Pamana Island Beach Resort - Review

******* UNDER CONSTRUCTION *******


This resort is a disappointment.  The pictures at their website (http://pamanaresort.com) are not the present condition of the resort.

We had our company outing (consisting of 70 people) last May 28-29, 2011.  In order to get to this island, we have to ride a local boat.  The only place where we can load to the boat is at a slum area and we can see elevated huts, dirty water, and lots of trash at the shoreline.

The dock of the boat going to the resort is not presentable.  Passengers have to pass through a local community.

A child begs for us to buy his coral so he can have something to eat

We have to remove our shoes and dip to the murky water just to get on the boat.

At the left side of the dock, a shanty community was established.  Trash and animal manure (or maybe human waste) is very visible everywhere.  The water is terribly brown.

Upon arrival to the island, nobody seems to be swimming at the beach.  The sea water smells like crude oil, no wonder-- there is a port in front of the resort with many industrial shipping vessels docked.  The sand is dark and trash is everywhere.



The island is only powered by the resort generator...and they have to stop it sometimes because they need to rest it!!!

We arrived at the resort at 1PM and supposed to check-in to our rooms.  We can see their few staff scampering to fix our rooms.  Due to the scarce manpower, we checked in at 4:30PM.  Every room has an air conditioner and personal comfort rooms.  We noticed the place was old and not maintained.  I noticed the staff did not change the bed sheets and pillow cases, they only re-fold and re-tucked the sheets as fresh stains from the previous occupant is still present.  The room was equipped with a television (w/o remote control) using a broken indoor antenna which picks up only one channel (ABS-CBN 2).