Excellent service We stayed this hotel one night and quite enjoy the resort,good location,excellet service and very friendly staff.The room is clean… read moreWe stayed this hotel one night and quite enjoy the resort,good location,excellet service and very friendly staff.The room is clean and big enough.Has great dive and great pool.good bar and restaurant,gread value and we enjoyed the day there. read less

Improving infrastructure and continuing to deliver! I stayed at Liquid for 2 weeks between late October and mid November. I admit that I am biased… read moreI stayed at Liquid for 2 weeks between late October and mid November. I admit that I am biased – this was no less that my 7th visit there so you can tell that I clearly like the place. However with so many changes made in the years since its opening just about 7 years ago in November 2011, it would be easy for a place to forget its 'soul' at it grows and changes. Liquid has not forgotten; although it has morphed into something more than when it started. The 'wildness' has been replaced by a calming confidence coming from knowing that it does things well, meets and exceeds the needs of the guest and is always looking for further ways to improve. The resort now boasts 7 aircon rooms to add to the 8 fan rooms. The rooms are good value, with good storage space and a bed that at least I liked – mattresses firm – neither too hard nor too soft. The aircon rooms have a TV that have a large range of channels and can easily be used for your one film / music library through a USB connection. The central lodge which in earlier times served as the one and only 'gathering place' and watering hole, still serves a varied and appetizing breakfast as well as being an alternative chill-out space. In recent times a full independent bar has been added and the very… I stayed at Liquid for 2 weeks between late October and mid November.
I admit that I am biased – this was no less that my 7th visit there so you can tell that I clearly like the place. However with so many changes made in the years since its opening just about 7 years ago in November 2011, it would be easy for a place to forget its ‘soul’ at it grows and changes.
Liquid has not forgotten; although it has morphed into something more than when it started. The ‘wildness’ has been replaced by a calming confidence coming from knowing that it does things well, meets and exceeds the needs of the guest and is always looking for further ways to improve.
The resort now boasts 7 aircon rooms to add to the 8 fan rooms. The rooms are good value, with good storage space and a bed that at least I liked – mattresses firm – neither too hard nor too soft. The aircon rooms have a TV that have a large range of channels and can easily be used for your one film / music library through a USB connection.
The central lodge which in earlier times served as the one and only ‘gathering place’ and watering hole, still serves a varied and appetizing breakfast as well as being an alternative chill-out space.
In recent times a full independent bar has been added and the very good but perhaps restrictive menus of old, with fixed meal times, has been replaced with a large and wide menu serving food and snacks throughout the day as and when you want.

A large guest pool has also been added, complete with loungers and sun shades which is the perfect place to both cool-off and catch the last rays of the days as the sun sinks behind Mt Talinis. The great thing about the new pool is that it means the various diving students whether beginners or those going through Instructor Development have the original pool to themselves to practice in closed water the various skills required for certification.

The staff? always smiling and great fun – always helpful and professional. Of course it helps that I’ve been a guest so often but this visit I also found that there had been more of a staff turnover than in recent years but the warmth of the new staff was just as genuine as the ‘veterans’.

And the diving? It never fails to delight! I have a few favourite sites along the coast and the corals at Apo and Sumilon are as healthy as ever. Something for everyone but like everything in nature nothing can be guaranteed. (Apart from the turtles at Apo, and the octopus at Bonnets 🙂 )

Is everything perfect? Of course not…. but then again I know that there are plans and thoughts for further expansion with land next door which will address most – allowing for a camera room, guest diving equipment improvements and additional rooms and other services.

Whenever I leave – I always wonder if that will be the last time – however it never is and unlikely ever will be until I no longer am able to dive.

Zoe, Tim, Jim, Michelle and all – keep up the great work More read less

Great place, great people We stayed 10 days and had a great time. Diving was organized very professionally, the resort is very nice and… read moreWe stayed 10 days and had a great time. Diving was organized very professionally, the resort is very nice and relaxed. People in the resort are very good, friendly and fun. We had no wish left unattended and will definitely stay here again, if we come back to the area. read less

Great Experience I did my first dive ever here and it was amazing! Rachel who I did my discover scuba with was… read moreI did my first dive ever here and it was amazing! Rachel who I did my discover scuba with was so encouraging and kind and the team made it an unforgettable experience!! Highly recommend this place to everyone, particularly anyone diving! More read less

Gear Up, Get Wet Before my trip started I, like most do, Googled the dice centres close to where I will be staying and… read moreBefore my trip started I, like most do, Googled the dice centres close to where I will be staying and this is how my first class experience started with Liquid Dumaguete. Email after email sent to dive centres in the area and within minutes, Tom from Liquid Dumaguete replied. To the point, no B.S answers to my initial questions. Second round of questions in regards to dives, dive locations and the like produced the same standard of: to the point, no B.S answers. Finally the cost: no messing around, to the point, no B.S answers. Not a Peso more was charged to me. I had two days of diving with a Dive Master called 'Ian' but he goes under many other names for some reason. Anyway, Ian as I knew him is a great guy, my type of Dive Master, not pushy, identifies those who need him to assist and lets the others do their own thing but keeps a close eye on both. Ian has eyes like a hawk and uses them to point out the smallest of macro but also understands who is interested in what so tailors his attention accordingly. For an old sea frog like me, Ian could not have been better: there if I need him, there if I don't but discretely and not glued to my fins. All in all my experience with Liquid Dumaguete was first class, good condition gear, good service, great… Before my trip started I, like most do, Googled the dice centres close to where I will be staying and this is how my first class experience started with Liquid Dumaguete.

Email after email sent to dive centres in the area and within minutes, Tom from Liquid Dumaguete replied. To the point, no B.S answers to my initial questions.

Second round of questions in regards to dives, dive locations and the like produced the same standard of: to the point, no B.S answers.

Finally the cost: no messing around, to the point, no B.S answers. Not a Peso more was charged to me.

I had two days of diving with a Dive Master called ‘Ian’ but he goes under many other names for some reason. Anyway, Ian as I knew him is a great guy, my type of Dive Master, not pushy, identifies those who need him to assist and lets the others do their own thing but keeps a close eye on both.

Ian has eyes like a hawk and uses them to point out the smallest of macro but also understands who is interested in what so tailors his attention accordingly.

For an old sea frog like me, Ian could not have been better: there if I need him, there if I don’t but discretely and not glued to my fins.

All in all my experience with Liquid Dumaguete was first class, good condition gear, good service, great team: would not hesitate to recommend Liquid Dumaguete or hesitate to visit again.

One small constructive comment: They really need some better and bigger thermos for coffee as it ran out or was p155 warm

Best wishes to all at LD, hope to see you again soon. More read less

Make sure you stop by! The diving in Dauin is insane. I was there for four days doing some really cool muck diving. I didn’t… read moreThe diving in Dauin is insane. I was there for four days doing some really cool muck diving. I didn’t get to go to Apo, but the muck diving was more than enough for me. There was barely a dive where I didn’t see frogfishes and seahorses. Knowledgeable guides with eagle eyes! A must go place if you want to dive in the Philippines! read less