackwater dive is also worthwhile if you have never done this before, you imagine yourself in space, very special.
It is not the cheapest place, but well worth the money. We will definitely go back there.

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Daniel und Tauchfreunde

Travelled in: January 2024, Rated on 16.02.2024, Booked with WeDive
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All-round service and extremely customer-friendly and customer-oriented.

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Florin und Monika

Travelled in: December 2023, Rated on 13.01.2024, Booked with WeDive
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Rahel

Travelled in: December 2023, Rated on 08.01.2024, Booked with WeDive
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The underwater world around Buceo Anilao is remarkable. Very rich in species, intact coral reefs & varied dive sites.
Visibility: 10-20 meters.
Water temperature at the end of December: 25-26°, I was glad of my 5mm wetsuit.
Max. 4 divers per guide, which I really appreciate.
Dive boat: Local wooden boat, took some getting used to at the beginning.
Nanie our guide has a lot of experience. He found even the smallest, barely visible animals. The underwater conditions (current/waves) were assessed very well and the dive sites were approached accordingly. The guests' wishes were taken into account.

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Werner

Travelled in: December 2023, Rated on 27.12.2023, Booked with WeDive
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Gudrun und Roberto

Travelled in: November 2023, Rated on 08.12.2023, Booked with WiroDive
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The guides are top. Service on board and at the base very good. The camera room is the best thing ever

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Susanne Rihs

Travelled in: November 2023, Rated on 30.11.2023, Booked with Aqua Active Agency
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The dive sites offer muck diving fans everything their heart desires. But there are also dive sites with colorful reefs and beautifully overgrown steep walls.
The dive guides have a lot of ambition to fulfill all critter wishes and with success!
The staff at the dive center and on the boat are very friendly and helpful.
Diving is really fun here!

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Marianne und Wolfgang

Travelled in: May 2023, Rated on 28.11.2023, Booked with WiroDive
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There should be a few more stars for the dive sites! Many thanks to Kerstin for this great tip.
The guides are good to brilliant, even if there was the occasional diva.
You can see that the base is getting on in years, but everything runs well.

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Stephanie und Andreas

Travelled in: October 2023, Rated on 18.11.2023, Booked with WiroDive
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Dive sites very close to the resort - only short boat trips. Very varied - great muck diving sites (e.g. Heidis) and great hard and soft coral sites (e.g. Sombrero). 3-4 dives a day possible without any problems - also spontaneous night dives. Dive guides find pretty much everything that the underwater world has to offer there and that we "wished for". There was hardly a dive without frogfish. The boats are simple, but very functional and comfortable, and the boat crew are very attentive and helpful. Sometimes drift dives would have been nicer than having to return to the boat against the current, but apparently this is not common there. We were lucky enough to have a boat to ourselves - 4 divers and 1 guide - which is very relaxing. Most of the time the dive sites were also chosen so that there were no or only 1 or 2 other boats at the same spot. We start at 8:00 am - 1st dive, then 1 hour break in the boat with tea/coffee and biscuits/bananas - there are also towels for everyone, then 2nd dive, back to the resort, at noon at 3:00 pm we went out for the 3rd dive and those who wanted to at 5:30 pm for the night dive. Blackwaterdive is bookable and Mandarin dive - but we didn't do either.
Diving equipment is carried to and from the boat by the staff and then rinsed and stored in the drying room. Diving suits can be hung up outside to dry during the day. Diving pools are regularly cleaned and refilled with fresh water. An awning protects the dive center from excessive sunlight during the day. Camera room with plenty of space and power connections - but not air-conditioned. Unfortunately, there is little seating for changing into diving gear.
Plenty of showers available, even with soap dispensers - some even have hot water showers, which was extremely pleasant, especially after a night dive.
We took Nitrox on all the dives - at extra cost - but it was helpful for extending the bottom time, as the interesting animals were mostly found between 20 and 25 m depth (e.g. mimic and wonderpus octopus, pygmy seahorses).
All in all, a very successful, beautiful, relaxing diving vacation in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere. Any time again and absolutely recommendable.

