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LLV wins TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice award 2023

We won! Lalaguna Villas wins TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice award 2023

May 26, 2023

We won! LalagunaVillas is delighted to announce we’ve won the TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice award for 2023, a reflection of the consistently strong reviews from customers which put us among the…

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One of the sunken vessels at the Sabang Wrecks dive site in Puerto Galera

Down to the dive site: Sabang Wrecks

May 23, 2023

You want wreck diving? This site has four sunken vessels. You want sea turtles? You’ll probably spot several here. Like tropical fish? You can swim through shoals of them. Only…

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PADI staff instructor Ja Atienza helping a diver spot a tiny nudibranch on a recent dive

Why guests choose LLV: a valet-service dive experience

May 23, 2023

We provide nothing but the best and newest ScubaPro equipment for you. We assemble your gear and help you on with it. We have a fleet of covered speedboats to…

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Villa Room at Lalaguna Villas & LLV Divers 1

Why guests choose LLV: 5-Star Luxury

May 19, 2023

From luxurious imported Slumberland mattresses to unrivalled views out over the Verde Island passage, from 24-hour room service to free laundry and wifi, LLV’s guests enjoy nothing but the very…

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The LLV restaurant is open 24 hours a day

Why guests choose LLV: 24 Hour Service

May 17, 2023

Our staff of nearly 100 work day and night to ensure you have the best possible experience, whatever the hour. The team at our 24-hour reception and 24-hour bar and…

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Alma Jane - Puerto Galera

Down to the dive site: the Alma Jane

May 7, 2023

The 60-ton wreck of the Alma Jane sits 30m below the waves of Lalaguna Bay and provides a home for frogfish, lionfish, schools of batfish and rabbitfish, garden eels, mantis…

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The route from Manila to Puerto Galera (c) Google Maps

How to get from Manila to Puerto Galera

April 30, 2023

Some dive sites in the Philippines take days to reach even after you’ve arrived in-country, with island-hopping flights and overnight stays necessary en-route. But if you come to Puerto Galera…

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Map of dive sites in Puerto Galera

Puerto Galera: the dive capital of the Philippines

April 30, 2023

The Philippines is recognised as one of the most extraordinary diving locations on the planet, and nestled in its heart, in the Verde Island Passage at the centre of the…

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Peter and Mina Kane outside La Laguna Villas

‘We’ve done 12 dives, and been taken to 12 different dive sites. It’s been excellent’ – Peter and Mina’s story

April 29, 2023

“We’ve been on 12 dives, we’ve been to 12 different dive sites. It’s been absolutely excellent. “It wasn’t like that when we stayed at – they took us to…

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