Oceanfront luxury district

Malapascua Island, Philippines

Home to Tepanee Beach Resort, the best luxury accommodation on the oceanfront.

Places in Oceanfront luxury district

Tepanee Beach Resort in-house restaurant An in-house restaurant with a bar at the best luxury accommodation on the oceanfront.
Tepanee Beach Resort bar A bar at the best luxury oceanfront accommodation, featuring a private beach area and hot tub.

Best time to visit: November to May (dry season) offers the best diving conditions for spotting thresher sharks.
Getting around: The island is small enough to walk end to end in about 45 minutes, with Bounty Beach the main hub 10 minutes from the port and North Beach a further 30-minute walk or motorcycle ride away.
Currency: Philippine Peso (₱)
Language: Cebuano. Filipino and English are widely spoken.
Timezone: PHT (UTC+8)
Current trends: Malapascua's hospitality scene continues to center on its world-famous thresher shark diving, with Tepanee Beach Resort's luxury oceanfront amenities and Hippocampus Beach Resort's best-beach-bar reputation reflecting a small island that has built a full range of accommodation and dining around its singular diving claim to fame.

Bounty Beach — The main hub, a 10-minute walk from the port, home to most restaurants and dive shops.
North Beach — A half-hour walk from Bounty Beach, home to Hippocampus Beach Resort and its beach bar.