Ticao Altamar Boutique Resort
The comfortable option on Ticao: a small boutique resort with a pool, a clubhouse and beachside dining, rather than a dive camp. Good if you want the island without giving up a proper bed and a cold drink by the water.
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What to know
- •Room types: the Yellow House, Deluxe Rooms and Wind Cottages.
- •Pool, clubhouse and beachside restaurant on site.
- •Island hopping, snorkelling, diving and jungle trekking arranged by the resort.
- •Transfers offered from both Masbate port and Bulan port. Confirm when you book.
- •Phone 0920 967 5590; also reachable on Messenger (AltamarResortOfficial) and Instagram (@ticaoaltamarresort).
- •Rates are not published, message them. Nothing is posted as a price list, not even on the Facebook page.
- •Rated 4.4/5 on Google (58 reviews) and recommended by 94% of the 201 people who reviewed it on Facebook, which is the largest review count on the island. Tripadvisor is older and harsher at 3.8/5 from 12 reviews.
- •Open all year according to the Facebook page.
- •A separate 'Altamar Beach Resort' page exists on Facebook for the same San Jacinto property, same place, older name.
Where it is
Approximate location. Open in Google Maps
Other places in Ticao
The dive resort that put Ticao on the map, and the reason most foreign visitors come to Masbate at all. Eleven beachfront bungalows facing the Ticao Pass, a PADI dive centre on site, and the Manta Bowl a boat ride away. Remote on purpose. There is nothing else within walking distance, which is the point.
A local beach resort with a function hall attached: the place San Jacinto uses for weddings, reunions and barangay events rather than a dive holiday. Handy if you want to be near the town rather than out at Tacdugan.
Ticao Island's first waterpark, opened right on the shore at Brgy. Burgos: pools and a jacuzzi on one side, the sea and kayaks on the other. This is the one to know if you are travelling with children, who will get more out of it than out of a dive resort.