A tiled terrace with rattan chairs under a deep thatched eave, planting and palms crowding the edge
Miles Below · Operator · Apo Island

Atlantis Dumaguete

You do not stay on Apo Island. You come across from Dauin for the day, and Atlantis runs the trip as a matter of routine.

01The week02Photographs03Scored04Before you book05Money06Prints07The trip
01The week
The evening's buffet menu chalked on a blackboard, the roast standing in its dish on the counter below.
The evening's buffet menu chalked on a blackboard, the roast standing in its dish on the counter below.
At the resort

What the week is actually like

Take it early in your stay rather than late. Seeing what a protected reef looks like first makes the muck week that follows read as a deliberate choice rather than a compromise.

02The place
03The verdict
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Operator · Atlantis Dumaguete
B
Grade

The pale band on each row is the range every scored operator on this site covers.

How the scoring works

Operation
8
Camera
9
Food
7
Setting
6
Value
8
Sustainability
7
Total
45/60
The black sand shore under building cloud, a boat anchored off and the palms leaning over the beach.
The black sand shore under building cloud, a boat anchored off and the palms leaning over the beach.
04Before you book
The photographer's questions

For the camera

The camera
StationMedium
Camera roomTemperature controlledMedium size room 12 stations, temperature controlled
Power220V
Camera room outlets4
Extra power barNo
Air gunsYes
Camera room chargingIn the camera room
Staff handlingConcierge boat, entries and exits
EntryShore, Small boats ; backward roll
Rinse, resortNumerous
Rinse, boatYes
The diving
Dive time60 minutes
Guide ratio4:1 maximum
Photography guideYes
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Worth knowing

Three things nobody tells you

The kitchen leans Filipino, and the menu doesn't chase Western substitutes — arrive ready to eat what's actually cooked here, not order around it.

The resort runs narrow and long, stretching back from the water, so only a handful of rooms sit close to the shore or hold a real view — ask which one you're booking before you book it.

The beach itself is rocky, not sand you would walk barefoot on — bring reef shoes if you want to be in and out of the water outside the dive schedule.

05The money

Flights, transfers and what to sort first

Almost everyone dives Apo as a day trip from Dauin, about ninety minutes each way.

DAILY RATE
$300 to $550  a day, USD, at the resort
Getting there
Dumaguete (DGT), then boat
06Prints

Prints from Apo Island

Every frame here was made in Apo Island. One is a limited edition of twenty, signed and numbered. Prices in US dollars. Printed on Canson Platine and shipped from British Columbia.

Whip coral goby, Apo Island
$300
Whip coral goby
Signed and numbered · 17 × 22 in
Edition of 20
07The trip
Apo Island
A turtle under Snell's window, Apo Island
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