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Tea und Thomas

Travelled in: October 2023, Rated on 09.11.2023, Booked with WeDive
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Manfred

Travelled in: August 2023, Rated on 14.09.2023, Booked with WeDive
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Beate

Travelled in: March 2023, Rated on 08.08.2023, Booked with Scuba Native Tauchreisen
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Sabine und Lutz

Travelled in: April 2023, Rated on 10.05.2023, Booked with WiroDive
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Katja Türpe

Travelled in: April 2023, Rated on 01.05.2023, Booked with Alma Mare
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André Thiele

Travelled in: April 2023, Rated on 24.04.2023, Booked with Alma Mare
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Andrea

Travelled in: April 2023, Rated on 12.04.2023, Booked with Aquaventure Tauchreisen
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Top organized dive center, which has everything firmly under control even when the resort is fully booked.
Partly up to 7 boats went out.
Who goes to Anilao, it must be clear that the guides are specialized in small stuff.
Since we love muck diving, Anilao is a great alternative to Lembeh Strait. But there are also corals to see.

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Silke

Travelled in: March 2023, Rated on 07.04.2023, Booked with WeDive
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-the dive sites are good, a few also extraordinary...
- the guides try hard, but quality varies
- 5.5 Doller for 1 tank Nitrox is totally overpriced, but Nitrox is very useful, because practically the whole dive is spent at 25-20m
- the boats are ok for 1 dive with return and max 6 divers (better less), but for 2-tank-dives totally unsuitable

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Mario Felsmann

Travelled in: March 2023, Rated on 06.04.2023, Booked with Aquaventure Tauchreisen
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The dive sites are very good. You have very good muck dive sites as well as beautiful overgrown coral sites. Pure variety. The area does not need to hide behind Indonesia's Lembeh Street.
When we were there, however, the resort was fully booked, which led to a lot of hustle and bustle at the dive center, especially in the morning. It was also a pity that you sometimes went with several boats to the same places, which really did not have to be in view of the 50 dive sites around the resort.

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Magdalena und Kurt

Travelled in: March 2023, Rated on 03.04.2023, Booked with WeDive
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Very nice diving resort with different bungalow classes. We had Superior, with A/C, ceiling fan, refrigerator, two beds including a double bed, balcony with beautiful views of the bay of Anilso, two very comfortable wicker chairs on the balcony. In addition, there is a kettle with tea and coffee and enough drinking water that is refilled daily, telephone with direct dialing to the office that is available until 10 pm, relatively large bathroom with shower and finally a closet, safe and a small table. We felt very comfortable, the only drawback was the Nschbar's rooster that crowed endlessly early in the morning - bearable with a closed window, but otherwise sleep depriving. Therefore, whoever is bothered by this should mention it so that he gets a bungalow that has some distance to the neighbor. Food very good, selection sufficient. Breakfast with yogurt and fruits, cereals, also something warm, egg dishes of choice, otherwise toast and various jams or chocolate cream, it suited us so for this good price!
Very friendly staff in all areas, helpful and motivated! Diving with Nitrox possible, diving operation perfectly organized, top service here too, brilliant dive guides and boat crews, always helpful and very attentive! Wishes are fulfilled as far as possible. Top price performance and absolutely recommendable!

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Jasna und Wilhelm

Travelled in: December 2022, Rated on 14.02.2023, Booked with WiroDive
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The dive center is top. It is dived in small groups, mostly we were 2, sometimes 3 with our guide. The junk is carried on and off the boat and if you want, washed and hung up. Our guide was very good and very eager to fulfill our every wish. It was a great diving vacation. Point deduction at the boat because without toilet.

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Raffaele und Elizabeth

Travelled in: December 2022, Rated on 11.01.2023, Booked with WeDive
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Sandra

Travelled in: November 2022, Rated on 31.12.2022, Booked with Diving World
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Rainer Pins

Travelled in: June 2022, Rated on 05.07.2022, Booked with Scuba Native Tauchreisen
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Super spots, staff are friendly and professional. When I mentioned what I would like to see, it was shown to me, the same day! (on Mantas I have renounced there :))

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Eva

Travelled in: April 2022, Rated on 25.05.2022, Booked with WeDive
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Reinold

Travelled in: July 2019, Rated on 14.08.2020, Booked with Tropical Seas
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Ingrid Loacker

Travelled in: July 2019, Rated on 14.08.2020, Booked with Tropical Seas
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Bernd Leschnik

Travelled in: January 2020, Rated on 28.07.2020, Booked with Aquaventure Tauchreisen
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The night dives are highly recommended, especially Twin Rocks.

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Heinz Erich Zappel

Travelled in: October 2019, Rated on 21.07.2020, Booked with Aquaventure Tauchreisen
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Heinz Erich Zappel

Travelled in: December 2018, Rated on 21.07.2020, Booked with Aquaventure Tauchreisen
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