Sanctuaria Treehouses is in a truly beautiful location. You don't come here for luxury which was fine with us. The rooms are basic and clean but expect company (I.e geckos, mosquitos) as there are gaps in the walls and door frames etc (there was a mosquito net in our room). The team of staff hired by the owner Brian are lovely. It looks like maintenance around the property has slipped. Some of the outdoor seating is unusable with broken bits or nails protruding, the grounds appear neglected and on our last day it rained with several leaks appearing in our room (Ocean View Treehouse). Would we go back? I don't know because there were definite pros and cons.
Sanctuaria Treehouses probably have the most beautiful location of all the accommodations we had on our Philippine trip with nice views and remotely situated an about 45 min drive from Coron. For a stay of not more than two nights this can be a really nice place, the food is good and staff is very friendly.However, we had to cancel our 5 night reservation after two nights because it was not what we imagined. We had booked Sanctuaria Treehouses as the last accommodation of our trip and were hoping to do a few trips with some relaxed days at the treehouses. Unfortunately, having relaxed days there wasn’t as easy as planned. First of all, there is barely any shaded areas were you could read a book and the only place you could use is the common space (with really nice card and board games). This common space is most of the time occupied by Brian, one of the owners who is an alcoholic and usually drunk from 9 am to 10 pm. It is impossible to avoid being involved in a pointless conversation and his orders to “Alexa” and constantly (every 30 seconds) changing music requests can be heard on the whole property, so it’s hard to have a relaxed time. So far, this was just annoying, but when we decided to do a Kayak trip provided by Sanctuaria Treehouses we even had a dangerous situation. We were told were to walk down the stairs and that there we would find the kayaks. No instruction a barely understandable description of the route and no safety vests. I’m experienced with kayaks and we really wanted to see the mangroves so we just decided to give it a try. At the shore we found one kayak had a hole, the other one was slightly bent but seemed to be fine otherwise. After half an hour (we were lucky that it didn’t happen later when we would have been in the middle of the mangroves) the kayak had filled up with water (apparently did have a hole as well) and we capsized. We were lucky enough that a boat passed by which was going to Sanctuaria Treehouses that day, otherwise we would have had to walk through breast deep water and mud and water. Renting kayaks without regularly checking and maintaining them is dangerous and we afterwards heard that we hadn’t been the first ones to capsize, according to Brian one guy took 10 hours to get back to the lodge, he didn’t seem to bothered by that incident though. If you want to stay for two nights and you have activities outside the place during the day, I think the accommodation is fine. For anything else, we certainly wouldn’t recommend it!…
Great experience with Brian and the staff, they're welcoming and get you set up. They have an awesome set up with treehouses and a hobbit house. If you're a nature lover and out to explore this is the place to be. The wildlife is well nurtured in the area and there's a resident dog Buhay and cat. Depending on the season, lots of trees and bamboo are always growing so it may be a little bit different when you arrive. But know for sure the food is great and homecooked! Honestly nice people all around and nice views all day but particularly nice in the mornings and evenings. I was lucky and happened on a trip out to black island and it was super nice for Brian to coordinate with the local boatmen for us to go.
If you visit the island Busuanga you have to stay in the beautiful treehouse sanctuaria. This place is breathtaking and we enjoyed every second. The owner and the staff are awesome, helpfull and so nice. The food is great and there is no better place to enjoy good food, a beer, music and nice conversations while watching the incredible sunset. Every sunset you can make the experience to watch thousands of bats flying to the island. A scene we will never forget. You can go diving with the nearby dive Center, take a walk to the waterfall, go kayaking, do island hopping and many more adventures. The treehouses are clean, comfortable and build with love and detail. We will never forget this amazing place and we are looking forward to go there again. Thank you for having us! Mike and Moe from germany…
We stayed only for one night. The sanctuary it's not in the main road, but on a dusty and bumpy road. When you get there you will see a very old jeep with flat tires. From the jeep you have to climb the stairs with your bags we had 3 bags with a total of 50 kg! Then we finally found the reception, the girls don't really speek english so they sayd that if we had question we would have to wait for their colleague that would arrive at 7pm. Once the location it's remote we decided to have dinner there and the food was ok. The big downside was the girls that worked there were farting while laying in their nets next to us. The room didn't had the sea view (the plus of the sanctuary) but the jungle view. It was a very simple room with not much light. Regarding the bathroom it has a shower with cold water (not a problem for the nice warm weather) but that was not enough powerfull to wash my hair. The owner was there, an american guy that didn't make an efford to make conversation. The other clients were nice. Take your camera for the really nice sunset, you can also check the waterfall. For us it was not our dream treehouse.…
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