The Philippines island of Bohol combines world-class diving experiences with memorable and exciting land activities and adventures. Dive travelers looking to get the best of Bohol both above and below the water make Magic Oceans Dive Resort their first choice.
The Resort
Magic Oceans is located near the village of Anda on the island's uncrowded southeast coast. This boutique oceanfront resort offers 16 thatch-roofed bungalows tucked into a lush tropical garden setting. These private accommodations blend traditional design with modern comforts, including air conditioning and property-wide WiFi. Bungalows include private balconies and spacious ensuite bathrooms and are furnished with a king-size bed and a day bed, workstations and a fully stocked minibar.
Bungalows cluster around a landscape pool and deck with an adjacent open-air restaurant. Breakfast, half board and full board meal plans serve freshly prepared menus that blend Asian and Western flavors. The adjacent bar offers a selection of juices, beers and cocktails. The on-site Mahika spa is set in a Japanese garden with private air-conditioned massage suites, a hand and foot spa and a yoga terrace. Guests are attended by a dedicated resort staff to ensure the highest levels of personal service.
The Dive Center
Magic Oceans Dive Resort on-site PADI 5 Star Dive Center is designed to accommodate up to 35 divers, providing each diver with a designated gear storage and dive-prep area. The wet area includes three showers and five rinse sinks. Photographers are accommodated with five large camera tables with individual lighting, charging stations and airguns. The center is well-stocked with 60, 80 and 100 CF aluminum tanks, and provides both air and nitrox fills.
The resort maintains a fleet of three traditional Filipino-style boats known as ‘Bangkas’. These long, narrow craft are fitted with bamboo outriggers to increase stability and provide a comfortable ride and a stable platform to for divers.
These bankas can accommodate between 8 and 16 divers. The larger bankas are equipped with a dry area and an enclosed toilet. All boats include onboard freshwater rinse tanks for photographers and offer refreshments between dives. The dive center operates morning, afternoon and night boat dives, and maintains a ratio of one dive master for every four divers. In support of a commitment to small group diving experiences.
Snorkelers and divers can access the resort's house reef day or night directly from the dive center pier. This site offers a diversity of underwater environments that includes muck diving sites, coral bommies and a wall.
The resort's dive boats visit an additional 30 sites spaced along a 10-mile swath of coastline. This region of Bohol is known for fantastic muck and macro diving. Keen-eyed divers can search sandy plains and coral crevices for unique finds such as pygmy sea horses, warty frogfish, ghost pipefish, blue-ringed octopus, tiger shrimp, harlequin crabs and a variety of nudibranchs. The Philippines has the world's highest number of nudibranch species, tallying more than 700 varieties of these colorful sea slugs.
In addition to small and cryptic marine life, divers at Magic Oceans can explore slopes and walls covered in hard and soft corals. Green and hawksbill turtles are frequently sighted, rays may be encountered on cleaning stations and pinnacles attract large schools of snapper and bigeye trevally. With blue water just beyond the reefs, there is also a chance for sightings of passing dolphins, thresher sharks and whale sharks.
Surface Interval Adventures
The island of Bohol is known for natural attractions and eco-adventures. The famous region known as the Chocolate Hills is made up of hundreds of gumdrop-shaped grass-covered mounds. When grasses turn brown in the dry season, the mounds resemble giant chocolate drops. Bohol is home to tarsiers, one of the world's smallest primates, and is a favorite with bird watchers.
Active adventures include jungle hikes, kayak tours, waterfall swims, ATV safaris and soaring zipline flights across the Loboc River valley. The river is also known for the vast swarms of fireflies that light up the waterway at night. This phenomenon can be witnessed during a twilight river cruise.
Caradonna Adventures works with Magic Oceans Resort and the sister property of Magic Island Dive Resort, which is located on the island of Moalboal. Agents can custom-tailor stay & dive itineraries that give divers the ultimate Philippines diving experience. Combo packages are available for divers wanting to experience the best of diving in both regions; stay & dive at both Magic Oceans & Magic Island Dive Resort are available. Please contact your Caradonna agent for more information on combo packages & more.